Microdesk Expands Services In United Kingdom And Europe As A Newly Authorized Autodesk Reseller
NEW YORK – Microdesk announced the expansion of its services in the United Kingdom and Europe as a newly Authorized Autodesk Reseller. Microdesk is the United States’ largest AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Owner/Operator) industry consulting firm with expertise in Connected BIM, Enterprise Development, and Asset Management. Microdesk, an Autodesk Platinum Partner in the United States, has been delivering Building Information Modeling (BIM) and implementation services...
HP Introduces 24-inch HP DesignJet T830 Multifunction Printer
PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP Inc. today announced the new HP DesignJet T830 24-Inch Multifunction Printer, an ultra-compact, versatile large format printing solution for architects, engineers and construction teams to seamlessly collaborate onsite and across sites by printing, copying, scanning and sharing plans with a single device. The 24-inch T830 printer joins the HP DesignJet T830 Multifunction Printer Series creating a portfolio that can handle any size project, yet offering the same HP Desig...
ARTBA Foundation Launches New Safety Center
WASHINGTON) - The jobsite safety of the men and women who build and maintain America’s transportation infrastructure—as well as that of those who travel through our work zones—has been a top priority for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) since its founding in 1902. The ARTBA Foundation is taking that commitment to the next level with the launch of a new “Transportation Construction Safety Center” found at www.artbasafetycenter.org. “Safety has always been a...
Announcing Release of UgCS v.2.12 and UgCS for DJI v.2.8 Update
Riga - SPH Engineering announces the release of the UgCS and its mobile companion’s UgCS for DJI update perfecting user experience and features for professional UAV survey mission planning. Along with the update, the UgCS Mapper (beta) is made available - a geo-referenced image processing desktop software, to create preliminary orthophoto map in-field, requiring no internet connection. The double grid option is added for Area scan and Photogrammetry tool, to enable more precise aerial data ac...
Teleste Strengthens its Offering of Passenger Information Solutions for the Public Transport Industry through an Acquisition
TURKU, FINLAND – Teleste Corporation announced today that it has acquired iqu Systems GmbH, the German company specialised in intelligent passenger information systems and software. Through the acquisition, Teleste will complement its offering of passenger information solutions for public transport, one of the company’s key focus areas. A major aim of the transaction is to strengthen Teleste’s capabilities as a provider of modular solutions that meet public transport operators’ demands for sm...
Regular Commercial Truck Platoons Said to Soon Reach U.S. Highways
In a technology-focused news story with major implications for eroding the Highway Trust Fund, the Washington Post reported that commercial truck operators may adopt the use of regular truck platooning as soon as 2018. "A wave of new technology intended to make trucks safer – using radar, cameras and reflective light scanning – is sweeping the industry," the Post said Oct. 22. "By next year, much of it may be combined to put pairs of trucks on the road at a distance that before would not have...
Newly Designed ARTBA Website Highlights Core Competencies
(WASHINGTON) - For 115 years, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has exclusively focused on building and protecting the U.S. transportation construction market on behalf of its nearly 8,000 public and private sector members. The association is a trusted, non-partisan information source for transportation infrastructure investment and policy issues, construction safety and economics. ARTBA’s mission and core competencies are “front and center” in a newly designed...
The New Trend that’s Lighting Up Awards Season in Transportation
Pantone called it the color of the year – that’s how big of a deal it is. Yet, as Kermit the Frog once crooned, “it’s not easy being green.” From manufacturing to water, industries are constantly challenged to become greener, or more sustainable, in their work. As the world’s first professional services firm to receive the World Environment Center Gold Medal Award for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development, thinking and acting sustainably is something we’re pretty g...
UA, ALDOT Lay Groundwork for Future Self-Driving Vehicles
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Advanced technology used to make traveling safer and more efficient is the focus of a new project led by The University of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Transportation. Tuscaloosa is the first city in Alabama to install the technology that will collect data for research used to decrease travel time, reduce vehicle crashes and lay the groundwork for future self-driving vehicles. “We expect significant advances in the U.S. transportation system during the next 10 y...
Genetec Announces Traffic Sense—A Unified Traffic Operations Platform Driven by Advanced Analytics
MONTRÉAL, October 26th 2017— In a move that offers a modern approach to traffic operations, Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today announced the launch of a next-generation software platform called Genetec Traffic Sense™. Designed to deliver greater oversight and efficiency for traffic operations, Traffic Sense brings a unified view of traffic systems, taps into emerging technologies such...