Automatic feature extraction or image classification using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms has been successfully applied in several domains, for example, in recognizing landmarks, dogs, cars and other objects in consumer photos and detecting building footprints […]
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 […]
Integrating CAD and GIS into an efficient workflow for records management (aka network documentation) has been a challenge for utility and telecom operators for decades. While utility and telecom operators have found ways to address […]
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 […]
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) has released its latest DIRT (Damage Information Reporting Tool) Report covering 2015, 2016 and 2017. To make it possible to estimate the total number of events and to allow comparison […]
Unknown or inaccurately located underground utilities can make or break a highway construction project’s schedule. For the largest construction project in the state of Alabama’s history, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) used ground penetrating […]