Topcon Accepts Wichmann Innovations Award for Falcon 8
LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces it has won the Wichmann Innovations Award in the competition’s hardware category. Topcon representatives accepted the award for the Topcon Falcon 8 (powered by Ascending Technologies, a part of Intel®) rotary-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system). The Wichmann Award is bestowed annually at the INTERGEO trade fair in Germany. The Falcon 8 was judged the winner based on the criteria of innovation, user-fri...
Adolfson & Peterson Construction Chooses Egnyte Connect for Firm-Wide Collaboration
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – November, 2016 - Egnyte, the leading cloud provider of smart content collaboration and governance for the enterprise, today announced Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) has selected Egnyte Connect as their company-wide content collaboration solution. Egnyte Connect provides AP secure, uninterrupted access to all of their content and empowers their employees to easily collaborate, internally and externally, via any preferred business application on any device. AP is...
SWA and Thomas Balsley Join Forces in New York to Create New Company, SWA/Balsley
Sausalito, CA (November 16, 2016) — SWA and Thomas Balsley Associates have announced the formation of SWA/Balsley, a new company that will bring together in New York City both firms’ expertise in the field of landscape architecture. The new company will succeed Thomas Balsley Associates, while retaining Balsley as its lead principal and welcoming Gerdo Aquino and John L. Wong of SWA as new principals. Balsley will, in turn, join SWA as a principal. SWA/Balsley will begin operations on December 1...
Caltrans Welcomes New Deputy Director for Sustainability
SACRAMENTO – Caltrans today announced the appointment of Ellen Greenberg as its new Deputy Director for Sustainability, who will oversee Caltrans’ continued efforts to shift and align its policies and practices to improve the environment, the economy and social equity for all Californians. "Ellen will be a valuable addition to the Caltrans Executive Team. She will help Caltrans advance its sustainability commitment by applying those principles into the planning, design, maintenance and operat...
CycloPure Announces Bonding of Adsorbent Polymers into Textiles Enabling Fabrics that Remove Contaminants from Air and Water
ENCINITAS, Calif. - CycloPure, Inc. today announced a major advance in its breakthrough adsorption technology – the ability to bond its polymers into textiles. Using this process, the company is now able to infuse its highly adsorbent materials into textile fibers to functionalize fabrics. As first reported in the January 14, 2016 edition of Nature, CycloPure has developed proprietary materials with superior adsorption that rapidly remove pollutants and other contaminants in the treatment of...
Komax Triple Action Static Mixer Answer to Desalination Problems
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Komax Systems Offers Equipment to Help Desalination Plants Get Off The Ground. Komax Systems has long offered their Triple Action Static Mixer to a number of different industries, and with good reason. It's as versatile as it is powerful. With the constant calls for new desalination plants all over the world, Komax is showing its potential in this key area of water treatment. Is Desalination the Answer? From the California drought to dry water scarce region...
Michael Baker International Enhances Inspection and Data Mapping Service Offerings with New Addition to Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Fleet
Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, has expanded its cutting-edge inspection services with the purchase of a Topcon Falcon 8 unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The new Falcon 8 joins the company’s growing UAS fleet, and offers a new perspective for Michael Baker pilots to achieve highly precise aerial imagery and mapping during the inspection of infrastructure elements for customers. Combined with Michael Baker’s mobile and static Light...
AASHTO Board Elects Maine's David Bernhardt President and Tennessee’s John Schroer VP
BOSTON - The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Board of Directors today elected Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt, P.E., as the association’s president. Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer was elected vice president. "It’s an honor and a privilege to be selected to serve in this important national role,” said AASHTO President Bernhardt. “I’ve spent my entire professional career in transportation, risi...
Leica Geosystems Announces Complete Imaging Solution: Leica BLK360 Imaging Laser Scanner and Autodesk ReCap 360 Pro App
Las Vegas, November 16th, 2016, Leica Geosystems announced the “BLK360,” a revolutionary miniaturized black 3D imaging laser scanner. The product was revealed at Autodesk University 2016 and will be bundled with Autodesk’s ReCap 360 Pro and the new ReCap 360 Pro app for iPad. Both companies will demonstrate the product for the duration of the conference at the ReCap booth #2033 and the Leica Geosystems booth #1537. The BLK360 captures the world around you with full-color panoramic images over...
RDV Systems Unveils Interactive 3D Modeling Plug-in for AutoCAD and Bentley
NEW YORK – Visualization and building information modeling (BIM) software developer RDV Systems today announced 123BIM Publisher, a 3D modeling plug-in for AutoCAD Civil 3D and Bentley MicroStation. 123BIM Publisher enables engineers and visualization experts to use their existing CAD platforms to “democratize” their designs by publishing their models into a browser-based Google Earth-like 3D environment that is fully interactive. Using 123BIM Publisher to import external data such as aerial pho...
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