Innovation

The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and tech company Cegal have announced a strategic partnership to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.

Energy company EDF has opted for Esri UK’s enterprise geographic information system (GIS) to create a geospatial portal for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project.

Engineering software company Bentley Systems has extended the scope of its digital twin platform with a new Internet of Things (IoT) product for acquiring and analysing sensor data.

Arup’s in-house software development company Oasys has created a new cloud based finite element analysis (FEA) software called Gofer.

Excavation support specialist Groundforce Shorco has added a groundwater management option to Your Solution, its interactive design tool for temporary works.

IDS Georadar has introduced an artificial intelligence-based tool for its slope stability monitoring software.

Real time monitoring sensors and digital twin technology are informing the construction and maintenance of High Speed 2’s infrastructure, including rails, bridges and overhead power lines.

Causeway Technologies recently launched a new digital platform that promises to bring all site infrastructure disciplines into one design environment to assist consulting engineers and developers to optimise site designs.

Foundations and geotechnical engineering group Soletanche Bachy is using technology from Simply Video, a connected worker collaboration platform for extended reality, to improve its health and safety management practices.

Ryder Geotechnical has launched Hadrian Cloud Services, its new geotechnical data analysis solution.