Leica Geosystems announces latest version of public safety software
Leica Map360 v4.0 introduces three editions to digitize and document any crash or crime scene (HEERBRUGG, Switzerland) – Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, announced today the latest version of Leica Map360 crash and crime scene diagramming and reconstruction software, bringing three editions to meet specific customer needs based on the technology used to measure and collect any scene. With an entirely new user experience (UX) and interface, Map360 v4.0 simplifies incident reconstru...
DigEplan Announces New Partnership with Cityworks to Deliver Fully Integrated Electronic Plan Review for Vital Government Services
DigEplan, a global leader in fully integrated electronic plan review, announces a new partnership with Cityworks, the leading GIS-centric solution for public asset management, to bring city and county government permitting departments an end-to-end, fully integrated electronic plan review that is aligned with today’s public sector budgets. Deployed in days, DigEplan and Cityworks are enabling vital government services to continue, providing business continuity whilst adhering to Covid-19 rules....
Woolpert Designs Cityworks GeoPhoto Tool to Improve Work Order Management
The tool layers the technology of Esri and the functionality of Cityworks to spatially represent linear assets. RICHMOND, Va. — Woolpert has designed the Cityworks GeoPhoto Tool to enable field crews and end users to spatially view linear assets and relevant work order information at the exact location along each asset. The tool leverages the GIS capabilities of Esri with Cityworks asset management software functionality and allows work orders to be started, accessed and completed from the f...
Renewables Increasingly Beat Even Cheapest Coal Competitors on Cost
Competitive power generation costs make investment in renewables highly attractive as countries target economic recovery from COVID-19, new IRENA report finds Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Renewable power is increasingly cheaper than any new electricity capacity based on fossil fuels, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today finds. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019 shows that more than half of the renewable capacity added in 2019 achiev...
‘NEXT Coalition’ of leading U.S. engineering and construction firms challenges industry to enhance health, safety amid COVID-19 pandemic
‘Construction Safety Challenge’ seeks rapidly deployable, scalable innovations that address outbreak-related challenges today with an eye towards future While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced shutdowns of many global businesses, a coalition of leading critical infrastructure and construction companies has banded together to launch the “NEXT Coalition” to promote and share industry safety best practices. Black & Veatch, DPR Construction, Haskell and McCarthy Building Companies...
OriginClear Dedicates COO Marchesello to Increased Revenue
MCKINNEY, Texas - OriginClear Inc. (OTCQB: OCLN), a pioneering provider of water treatment solutions, announces that it has dedicated the duties of Chief Operating Officer Tom Marchesello to seeking to increase revenues from existing profit centers at its Texas headquarters. “As we reported Friday in our annual report, we reduced Operating Losses and Operating Expenses, but Sales and Gross Profit declined from 2018,” said Riggs Eckelberry, OriginClear CEO. “Now that we find sales to be contin...
More U.S. Engineering Firms See COVID-19 Related Business Growth, Record Support for PPP Program According to New ACEC Research Institute Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A majority of U.S. engineering firm leaders report their businesses are engaging in more COVID-19 pandemic response and are seeing other areas of their businesses outperforming today compared to just a few weeks ago, the latest ACEC Research Institute Business Impact Survey 7 reveals. Results show that 16% of engineering firms are now engaged in COVID-19 pandemic response compared to only 8% in March. Strikingly, almost one fourth of firms surveyed (22%) report having busi...
ForneyVault® Partners with Quadrel on Concrete Management Software Integration
Martin Marietta, Inc., Is First to Use Pittsburgh, PA: ForneyVault®, an integrated construction materials testing platform, recently added Quadrel, LLC, to its growing list of software integration partners. The interface allows Quadrel’s customers to have easy access to ForneyVault along with its own technologies for concrete and aggregate management. Martin Marietta, Inc., in Denver, CO, is the first Quadrel customer to use the integrated materials testing platform with concrete cylinde...
Released! IDEA StatiCa 20 is here
The new version of IDEA StatiCa is here! It is the biggest implementation of customer feedback and wishes we have had in years. And that means something – IDEA StatiCa is used by over 3500 customers and 10.000 users who share more than 4000 unique IDEA StatiCa projects every month. Highlights from Steel release notes 110 new connection templates added to the starting wizard Section model view – drawings Steel-to-timber connections Hong Kong Code (HKG) & Indian Standard Code (...
Solar farm construction method to reduce dust and save ‘bonsai forest’
A new technique to preserve native vegetation and reduce dust is being rolled out during construction of a solar farm in South Australia. The method, developed by South Australian company Succession Ecology, involves the use of a roller to flatten vegetation ahead of panel installation rather than tearing up the landscape with a grader. It will be used at the 280MW Cultana Solar Farm when construction begins later this year following a successful trial of the method at the 1100-hectare sit...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
