The USDOT is hosting a two-day, web-based rapid consensus meeting involving connected vehicle pilot deployment sites, the Certification Operating Council, and other key stakeholders. This Connected Vehicle Pilot Era Standards Rapid Consensus Meeting will take…
Steel Deck Institute Publishes New Edition of the Diaphragm Design Manual
GLENSHAW, PA, Oct. 13, 2015 —The Steel Deck Institute (SDI) has published a new edition of the Diaphragm Design Manual (DDM04), which complies with…
OGC Seeks Sponsors for FutureCities Pilot
22 July, 2015. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) in collaboration with buildingSMART International (bSI) invites sponsorship in a pilot project to…
Steel Deck Institute Seeks Individuals to Review Upcoming 2017 Editions of Consensus Standards for Steel Deck
GLENSHAW, Pa., July 8, 2015—The Steel Deck Institute (SDI) is soliciting individuals interested in reviewing the upcoming 2017 editions of its consensus standards for steel deck as members of the consensus canvass body. The 2017 editions will include revisions…
OGC and ILA to Collaborate on Indoor Positioning
March 11, 2015—Two global organizations, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the InLocation Alliance (ILA), have begun working together to advance indoor positioning capabilities. While outdoor navigation is common place, much work is still needed to…
OGC Requests Comment on LandInfra Conceptual Model
Jan. 22, 2015—The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC(R)) membership has issued a Request for Comments on the OGC LandInfra Conceptual Model. This document, the first public draft of the OGC's proposed UML conceptual model for land parcels and the built environment,…
GRAPHISOFT Partners with buildingSMART Korea to Foster National BIM Standards
BUDAPEST, Dec. 18, 2014—GRAPHISOFT, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with buildingSMART Korea, to assist in the development of the “Open BIM-based…
EPA Proposes Smog Standards to Safeguard Americans from Air Pollution
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2014— Based on extensive recent scientific evidence about the harmful effects of ground-level ozone, or smog, EPA is proposing to strengthen air quality standards to within a range of 65 to 70 parts per billion (ppb) to better protect…
OGC Announces Location Powers: Smart Cities Summit, December 2nd, Tokyo, Japan
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites you to attend the inaugural Location Powers Summit (www.locationpowers.net) on 2nd December 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. The focus for this first event will be understanding the location and place needs for a Smart City.…
