GeoSLAM launches next generation data processing
Market leaders in mobile SLAM technology, GeoSLAM, is bringing automation to the industry, with the launch of GeoSLAM Connect. Connect is an automated processing platform that provides users with the flexibility to process their data to their exact specifications all through a series of interactive customisable script based workflows. Developed on GeoSLAM's new operating system, LiDAR OS, and compatible with the ZEB family of products, the platform will minimise the time and effort neede...
DuPont Launches New Biofouling Preventing Technology for Reverse Osmosis Installations
The new DuPont™ B-Free™ pre-treatment technology reduces operational costs and boosts plant uptime and reliability. WILMINGTON, Del., March 30th, 2021 - DuPont (NYSE:DD), a global science and innovation leader, today announced the launch of a new pre-treatment technology that eliminates the effects of biofouling in Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems to reduce operational costs and to boost plant uptime and reliability. Biofouling is one of the most common and severe problems in the operati...
Hybrid construction would enable a lighter and more sustainable skyscrape
Hybrid City Challenge, organised by Metsä Wood in 2020, called for hybrid solutions to make construction more sustainable while maintaining efficiency using current building methods. The first prize was won by a design called “WHAT IF… New York’s SEAGRAM Building was a HYBRID building” by architect Jose Gustavo Garzon. Combining Metsä Wood’s Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) with steel and concrete structures resulted a lighter and more sustainable skyscraper. The Seagram Building located...
Yotta Energy Teams Up with Flex to Manufacture PV-Coupled Energy Storage System
Partnership will accelerate time to market for cost-effective, panel-level energy storage technology AUSTIN, Texas and SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 30, 2021 – Yotta Energy, a groundbreaking solar-plus-storage solution provider, today announced that it has selected Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX), as its manufacturing partner for the production of its PV-Coupled™ energy storage system. This partnership will allow Yotta to rapidly scale its technology for commercial and industrial markets. “F...
FTA Announces $30.5 Billion to Help the Nation’s Public Transportation Systems Respond to COVID-19
President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Provides Critical Investments to Support Transit WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a total of $30.5 billion in Federal funding is now available to support the nation’s public transportation systems as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and support President Biden’s call to vaccinate the U.S. population. Funding is provided through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P...
Construction Industry is failing to Slow Climate Change
According to a report by the United Nations Environment Program, to achieve sustainable infrastructure, construction must adopt new technology and materials. It reveals that the construction sector accounts for 38% of all energy-related CO2 emissions, increasing in 2019 to their highest level yet at around 10 GtCO2, and is failing to slow Climate Change or contribute to the 2016 Paris Agreement sustainability goals. This contrasts with the manufacturing, healthcare, and technology sectors,...
Tires turned into graphene that makes stronger concrete
Rice University scientists have optimized a process to turn rubber from discarded tires into turbostratic flash graphene. The graphene is highly soluble, which makes it ideal for composite materials, including cement in more environmentally friendly concrete. (Credit: Tour Research Group/Rice University) Rice University lab’s optimized flash process could reduce carbon emissions HOUSTON – This could be where the rubber truly hits the road. Rice University scientists have optimized...
WSP USA to Help Deliver Landmark Confluence-1 Fiberoptic System
Ultra-high capacity undersea telecommunications network the first to link critical communications hubs along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard between New York and Miami. NEW YORK — The recently finalized partnership of Confluence Networks, LLC and MasTec, Inc. has selected WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services firm, to assist in completing its Confluence-1 fiberoptic cable system. An alternative to the existing terrestrial network, the cutting-edge subsea project will prov...
GPA makes major infrastructure investment
SAVANNAH, Ga.– On Monday, the Georgia Ports Authority Board approved capital improvement projects that will increase the Port of Savannah’s container capacity by 20 percent. “Right now, we are moving container volumes that we did not expect to see for another four years,” said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. “Our employees are working very hard to ensure we continue to provide our customers with world-class service. Additionally, we are expediting capacity projects that will increase the...
National Building Museum Reopens on April 9
The Great Hall. Photo by Kevin Allen Three New Exhibitions, a Welcoming Visitor Center, and the Beloved Museum Shop Available to All, Fridays Through Sundays WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday, April 9, 2021, the National Building Museum will reopen after a 16-month closure due to restoration work and the COVID-19 pandemic. In its 41st year as the only U.S. cultural institution dedicated to the built environment, the Museum will once again welcome everyone to experience stories about the struct...
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Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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