Construction industry software developer Bentley Systems has announced that it has acquired Moses software from Ultramarine. According to Bentley, Moses is the leading analysis and simulation software for complex projects involving the transportation and installation of offshore structures, including the launch of jackets and floatover of topsides.Bentley has said that…
Ground investigation specialist RSK has launched a new mobile app which it claims will help with visualisation of available data on site. The Mobile Maps app can be used on smart phones or tablets to see “an augmented reality view of what is in the ground beneath the feet of…
Geotechnical software developer Keynetix used July’s Geotechnica exhibition to unveil the latest development which will allow engineers to instantly preview their site investigation data alongside British Geological Survey (BGS) data and aerial photography.This update of the Holebase SI Professional program uses the BGS Open Geoscience mapping sets together with Microsoft’s…
New features and improved functionality are promised by the GeoStudio 2014 software package, according to developer Geo-Slope International.The company has released a preview version of the new package with the June 2013 release of its GeoStudio 2012 upgrade. Developments promised with the 2014 version focus on the Temp/W finite element…
The result of a collaboration between Autodesk and its industrial partner Keynetix has been launched and is expected help make Building Information Modelling (BIM) more easily realised for the ground engineering sector.The Autodesk Geotechnical Module v1 for AutoCAD Civil 3D is available to users with an Infrastructure Design Suite Premium…
by D G Toll, school of engineering and applied science, University of Durham. This paper was first published in GE’s April 1990 edition.
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