Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Construction has commenced on Foster + Partners first project in Hangzhou, China, with a sustainable, landmark headquarters tower for CITIC Bank. The 100-metre-high skyscraper’s bold diagonally-braced structure will establish an iconic presence for the Bank in a prominent location on a main axis through Hangzhou Qian Jiang New City, a new central business district being
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The company is focusing on new business segments within engineering such as nuclear engineering. Reddy added that the firm continues to do some maintenance work or writing code, which comes as a part of some manufacturing contract, but it is not doing any business in the traditional hot spots of the IT sector such as banking
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), Spain’s leading train manufacturer, and the only listed company in the sector, may have company soon in the Spanish stock exchange. Its rival Talgo, which years back made an aborted attempt to list, is once again considering tapping the bourse for funding. Deliberations on the issue have got to the
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Any industry that mislays 25-30% of its product in the process of delivering it might reasonably be thought to have a problem. Yet that, according to the World Bank, is the case for the world’s water companies. Though water is cheap, it is not free. According to a report published by the Bank in 2006,
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Oikos East Africa has assigned a young Leo Mongandre (26 years old) of Arusha to lead a team of engineers from Italy, Arusha Technical College and from the University of Dar es Salaam to promote use of small rivers, streams and water falls to produce hydro electric power for rural areas. Mr. Mongandre works for
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The aim is to give the research agenda a strong basis through wide stakeholder consultation. By doing so we hope that the research community, the governance practitioners and the research donors will take ownership of the agenda. Once ready, the agenda will assist donors of scientific research (e.g. European and national research funding and development
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The Shippingport Bridge spans the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1961, the main river crossing is a three-span, combined deck/through-truss bridge more than 1,300 feet long. As part of a larger evaluation and rehabilitation project, Lehigh University’s Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS) Research Center performed field-testing of this bridge. The
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
ArcGIS API for iOS lets you build and deploy mobile geographic information system (GIS) applications for iOS devices such as Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. To familiarize you with the API, Esri will host the free, live training seminar Introduction to ArcGIS API for iOS on April 28, 2011. The ArcGIS for iOS application, available
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Ashtech today announced release of version 3.5 firmware for the ProFlex 500 GNSS receiver that includes a powerful NTRIP Caster to enable surveyors, municipalities, mining, engineering and agricultural operations to easily implement and control their own very cost-effective and secure corrections network via NTRIP protocol. Ashtech dealers are also expected to take advantage of the
Monday, April 25th, 2011
The vdR Group, Inc. today announced the launch of its new business unit, Alcove9. The Alcove9 search solution delivers unified access to disparate file system structures, including electronic content management (ECM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, enabling users to quickly search, find, retrieve and act upon content.
