A very interesting recent academic study from the University of Birmingham investigates the effectiveness of the British PAS128 standard for underground utilities. Four different utility survey specialist firms were invited to locate (without potholing) underground […]
Every year there are 400,000 incidents of damage to underground utilities during excavation in the U.S. This is a world wide problem but some jurisdictions have found ways to reduce the number of underground utility […]
GeoIgnite is excited to announce a special guest for the opening of our two-day geospatial conference in June! Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will be joining us on the plenary day, Tuesday, June 18th to welcome […]
Mayor Jim Watson to open GeoIgnite 2019 GeoIgnite is excited to announce that Mayor Jim Watson will be introducing the plenary day of GeoIgnite 2019! As the new national conference is taking place in Canada’s […]
As cities grow outwards and upwards over time, we most often forget what lies underneath what is on top. While not all cities from Antiquity have survived into the present day, the ones that have […]
NEDO estimates that about 50% of time over-runs on commercial building projects are caused by unforeseen ground conditions.* There are two aspects to the problems associated with the subsurface. One is geotechnics, soil, ground water, […]
Leverage tech for the public at GeoIgnite A new article on GeoIgnite 2019 in the Ottawa Business Journal highlights the “Geospatial Foundations” aspect that provided the framework for how the whole conference came together—that is, […]
Gatineau, May 9, 2019 – CubeWerx today announced the successful transition of a Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP) pilot project to production status, with a contract to provide its geospatial web service technology to […]