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4 Trends in Sustainable Site Design

Civil + Structural Engineer

Sustainable site design is a hot topic in the AEC industry. As Civil Engineers, Landscape Architects, and Planners, we are challenged to integrate conservation into site design, preserving the natural features of the land. Skilled site designers excel at creating an engaged outdoor environment that meets the needs of the project users.

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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.

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Understanding Construction Surveying

UK Construction Blog

The post Understanding Construction Surveying appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Integral to this development process is construction surveying, a critical discipline ensuring that all construction adheres to stringent safety and regulatory standards.

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What Are The Construction Benefits Of Precast Concrete?

UK Construction Blog

Around the world, however, precast concrete began to flourish, and more and more people realised the advantages over their traditional, site-cast concrete. Today, it’s a popular alternative to concrete that is moulded and cured on-site. Once moulded, the precast concrete is shipped to the site and installed by crane.

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A new risk landscape is reshaping owner-contractor relationships

Civil + Structural Engineer

Concerns around labor shortages, stagnation and recession, and the political climate all featured prominently among the biggest construction industry challenges in InEight’s recent Global Capital Projects Outlook survey. Others have pinpointed spiraling labor costs, inflation, and interest rate rises as major risks on the horizon.

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No one’s left in the dark 

Civil + Structural Engineer

We plan and prepare as best we can but the unpredictable nature of geology can surprise us at any moment. With the different sites and dynamic nature––literally––of the project, we wanted to adopt technology that would enhance tunneling efficiency and tracking, reduce downtime and streamline data flows.”

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Future within grasp with Komatsu

Roads Online

Komatsu is ahead of the curve when it comes to Smart Construction and Intelligent Machine Control (IMC), changing the way projects are designed, planned, and executed. Just one example of this has been Komatsus new Smart Quarry Site platform. Back to the Smart Quarry Site. One example Muir uses relates to surveying.