Is this the future of land surveying?

Engineering News // csengineermag.com Webinars Events Magazine Advertisers Gromatici Land Surveying Provides a Glimpse of the Future What would it take for a surveying firm to be fast, ultra-responsive, high-quality and cost-competitive? Eric Ackerman, PLS, CFedS, founder and owner of Gromatici Land Surveying, Inc., based in Santa Barbara, CA, has a pretty good idea. "We can do the same work as a large firm, with the same or higher level of quality and service, but at a significant value," Ackerman says. "It all comes down to our technology and people." LEARN WHAT THEY DO DIFFERENTLY Environment + Sustainability Vertical Forests as Residential Housing AUGUST 1, 2021 Over the course of the last year or so, much of the world's population had to grapple with life confined to their home for an indefinite period of time. Many people, as a result of a more home-centered life cycle, have made the decision to move closer to nature. In order to accommodate this sentiment with those individuals who don't wish to leave the city, architectural firms such as Dewan are attempting to incorporate nature into award-winning designs. READ MORE... Structures + Buildings Vancouver Fire Hall Achieves Zero Carbon Certification, Incorporates Structural Thermal Breaks august 1, 2021 City of Vancouver sets aggressive environmental goals for the new facility. READ MORE... The Leica GS18 I GNSS RTK rover uses an innovation called visual positioning to enable you to measure points from images in the field or office. By letting you capture measurements from a distance as you walk around a site or object, visual positioning significantly increases your surveying efficiency and safety. WATCH VIDEO Transportation + Infrastructure The Future of Public-Private Partnerships august 1, 2021 When the need for new and/or updated infrastructure projects in the United States, as well as other areas of the world, is brought forward, it is almost inevitably followed by the question of how to pay for these projects.  One solution to this question is the P3 (Public-Private Partnership), which is a partnership formed between one or more private companies and one or more government institutions.  Transurban–one of the leading toll road developers and operators across the United States, Canada, and Australia–is leading the way in terms of using the power of P3s to develop innovative transportation solutions. READ MORE... Water + Stormwater Precise Pipeline Design Provides Stormwater Runoff Control to Protect West Vancouver august 1, 2021 New Pipeline Fights Flooding and Erosion in a Growing Region. READ MORE... Business News 2021 Rising Stars august 1, 2021 Once again, it is one of my favorite times of year. We are seeing some trends from the Best Firms To Work For Survey. This gives us a good pulse of how employees are feeling within the industry. We are getting to see some impressive growth from our Hot Firm Award Winners. The marketing campaigns that won our Marketing Excellence Awards were first class and continue to impress our panel of judges. Our Rising Stars in the AEC Industry continues to grow and it is getting more and more difficult to select from the outstanding nominations. All of our award winners deserve to be and will be celebrated. We are very excited to bring back the in-person Elevate AEC conference again this year where we will get to host the huge Awards Ceremony and Black Tie Gala that has become so iconic. Let's take a quick look at some of what we will be celebrating this year. READ MORE... Software + Technology Beyond Level of Detail into AM/FM august 1, 2021 With the advancement of building and information technologies, Building Information Modeling (BIM) applications have expanded from design and construction phases to support the operational stage of the building life cycle. The buzz term "digital twin," has quickly spread throughout the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation (AECO) industry as a way to describe the extension of the digital model as a replica of the physical building for use during the operational phase. While the potential advantages of a digital twin are acknowledged, there is still a lot to investigate and explore in terms of the practical applications and transition from design and construction BIM to the operational digital twin phase. READ MORE... Unmanned Systems Opener Makes History: First Public Human-Operated eVTOL Fixed-Wing Aircraft Demonstration august 3, 2021 BlackFly aircraft makes momentous debut at EAA AirVenture 2021. READ MORE... Surveying Mapping the Smart Path to Happiness august 1, 2021 How one city is using geospatial data to improve the quality of life. READ MORE... Continuing Education Foundations for Extremes airing August 19, 2021 and August 26, 2021  Join CHANCE® for a two-part webinar to learn how extreme events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, storm surges, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters often cause substantial damage to the foundation of existing structures that requires rapid response for repair. In some areas, recurring events produce repeating damage to traditional foundations of lightly loaded residential and commercial structures. Learn why helical piles are an attractive engineered solution that can be used to provide rapid high capacity load bearing characteristics in most geologic settings for both new foundations and remedial repair. READ MORE... Civil + Structural Engineer is a Zweig Group publication. No longer want to receive these emails? Manage Preferences Unsubscribe. Zweig Group Po Box 1528 Fayetteville, AR 72702 ‌