Trimble and Mincon Offer Trimble Ready Drilling and Piling Solution for Solar Industry
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the availability of a Trimble Ready® factory option for new Mincon piling and drilling attachments. As a result of this collaboration, Mincon Drill Mast Attachments for skid steers and excavators now have an option for the installation of the Trimble® Groundworks Machine Control System, which can significantly reduce the cost and complexity of the installation for the contractor. Mincon Solar Installation Drills and Pile Drivers are de...
Topcon expands construction layout portfolio with LN-50
LIVERMORE, Calif. – October 4, 2023 – Topcon Positioning Systems announces the launch of the LN-50 3D laser, the latest addition to the LN layout navigator family of instruments. Intended to be an affordable and easy-to-use solution for digital layout, the LN-50 has a 50-meter (164-foot) range as compared to the longer-range, full-featured LN-150 that continues to be a mainstay of the Topcon layout portfolio. The new LN-50 is designed specific to homebuilders, mechanical, electrical, plumbing (M...
Esri Awards Locana with the ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty Designation
Locana Now Certified to Implement the Esri Geospatial Cloud and is One of Only 16 Companies to Receive This Designation DENVER —Locana, an international leader in spatial technology, received Esri’s ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty, which designates Locana as an expert in deploying and managing ArcGIS in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. With this designation, Locana becomes one of a very select group of Esri partners with verified capabilities in...
John Trotta Named Midwest District Leader at WSP
Senior vice president and national director of client services will be responsible for growth and oversight of operations across the firm’s 13-state region. CHICAGO — John Trotta has been promoted to Midwest district leader at WSP, a leading engineering, environment and professional services consultancy. Trotta, a senior vice president who was recently interim Midwest district leader, has assumed this role on a permanent basis. He will continue to serve as WSP...
Newforma Shares the Future of Construction Information Management Technology
Building and design professionals explore the transformative power of cloud-hosted, web-based AECO information management solution Newforma Konekt as the company unveils new branding at 2023 Newforma World MANCHESTER, N.H. — Oct. 4, 2023 — Newforma unveiled its new branding and dove deep into the benefits of their newly launched cloud-hosted and web-based Newforma Konekt platform at the Newforma World user conference in Chandler, Arizona, Oct. 1-4. In addition to four days of peer-led edu...
WaterIQ First to Market with 4,400 Precise Algae Destroying Ultrasound Frequencies
Most Disruptive Technology to Hit Water Industry in Decades Allows for Chemical-Free, Automated and Cost-Effective Algae Mitigation, Bringing Golden Algae and Red Tide into Scope WILSON, Wyo. | WEFTEC, Chicago, IL – – WaterIQ Technologies, the leader in next-generation ultrasonic solutions to combat harmful algae and biofilm without the use of chemicals, today announced the availability of its disruptive and advanced Pulsar 4400 and 3400, feature-rich state-of-the-art ultrasonic devices for...
SWE Earns $5 Million National Science Foundation Grant to Fund the Women of Color in Engineering Collaborative
Diverse Grant Team includes SHPE, NSBE, AISES, and WEPAN (Chicago)—The Society of Women Engineers has been awarded a nearly $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the Women of Color in Engineering Collaborative (WCEC)—a project that seeks to address the impact of retaining women of color in the engineering profession. SWE is joined in the collaboration by the National Society of Black Engineers (co-principal investigator Rochelle Williams), Society of Hispanic Profes...
Atwell expands to Utah with acquisition of Summit Engineering Group
Oct. 3, 2023 (Southfield, MI) – Atwell has acquired the operations of Summit Engineering Group, a civil engineering and land surveying firm headquartered in Heber City, Utah. This is Atwell’s first permanent office in Utah, adding to the company’s recent expansion in the western United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001 by Brian Balls and Michael Johnston, Summit offers a wide variety of professional and technical services throughout Utah. Their employees hav...
Trimble receives Merit Award for Technology Innovation
MERIT AWARDS ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2023 TECHNOLOGY AWARDS IRVINE, CA, - Merit Awards, an independent awards program that recognizes global industries and the market they serve, today announced the winners of the 2023 Merit Awards for technology. The Merit Awards for technology were judged based on submissions that represent the best in current and next-generation innovations and technologies. “We’re thrilled to announce the outstanding winners of the 2023 Merit Awards for Technology. T...
Bentley, Infotech, and AASHTO Unite to Support Digital Delivery Initiatives for Departments of Transportation
Integration to automate digital workflows between design and construction. Image courtesy of Bentley Systems. To Eliminate Disjointed Manual Processes by Automating Digital Workflows between Design and Construction EXTON, Pa. – Oct. 3, 2023 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, Infotech®, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASH...