Bridge Architects Max Nasab and Micah Dodson Join FINLEY Engineering Group
Bridge Design and Construction Engineering firm, Finley Engineering Group (FINLEY) is proud to welcome Bridge Architects Maxim (Max) Nasab, AIA, MRAIC, LEED Green Associate and Micah Dodson, AIA NCARB, LEED Green Associate to its growing international firm. These two key hires will expand FINLEY’s Bridge Aesthetics, Bridge Information Modeling and Design Visualization capabilities. Max has a Bachelor and Master of Architecture from Savannah College of Art and Design where he graduated with ho...
Urban Land Institute Greenprint Center and Measurabl Collaborate to Drive Sustainable Building Performance
SAN DIEGO – A collaborative effort announced today between the Urban Land Institute Greenprint Center for Building Performance (Greenprint) and Measurabl will improve sustainability and building performance tracking for more than 20,000 commercial buildings covering 3.7 billion square feet around the globe. These properties constitute the collective portfolio of Greenprint members and Measurabl subscribers, who together represent the world’s largest database of sustainability-focused commercial...
Kaman Measuring Announces KD-5100 Differential Measurement System
Middletown, CT – The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance, precision non-contact position measuring systems, announces the availability of its KD-5100 differential measurement system, which provides resolution to a nanometer of positional change. With its proven stable design, extremely small size, and low power consumption, the KD-5100 is ideal for night vision systems, precision telescope positioning, fast steeri...
Iridium Announces Target Date for Second Launch of Iridium NEXT
MCLEAN, Va. - Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announced it has received a targeted launch date of mid-June for the second mission of ten Iridium NEXT satellites. Originally anticipated for mid-April of 2017, the date has shifted due to a backlog in SpaceX’s launch manifest as a result of last year’s September 1st anomaly. This second launch will deliver another ten Iridium NEXT satellites to low-Earth-orbit (LEO) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX is targeting six subsequent Iridiu...
SES and Gilat Join Forces to Make Connectivity at Sea More Accessible
LUXEMBOURG and PETAH TIKVA, Israel - SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and Gilat Satellite Networks (NASDAQ:GILT) (TASE:GILT) today announced a strategic collaboration focused on delivering affordable connectivity to a broad range of small ships and vessels left underserved at sea in the Caribbean and beyond. Set for commercial launch in April 2017, the plug-and-play platform is the latest offering within the SES Maritime+ service, which was first introduced late...
Atlas Copco Awards Recognize Innovative Breaker and Compressor Monitoring Technology
Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco’s most prestigious awards this year recognize the development of a highly energy-efficient and ergonomic breaker, and a compressor monitoring technology that is generating significant savings for customers. The John Munck Award for technical innovations is presented to Olof Ostensson and Thomas Lilja, who work in technical development for the Construction Tools division in Kalmar, Sweden. They developed the handheld pneumatic breaker RTEX, which cuts energy cons...
SimActive Unveils New Licensing Options
Montreal, Canada – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to offer new Correlator3D™ license options for medium format cameras and satellite sensors. Users who only require to process such data can now benefit from industry-leading software, at a lower price. The new medium format license supports image formats up to 100 megapixels. For the satellite sensor option, any data with associated RPCs are supported. “We are excited to launch the...
Teledyne Optech Announces the New ALTM Galaxy T1000 with Dramatic Operating Cost Reduction and Performance Increases
Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers, the ALTM™ Galaxy T1000 . This new system combines a 1000-kHz effective ground measurement rate with Optech’s award-winning SwathTRAK™ technology to create the most compact, most efficient, and most versatile lidar sensor available today. “Cost reduction is the key driver for leadership in competitiveness in today’s geospatial data a...
Prototype for "Native LAS 1.4 Extension" of LASzip LiDAR Compressor Released
Just in time for ILMF 2017 in Denver, the makers of the popular LiDAR processing software LAStools announce that the prototype for the “native LAS 1.4 extension” of their award-winning open source LASzip LiDAR compressor is ready for testing. An update to the compressed LAZ format had become necessary due to a core change in the ASPRS LAS 1.4 specification which had introduced several new point types. A new feature of the updated LASzip compressor is the ability to selectively decompress of o...
Arup Crowned Supreme Winner at the Surface Design Awards
The Broad was selected from 13 award winners to scoop the Supreme Winner accolade at the ceremony in London. The Surface Design Awards recognise examples of progressive design and the use of innovative surfaces in projects both in the UK and internationally. The project was described by the judges as “environmentally and technically great” and an “awe inspiring space, seamless with a clever use of light and form”. The Broad’s sophisticated interior lighting design uses controlled passive d...