WinCan’s ESRI ArcGIS Integration Brings Enhanced GIS Capabilities to Sewer Inspection
PITTSBURGH, PA —When integrated with ESRI’s ArcGIS platform, WinCan VX sewer assessment software allows users to navigate and analyze inspection data using a rich GIS (geographic information system) interface. With it, users can click map features to link to section and defect information, or they can click a tabular record in an inspection to jump immediately to its mapped location. With this bidirectional link between GIS and WinCan, inspections can be pre-populated with data residing in GIS (...
EDA Invests $2.2M in Railroad Upgrades to Serve Davenport, Iowa, Businesses
The Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration said it awarded a $2.2 million grant to the city of Davenport, Iowa, to build a new freight rail interchange track and rail spur to serve a new manufacturing facility and other businesses locating in the city's industrial park. The EDA said grantees expected the project to create more than 500 jobs and spur $78.5 million in private investment. The rail improvements support manufacturing and logistics industries, and build on oth...
Puerto Rico Seeks $5.84B in Disaster Aid for Transportation Facilities
Gov. Ricardo Rosello is asking President Trump and Congress to provide Puerto Rico with more than $5.84 billion in disaster aid just to cover repairs to the island territory's hurricane-damaged roads, bridges, seaports and airports. That is part of a total $94.4 billion aid request he submitted Nov. 13 in a letter to Trump, of which $31 billion is to rebuild housing, nearly $18 billion for the power grid and resiliency upgrades, and $15 billion for healthcare. The governor is seeking almos...
FARO Leads in Virtual Reality for Construction, Design and Forensics
Lake Mary, FL - FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s most trusted source for product design, construction BIM/CIM, and public safety forensics announces the release of Virtual Reality (VR)-ready FARO® SCENE 7.1 software (http://www.faro.com/scene/sg). FARO SCENE 7.1 enables an immersive VR experience with integration of detailed photographic textures, i.e., surface details of an object and rendering of 3D scan data so quickly that it appears to be generated in real time. A free 30-day trial...
Dow Insulation and Sealing Technologies to Help Increase Operational Efficiency and Maintain Temperature Consistency at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018
MIDLAND, Mich. – While winter may be a couple months away, preparations for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 have been focused on creating one of the best environments for athletes, spectators, media and other participants in the freezing February conditions expected in South Korea. Building technologies from The Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary of DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), have been incorporated into the Olympic Plaza, the International Broadcast Centre, and the Olympic Sliding Centre...
Autodesk Powers the Future of Manufacturing and Construction with Forge
At Autodesk University, Autodesk announced that developers and customers of all sizes are adopting its Forge developer platform to build and deploy apps and services to drive the future of making things in manufacturing and construction. A new platform update has also been launched to make building on Forge even easier. Next-generation cloud application framework The design and engineering world is undergoing a major disruption from a single-user, file-based, desktop CAD experience to a de...
Celebrating the 50th Annual Secretary’s Awards Ceremony
Secretary Elaine L. Chao kicked off the 50th Secretary’s Awards Ceremony to a thunderous ovation. Recipient’s from all Agencies, Offices and as far away as Juneau, Alaska, were gathered in the West Atrium of DOT headquarters to receive awards on excellence and merit. The Secretary took the opportunity to give a special thanks to the more than 300 DOT employees who have volunteered for special assignments to assist with recovery efforts after the recent series of devastating hurricanes. The l...
Transit Group: Tax Proposal a ‘Missed Opportunity’ to Fix Highway Trust Fund
The group representing U.S. public transit agencies said the House Ways and Means Committee's new tax reform plan is a "missed opportunity" to include measures that could put the Highway Trust Fund on a sustainable financial footing. Richard White, acting CEO of the American Public Transportation Association, said in a Nov. 3 statement that the plan offered by House majority Republicans "fails to address key priorities of the public transportation industry." The trust fund provides fundin...
Global Water Treatment Leader Kinetico Acquires Nimbus Water Systems
NEWBURY, Ohio -- Kinetico Incorporated, a global leader in the water treatment industry, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Nimbus Water Systems, a Southern California-based manufacturer of high-quality commercial and residential water treatment products. The strategic purchase combines Kinetico's best-in-class water softening and purification products with innovative water filtration and media technologies from the company's 2016 acquisition of Selecto, and Nimbus' high efficiency revers...
Aster has Announced €240 Million in Capital Raised, Taking Position as the Leading Venture Capital Fund Dedicated to the Energy Transition and the Mobilities of the Future
With €240 million in capital raised, Aster brings its total funds under management to €500 million and strengthens its position as a central player in financing innovation. A specialist in digital transformation and industries of the future, the investment company provides support to growing companies in the sectors of energy, mobility and industry. Building from a “Business Hub”, a true acceleration platform serving entrepreneurs, Aster provides them with support to jump-start their developm...