Aging, deterioration and extreme events like earthquakes and hurricanes can take a toll on roads, bridges and other structures. With damage and defects often invisible, the search is on for systems that can monitor the health of structures and alert their…
Listening Technique Effectively Finds Underground Water Leaks
Montreal, June 22, 2016 — The world is approaching a water crisis. According to the International Water Management Institute, 33 percent of the world’s…
San Andreas Fault System Shows Sign of Large-Scale Motion
An array of GPS instruments near the San Andreas Fault System in Southern California detects constant motion of Earth’s crust—sometimes large, sudden…
Leica Geosystems Establishes Georadar Portfolio
Heerbrugg, Switzerland/Anaheim, Calif., June 15, 2016—Leica Geosystems, global leader of measurement and reality capture technologies, today announced the establishment of a georadar portfolio with three releases to provide applications in utility mapping,…
Milrem and Leica Geosystems Announce Pegasus:Multiscope: A New Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Surveying, Security, and Monitoring Applications
ANAHEIM, Calif., June 13, 2016— Milrem and Leica Geosystems today announced Pegasus:Multiscope, the first unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for off-road use, opening new applications in surveying, security, and monitoring. Combining Milrem’s Multiscope UGV…
EarthCam Merges Webcams and Drones to Create a New Geospatial Jobsite Model
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Business and IT leaders in architecture, engineering and construction are in San Francisco to discuss the future of construction technology at ENR's annual FutureTech Conference. EarthCam is using the platform to announce that it will…
Parsons Awarded Environmental Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring Services Contract
PASADENA, Calif., May 24, 2016—Parsons is pleased to announce that it was awarded a 5‑year contract to provide FMC Corporation with operations, maintenance, and monitoring (OM&M) services at nearly 2 dozen environmental remediation sites in 14 states.…
World’s Longest and Deepest Rail Tunnel Project Benefits from Surveying and Monitoring
Heerbrugg, Switzerland, May 25, 2016—Surveying and monitoring systems made the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in the Swiss Alps possible. The tunnel will be inaugurated on 1 June, and the breakthrough on 15 October 2010 was due to highly precise…
Senceive Making Waves In Wireless Monitoring
With over 2000 sensors deployed in the past 6 months alone, Senceive have had another record half year for supply and commissioning of its unrivalled monitoring systems across the UK and overseas. This firmly re-inforces the trend by Surveyors and Civil Engineers…
FOCUS 35 Total Station Monitors Dam For Movement
Tarn, France, May 23, 2016—At the Razisse dam on the Dadou River in southwest France, a Spectra Precision FOCUS 35 robotic total station has just completed monitoring the structural movements that occurred during recent major repairs and improvements to…
