I am at HxGNLive in Las Vegas this week. One of the several very interesting presentations with important implications for a number of industries is a talk by Massimo Zotti of Planetek. He described an […]
At GeoBusiness 2017 in London, Hugh Boyes, a Cyber Security specialist outlined some of the security risks of digital engineering and the importance of cybersecurity for engineering projects. BIM models, floorplans and 3D LiDAR scans […]
In a new study The Business Value of BIM for Infrastructure 2017 released by Dodge Data & Analytics it was found that BIM implementation for transportation infrastructure projects has grown dramatically in the last two […]
The construction industry in the UK, as in many of the world’s advanced economies, suffers from low productivity compared to other industries, a situation which hasn’t improved in 25 years according to Simon Rawlinson of […]
The world is rapidly developing the technology that allows energy flows to be determined by market forces. There is little doubt that transactive energy is in the future of electric power in North America, which […]
The Leica BLK360 has won a CES 2017 Innovation Award. The BLK360 is a miniaturized 3D imaging laser scanner that weighs about a kilogram. It captures full-color panoramic images overlaid on a millimeter accuracy point […]
Today’s 3D scanners are able to generate 3D models in which humans can easily recognize objects such as vegetation, ground, buildings, power transformers, utility poles and cables, and windows and doors. Automating this process of […]
At the SPAR3D 2017 conference, Burkhard Boeckem, CTO of Hexagon Geosystems, gave a vision of the future of 3D technologies developed by technology firms such as Hexagon. Among the well-known brands that form Hexagon Geosystems […]