Infrastructure Expert Yoga Chandran Joins HNTB Corporation as Project Director
SANTA ANA, Calif. – C. Yoga Chandran, PhD, PE, GE, has joined HNTB Corporation in Southern California as project director and vice president. Based in HNTB’s Santa Ana office, Chandran is supporting the firm’s work on some of the most complex infrastructure projects throughout the region. Chandran brings more than 30 years of experience in a broad range of technically challenging engineering projects, including project management, planning, design, project assessment and environmental documen...
Lona Hankins Joins HNTB as Project Director Serving Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Lona Hankins joined HNTB Corporation as project director in New Orleans, as part of the firm’s Gulf Coast District. Hankins is responsible for delivering large-scale, complex infrastructure programs using her extensive industry network; comprehensive understanding of federal agencies including securing funding and associated regulations; program controls and project management. Hankins has 30 years of industry experience spanning engineering, program management and leading...
BetterGIS Launches Its Powerful New Platform Nationwide, Offers Expanded Capabilities To Manage Utility And Facility Infrastructure
NOVATO, CA – October 17, 2018 – BetterGIS, formerly known as UndergroundGIS, today announced the nationwide availability of a newly enhanced platform that offers greater capabilities to manage utility and facility infrastructure. The expanded features in UVARA, the new name of the company’s cloud-based solution, provide owners, operators and third-parties with a streamlined, simplified GIS that maps a wide range of underground, surface and above ground assets, including pipes, lines, conduits...
PlanGrid Launches Tasks To Keep Construction Teams On Track and Mitigate Risk Throughout the Project Lifecycle
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2018 - PlanGrid, the leader in construction productivity software, today announced PlanGrid Tasks, a new product that allows project teams to easily connect the dots between planning in the office and execution in the field. PlanGrid Tasks gives construction teams the ability to capture and track all work in one place, significantly saving time and increasing visibility across a jobsite. By creating and assigning tasks to any team member and viewing the real-time status o...
Siemens and Bentley Systems Announce Integrated Asset Performance Management (APM) Solution for Power Plants
LONDON, U.K. – The Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference – Siemens and Bentley Systems have announced a joint technology and service solution, consisting of their complementary offerings, to speed up the digitalization of power plants and provide intelligent analytics with a range of innovative offerings and managed services solutions. The new service, to be hosted on Siemens’ cloud-based open IoT operating system, MindSphere, will combine Bentley’s advanced asset performance software capabilit...
Bentley Systems Acquires LEGION, Leading Pedestrian Simulation Software
LONDON, U.K. – The Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of leading pedestrian simulation software provider LEGION, based in London and supporting more than half of the world’s 40 largest transit agencies. The acquisition augments Bentley’s comprehensive modeling environment with collaborative d...
Bentley Advances Industrialization of Infrastructure Project Delivery Through ProjectWise Integration with Microsoft 365
LONDON, U.K. – The Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the general availability of integration between ProjectWise 365 Services and Microsoft 365. The collaboration capabilities of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Flow, alongside analytics from Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Power BI, can now be applied to mainstream automated digital workflows within ProjectWise. The integration will enable collaborative digital workflows that transcend system bound...
Going Digital (Twins): Bentley Inaugurates iTwinTM Services
LONDON, U.K. – The Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference – 16 October 2018 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the forthcoming availability of iTwinTM Services, digital twin cloud services for infrastructure projects (project digital twins) and assets (performance digital twins). iTwinTM Services can be transparently provisioned within Bentley’s...
SimActive Releases Version 8.0 with 3D Modeling
Montreal, Canada – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is proud to announce the release of version 8.0 with a new 3D modeling module for Correlator3DTM. The module allows the generation of 3D textured meshes to create photorealistic models, which can be exported in standard formats, including OBJ files. “Adding a 3D modeling function addresses an increasing need in the industry, and the natural progression of our software workflow”, said Louis Simard, CT...
ACI Announces Winners of Annual Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Oct. 16, 2018 - The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announced the winners of the 2018 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards, who were honored during the Institute's Concrete Convention & Exposition, October 15, 2018, in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The highest honor was presented to Viaduct Over River Almonte in Garrovillas de Alconétar, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. This award is given annually to one project that demonstrates excellence in concrete innovation and techn...