Infrastructure in the older cities of Canada was installed more than 100 years ago when as-built drawings, if any existed, referenced surface features that may have disappeared. Recording the accurate location of such utilities was […]
We are beginning to see data from real world projects that offer tangible evidence of the benefits of an integrated BIM+geospatial full lifecycle approach for construction projects. A few firms such as Parsons Brinckerhoff, Atkins Global, […]
Vegetation is a significant source of outages for many utilities. In some regions from one quarter to one half of all outages can be ascribed to vegetation. Vegetation encroachment initiated the massive North American northeastern […]
On this blog most of the discussion relating to underground infrastructure has been focused on construction focussing on the risks to workers and the public and the drag on the economics of construction. There are […]
TNO, Geological Survey of the Netherlands Information about the location, condition and interdependencies of the infrastructure and geology below our feet is poor or lacking. Even though information about what is below ground is revealed […]
Building information modeling (BIM) has been applied to design-build construction projects for many years. A growing number of countries are mandating BIM for public projects. While the UK government has said that “…we know that […]
This year’s winner of a special recognition award at Year in Infrastructure was Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd for its Nagpur Metro Asset Information Management System which implemented a digital twin and a tagging scheme […]
Companies are recognizing the benefits of an integrated geospatial and building information modeling (BIM) approach to design and construction. At Bentley‘s the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference in London, the winner of the Year in Infrastructure […]