Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, Partners with NVIDIA to Enhance AI for Robotic Inspection and Automated Defect Recognition
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, is partnering with NVIDIA to use some of the latest advances in artificial intelligence computing to optimize the use of robotics for inspection and better detect defects on industrial assets with advanced data analytics. Avitas Systems can target specific points of inspection and develop paths to collect data in the form of images and video for a variety of robotics, including drones, robotic crawlers, and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). These paths, driven...
Virtual Reality, Fabrication and Other Capabilities Come to Autodesk’s AEC Collection at No Additional Cost
Tools that extend Revit models for virtual reality, fabrication, computational design, and analysis support BIM processes from planning and design through preconstruction. By Vikram Dutt, Sr. Director, Building Business Line We have some exciting news for our Architecture, Engineering and Construction Collection subscribers. Starting today, we’ve made some significant additions to the AEC Collection software portfolio that support the next generation of BIM—and Revit-based—workflows...
Atlas Copco Acquires U.S. Industrial Products Distributor
Stockholm, Sweden, September 7, 2017: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has acquired the operating assets of C.H. Spencer & Company Co., a U.S. distributor and service provider of industrial pumps, compressors and related products. C.H. Spencer is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and also operates in the states of Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho in the central United States. The business is focused on distribution and service of industrial pumps, compressors and...
New Leadership Team Brings Capital to Fuel Growth and Drive Innovation for Building Systems Design (BSD)
ATLANTA – Building Systems Design (BSD), a leading provider of specification content for the architecture, engineering, construction and owner-operated (AECO) sector, announced today that two well-respected and highly experienced industry experts, Arol Wolford and Iain Melville, have joined the company and closed an investment from Caltius Structured Capital. BSD will continue to lead the built tech industry toward more accurate, collaborative and efficient design and construction through innova...
Williams, Formerly of Maryland DOT, Takes Deputy Administrator Position at FTA
The Trump administration announced Aug. 29 that former Maryland transit official K. Jane Williams is now deputy administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, an appointed position that makes her the agency's chief executive until a new CEO can take office. President Trump has not yet named his choice to be the FTA administrator, a position that requires Senate confirmation. The FTA provides financial and technical assistance to more than 3,000 local public transit providers In U....
Julie Hampden Joins HNTB’s Environmental Planning Practice as Science Project Manager
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Julie Hampden joined HNTB Corporation’s growing Environmental Planning practice as science project manager, serving as one of the firm’s Endangered Species Act leaders. She will provide consultation for ESA compliance for clients in the Pacific Northwest, helping advance projects when ESA-listed species are of concern in project areas. She is based in the firm’s Bellevue office. Much of Julie’s educational and professional experience has focused on ESA compliance. She spent...
Patrick Allen Joins HNTB’s Rail Systems Team as Manager of Vehicle Solutions
BOSTON – Patrick Allen, PE, joined HNTB Corporation’s national rail systems team as manager of vehicle and rolling stock products, which include locomotives, passenger cars and other rolling components of rail systems. He is based in the firm’s Boston office and works with clients nationwide. Allen has more than a decade of experience in engineering and project management focused on freight rail and transit vehicles. He has a diverse skill set leveraging both technical and business acumen, a...
Bentley Systems to Present Its Bridge Solutions at IABSE 2017 Symposium in Vancouver, Canada
What: Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, will be presenting and demonstrating Bentley’s bridge solutions at the 2017 IABSE (International Association for Bridge & Structural Engineering) Symposium. Bentley’s bridge experts will be available for press interviews during conference hours on September 21, 22, and 23, 2017. Presentations: Advancing the Design, Engineering, Analysis, and Operation o...
FHWA Sends Texas $25M in Emergency Funds
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Aug. 29 that she directed Federal Highway Administration officials to provide Texas with $25 million in quick-response emergency relief funds to help repair traffic lights, signage and flood-damaged roads and bridges following Hurricane Harvey. "I have mobilized the Department of Transportation to provide whatever assistance Texas requires to restore the state's transportation systems," said Chao. "The funding provided today will help the state t...
Prince Albert to Receive Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence
Avondale, PA - On the eve of Stroud Water Research Center’s 50th anniversary, the 2017 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence will be presented to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco at The Water’s Edge, the Stroud Center’s premiere fundraising gala, on Sunday, September 17. Wilmington Trust is the presenting sponsor of the event, which will take place in Delaware, at Winterthur, the childhood home of collector and horticulturist Henry Francis du Pont. This 1,000-acre preserve of r...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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