Are there things that an owner, agency or municipal government responsible for an airport, industrial campus, or town can do to reduce the risk of underground utility damage, the associated disruptions to operations and business […]
Back in 2016 Gartner predicted that by 2020 the largest electric power company will be an Uber-like behemoth that will not own assets but will simply manage energy suppliers and energy consumers in an open […]
In his foresighted talk at Geo Business in London, industry insider Adam Box raised warning flags for the construction industry – if the industry is unable to change from within there are signs that major […]
At the first Longitude meetup in the U.K., organized by Ben Flanagan, Kenneth Field, and Chris Wesson, Ed Parsons presented his perspective on one of the directions to expect from geospatial in the future. It […]
Integrated geospatial and BIM is increasingly being recognized as essential for full lifecycle construction and for enabling urban digital twins. At this year’s Geo Business in London the importance of integrating these technologies was asserted […]
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 […]
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, […]