Free eSPAN140 Steel Bridge Design Tool Updated With New Features
Bridge professionals can save additional time and costs on short span projects WASHINGTON D.C. – The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) has updated its web-based steel bridge preliminary design tool, eSPAN140, with new features. eSPAN140 is a free-to-use tool that provides bridge professionals with an all-in-one resource to design rolled beam, plate girder, press-brake tub girder, and buried soil structures up to 140 feet in length. Minimal user inputs result in optimized, individualiz...
Trimble Introduces the Next Generation of 3D Paving Control for Asphalt Pavers
Trimble Roadworks Advances Asphalt Paving Control with Intuitive Software, Rugged Hardware and Office-to-Field Interconnectivity SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® Roadworks 3D Paving Control Platform for Asphalt Pavers, the next-generation platform for 3D asphalt paving control systems. Trimble Roadworks is a highly accurate, automatic 3D screed control system that can significantly improve paving productivity and rideability by directly referencing the d...
Esri Releases ArcGIS Velocity for Analysis of Real-Time IoT Data
Additional License Levels Open Opportunities for New Industries to Integrate Geospatial Sensor Capability REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the release of ArcGIS Velocity. Previously known as ArcGIS Analytics for IoT, Velocity is a new cloud-native capability for ingestion, processing, visualization, and analysis of real-time and high-volume geospatial data on the fly. It complements existing systems with geographic information system (GI...
CIRCOR announces RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve
Cutting Cost and Preventing Damage with Two Valves in One CIRCOR International, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of differentiated technology products and sub-systems, announces the RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve. This unique valve provides the ideal solution for all industrial processes that incorporate pumps, such as condensate pumps, boiler feedwater pumps, or low-pressure centrifugal pumps. The RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve works as t...
Keep Corrosion in Check with Load-Rated, Type 316 Stainless-Steel SD Connector SS Screws from Simpson Strong-Tie
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, today introduced the Strong-Drive® SD Connector SS screw, a Type 316 stainless-steel fastener designed, tested and approved for use with Simpson Strong-Tie® stainless-steel connectors to provide excellent protection in severely corrosive environments. A premium connector screw for applications where strength and performance are critical, the SD Connector SS (SD SS) screw helps prote...
New eBee Geo joins senseFly line of professional fixed-wing mapping drones
CHESEAUX-SUR-LAUSANNE, Switzerland, 01 February 2021 – senseFly, the global leader in fixed-wing mapping drones, today announces the expansion of its flagship eBee X drone solution with the launch of eBee Geo. The eBee Geo represents the first extension into a new eBee X series of fixed-wing drones and is positioned as a cost-effective option for surveyors and GIS professionals who may be unfamiliar with fixed-wing drone mapping and data collection. With a maximum 45-minute flight time, the...
Diversified Product Development Launches New RailWise Brand
WACO, Texas — Diversified Product Development has established the RailWiseÔ brand to accommodate its growing line of products for the hirail market. The new brand encompasses several of Diversified’s existing hirail products and will help clarify the company’s focus as it expands its rail industry solutions offering. Established hirail maintenance products within the RailWise brand include a platform truck system, a bucket truck system, a rail brake system and a trailer axle system. All of th...
Siemens Takes Its Industry-Recognized MDM Software to the Cloud
Eliminates need for costly upfront IT infrastructure investment Stays up to date with continual upgrades and patches Works with any smart meter Siemens recently expanded its EnergyIP® Meter Data Management (MDM) Software portfolio by developing the EnergyIP MDM Software as a Service (SaaS). It provides utilities, municipalities, and co-operatives with a flexible, extendable, and lower-cost option to access and monitor their advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems and enhance the...
LiveEO Performs Satellite-Based Vegetation Risk Analysis of Entire U.S. Electric Transmission Grid
BERLIN, Germany / NEW YORK, USA - For the first time in history, vegetation encroachment risk to the entire publicly available U.S. transmission grid has been analyzed from space by the Berlin-based start-up LiveEO. The goal of this large-scale analysis was to demonstrate LiveEO’s market-leading analytic capabilities to a North American audience. In total, over 15,000 public satellite images were used to evaluate risk to 574,000 miles of electricity lines. (Details about the analysis can be f...
New Technology, PoreShield™, provides proven long-term concrete pavement protection from chloride ion diffusion
Figure 1. Reduction in Chloride Ion Concentration, Wisconsin Department of Transportation Study. Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) study shows that PoreShield, the new concrete durability enhancer technology, significantly reduces chloride ion diffusion, the leading culprit of concrete damage INDIANAPOLIS – PoreShield™, the new concrete durability enhancer technology, has demonstrated long-term protection from chloride ion diffusion in pavement according to a study...
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