Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
International research and consultancy organisation HR Wallingford has announced the creation of a new team of environmental specialists to enhance existing capabilities and act as a centre of excellence for aquatic environmental solutions. Environmental issues are at the heart of sustainable economic growth and social development. Management of the environment aims to conserve ecosystems now and
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Global architectural design firm HOK has launched a new business:HOK Product Design, LLC. Through this venture, HOK designers from across the firm will design products for use in and around the firm’s core business of architecture and interior design. HOK Product Design will license its designs to manufacturers for fabrication and sale. “HOK has a history
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
A smart sensor network that is monitoring the quality of drinking water in south-east Queensland has earned CSIRO one of the Australian ICT industry’s highest accolades. At the Australian Information Industry Association’s annual awards in Melbourne, CSIRO was named winner of the 2010 iAward for research and development. Read More
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
The City of Windsor has signed on to become one of Ontario’s first municipal participants to connect its water and wastewater facilities to the next generation of smart grid services. The City of Windsor has agreed to connect its municipal water resources to Sempa Power’s Ancillary Services Network (ASN), a pilot project which will enable Ontario’s
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce Leica SpiderQC v4.0 aspart of the new reference station software update that also includes Leica GNSS Spider andLeica SpiderWeb. SpiderQC (previously known as GNSS QC) adds a range of advanced featuresfor multi-frequency, multi-GNSS data analysis, visualization, and numerous other new features,improvements, and optimizations. SpiderQC provides a suite of tools to
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Northeastern Rural Electric Membership Corporation (REMC) is able to better serve the energy needs of its growing customer base by using mobile geographic information system (GIS) technology from Esri. The consumer-owned utility supplies electric power to more than 26,000 households and businesses in northeastern Indiana. Northeastern REMC utility linemen once navigated the service territories by memory, armed
Monday, August 16th, 2010
3-GIS announces the release of the Express Solution Inspection Management System. By extending the functionality of 3-GIS’s Network Express and Field Express applications, the Inspection Management System provides an intuitive solution that addresses a utility’s maintenance management issues while leveraging existing GIS data. Learn More
Monday, August 16th, 2010
TRADING MARKETS – Telvent jointly announce the strategic integration of Telvent’s advanced data acquisition and distribution management smart grid solution suite with OATI’s webSmartEnergy solutions for smart grid and energy markets. The combination of the companies’ leading-edge solutions will enable utilities around the world to efficiently and effectively balance network optimization and energy costs while maximizing regulatory,
Monday, August 16th, 2010
SolidWorks® software is helping a Norwegian company design and produce environmentally friendly fishing equipment fast enough to meet customer demands. Mustad Longline is the world’s largest manufacturer of longline fishing equipment, which is an alternative to environmentally destructive bottom trawling nets. Mustad Longline, launched in 1972, revolutionized and automated longline fishing practices that had been performed
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Indonesia may increase capital spending by 28 percent next year as the government aims to build more bridges and roads to boost growth in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said. The economy may expand 6.3 percent next year from 6 percent this year, Yudhoyono told parliament in Jakarta today. Capital spending in the
