Related Links: New Survey Shows That Mobile Tools Boost Jobsite Productivity Deltek Vision Performance Management Dexter + Chaney's Spectrum software Developers of enterprise data management systems say the long-awaited dawn of business intelligence for construction has arrived, thanks in part to the rapid adoption of mobile computing devices and anywhere-anytime access to years of company data. Some users, however, say that while the sun may be rising—and that's worth celebrating—it's still only the early adopters who are seeing the light.Access to business intelligence is rising with the expansion of fast internet connections as well as cloud and web services for
Photo Courtesy of Bentley Systems Related Links: Trimble and Bentley Strategic Partnership Press Release Winners of Bentley's Be Inspired Contest A software vendor's sustained focus on collaboration is paying off for infrastructure developers across many sectors with the evolution of a collaboration ecosystem built on common tools and philosophy.Bentley Systems Inc., Exton, Pa., presented a bevy of new product and acquisition announcements and project awards at its annual "Be Inspired" conference in Amsterdam on Nov. 12-16. The event is for invited power users of Bentley's array of infrastructure design and development software. While most announcements focused on specific sectors—ranging from
It fell to me this fall to update ENR's business continuity plan, and, as I needed to leave our New York headquarters and head to coastal North Carolina in late October to deal with some family matters, I was intent on finishing before I left. It turns out to have been a very good thing because all hell broke loose just as I drove away.Hurricane Sandy caught us with a devastating left hook that kicked ENR out of its midtown Manhattan office during press time, sent server teams scrambling to rescue our operations as the scattered members of the editorial,
Related Links: Forrester Research Report Forrester Research Inc. has released a report and an associated analysis tool that offers a methodology for comparing the cost of in-house file storage to the cost of storing files in a public cloud. The report illuminates many variables beyond simple dollars-per-gigabyte base-cost comparisons.The report runs a sample set of data using mid-range values for numerous variables involved in storing 100 terabytes of data for four years. In that example, compared to local hosting, the cloud reduces the cost by 74%. However, if the cost includes a cloud storage gateway service—comprising a client-side server and
Image Courtesy of Yue Fan and Bilge Yildiz Research studies impact point's potential energy. Related Links: Probing the Mysteries of Cracks and Stresses Physical Review Letters Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studying a phenomenon called a flow-stress upturn—in which material strength can abruptly soar as the applied strain rate increases—have hit upon an atomic-level explanation that may lead to a set of general principles.Those principles should apply to many kinds of materials and ultimately could help explain phenomena including the breakdown of concrete or metal structures under sudden stress.The research, by associate professor Bilge Yildiz, professor emeritus Sidney
A little more than three months into his tour as the 53rd U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick is analyzing what he has learned from a round of site visits and assessments of the state of the Corps.
Bentley Systems Inc., Exton, Pa., announced on Sept. 18 that it has acquired Ontario, Canada-based Ivara Corp., whose asset performance management software is based on a reliability-centered maintenance philosophy. Ivara works to maximize uptime and the safe, economical performance of facilities in asset-intensive industries, such as mining, power generation, oil and gas, through predictive analysis of real-time, equipment-specific performance data. Bentley CEO Greg Bentley says the acquisition “may be our most significant in years” as it creates an “unprecedented opportunity” to improve facility design and operations by linking the data of designers and engineers with the live data of operators
Though the tone is unusually civil, critics are sharpening their knives in Louisiana as recovery starts in flooded areas outside the circle of defenses that protected New Orleans from Hurricane Isaac's storm surge on Aug. 26-29.
