President Obama has announced $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to build the first nuclear power plants in the U.S. in nearly 30 years, reportedly in Burke County, Ga. The power plants will be built […]
Last September, the California assembly passed bills to increase the current 20% by 2010 Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 33% by 2020. Shortly after Governor Schwarzenegger signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the California Air […]
I blogged recently how Texas is now requiring building information modeling (BIM) on state projects. I just came across an interesting related article about bringing high school curricula into the 21st century in Texas. Department […]
Wednesday I had the opportunity to speak at a unique seminar organized by Consortech in Montreal which brought together civil and structural engineers and GIS folks in the same room. Pierre Genest, the president of […]
As I have blogged on several occasions (here, here and here) Ontario is in several ways leading the charge in the green power revolution in North America. It started in 2004 when as part of […]
Find out what a Project Manager role with a LIDAR data Acquisition company is like and how you could get yourself into the LIDAR survey business. A very exciting and dynamic role for young people to keep up to date with changing technology and also have a chance to see the world while getting paid to do it. […]
The Government of Ontario is moving forward rapidly on a planned expansion to the electric power transmission network in the province. Last September the Government asked Hydro One to immediately proceed with planning and implementing […]
Data quality is a serious issue at most utilities and telecoms and is becoming more critical as we move into the era of intelligent networks such as smart grid. Field staff in utilities are frustrated […]