S&T awarded $1.4 million from Army Corps to develop AI-based program for 3D printing concrete
ROLLA, Mo. – A Missouri University of Science and Technology research team led by Dr. Kamal Khayat has been awarded $1.4 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop an artificial intelligence program that will determine the best locally-available materials for 3D-printed concrete. This technology will allow the Army Corps to more quickly 3D print concrete structures without relying on the delivery of large amounts of construction materials. “By harnessing the power of AI, our...
Introducing Presto Geo P3 - The Presto Geosystems Project Planning Portal
Harness the Power of Value Engineering Presto Geosystems is proud to introduce Presto Geo P3 (Project Planning Portal), a trailblazing, complimentary web-based suite of geotechnical calculation tools. Designed to expand the universe of available value engineering tools available to the AEC industry, Presto Geo P3 empowers engineers, contractors, and project owners to build smarter, faster, and more sustainably. With web-based calculation tools for geocells in unpaved and paved applications—a...
Avvir Announces Key Product Enhancements to Minimize Discrepancies in Construction, Protecting Budgets and Timelines
New York, NY - Avvir, an automated risk analysis company for the construction industry, today announced a number of enhancements across its product offerings that will further improve customer efficiency, accuracy, and advance Avvir’s mission of automating workflow for contractors. Alongside the announcement of these product updates, Avvir has also released a new case study with Ryan Companies, the national builder, developer, designer, and real estate manager based in Minneapolis. The case stud...
Franklin Electric Launches New App, FE Connect, to Support Variable Frequency Drives
Fort Wayne, IN – Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: FELE) has released an enhancement to its FE Connect app, which is designed to help professionals quickly set up and service Franklin Electric products equipped with wireless connectivity. The app supports the company’s most popular variable frequency drives (VFDs), including SubDrive Connect, SubDrive Connect Plus, SubMonitor Connect and select configurations of Cerus X-Drive. This enhancement is the latest innovation for the app, which of...
Vectorworks Receives buildingSMART IFC4 Import Certification
With Both Import and Export Certification, Vectorworks Software Fully Meets International Standards for openBIM. Columbia, MD — Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces it has obtained IFC4 Reference View 1.2 Import Certification (Architectural Reference Exchange) from buildingSMART International (bSI), the worldwide industry body driving the digital transformation of the built asset industry, through the creation and adoption of open, international standards and s...
Civil Infrastructure Geoprofessionals Are Ready to Adopt the Cloud, New Report Says
Report highlights time-consuming data management practices, with data residing in disparate “‘silos’” CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, July 19, 2023 – Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, today announced the findings of its latest Geoprofessionals Data Management Report, which looks at the trends, challenges, and opportunities in geoscience data. Jo Knight, Chief Customer Officer, Seequent, said, “As civil infrastructure projects become larger, and budgets become tighter, it’s more crucial...
Topcon introduces Aptix integration platform for heavy civil construction
Aptix integrates data from multiple sources into one platform for optimal efficiency LIVERMORE, Calif. – Topcon Positioning Systems introduces Aptix™, a new integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) to optimize how heavy civil construction projects are managed. Aptix seamlessly integrates Topcon solutions with multiple third-party applications to automate and orchestrate data connections between the office and job site. It streamlines processes and generates insights for construction tea...
New Trimble Terra Office Workflow Delivers Integration with Esri ArcGIS Pro
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 11, 2023—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the release of the Trimble® Terra™ Office add-in for Esri ArcGIS Pro. The add-in is a new product in Trimble’s Terra Office suite of desktop solutions for integrating Trimble TerraFlex® field data collection software with GIS systems of record. The announcement was made today at the 2023 Esri User Conference. With a streamlined user interface, the new Terra Office add-in for ArcGIS Pro allows a customer to connect Ter...
CompassCom Releases Upgraded Telematics Platform with Enhanced Situational Awareness for Asset Tracking and Fleet Management
CompassCom’s telematic tracking system CompassTrac 8.2 showing real-time dashboards. KPIs are shown for fleet or radio customer giving users important real time metrics of their telematic devices. Hybrid Solution for On Premise and Cloud Deployment CENTENNIAL, Colorado, 10 July 2023 – CompassCom Software has released Version 8.2 of the CompassCom GIS-centric hybrid telematics platform that can be deployed on premises or in the cloud for real-time asset tracking and comprehensive flee...
BlueConduit Launches a Water System-Level Lead Service Line Count and Replacement Cost Estimator
(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — Water utilities nationwide are working to find and replace their lead service lines (LSLs) without knowing how many are in their system. To help utilities plan, water analytics pioneer BlueConduit launched a free LSL count and replacement cost estimator. The recently released tool, part of BlueConduit Starter, combines machine learning with public records to estimate the number of unknown lead service lines at the water system level. It also provides an initial cost esti...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
