Topcon Announces Next Generation Flight Planning Software
LIVERMORE, Calif., U.S./ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, the Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces the next generation flight planning system for its rotary-wing aerial UAV offering — Intel® Mission Control Software. The new software is designed to facilitate automated flight planning, managing missions, and data handling for the Intel® Falcon™ 8+ Drone – Topcon®Edition and its available payload options. The software is designed to increase accuracy with advanced mapping features that allow op...
City of LaGrange, Ga. Celebrates Grand Opening of LaGrange Skatepark
LAGRANGE, GA- NYSE, TSX: STN: Residents of LaGrange, Ga. along with city officials celebrated the grand opening of the city’s 18,000 square-foot skatepark on Saturday. Designed by Stantec and constructed by New Line Skateparks, the newly completed facility in downtown LaGrange provides a designated place for wheeled-sports enthusiasts to hone their skills in a safe, controlled environment. “Seeing is believing and watching the interest and use in the park since it opened in February has been...
WSP USA Celebrates Opening of New Rail Extension in Colorado
DENVER — On May 17, WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, celebrated the opening of the Denver Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) Southeast Rail Extension, which spans 2.3 miles from Lincoln Station to RidgeGate Parkway in Lone Tree, Colorado. “The completed project plays an important role in addressing the transportation needs of the region’s rapidly growing community,” said Gregory A. Kelly, president and CEO of WSP USA. “We’re proud of our multi-year r...
Profile Products' Adam Dibble Promoted to Director of Marketing
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (May 23, 2019) — Profile® Products is proud to announce the promotion of Adam Dibble, CPESC, CESSWI, to director of marketing. Dibble will lead Profile’s strategic marketing and serve as a resource for all of Profile’s business units including Erosion and Vegetative Solutions (EVS), sports fields, golf, landscape and horticulture. He will also remain the brand manager for EVS. “In the time Adam has been at Profile, he has proven his dedication to this industry not only in...
U.S. Department of Transportation Highlights Transit Workforce Training for Innovative Technologies of the Future
THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams today joined SunLine Transit Agency officials and other local partners to highlight transit workforce training for innovative technologies of the future, including zero-emission transit buses. "Workforce development is a key priority for this Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation," said FTA Acting Administrator Williams. "The Administra...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $9.6 Million to Improve Transportation Access to Health Care
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced project selections totaling approximately $9.6 million to 37 projects led by transit agencies, governmental authorities, and nonprofit organizations to support innovative transportation solutions to expand access to health care. FTA’s Access and Mobility Partnership Grants focus on transportation and technology solutions to reach medical appointments, access healthy food, and improve para...
FIRST LOOK: Inside Rockefeller Group & CetraRuddy’s New NYC Condo, Rose Hill
NEW YORK, NY – Rockefeller Group, founded more than 90 years ago to develop Rockefeller Center and today a leading U.S. owner and developer of premier properties across various real estate asset types, announced that Rose Hill – the firm’s luxury residential tower in the NoMad neighborhood in Manhattan – has commenced sales. Currently under construction at 30 East 29th Street and ultimately rising over 600 feet, the stunning new 45-story full-service condominium building represents a perfect ma...
Topcon Announces Advanced Bentley Integration for Aerial Photogrammetry Processing
LIVERMORE, Calif. & CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, Netherlands - Topcon Positioning Group announces new cloud-based photogrammetry processing powered by Bentley ContextCapture to its MAGNET Collage Web web-based service for publication, sharing, and analysis of reality capture data. The integration allows MAGNET Collage Web users who share and collaborate with scanning and mesh datasets to now process and add UAV photos directly to the MAGNET Collage 3D environment. The built-in Bentley ContextCapture C...
Statement by ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer on Break-Up of White House Infrastructure Meeting
WASHINGTON - American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President & CEO Dave Bauer released the following statement regarding the May 22 meeting on infrastructure between President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer: “Sadly, it appears political theatrics won the day. But, the breakdown of the talks does not change several fundamental truths about America’s transportation network. “There are 235,000 U.S. bridges in need of repa...
Harris & Sloan Drives Workflow Automation and Digital Transformation with Agile Frameworks
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Agile Frameworks®, the leading provider of collaborative, cloud-based corporate, field, and lab information management enabling Profitable Engineering® for the construction and engineering services sector, today announced Harris & Sloan Consulting has selected its Agile Frameworks’ MetaField® solution to streamline field data collection and to automate client reporting. MetaField is a subscription-based, multi-tenant Software-as-a-Solution (SaaS) platform from Agile Fram...