Congress Avoids Shutdown, Approves One-Week Extension of 2016 Spending Levels
Congress avoided a government shutdown while continuing to negotiate on a long-delayed 2017 budget, but approved a further one-week extension of 2016 spending levels to May 5 to give lawmakers more time to pin down an agreement for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Top appropriators said those negotiations had brought both parties close to a wide-ranging budget deal to fully fund agencies through September, but that they needed more time to complete work on various issues. The House voted...
Infrastructure Showcase: PCI Design Award Winners
Now in its 55th year, the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Design Awards program recognizes design excellence and construction quality using precast concrete. The program has helped the design and construction community innovate and advance by showcasing ideas that push the envelope, overcome challenges, and improve upon existing concepts. The program demonstrates how designers are continuing to utilize high-performance precast/prestressed concrete to achieve sustainable, more-cos...
Vertical Images: From Film Making to Inspection, and Why the Future of Drones Doesn’t Lie in Flying
Successful drone entrepreneur Petr Lněnička went from award-winning filmmaker to drone inspection leader in his native Czech Republic. Here he lays out 3 pieces of advice and explains why for him, the transition seemed logical, and why he believes the future of drone mapping services will place less and less emphasis on drones and more and more weight on mapping data. Petr Lněnička was working as filmmaker when aerial footage became a hot commodity. “In 2011 it was something pretty new and un...
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018 –Simplified Design from Design Creation, 3D Modeling to Collaboration
This past year has been exciting for the AutoCAD Plant 3D development team. We have added features that further simplify the design process by helping customers easily produce P&IDs, integrate them into a 3D plant design model, and collaborative effectively – all within Plant 3D. This release also paves the way to help customer’s move to the Autodesk Cloud and to BIM solutions. What’s New in Plant 3D 2018 Cloud Based Collaboration This year, we are introducing a new collab...
InfraWorks and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018: They’re Here!
April 13, 2018. The latest Autodesk InfraWorks and Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 are officially released today. Throughout the year many of you have met with our product managers and development teams; and, many, many more of you have shared your Ideas for product feature enhancements. Your involvement in the development of our solutions is invaluable, helping us bring you the tools you need to conceive, design and construct road, highway, bridge, land, and other infrastructure projects in w...
The Year in Infrastructure 2016
Bentley Systems and Informed Infrastructure are pleased to present the Finalists and Winner for the 2016 Be Inspired Award for Innovation in Structural Engineering.
Active Mudslide Covers Idaho Road
Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) crews were on scene with cameras rolling as a hillside broke free and covered a section of U.S. 95 south of Bonners Ferry on Friday, April 7, 2017.
March – April 2017 TRENDS
In this section, Informed Infrastructure compiles infographics from trusted sources that reveal insight on infrastructure spending. We also compile some of the top infrastructure stories that shouldn’t be missed. For ongoing news coverage, turn to Informed Infrastructure online (www.informedinfrastructure.com), our Twitter feed (@IInfrastructure) and our weekly e-newsletter. ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card: U.S. Fails to Raise Its Grade Every four years, ASCE’s...
American Organization to Provide Safe Water to Colombian Landslide Victims
Louisville, KY - On Saturday, April 1, a deadly landslide devastated Mocoa, Colombia, a town of 60,000 near the Ecuadorian border. More than 300 people are known to have died in the disaster, more than 100 are still missing and approximately 2,700 residents are living in shelters after heavy rains caused mud, rocks and water to engulf the town, sweeping away entire neighborhoods. Some areas remain without safe water and electricity, and police officers have been sent in to deter looters. ...
The Hills on Governors Island Reshapes New York City Harbour
A photo from Outlook Hill during construction highlights Tensar’s Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Slope Design that included detailed geogrid layouts in elevation and plan view for every 2.5 feet of grade change to allow for precisely placed geogrid segments, seamlessly blending the MSE zone (right) with the lightweight fill material (left). When backfill was placed and grading completed, Outlook Hill approached 60 feet of MSE height, while the crest of the hill sits 70 feet above sea l...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
Promenade at The Point
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