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New Contour Tracing Feature Leverages Background Data in Vector-Based PDFs 02/13/12 New version of software for calculating cut and fill includes a “Get Vectors” button that unlocks the data. COURTESY OF INSITE SOFTWARE |
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Tech Company Claims to Nullify Water Damage, the Bane of Mobile Devices 01/18/12 Many new products strive to protect mobile devices, but HzO Inc. uses a chemical process to protect electronics from within and it seems to work. Photo Courtesy of HzO |
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| 01/30/12 | Security System Locks Down Flash Drives, Destroys Data If They Stray Access rules can be set at a variety of levels. |
| 01/25/12 | Why Image Search Matters for Architects and Engineers Images of projects are a critical component of any architect or engineer’s portfolio. Web marketing expert Rebecca Lieb offers some best practices to ensure search engines—and perhaps your next customer—find them online. |
| 01/17/12 | Key Federal Technical Committee Says No Practical Solution to LightSquared's GPS Interference LightSquared's national broadband network plan hits dead-end with key technical evaluation |
| 01/09/12 | MIT Project Aims for a 'Google Database' of Material Properties A powerful research database aims to collect every known material for component discretion. |
| 01/02/12 | Automated Nag Complains and Reports When Drivers Use Cell Phones Cell phone nanny picks up on cell phone wave frequencies emitted from the driver's seat and warns the user to hang up, or it will tell the boss. |
| 12/28/11 | ENR's Tech Forecast: Increased Use of Mobile Tools, Upstart Apps and Sensor Implementation ENR technology editors prepare for the year ahead by trying to anticipate where current trends will lead. |
| 12/27/11 | Construction CIOs on BIM, BYOD and Emerging Technologies What are the main tech pains of construction CIOs? This panel at FutureTech provides some insights. |
| 12/26/11 | Contractors Support Bans on Distracted Driving Construction firms are getting behind this month's sweeping recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board, which calls for a nationwide ban on phoning and texting while driving. |
| 12/19/11 | Does Anyone Have an Idea for a Manageable Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Policy? Construction companies discuss options of allowing employees to bring their own devices to be used for work. |
| 12/19/11 | State Dept. Officials Highlight Building IT Needs Over Next 5 Years The U.S. State Dept.'s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations is rolling out a five-year IT strategic plan |
| 12/14/11 | Is Email Really the Most Important Technology at your Firm? A CURT Young Professionals Survey tries to figure out what form for telecommunication is the most important to modern companies. |
| 12/12/11 | AutoDesk, Bentley Launch More App Tools BIM-in-the-cloud apps are taking off. |
| 12/12/11 | Real-time Data Speeds Power Transmission Line Project Delivery Layers of project and customer data flow via Google Earth interface to give field crews managing power transmission line construction projects real-time ground truth. |
| 12/05/11 | MWH Global Spin-Off Innovyze Leads With 'Wet' Infrastructure Apps Engineer MWH’s technology spin-off has carved a leadership role in the global 'wet infrastructure' market. |
| 12/05/11 | USGBC Introduces a Suite of Green Applications USGBC's third-party LEED automation partners developed and contributed each application in this new searchable database. |
| 11/15/11 | Choosing Your Battles Researchers seek out interesting problems to work on, and the nature of research is such that it is easy for them to be lured into problems that call for complex, mathematical solutions that, while interesting, may have little actual benefit to the world. |
| 11/15/11 | Bentley Reveals Strategy at Annual European Conference With a boatload of announcements about acquisitions, new products, agreements and promises the provider of a suit of software and services widely used for infrastructure design, construction and management unveiled moves that help define its technology strategy, especially for 3D information models and point clouds. |
| 11/07/11 | Focusing Research on Goals Project aims to focus sensing and data analysis research on civil engineering’s needs |
| 11/07/11 | Homing Devices Hitting the Market May Make Tracking Workers Routine Homing Devices May Make Tracking Workers Routine |
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| 11/07/11 | Sensing, Data Analysis Research Aims To Focus on Goals That Matter Project aims to focus sensing and data analysis research on civil engineering’s needs |
| 11/02/11 | Enterprise 2.0 Technologies in Construction Social networking, deployed behind the firewall as enterprise 2.0 technologies can help organizations improve collaboration, communication, and innovation. |
| 10/31/11 | Free Common BIM Files Released to Provide Universal Reference Environment Open standard BIM released by National Institute of Building Sciences to help users benchmark performance of assets in common environment. |
| 10/31/11 | iPad App: Learning Curve for All Ages Missouri contractor taps staff, students to vet home-grown jobsite software |
| 10/20/11 | Hashtag This: Social Media Risks and Rewards in Construction Is there a secret to 'no bs' social media platforms for construction firms that are reluctant to embrace it? Experts share the risks and rewards. |
| 10/19/11 | Using Web-Based BIM or CAD? You Might Need New Password Policies If you're using Web-collaboration CAD or BIM tools, you may want to re-think your password policies. |
| 10/19/11 | Textura Buys GradeBeam, Plans New Bidding Platform Two large construction IT startups came together on Oct. 19 as Textura Corp. closed on the acquisition of GradeBeam.com. |
| 10/18/11 | New Pile Quality-Assurance Method Improves Underground Picture Pile Dynamics Inc. has partnered with Foundation & Geotechnical Engineering to bring a new pile quality assurance method developed by the University of South Florida, to the public. |
| 10/17/11 | In Social Media, Some Conversations Are Best Kept Private Construction companies are becoming active users of social media, but much of the chatter is hidden from view. |
| 10/17/11 | Army Corps of Engineers Finds Facebook Excels for Flood Emergency Communications When faced with the likelihood that it would have to blow a levee during flood season last spring, the Corps set up a Facebook page. Within hours the hits and comments were piling up exponentially. |
| 10/17/11 | Scan Data Aids Tsunami Engineers’ Inquest Engineering researchers are dissecting troves of data about the performance of structures hit by the Japanese tsunami of March 11. |
| 10/14/11 | Water Social Networking Site Matches Water Providers With End Users Creators hope site spurs a slew of beneficial reuse projects around the world. |
| 10/14/11 | VHB/Eng-Wong, Taub and PB: Building Client Relationships with Social Media One of the positive outcomes that firms report in using social media is building rapport with clients. Often, it evolves from teaming with them to help make information about projects available to the public. |
| 10/10/11 | New Software Program Helps Users Meet Non-Structural Seismic Bracing Requirements New software is designed to help users meet code requirements for non-structural seismic bracing for piping and other building utilities. |
| 09/28/11 | Software Automatically Translates Some Point Cloud Data to CAD Drawings A software update picks new shapes out of 3D LiDAR scan data automatically. |
| 09/21/11 | Tablets, Laptops and Virtual Desktops: Trends for CIOs to Watch What will be your primary computing devices over the next three to five years? Here are some tips on how to think through the trends. |
| 09/21/11 | iPads and Tech Support: Time Saved Vs. Time Spent Who is helping to train users on the new tech arriving on job sites? Who is supporting it? Industry execs offer some insight. |
| 09/14/11 | Web Portal Maps Underground Assets in UK Westminster, U.K. is investing in a web-based system that allows utilities to work together to build a digital map that pinpoints specific belowground assets. |
| 09/13/11 | Construction Execs on Tech Adoption: Win the 'Tweeters' At the Vela Systems User conference, construction executives share tips on how to manage pain points along technology’s adoption curve—and how to win over the Baby Boomer and 'Tweeter' generations. |
| 08/30/11 | Hurricane Irene Will Test New Water-Level Predictor Predicting total water level for the first time, the Coastal and Inland Flooding Observation and Warning Project tries to combine data from many disciplines to predict the total water level for coastal areas—not just during flooding, but every day, routinely. |
| 08/30/11 | Digital Pen Quickly Translates Chicken Scratch Into Usable Data The Anoto Digital Pen has proved itself worthy to the Superfund TEchnical Assessment and Response Team, by speeding their data transferal by 85%. |
| 08/29/11 | Beta Test for LogMeIn's Apple Field Tools LogMeIn has details of its beta version of a corporate security Application. |
| 08/26/11 | How to Make Your Online Marketing Go Further (Using Fewer Resources) Small construction firms and other small businesses, even individuals polishing their personal brands online are learning that if content marketing counts, extending the life and the reach of that content makes it count oh, so much more. |
| 08/24/11 | Pipe Failure Prediction Technique Has Promise A professor of applied mechanics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has borrowed a materials analysis technique developed for the car industry and applied it to pipe failure prediction software for offshore drill rig designs. |
| 08/16/11 | Hydraulic Calculator Packs Power Into iPhone App Smartphone apps are fast becoming the new disrupters of traditional software technology, if a a new $10 hydraulic flow calculator for the iPhone is any indicator. |
| 08/15/11 | HNTB, Purdue Lab Push the Speed Limit of Highway Surveys Surveying roads and bridges used to take weeks or months, but now it is as easy as going for a drive. |
| 08/15/11 | ApprovalZoom Compiles Building Product Approvals The site is now expanding to become the largest online collection of building products linked to the approval codes they fulfill. |
| 08/12/11 | Three Technologies Where Construction CIOs Need Strategies Is it too early to start thinking about the 2012 IT Budget? Three areas where Construction CIOs should consider developing a formal viewpoint with both short and long term strategies. |
| 07/29/11 | Content Marketing: How to Think Like a Publisher to Win Business Want to improve your digital marketing? Consider how these architectural and engineering companies are leveraging digital content marketing channels for inspiration. |
| 07/20/11 | App Review: Handy Tools for Roofing Estimates Three recently released apps for the roofing trades deliver speedy estimates |
| 07/18/11 | Alarm Senses and Points Path to Safety Sensor-based intelligent evacuation system senses and shows route to safety |
| 07/13/11 | Employee Time Management With Fingerprint Security Inspired by the need to prevent employees who are working on far-flung project teams from entering inaccurate time and deficient information, the developer of a punch-clock application has linked its newest version to an evolving security feature. |
| 07/12/11 | Everyone's Local: Optimizing Websites for Local Search Given how easy and inexpensive it is to optimize a website for local search to help prospective clients find you, it's hard to understand why engineers and builders wouldn't take advantage of local search engine optimization.?? |
| 07/06/11 | Before You Upgrade CAD: Key Questions to Ask (Part 2 of 2) CAD software expert Steve Ross continues a discussion of key pricing and compatibility issues to consider when buying new design software. |
| 06/29/11 | Autodesk's 3D CAD River-Analysis Extension Floated as Free Trial Engineers who need to integrate river-flow analysis data with 3D civil design models recently got a boost with the release of a new extension that ties them together. |
| 06/29/11 | New Rigging App Works as Load-Capacity Reference iPad Review |
| 06/22/11 | Precision Placement 'In the Blind' With GPS GPS- and sensor-aided systems are breaking new ground for workers building a 3-kilometer-long breakwater at a $3.25-billion greenfield port in the Sultanate of Oman. |
| 06/22/11 | FutureTech, the Newsletter, Coming To Your Inbox ENR has launched a twice-monthly electronic newsletter called ENR FutureTech. |
| 06/13/11 | Software To Optimize Composite Designs Composite testing software has garnered good feedback from NASA. |
| 06/08/11 | New App Shares Screens Free join.me Viewer app makes mobile meetings easy. |
| 06/08/11 | Tool Models Strategies of Pedestrians On June 8, the software house of engineering and design firm Arup, London, is releasing MassMotion, an industrial-strength pedestrian-behavior analysis tool developed over five years for internal use. |
| 06/06/11 | How To Not Drop Your iPad A new accessory targets the Achilles' heel of the iPad. |
| 06/06/11 | Interactive Screens For Less, To Go A wallet-sized sensor that works with a projector and computer to turn any hard, dumb surface into an interactive display is being introduced to the U.S. market. Early adopters say they are thrilled. |
| 05/23/11 | T&D Companies Add Tech Smarts, More Utility to Power Lines For transmission and distribution companies, smart grid means big business. |
| 05/16/11 | Visual Clues All search engines are not created equal, claims the developer of Yometa.com, a “visual search engine” that simultaneously searches any term on Yahoo, Bing and Google and then displays the results all at once as pins on a Venn diagram. |
| 05/11/11 | A Search Engine With Peripheral Vision All search engines are not created equal, claims the developer of Yometa.com, a “visual search engine” that simultaneously searches any term on Yahoo, Bing and Google and then displays the results all at once as pins on a Venn diagram. |
| 05/11/11 | American Companies Adopt Swiss Hardware for Railroad Surveying High-speed, high-resolution laser scanners that monitor the clearance envelope of railroad tracks have been available to European and Asian companies for some time. Now, a rail track scanner has been introduced to North America that is designed to capture track geometry and track envelope data in one pass, creating a 3D point cloud. The product claims 3mm accuracy. |
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04/06/11 System Heads Off Interagency Construction Coordination Conflicts
04/06/11 PDF Product Now Searches Graphics and Details
03/23/11 Mobile Engineering Calculator Is Smart and Powerful
03/16/11 Software Scans Buildings’ Energy Use and Recommends Updates
03/16/11 Send Out Bid Requests From an iPhone or iPad
03/02/11 Data for the Life Cycle
03/02/11 Asset Data: A Hot Market Heats Up
02/23/11 Release of Free 3D Model Viewer Rocks the BIM World
02/09/11 Cloud Computing Makes the Grade
11/10/10 Hot-Linked Sites Bring Data Home
11/10/10 Punching Through the Fog
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10/27/10 E-Verify Issue, Quiet for Now, Likely To Return After Elections
10/20/10 Virtual Tools Perfect A Jobsite Reality
10/06/10 Capture Information Anywhere
10/06/10 New Malware May Cause Outages
09/08/10 Back to the Future: AutoCAD Now Available for Macs
08/11/10 Point Clouds and 3D Modeling for the Masses
08/11/10 Capture Information Anywhere
08/11/10 Anticipating Risk To Avoid Disaster
07/28/10 Clouds and iPads Have Inventors Rolling Out Tools
07/28/10 Researchers Want To Take the Legwork Out of Highway Asset Maintenance
07/21/10 Answers in Your Pocket: Next Generation Power Analyzere
07/21/10 Hardened Elegance: The iPhone Gets Dolled Up
07/21/10 Traveling Light: Palm-Sized Pocket Projector
07/14/10 Digital Master of Ceremonies Directs 140-Ring Circus of Action
06/16/10 Samsung Chips in $3.6-Bil Boost to Texas
03/17/10 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Break Down Data Silos
03/03/10 Broadband Bonding Offers High- Speed Alternative
02/17/10 Online Broadband Mapping Tool May Help Local Governments Land Stimulus Funds
02/10/10 3Social Networking Yields Rapid Damage Tally in Haiti
02/03/10 Free Tools Offered To Aid Data Exchange
09/09/09 Insatiable Demand Drives Growth In One of Few Bright Markets
08/19/09 3D Schedule Viewer Swims Through Data
07/29/09 Study Finds Branding Top Use Of Social Networking Tools
07/29/09 E-Commerce Site Expands Into Broader Social Network
06/17/09 Firms Experiment With Social Media Before Jumping In
06/03/09 Applying Neat Tricks To Improve Distributed Workflows
05/20/09 Collaboration Tool Feels a Chill And Hearts Skip a Beat
04/15/09 Tech Conference Looks Past Recession to Bright Horizons
03/25/09 New Energy-Use Analyzers
03/25/09 Software Vendors Team Up To Expand BIM’s Capabilities
02/25/09 Modeling Pathfinders Impatient To Have A Much Fuller Digital Toolbox
02/25/09 Software Firms See User Needs Driving New Development
02/10/09 Multi-Discipline Design Tools Updated With BIM In Mind
11/06/08 Bentley Releases Infrastructure Design Suite
08/13/08 GSA Standardizes on Enterprise Project Management System
07/30/08 Building Data Exchange Trial Shows Progress Is Under Way
07/09/08 Choreographing Street Work
07/08/08 Bentley and Autodesk Agree To Exchange Keys To Sharing of Data
05/21/08 YouTube Comes of Age And Pitches B-to-B Solutions
05/14/08 Software Records Job's Relationships
04/28/08 $1-Billion Jigsaw Puzzle Has Builder Modeling Supply Chains
03/12/08 e-Procurement Process Delivers Best Value For Kodak
01/30/08 Technology Is Key to Bright Energy Sector Prospects
05/04/11 At FIATECH, Mapping Tool for Buried Utilities Generates View From Three Sensors
04/13/11 FutureTech Decoded for the Jobsite: ‘Internet of Things' Is Changing Our World
04/06/11 System Heads Off Interagency Construction Coordination Conflicts
04/06/11 PDF Product Now Searches Graphics and Details
03/23/11 Mobile Engineering Calculator Is Smart and Powerful
03/16/11 Software Scans Buildings’ Energy Use and Recommends Updates
03/16/11 Send Out Bid Requests From an iPhone or iPad
03/02/11 Data for the Life Cycle
03/02/11 Asset Data: A Hot Market Heats Up
02/23/11 Release of Free 3D Model Viewer Rocks the BIM World
02/09/11 Cloud Computing Makes the Grade
11/10/10 Hot-Linked Sites Bring Data Home
11/10/10 Punching Through the Fog
11/10/10 Punching Through the Fog
11/10/10 If All Else Fails, Satellite Modems Punch Through
11/03/10 Full-Scale 3D Simulator Gives Tours of Facilities in Design
10/27/10 E-Verify Issue, Quiet for Now, Likely To Return After Elections
10/20/10 Virtual Tools Perfect A Jobsite Reality
10/06/10 Capture Information Anywhere
10/06/10 New Malware May Cause Outages
09/08/10 Back to the Future: AutoCAD Now Available for Macs
08/11/10 Point Clouds and 3D Modeling for the Masses
08/11/10 Capture Information Anywhere
08/11/10 Anticipating Risk To Avoid Disaster
07/28/10 Clouds and iPads Have Inventors Rolling Out Tools
07/28/10 Researchers Want To Take the Legwork Out of Highway Asset Maintenance
07/21/10 Answers in Your Pocket: Next Generation Power Analyzere
07/21/10 Hardened Elegance: The iPhone Gets Dolled Up
07/21/10 Traveling Light: Palm-Sized Pocket Projector
07/14/10 Digital Master of Ceremonies Directs 140-Ring Circus of Action
06/16/10 Samsung Chips in $3.6-Bil Boost to Texas
03/17/10 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Break Down Data Silos
03/03/10 Broadband Bonding Offers High- Speed Alternative
02/17/10 Online Broadband Mapping Tool May Help Local Governments Land Stimulus Funds
02/10/10 3Social Networking Yields Rapid Damage Tally in Haiti
02/03/10 Free Tools Offered To Aid Data Exchange
09/09/09 Insatiable Demand Drives Growth In One of Few Bright Markets
08/19/09 3D Schedule Viewer Swims Through Data
07/29/09 Study Finds Branding Top Use Of Social Networking Tools
07/29/09 E-Commerce Site Expands Into Broader Social Network
06/17/09 Firms Experiment With Social Media Before Jumping In
06/03/09 Applying Neat Tricks To Improve Distributed Workflows
05/20/09 Collaboration Tool Feels a Chill And Hearts Skip a Beat
04/15/09 Tech Conference Looks Past Recession to Bright Horizons
03/25/09 New Energy-Use Analyzers
03/25/09 Software Vendors Team Up To Expand BIM’s Capabilities
02/25/09 Modeling Pathfinders Impatient To Have A Much Fuller Digital Toolbox
02/25/09 Software Firms See User Needs Driving New Development
02/10/09 Multi-Discipline Design Tools Updated With BIM In Mind
11/06/08 Bentley Releases Infrastructure Design Suite
08/13/08 GSA Standardizes on Enterprise Project Management System
07/30/08 Building Data Exchange Trial Shows Progress Is Under Way
07/09/08 Choreographing Street Work
07/08/08 Bentley and Autodesk Agree To Exchange Keys To Sharing of Data
05/21/08 YouTube Comes of Age And Pitches B-to-B Solutions
05/14/08 Software Records Job's Relationships
04/28/08 $1-Billion Jigsaw Puzzle Has Builder Modeling Supply Chains
03/12/08 e-Procurement Process Delivers Best Value For Kodak
01/30/08 Technology Is Key to Bright Energy Sector Prospects
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