OpenSpace Announces New Integrations with Autodesk® BIM 360® Software
SAN FRANCISCO - OpenSpace, the leader in automated 360° photo documentation and analysis, today announced additional integrations with the Autodesk BIM 360 construction management platform. The new integrations will help streamline the creation of RFIs and Issues in the BIM 360 platform by allowing users to generate them directly from within site walkthrough images. With these new integrations, builders can better understand job site status and problems, easily adding rich visual and...
Leica Geosystems Enriches Construction Collaboration with Launch of BLK3D Web, Integrates with Autodesk
Leica Geosystems announces BLK3D Web, an online collaboration workflow that extends the Leica BLK3D imager by enabling users to share 3D measurable images with anyone, anywhere online, and the integration with Autodesk BIM 360 Docs Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced BLK3D Web, an online collaboration workflow that extends the Leica BLK3D imager by enabling users to share 3D measurable images with anyone, anywhere online. The BLK3D device allows...
Wärtsilä appoints Sushil Purohit as Energy Business Vice President for Area Americas
The technology group Wärtsilä announces the appointment of Sushil Purohit as Vice President for Area Americas within the company’s Energy Business. The appointment takes effect from 1 January, 2020. He will be based in Houston, Texas Mr Purohit joined Wärtsilä in 1998 and has served in various management level positions in different countries in Asia and Europe. Most recently he has served as Vice President for the company’s Energy Business in the Middle East, Asia and Australia. He has playe...
The UP Companies Receives 2019 AGCMO Keystone Award for Hotel St. Louis Historic Renovation Project
St. Louis, MO - The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) honored The UP Companies (UPCO) on Nov. 4 with a Keystone Award in the Specialty Contractor/Subcontractor Building Construction on a Project $4 million or More category for its work on the Hotel St. Louis project. Started in 1998, the Keystone Awards honor the achievements of Missouri’s construction firms and their employees in building facilities that support and enhance quality of life. Square UP Builders and Power UP Elec...
USGBC Launches New “Insight” Feature to Help Green Building Projects Prioritize Sustainability Strategies and Improve Performance
ATLANTA, Ga. – Today, at the annual Greenbuild conference, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched Insight, a new data-driven tool that highlights building project design features that can lead to better performance. Insight is available as a feature of the Arc platform and provides information on the design attributes of LEED certified buildings within a specified geographic region. Project teams can then compare and rank potential sustainability strategies to see how they stack up...
Trimble, Hilti and Boston Dynamics Partner to Explore the Use of Autonomous Robots in Construction
Boston Dynamics' Spot Robot with a Trimble X7 3D Laser Scanning System. A high-speed laser scanner with integrated imaging, automatic calibration and registration technologies as well as survey-grade self-levelling. Connecting the Physical and the Digital World for Improved Safety, Productivity and Quality SUNNYVALE, Calif., SCHAAN, Liechtenstein and BOSTON — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), Hilti and Boston Dynamics announced today a collaboration to explore the integration of Trimble’s...
Autodesk And Virgin Hyperloop One Announce Joint-Effort To Explore Advanced Route Optimization, Transportation Design, And Construction Technology
LAS VEGAS - Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK) and Virgin Hyperloop One, a leader of hyperloop technology and the evolution of how the world moves people and goods, announced an alliance to explore new opportunities in extending the value of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for transportation route optimization and improved digital engineering and construction workflows. "Virgin Hyperloop One is pushing the boundaries of transportation efficiency," said Josh Giegel, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Offi...
Rockefeller Group Announces Topping Out of Rose Hill, The Historic Firm's First Residential Tower in Manhattan
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, celebrated the official topping out of Rose Hill – the firm’s first luxury residential tower in Manhattan. Located in the flourishing NoMad neighborhood at 30 East 29th Street, the 45-story full service condominium building launched sales for the 123 residences earlier this summer, with closings a...
TraceAir and Independent Construction Start Their 25th Joint Project at Placer Vineyards
REDWOOD CITY, CA - TraceAir, a construction site automation platform powered by drone data, has started a new project at Placer Vineyards with Independent Construction, the owner of one of the largest dirt moving fleets in the United States. The joint project marks the 25th collaboration between TraceAir and Independent Construction. The project includes 5,230 acres of land in Northern California where over 14,000 homes will be constructed. TraceAir will equip Independent Construction with i...
LEEA Congratulates its 2019 Awards Winners
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) congratulates the winners of the 2nd Annual LEEA Awards 2019. Announced and presented with their awards during the prestigious LiftEx 2019 Awards Dinner, held on the evening of 13 November at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Milton Keynes, the winners are as follows: A Noble & Son won the Customer Service Award, sponsored by Certex, for its Industry First Customer Promise. This award recognises organisations that are leading the way i...
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