Monday, October 31st, 2011
Intermap today announces that its “Mapping the Basin: the Murray-Darling Basin Information Infrastructure Project” has been named winner of the Asian Geospatial Excellence Award – Environment Management. The award was presented during the 10th Annual Asian Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial Information, Technology and Applications on Oct. 17 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
David Cameron has promised an “all-out mission” to kick-start infrastructure projects and revive the economy. Writing in the Financial Times, the PM said he had given the go-ahead for two power plants in Yorkshire that would create 1,000 construction jobs. Read More
Monday, October 31st, 2011
The President of the Algerian Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika inaugurated the first metro line in the capital Algiers today. Siemens, as the consortium leader, delivered the complete rail system as a turnkey project. The Siemens scope of supply comprised the automatic train control system Trainguard MT CBTC, the radio communication system Airlink and the train location
Monday, October 31st, 2011
London Underground (LU) has invited technology suppliers to discussions aimed at helping it understand how to develop a communications infrastructure for its next generation of tube railway systems. The organisation says it wants to talk about trends and innovation, particularly in communications and networking technology, such as switching and routing, network processors and wireless technologies. The
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Researchers are using innovative tools to perform psychological experiments a lot faster than they used to. Experts believe the number of smartphone users worldwide will top the 1 billion mark by 2013. Now an international team of scientists has taken advantage of smartphone technology to examine the mental processes involved in how humans remember, think,
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Zimbabwe has secured a US$300 million loan from Brazil to finance agriculture and boost crop production after successive years of food deficits, state media reported yesterday. The loan is part of Brazil’s aid programme for Africa, the state-controlled Herald newspaper said. Agriculture Minister Joseph Made said the funds would be used to support farmers who
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Hackers interfered with two US satellites four times between 2007 and 2008, according to reports. Read More
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Sales of advanced electricity meters in Brazil may exceed $4 billion (Dh14.68 billion) over the next decade as South America’s largest economy seeks to curb energy theft. The country is expected to issue in December specifications for companies that want to sell wireless meters that can be monitored remotely. It may also require utilities to replace all
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
A recent orthodoxy in some circles is that long range planning is no longer a relevant activity, since everything is changing so fast. As we are told, by the time the long range plan has been developed, it is irrelevant and just so much wasted time and paper. The new orthodoxy talks about strategic planning
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
With the UK government soon to outline its strategy to implement Building Information Modelling (Bim) on all public sector building projects, the design of the built environment will change drastically. Advanced computer modelling is transforming the design process of buildings worldwide. It’s predicted to save the industry at least 10% on build costs at £1bn
