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Drones, Trees, and Water: A Highway Project in Romania

Civil + Structural Engineer

Based in Romania, Graphein is a service integrator for the construction industry–supporting engineering, surveying, 3D scanning and modeling, and building behavior monitoring–and an Autodesk partner. Part of this difficult terrain scanning included mapping under the 6 river crossings on the project.

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Building Tomorrow: 3D Mapping in Construction

UK Construction Blog

The post Building Tomorrow: 3D Mapping in Construction appeared first on UK Construction Blog. From cranes and concrete mixers to computer-aided design software, every innovation has contributed to building structures that are taller, safer, and more efficient.

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Ways to Improve Home Building Productivity, Part 2: Automation

The Pro Builder

Ways to Improve Home Building Productivity, Part 2: Automation ibush Thu, 02/15/2024 - 15:31 Home builders can maximize efficiencies gained through simplification and standardization by automating both on-site and back-office operations Tony L. Consider the potential benefits of off-site construction to your current home building process.

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ZenaTech Acquires KJM Land Surveying LLC, a Second Acquisition to Accelerate Drone Innovation in Land Surveys and Establish a Southeast Base for its Drone as a Service Business

Civil + Structural Engineer

The US Surveying and Mapping Services industry is estimated at $10.3 Accurate land surveys are essential for the planning, design, and execution of roads, bridges, and building projects for cities, commercial, and residential projects, and are required for legal purposes.

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Bentley Education Announces Winner of Enactus iTwin4Good Challenge

Civil + Structural Engineer

The app is paired with a digital twin of the campus, allowing litter reports to be mapped to their specific location. The concentration of reports will be logged using a heat map feature that will show the university site team where more litter bins are needed. Among engineering businesses in the U.K., billion to the U.K.’s

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A Case (Study) for Off-Site Construction in Home Building

The Pro Builder

Off-site or industrialized construction methods potentially offer multiple advantages beyond a quieter jobsite and provide a path to build single-family homes much faster with a good framing crew. The bulk of the cost savings from Agorus’ method come from fewer days to build and the cost of labor required.

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Easy Point Cloud Processing and Terrain Analysis with Global Mapper Pro v25 

Civil + Structural Engineer

New updates to the software include the ability to calculate and model an optimal flattened site plan in the terrain, plot the least cost path across a landscape, and significantly improved processing speed in pixels to points tool.