Airports Leader Rejoins Stantec
We are pleased to announce that Architect Rian Burger has rejoined Stantec as a senior principal in our global airport practice. Based in Stantec’s Toronto-Wellington office, Rian brings more than 30 years of industry experience, along with a keen understanding of the airport business and a creative approach to solving operational challenges faced by airport operators. “We’re delighted to welcome Rian back to Stantec and we look forward to his leadership of our Airport team in the Greater Tor...
AASHTO Releases a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Enhancement and Support of AASHTOWare Bridge Design & Rating
A Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit competitive proposals for professional services to complete the development and delivery of the first release of the planned modernized AASHTOWare Bridge Design-Rating system (BrDR 7.0) and to provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements to the AASHTOWare Bridge Design-Rating products. A project to deliver a modernized version of the AASHTOWare Bridge Design-Rating software was initiated in July 2016. The goals of the original BrDR modernizat...
Bentley Systems Accelerates Focus on Infrastructure Engineering for Digital Cities
The City of Helsinki leveraged Bentley’s reality modeling software to generate a 3D representation of Helsinki as part of its smart city initiative, improving internal services and processes. Image courtesy of City of Helsinki. SINGAPORE – The Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today presented...
Trimble's Compact GNSS Board Adds Flexibility and High-Precision Positioning to Unmanned Aerial Systems
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today a compact, high-precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) board specifically designed for unmanned aerial systems (UAS)—the Trimble® UAS1. The board's simple connectivity and configuration allow UAS system integrators to easily add satellite-based positioning—with the ability to upgrade its capabilities—using rugged connectors and Trimble's easy-to-use software interface. The new UAS1 incorporates the latest Trimble Maxwell™...
Terra Drone opens Chile branch, conducts flare stack inspection for state energy company ENAP
Concón, Chile, October 24, 2019 – Terra Drone Chile, a newly-founded group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has successfully conducted visual inspection of flare stacks for Chile’s state-owned energy company ENAP Aconcagua. In this pilot project, three flare stacks – each about 70m tall – were inspected in 45 minutes using drones. This proved to be significantly cost-effective and faster than the conventional method of engaging the services of a professional photographer in a mann...
Bentley Systems Announces New iTwin Cloud Services for Infrastructure Engineering Digital Twins
Sulfuric Acid Plant in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hatch leveraged the digital twin to provide alternative procurement strategies to lower the cost of material supply and cut several months off the schedule. Digital twins enter the mainstream – engineering firms and owner-operators put digital twin aspirations into action SINGAPORE – The Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference – 24 October 2019 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provi...
Load, Capacity Calculation Errors, Inadequate Peer Review Led to Pedestrian Bridge Collapse
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board determined, during a public board meeting held Tuesday, that load and capacity calculation errors made by FIGG Bridge Engineers, Inc., are the probable cause of the fatal, March 15, 2018, Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami. Contributing to the collapse was Louis Berger’s inadequate peer review, which failed to detect FIGG’s calculation errors in its design of the main span truss member 11/12 nodal region a...
Hotel PACAI in Vilnius Outranks Hotels Designed by Zaha Hadid, Dayana Lee, Neri & Hu in Prestigious Surface Travel Awards
Hotel PACAI, located in Vilnius, Lithuania, was named the winner of this year’s Surface Travel Awards in the category of large international hotels. The 104-room Hotel PACAI was selected out of seven short-listed hotels, and it was the only one listed that is not located in a traditional tourist destination or a metropolis. Nate Storey, Features Director at Surface Media, highlighted the impression the historical details and modern design left upon the award jury. “The jury was extraordi...
OnScale and SoftMEMS Collaborate with Mentor to Announce a New Integrated Workflow for MEMS Digital Prototyping
Leading MEMS companies are adopting the OnScale and SoftMEMS Digital Prototyping solution to massively reduce risk, cost, and time-to-market for new MEMS and sensor products. San Diego, CA – Today, at the MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress – MSEC 2019, OnScale® and SoftMEMS® announced the first truly integrated workflow for MEMS Digital Prototyping combining Cloud Engineering Simulation and Tanner electronic design automation (EDA) tools from Mentor®, a Siemens business. Enabling MEMS Digita...
McGuireWoods Advises Dominion Energy in $2 Billion Recapitalization of Gas Facility
McGuireWoods advised Dominion Energy in a recapitalization of the company’s Cove Point liquefied natural gas facility in Lusby, Maryland, by an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management. The deal calls for Dominion Energy to transfer a 25 percent, non-controlling equity interest in Cove Point to Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners, a fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management, in exchange for cash consideration of just over $2 billion, excluding working capital. Dominion Energy...
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