I had the opportunity to attend the 1Spatial Smarter Data Smarter World conference in London. A presentation by Seb Lessware, CTO of 1Spatial, of Realworld 4D for BIM and facilities management demonstrated an impressive integration […]
Colorado’s statutes for the prevention of damage to underground utilities were assessed by the federal pipeline authority PHMSA in 2014 and found to be below standard in two areas. As a result the Colorado General […]
Pipeline incidents (gas distribution, gas transmission, gas gathering and hazardous liquid) resulting from excavation damage 2005-2019 Gas and hazardous pipeline operators are required to report all pipeline incidents to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration […]
Traditional output from a GPR scanner showing hyperbolas reflected from underground utilities The major inhibitor to broader use of ground penetrating radar for detecting the location of underground utilities is the difficulty in interpreting radar […]
Hubei Electric Engineering Corporation (HEEC) was this year’s winner of the Bentley Year in Infrastructure Communications and Utilities award. One of the key objectives of the ground-breaking CNY 120 million (US$16.8 million) Miluo Western 220kV […]
The winner of the Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2019 Roads and Highways award is a remarkable project by Foth Infrastructure and Environment LLC for a $38.9 million highway revitalization project in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This […]
According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) missing or inaccurate location information about underground utilities is a major source of highway construction project delays and budget overruns. Some jurisdictions have taken advantage of their legal […]
Unforeseen ground conditions are a major cause of delays in construction projects. This year at the Year in Infrastructure event Bentley announced OpenGround a collection of applications for collecting, sharing, visualizing, analyzing, and accessing geotechnical […]