Saturday, January 7th, 2012
At least VND1.55 trillion (US$76 million) has been used incorrectly in master-planning and land-use activities in six HCM City districts. “Violations were found in every procedure, from settings, exams, approval and deployment of the master plan, to land-use plans and management,” Le Sy Bay, vice head of the Government Inspectorate’s Department of Industrial Economy. During the 2001-2005
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
January is a time when many of us look for a new challenge, something to get our teeth stuck into. For some it is getting down to the gym and others it is a hobby or a new focus at work that we want to succeed in. In true New Year spirit, Socium have therefore
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
AECOM has been recognized for its involvement in 31 overall and 7 of the top 10 projects featured in the 2012 “Top 100 Infrastructure Projects” annual report on Canadian infrastructure activity by ReNew Canada magazine. The 31 projects have an aggregate construction value of more than C$50 billion, or approximately 44 percent of the $114 billion of
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Blom has signed a framework contract with all 26 municipalities in the Stockholm region (Stockholms län), Sweden with an estimated value of approximately €2.6 million. The framework agreement comprises supply of services for airborne photography, laser scanning and corresponding mapping and modeling. The framework contract covers the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, with an optional extension
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
CSC – IT Center for Science together with nine Finnish universities has formed the Finnish Grid Infrastructure (FGI) consortium, which has in turn purchased a distributed national computing cluster from Hewlett-Packard. This distributed resource is a significant increase in the computing capacity available for Finnish researchers. It forms a computational grid consisting of ten separate
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
China is considering a proposal to create an energy “super-ministry” as part of a sweeping cabinet reshuffle in 2013, two sources said, a step that would help Beijing impose its will on an industry beset by bureaucratic infighting. The new ministry would replace the National Energy Administration (NEA), China’s main energy regulator, and would take
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The happiness of a Saudi citizen who received a piece of land from the Madinah municipality was cruelly cut short after he learned the plot was inaccessible because it was surrounded by land from all directions, had no entry or exit points, and was also not registered in his name. Telling his story to Al-Madinah newspaper,
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The £32 billion high-speed rail line from London to Birmingham has been given final approval and will go ahead as proposed, ministers will announce next week. Read More
Friday, January 6th, 2012
A Missouri federal judge ruled the FBI did not need a warrant to secretly attach a GPS monitoring device to a suspect’s car to track his public movements for two months. The ruling, upholding federal theft and other charges, is one in a string of decisions nationwide supporting warrantless GPS surveillance. Last week’s decision comes as
Friday, January 6th, 2012
On the 5th of March 2012, exactly 500 years after Mercator’s birth in Ruppelmonde (Belgium), the European Council of Geodetic Engineers will celebrate our illustrious predecessor. At the same occasion, we will launch the first “Day of the European Surveyor and GeoInformation”. Special events will take place all over Europe. A solemn celebration will be organized
