Microdrones is Taking Photogrammetry to New Heights with the mdMapper3000DuoG VHR
Rome, NY - Rome, NY – Microdrones is releasing three new Integrated UAV Systems based on the heavy lifting power, resilience and efficiency of the Microdrones md4-3000 aircraft: the mdMapper3000DuoG VHR, the mdMapper3000DuoG, and the mdMapper3000 PPK. The company has also updated the mdTector1000CH4 LR with a Pergam Laser Methane Falcon sensor for detecting Methane (CH4) and methane-containing gases. Additionally, Microdrones is preparing to release mdInfinity, a new software package t...
ARTBA Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Rolls Out New Website
www.transportationinvestment.org designed to help boost state and local campaigns WASHINGTON - A new website from the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC) provides easy access to a variety information sources on state and local transportation funding methods and trends, legislative and ballot initiatives, 50 case studies on successful and unsuccessful campaigns to increase investment, and webinar recordings of best practices and lessons learned. Based on the premise that shar...
Perovskite Solar Cells Get An Upgrade
HOUSTON – Rice University scientists believe they’ve overcome a major hurdle keeping perovskite-based solar cells from achieving mainstream use. Through the strategic use of the element indium to replace some of the lead in perovskites, Rice materials scientist Jun Lou and his colleagues at the Brown School of Engineering say they’re better able to engineer the defects in cesium-lead-iodide solar cells that affect the compound’s band gap, a critical property in solar cell efficiency. As a...
New Trimble R12 Receiver Boosts Surveying Performance
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® R12 GNSS receiver, a high-performance Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) surveying solution. Powered by an all new Real Time Kinematic (RTK) and Trimble RTX® positioning engine, it features ground-breaking Trimble ProPoint™ GNSS technology that empowers land surveyors to quickly measure more points in more places than ever before. Surveyors who work in challenging GNSS environments can use the Trimble R12 receiver to...
KAI Build and PARIC Corporation Break Ground on $21 Million Ameren Missouri Operating Center in North St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, Nov. 5, 2019- KAI Build and joint venture partner PARIC Corporation broke ground on Oct. 24 to start construction of Ameren Missouri’s new North Metro Operating Center at 4427 Geraldine Avenue. The $21 million facility will replace the adjacent Geraldine Operating Center which has employed hundreds of Ameren employees and provided electric operations to North St. Louis for over 60 years. The North Metro Operating Center will be a localized hub for up to 500 Ameren employees who...
Russelectric, A Siemens Business, Announces The Mission Critical Management Group Named Manufacturer’s Representative for Georgia
Hingham, MA – Russelectric, A Siemens Business, a leading manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, announces that The Mission Critical Management (MCM) Group has been named Russelectric manufacturer’s representative for the state of Georgia. The Mission Critical Management Group is an electrical manufacturer’s representative specializing in the design, application, and deployment of emergency, power quality and power distribution equipment in the health care, ind...
Jordan Taylor Joins HNTB as Aviation Project Director in Arlington
ARLINGTON, Va. – Jordan Taylor, AIA, joined HNTB Corporation’s aviation architecture practice as project director and associate vice president in the firm’s growing Arlington office. His more than two decades of experience in the aviation planning, design and construction industry offers clients in the region and across the country an invaluable resource for development and delivery of complex aviation infrastructure projects, such as terminals, landside and airside support facilities, and criti...
World Energy Council Welcomes New CEO Dr Angela Wilkinson
Dr Angela Wilkinson has succeeded Dr Christoph Frei as the Secretary General and CEO of the World Energy Council as of November 1st, 2019. Dr Wilkinson previously served as the Senior Director, Scenarios and Business Insights, World Energy Council, leading the insights program and strengthening the Council’s drive to energy transition impact. She is one of the world’s leading global energy future experts, an experienced senior business executive, distinguished Oxford scholar and published au...
Epiroc to Digitalize Pucobre’s Mining Operations in Chile
Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc AB, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has signed a collaboration agreement with Sociedad Punta del Cobre SA in Chile to digitalize the company’s mining operations, boosting productivity and safety. Epiroc is helping Sociedad Punta del Cobre, commonly known as Pucobre, to enhance its mining operations in the Atacama region in northern Chile. This collaboration includes defining new ways of working and new roles as well as...
Nexans is Preferred Power Export Cable Supplier for the Seagreen Offshore Find Farm Project
Nexans is SSE’s preferred supplier for the design, manufacture and installation of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 1,075MW Seagreen wind farm project Nexans will supply and install the three 65 km offshore export cables and three 20 km onshore export cables for the project Paris La Défense, November 4, 2019 – Nexans has been appointed by SSE as the preferred supplier to design, manufacture and install the onshore and offshore export cables for the Phase 1 developmen...