Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Water Minister Tony Burke has today hosted a roundtable with representatives from Australian environment and conservation groups on Murray Darling Basin reform. Mr Burke met with representatives from environment and conservation groups including the Australian Conservation Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund, the Australian Floodplain Association, the farming sector and state and national parks associations’. Mr Burke said
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
In order to promote scientific research on sustainable forest management, the ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber section has launched a PhD Thesis Award. The prize of 10,000 USD dollars will be awarded to the best PhD thesis providing new data and insights into forest management, and how to balance forest conservation, forest productivity and social well being.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Autodesk, Inc. announced its 2012 portfolio of software for the AEC industry. The updated portfolio supports the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process by offering comprehensive software solutions to help architects, engineers, planners, contractors, facility managers and owners in the building and infrastructure industries meet today’s business challenges. In addition to new and updated software products,
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Budapest Ferihegy Airport’s SkyCourt, connecting the airport’s 2A and 2B terminals, has been awarded the annual Tierney Clark Award for Best Civil Engineering Project. The award was established in 2000 by the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), the Hungarian Chamber of Engineers, and the Hungarian Association of Consulting Engineers and Architects. It is named after
Monday, March 21st, 2011
AGC’s 92nd Annual Convention / 2011 CONEXPO – CON/AGG – March 21, 2011 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that Bentley Navigator V8i has won a 2011 Constructech Top Products Award in the “Trusted Product” category. The awards honor technology solutions that have demonstrated the greatest
Monday, March 21st, 2011
After the sign of the Collaboration Agreement with Centre for Geospatial Science, the University of Nottingham, the gvSIG Association collaborates with the ELOGeo project (An e-Learning Framework for Using Geospatial Open Data, Open Source and Open Standards ) by providing English training documentation about gvSIG.
Monday, March 21st, 2011
The lives of a billion of the world’s poorest people could be improved though investing in community forest management, according to a recent IUCN study. As the world celebrates World Forest Day, IUCN urges decision-makers to recognize the various benefits of forests for forest dependent communities. Only a small fraction of the US$ 12 billion
Monday, March 21st, 2011
NAVTEQ today announced the launch of NAVTEQ Destination Maps. Destination Maps feature a unique set of interior map attributes (e.g., escalators) with detailed place data to enable users to more efficiently navigate and explore interior spaces. With NAVTEQ Destination Maps, location-based applications can extend beyond streets and sidewalks and into complex interior spaces. NAVTEQ Destination
Monday, March 21st, 2011
The world has a significant climate opportunity within its grasp that can bring fast results at low-cost, according to Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) President, Durwood Zaelke, who last Thursday addressed the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). Using the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty to phase down
Monday, March 21st, 2011
AVEVA today announced the launch of the new AVEVA Laser Modeller solution at SPAR 2011. An integral part of AVEVA’s larger laser scan strategy, AVEVA Laser Modeller rapidly and cost-effectively transforms laser scan data into intelligent, as-built 3D plant models. Creation of an accurate 3D model for existing brownfield facilities allows Owner Operators to optimise
