The Facts of the FAST Act The five-year transportation bill known as “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” (FAST Act) provides more than $305 billion to surface-transportation programs. This marks the first long-term transportation bill since 2009…
Smart Cities: Revolution in Every Area of Life
By Enzo Peduzzi, Director of Industry Affairs, Siemens Building Technologies, and President of Euralarm The current process of urbanization is reflected…
Road Innovations Improve Productivity, Increase Efficiency, Reduce Risk and Add Value
Road networks globally continue to require substantial investment in order to maintain safe passage for the traveling public. Funding continues to be…
New AVEVA Engage Redefines Engineering Decision Support
Dubai, UAE, Oct. 21, 2015—AVEVA today announced AVEVA Engage, a unique collaborative decision-support solution for capital projects and operating assets. It combines the power of instant access to a Digital Asset’s full contextually-integrated information…
YII2015 Building and Facilities Forum – Focusing on Business and Project Delivery Performance
BIM, BIM, BIM. Everyone is still talking about BIM. The building industry continues to search for process improvements to make project delivery more efficient, reduce waste, and produce higher performing assets. We have learned that the technology is only…
Reality Computing Goes Underground with Ground Penetrating Radar
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a non-destructive method for locating and mapping underground objects by transmitting high-frequency radio signals into the ground that bounce back when they hit a buried object or a boundary between different material types.…
ACH Foam Technologies’ EPS Geofoam Supports Structures Beyond Roadway Projects
ACH Technologies’ Foam-Control EPS Geofoam is best known for its use on roadway and embankment projects. An engineered lightweight material made of expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam with high compressive strengths and predictable material performance, Foam-Control…
January – February 2015 TRENDS
In this section, Informed Infrastructure compiles infographics from trusted sources that reveal insight on infrastructure spending. We also compile some of the top infrastructure stories that shouldn’t be missed. The Plummeting Price of Oil and Its…
Autodesk Excellence in Infrastructure 2014 Awards Spotlight the World’s Best Civil Infrastructure Projects
The crisis facing the world’s transportation, energy and water/wastewater infrastructure has been thoroughly documented, most recently in the USA-focused Making the Grade report. In keeping with the spirit of the Making the Grade report’s push to…
Geodesign Summit Europe Comes Into Focus
What better place to be in September than the historic city of Delft, the Netherlands? Famous for its canals and blue pottery, Delft is also a place steeped in the study of technology and engineering, as it is home to universities that specialize in those…
