Connect Pivotal Workflows with Trimble's New Construction Operating System
LAS VEGAS — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today it will be previewing Trimble® WorksOS, a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) operating system, at ConExpo 2020. The cloud-based system will integrate data from Trimble and third-party providers across the entire civil construction project lifecycle, including estimating, scheduling, designs and the field. The Trimble WorksOS preview will demonstrate 3D productivity and real-time progress to plan to bring next-generation, real-time visibility from t...
AGTEK Development Company introduces major upgrade to mobile apps
(Livermore, California, USA) – AGTEK Development Company, part of Hexagon, announced today the release of a major upgrade to SmartPlan, SmartDirt and SmartTrack mobile apps to bridge the gap between the construction site and the office. AGTEK has moved the traditional construction and earthmoving plan set into the 21st century, putting the plans into the palm of users’ hands no matter where they are in the world. Simply geo-referencing traditional 2D plans and supplementing them with rich 3D...
Immersive Civil Engineering Game to Be Used Across the Country
Teaching tool has proven successful in the classroom TROY, N.Y. — Without ever needing to step outside of a classroom, a college dorm room, or a quiet nook in a library, civil engineering students can now transport themselves into the field where they must take measurements, make observations, and understand the impact of the environment on their designs, and their designs on the environment. This unique pedagogical approach is being made possibl...
Structures Congress 2021 Call for Proposals
Call for Abstracts and Sessions Be a part of the program! Submissions Due June 3 SEI invites abstracts and sessions on topics of interest to structural engineers at every level of their career. Emphasis is on presentations that support advancing the structural engineering profession including leadership development, innovation and novel project solutions, emerging technologies, resilience, sustainability, functional recovery, Global Climate Change, and innovative research with practical ap...
LBX and Trimble Announce Precision Grade Upgrade Kits for Link-Belt 160X4, 245X4 and 350X4 Excavators
LBX and Trimble are pleased to announce Link-Belt Precision Grade™—powered by Trimble® Earthworks—upgrade kits for Link-Belt 160 X4, Link-Belt 245 X4 Spin Ace and Link-Belt 350 X4 excavators. These kits provide all necessary components, hardware and software required to upgrade a standard machine to 2D/MG (Machine Guidance) or 2D/MC (Machine Control), or upgrade a machine with 2D/MG already installed to a 2D/MC capable machine. The Link-Belt Precision Grade 2D/MG system uses technology from T...
Missouri S&T professor’s work honored by American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers has recognized Dr. Islam El-adaway, the Hurst/McCarthy Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and his team with the 2020 Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize for significant contributions to construction engineering. El-adaway won the prize for the paper “First Attempt Toward a Holistic Understanding of the Interdependent Rippled Impacts Associated with Out-of-Sequence Work in Construction Projects: System Dynamics Modeling Approach.” The pap...
Golden Software Enhances Grapher Package to Handle Plotting of More Data Sets at Once
Grapher users can customize how break axes display for bar charts. Add a grid line, empty space, the axis break symbol, or a user defined symbol to show where the break affects the plot. GOLDEN, Colorado – Golden Software, a developer of affordable software for visualizing and analyzing diverse data sets, has released the newest version of its scientific graphing package, Grapher™. New capabilities significantly improve the user’s ability to model, analyze and interpret multiple data set...
Trimble Takes Construction Machine Control to the Next Level
Groundbreaking New Features and Industry-Firsts in Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform Version 2.0 LAS VEGAS — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform version 2.0 with groundbreaking new features for all machine types, along with the release of the Trimble Earthworks Assistant App for in-cab learning material. These improvements are designed to enable faster ROI, increase productivity and decrease training time for operators. A first in the co...
Bentley Systems Announces the Acquisition of GroupBC, UK Leader in Cloud Services for Construction Information Management
Advancing Project and Asset Common Data Environments (CDEs) through Digital Twins LONDON, UK – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of GroupBC, a leading UK SaaS software innovator. For over twenty years, GroupBC’s and Bentley’s software solutions have been deployed for complementary purposes to improve project and a...
Trimble Introduces Tekla 2020 Structural BIM Software Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the latest versions of its Tekla software solutions for advanced Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural engineering and steel fabrication management—Tekla Structures 2020, Tekla Structural Designer 2020, Tekla Tedds 2020 and Tekla PowerFab 2020. Tekla software is at the heart of design and construction workflows building on the free flow of information, constructible models and improved collaboration. Tekla Structures supports th...