Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Anthony (Tony) Follett was elected to the Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference’s Hall of Fame for his, “exemplary contributions of surveying and mapping,” in the State of Alaska. Follett is the sixth AeroMetric employee to receive this award. Follett, who leads AeroMetric’s Alaska office, said, “It was an unexpected honor for me to be chosen
Monday, March 26th, 2012
Emirates Green Building Council (Emirates GBC) shared industry insights on promoting energy and water use efficiency in existing buildings and new constructions through its participation at the Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) that was recently held in Dubai. Read More
Monday, March 26th, 2012
It is important to use technology for economic development but we should not get addicted to it, said Professor Suvit Wibulsreth Founder Executive Director of the Geo Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency of Thailand delivering the 4th Sir Arthur C Clarke memorial lecture at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies on Monday. He said that
Monday, March 26th, 2012
Privatization revenues in the Turkish energy industry might reach $20 billion this year, exceeding the estimated volume of $15 billion, said a consultant at a panel on March 19 in Istanbul. Speaking about risks, opportunities and prospects for the local energy industry between 2012 and 2015, Cüneyd Zapsu, the head of Cüneyd Zapsu Consultancy, said Turkey,
Monday, March 26th, 2012
Scientists, politicians, businesspeople and NGO representatives from 95 countries are set to meet in London to find solutions to the issues of growing population and rising consumption of the Earth’s limited resources. Read More
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Eighty percent of complaints from people against authorities in 18 provinces and cities in the central region of Vietnam in the past four years involved land management, according to the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam. The agency announced the news at yesterday’s meeting in Buon Ma Thuot City of Dak Lak Province to review the reception of
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
News that the construction industry has been facing a downturn in terms of its economic contribution since 2008 (going down from a 4.8 per cent gross-value-added contribution in 2008 to a four per cent contribution in 2011), despite a boom in the local real estate market, is food for thought. Read More
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa on Saturday said that survey work for six high-speed rail corridors, including the Bangalore-Chennai and Bangalore-Pune routes, was in progress. Speaking at a meet-the-press programme organised here by the Bangalore Reporters Guild, Mr. Muniyappa said the other corridors were Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Mumbai-Pune, Delhi-Agra, and Delhi-Jaipur, Ajmer and Jodhpur. Read More
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has been appointed to lead a new UN commission on life-saving commodities together with co-chair President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria. Stoltenberg accepted the invitation to lead the commission from the UN’s secretary general Ban Ki-Moon Friday. The newly launched commission aims to work to increase access to medicines and health supplies for
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
To reduce fuel consumption, Airbus used extremely lightweight materials in its flagship A380. Now cracks have appeared in the wings, and repairs will cost the company hundreds of millions of euros. The problem highlights the engineering dilemma caused by the industry drive for fuel efficiency. Read More
