News Geospatial seabed mapping paves the way for clean energy The Crown Estate has revealed details of its geospatial project mapping the UK seabed. The Crown Estate’s marine and digital teams have developed a spatial planning system to help determine…
News Gatwick tackles buried assets and biodiversity with GIS London Gatwick has created a new geospatial platform using Esri UK’s GIS technology to reduce accidental strikes on buried utilities and enable better management of the airport’s biodiversity.
News BIM in brief 19.03.24: EU AI Act moves one step closer A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past fortnight, including the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act moving closer to implementation.
Technology Kerbside data goes digital Local authorities can access kerbside data digitally with a new partner app, AppyWay, on Esri UK’s ArcGIS platform.
Technology National Highways takes GIS route to single view of roads network National Highways staff now have a real-time view of England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN) via a single digital model.
News Met Office makes climate data more accessible The Met Office’s Climate Data Portal is now live, giving organisations improved access to climate data and other resources, and thus allowing them to better understand and respond to climate change.
News Anglian Water reduces sewer issues with real-time view of risks Anglian Water has created a real-time view of sewer risk, which is helping to drive proactive interventions to reduce sewer blockages, flooding and pollution incidents.
News Digital Construction Awards 2023 shortlist: Digital Collaboration of the Year The DCA Collaboration category recognises the best use of digitalisation/digital methodologies and/or technologies to enhance collaboration between two or more organisations on a project, at any level of the supply chain.
News Digital Construction Awards 2023 shortlist: Best Use of Data on a Project The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 140 entries, 62 of which have been shortlisted. Here we detail the shortlist for the Best Use Of Data On A Project.
News Kier, Aecom, Everton stadium and Big Ben lead race for the Digital Construction Awards 2023 Kier, Aecom, the new Everton stadium and Big Ben lead the field of nominees for the Digital Construction Awards 2023.
Technology Hinkley Point C improves collaboration with GIS portal EDF has used enterprise GIS from Esri UK to create a geospatial portal for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
News Councils demonstrate role of GIS in digital planning with Esri UK Pilot projects from Nottingham City, Dacorum Borough and South Ayrshire councils have shown how GIS data can help the digital planning process with support from Esri UK.
News BIM in brief 31.01.23: smart manholes to monitor wastewater A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past fortnight.
Technology Building the fictional city that proved the power of digital twins A year on from the start of the development of the Digital Twin programme’s COP26 demonstrator, the project’s head Sarah Hayes reflects on what it took to develop a tool that could show technical and non-technical audiences alike the power of a digital twin.
News Balfour Vinci JV uses Esri UK’s drone management to save money and de-risk work on HS2 The Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture on the Midlands section of HS2 is saving money and has removed 800 working at risk days after successfully rolling out Esri UK’s drone flight management and image processing software.
News BIM in brief 21.06.22: Spot the robot dog enjoys military field tests A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past seven days.
News Local authorities turn to GIS specialist for digital planning support Dacorum Borough Council, Nottingham City Council and South Ayrshire Council have won support from geographic information systems specialist Esri UK to take forward their digitalised planning projects.
News £7bn Brent Cross Town improves efficiency of drone surveys Brent Cross Town, a joint venture between Argent Related and Barnet Council, is using Site Scan drone flight management and image processing software from Esri UK to improve the efficiency of groundworks surveys and how it communicates progress of the £7bn development.