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 […]
Engineering design is typically done on a desktop computer, using CAD or BIM software. Models are viewed in 3D or 2D on a monitor. Increasingly they can be viewed in mixed reality. At a SPAR3D […]
Underground utility damage is expensive. Several jurisdictions have attempted to estimate the cost of underground utility damage for individual incidents and for entire national economies. Costs can be broken down into direct costs and indirect […]
There have been significant advances in technologies for detecting underground infrastructure including inertial locating, novel radar technologies applied to ground penetrating radar (GPR), and software for post processing GPR signals to produce tomographic images. Each […]
At the fourth Digital Underground Connect (DUConnect) session, Rob Martindale, Utility Program Manager at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) provided an overview of a remarkable initiative by the State of Colorado to address the […]
Accurately mapping underground utility and telecom network assets represents a growing opportunity for professional surveyors. In order to ensure continuing improvement in the accuracy of location information about underground utilities, some international jurisdictions are requiring […]
Government agencies and construction firms are recognizing the significant benefits of an accurate map of underground infrastructure for construction projects. Here we describe how accurate models of underground infrastructure bring practical benefits to construction projects. […]
Comparing the United States and Japan reveals a startling difference in the number of incidents of underground utility damage during construction. In the U.S. the number of incidents is between 400,000 and 800,000 per year […]