Arup has supported BAE Systems by providing consultancy on human factors, ergonomics, reliability, availability, maintenance and operations in the development of the first industry architecture for Digital Railway. This new industry architecture provides a…
Rainwater Harvesting and Make Up Water: The Why, When, and How
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) stores rainwater for reuse to supply non-potable uses like irrigation, wash water, toilet flushing, and laundry. During long…
Maintaining a Safe and Secure Tunnel Infrastructure
By Urs Rufener, Security Applications Director, Siemens Building Technologies Globalization – the ongoing process by which regional economies, societies,…
Big Data Moves Into Buildings
Reduce operating costs, boost energy efficiency, achieve sustainability goals: The energy data of a building or enterprise holds the key. But in and of itself, even a massive amount of data does not represent meaningful information. This is why building technology…
Looking to Sustainable Cities as Key to Smart Future
The world is entering an age of urbanization. Every year more people relocate to cities, creating new challenges around affordable housing, transport congestion, access to jobs and environmental impacts. Even though Australia is the planet’s sixth largest…
Water Supply Planning and Drought
The Environment Agency’s draft guidance for the next generation of Water Resource Management Plans makes it clear that water companies must understand how their systems will perform during periods of drought. Ralph Ledbetter is a senior hydrologist at HR Wallingford.…
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 not only in housing shortages and sky-rocketing rents. European cities, in particular, were built based…
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 an issue, so the industry is responding by improving process and leveraging innovation to deliver projects.…
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.…
