Autodesk continues to expand the boundaries of design tool capabilities with close collaboration with designers that are pushing the use of computer hardware, software and materials exploration. Continuing along this path, the company announced the acquisition…
Pittsburgh Flexicore Realizes the Value of BIM for Concrete Manufacture
For more than 50 years, Pittsburgh Flexicore Co. has been a leading manufacturer of precast, pre-stressed concrete components, and structures in the…
Jiangxi Electric Power Design Institute (JXEPDI) Increases Substation Design Efficiency
As an energy industry leader, the Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA) provides the full range of services from planning, survey, design,…
A Mobile App Aids City Planners with Details for Cycling and Walking
It has been notoriously difficult for city officials to really learn how residents move around major cities, particularly when taking into account the routes of joggers, walkers and cyclists. They take unique paths to get to work or their homes, and many of…
Advancing BIM Toward “Level 3”: Compounding Benefits
Among the multitude of viewpoints regarding a “new level” of BIM aspirations, I would like to offer Bentley Systems’ perspective, as a leading software provider dedicated to “sustaining infrastructure,” on how and why the advantages at each BIM advancement…
As Intelligent Cars Take Off, Regulation Looms
The past four years have brought innovation beyond anything we could have ever imagined, and nowhere have we seen this change more than in our cars. The development of intelligent vehicle technologies is bringing wireless connectivity and the Internet on the…
gINT Supports Comprehensive Geotechnical Information Management System for the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City ensures sustainable development and enhances the quality of life for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Since its inception in 1962, the Municipality has implemented projects aimed at establishing modern infrastructure…
Water Network Analysis Reduces Need for Further Infrastructure Investments
In an age characterized by growing populations and crumbling infrastructure it’s natural to look to new technology solutions for salvation. In many parts of the world, big investments in new infrastructure seem both highly desirable and unattainable—as…
Federated GIS Based on Bentley Map Enables Cancún to Collect 66 Percent More Property Tax
Bentley Channel Partner Innovacion Sistemas y Proyectos (iSP) is a leading provider of geospatial information systems (GIS) services to local, state, and federal governments as well as the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico. The City of Cancún retained iSP…
ScottishPower Strikes a Strategy for Asset Management and Process Safety
Energy company ScottishPower, a division of Iberdrola, was the first power generator and the second company in the world to be certified on BSI Publicly Available Specification 55 (PAS 55:2008), which benchmarks best practices, in asset management. AssetWise…
