In Germany a new standard for documenting and exchanging information about underground infrastructure exposed during construction has been developed. Referred to as DIN SPEC 91419 it provides a standardized way to capture and share a […]
The City of Rotterdam is developing a digital twin of the city. 3D vector and image data of the above- and underground infrastructure, zoning regulations and city by-laws, data streams from real-time sensors, applications and […]
A recent startup LiveEO is focusing on the digitalization of energy and transportation network assets using satellite imagery. LiveEO uses current multi-band imagery including radar and hyperspectral data at various resolutions from earth observation satellites […]
Scotland is one of the leading jurisdictions in developing a nation-wide collaborative system for sharing information about the location of underground infrastructure among stakeholders involved in road construction including roads authorities, utility and telecom network […]
At a Digital Leaders Virtual event Heath Pritchard, Maria Teneke, Holger Kessler and Neil Brammall of the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) project reported on the progress to date of one of the Geospatial Commission’s […]
The industry standard for locating underground utilities is a manual process involving the use of an electromagnetic (EM) wand to detect underground cables and pipes. The detected location is typically recorded by painting or otherwise […]
The Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies(CATT) has just released the report of a survey designed to better understand the current state of subsurface utility engineering (SUE) practices, barriers, and acceptance across Canada. The most […]
Recently Greg Johnston of Sensors and Software gave a very informative webinar on the factors that limit the depth to which ground penetrating radar (GPR) is effective in detecting objects. Greg showed how statistical averaging […]