Innovation

Technology company Trimble has added geotechnical solutions to its geospatial automated monitoring portfolio through a collaboration with Internet of Things (IoT) specialist Worldsensing.

The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and digital solar solutions company Glint Solar have partnered to develop technology that automatically estimates wave conditions and wind directions for floating solar installations.

Construction tech company Trimble has expanded its Earthworks Grade Control Platform to facilitate control of soil compactors.

HS2 Ltd is joining forces with Digital Catapult, a digital technology innovation company, to examine the potential of emerging technologies such as 5G and machine learning for works on its high speed rail project.

Cloud Cycle, a small tech start-up, is working inside HS2 Ltd’s Innovation Accelerator programme to  digitise and streamline how concrete is deployed during construction of the project.

Balfour Beatty, in collaboration with Innovate UK, Leeds Beckett University, Hertfordshire University and White Frog Publishing, has created a carbon calculation tool for the construction and infrastructure industry.

Ferrovial has developed a system that uses the Internet of Things (IoT) to monitor and oversee earth movements in construction projects to improve productivity and provide real-time oversight of work on site.

Geodata specialist Fugro has chosen Vista Data Vision (VDV) software as the base for its Gaia Monitoring online platform for global construction and infrastructure monitoring projects.

Keller in Germany is developing onsite technology that can quickly measure the cement content of back spoil produced during jet grouting.

Geoscience software company Seequent has updated its civil portfolio by introducing “next-generation” digital twin technologies for infrastructure and environmental projects.