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Bentley is improving its software with new asset capabilities
April 27, 2015
Bentley is improving its AssetWise APM package with the addition of process safety and risk management capabilities. The new AssetWise APM V7.3.
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Supergeo offers GIS training tool
April 27, 2015
Supergeo Technologies says that its latest packages offer effective training for both GIS users and non-GIS professionals, as well as new tools for sharing geospatial data. The training offering comes in the shape of free online courses with extensive learning materials. The firm says that it is a leader in the field with its state-of-the-art GIS technology and is able to assist personnel from various industries to address different tasks with spatial information. A comprehensive series of online course
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Machine control boosting paving quality
April 27, 2015
The use of machine control technology on a bypass construction job has boosted quality quality control is a topic that clients as well as contractors are finding increasingly important. Control systems are being used more and more often on construction sites as a result, so as to collect data on a range of processes. This includes looking at the asphalt being supplied to site and on the quality of paving during construction. Using this data, processes can be optimised in the medium-term and, in the long-ter
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Seoul, city of contemplation and the 25th World Road Congress
March 18, 2015
It’s been a decade since South Korea’s capital city Seoul took the bold step of replacing a major urban throughway with a park, complete with a river, to create the Cheonggyecheon Walkway. Now, Seoul is getting ready to host the 25th World Road Congress from November 2-5. The event is being produced in cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea, the Korea Expressway Corporation, the Korea Road & Transportation Association and the PIARC Korean National Commit
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Bentley is boosting its business operations with new acquisition
March 13, 2015
Software specialist Bentley Systems continues to develop its spread of technology solutions for the construction sector. Its latest acquisition is of the California-based provider of construction management cloud services, EADOC. This is being added into Bentley’s MANAGEservices portfolio and will help managers at engineering and construction management firms or infrastructure owners with capital projects to reduce risk and staff hours. It will also help improve information quality, and provide owners with
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Topcon beefs up eXchange AutoCAD 3D civil engineering software
March 10, 2015
Topcon’s latest eXchange software add-on for AutoCAD Civil 3D civil engineering design software converts data into files compatible with Topcon 3D construction solutions as well as the MAGNET software system. The add-on even converts complex road designs with defined corridors into Topcon standard file formats, such as MJF (MAGNET Field job) for land surveying and construction layout, and TP3 (3D Topcon Project File) for machine control systems. After installation, users are offered the ability to log in to
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Trimble continues acquisitions with Linear Project deal
March 5, 2015
Trimble continues to develop its operations with the acquisition of German firm Linear project for an undisclosed sum. This privately owned firm is a leading provider of scheduling software for linear infrastructure projects. Linear project’s TILOS time and location planning software is used worldwide and is ideal for highways construction as well as other linear civil engineering projects. Linear construction projects present major challenges as work is not performed in a single location. But the TILOS sof
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Feasibility study for Romanian road link project
February 13, 2015
The Romanian National Company for Highways (CNADNR) is commissioning a study for an important new road link. The proposed connection would link the existing Sibiu bypass with the Pitesti bypass. Italian firm Spea Ingineria Europea and Romanian firm Tecnic Consulting Engineering have formed a joint venture to handle the €6.5 million feasibility study into the project. The consultancy work is expected to take 17 months to complete. The proposed link would stretch some 120km and is expected to cost around €1.6
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Bentley Systems boosting business with acquisition
February 11, 2015
Construction software specialist Bentley Systems continues to develop its portfolio of solutions with yet another acquisition. The company is growing both organically and through acquisition, this time buying up the French firm Acute3D, provider of Smart3DCapture software for reality modelling. Through reality modelling, observations of existing conditions can be processed into representations for contextual alignment within design modelling and construction modelling environments. According to Bentley, rap
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Bentley acquires C3global, provider of web-based Amulet software
February 5, 2015
US construction software provider Bentley Systems has acquired UK-based C3global, a provider of web-based Amulet software for operational analytics for an undisclosed sum. Amulet is a data collection validation, analysis and modelling system used by many industries around the world to manage mission-critical activities. The system is used by organisations that generate large amounts of data, such as in the sectors of water and wastewater, oil and gas, energy production and transmission, retailing, commun
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