The primary objective of interventions such as one-call centres, pipeline safety and other regulations, and national programs such as ROADIC in Japan is the reduction of damage to underground infrastructure during excavation. Collecting reliable statistics […]
Geospatial and BIM have been identified as key technologies in the digital transformation of the global construction sector which has been underperforming for decades. A recent report estimates the size of the contribution of geospatial+BIM […]
The effects of population growth, urbanization and climate change are motivating us to contemplate serious changes in how we build and maintain buildings and infrastructure. This change will require new tools. There are important industry […]
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 […]
In the last few years strong business drivers for improving power distribution design productivity including an aging and shrinking workforce, an accelerating transition to the smart grid and a rapidly changing utility business model have […]
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, […]
Many utilities’ GIS contains only a small part of what is required for managing a smart grid. Often even the data in the GIS is too unreliable to use for smart grid applications. For example, […]
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 […]