Friday, September 10th, 2010
he U.S. Department of State announced today that HOK (Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) has been selected for the planning and design of the New Office Annex (NOX) in Moscow, Russia. The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) reviewed the submissions of 27 architectural firms competing to plan and design the NOX. OBO determined that HOK provided
Friday, September 10th, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the finalists in the 2010 Be Inspired Awards competition. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world’s infrastructure. The winners will be announced at the invitation-only Be Inspired:
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is a bronze sponsor at the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) held at the Marriott Minneapolis City Center, September 12-16 in Minneapolis, Minn. Attendees at next week’s conference will find product information sheets in their
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
In the midst of a difficult fire season in many parts of the world, the United Nations’ (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization has launched a new online fire detection system that will help firefighters and natural hazards managers improve response time and resource management. The Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS) delivers fire data from
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today committed to help the capital cities of five states pursue high quality green development that includes cleaning up and recycling vacant lands, providing greater housing and transportation choices, and reducing infrastructure and energy costs. Through its new Greening America’s Capitals program, the EPA will fund private sector experts
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
RapidEye announced today that it has mandated Roland Berger Strategy Consultants to support its effort to raise additional funding for the company. “To finance new growth and expand our business we are looking for freshcapital,” says Wolfgang G. Biedermann, CEO of RapidEye AG. “We want to expand our market reach, our investment in new systems and our product development efforts more
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Holistic City Software has released CityCAD 2.0.5, the latest version of the urban design software tool. This is a maintenance release, meaning there aren’t any significant new features, but our development team have made several improvements and fixes. Also, the Online Database is now linked to the new City Design Reference Library, and allows you
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Infotech Enterprises Limited (Infotech) announced today that it has hired Greg Oaten as Strategy Advisor for Utilities. Greg will operate from Infotech’s Sydney office inAustralia and will focus on the APAC region. Greg will play a strategic role in developing and refining Infotech’s new service offerings in areas suchas Smart Grid and power engineering for its
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
The Government of Alberta has released the Water for Life action plan, the roadmap that the government and its partners will follow over the next 10 years. The action plan supports the goals and directions in Alberta’s renewed Water for Life strategy. The renewed strategy better reflects the population increase and economic growth Alberta has seen over the past
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Old maps have a certain reassuring permanence about them, not so the new ones – welcome to the age of real-time cartography – Australia Radio National presentation. Listen or download.
