IDS GeoRadar launches new concrete inspection solutions at World of Concrete 

PISA, Italy – IDS GeoRadar, part of Hexagon, today announced its latest concrete scanning solutions at World of Concrete in Las Vegas.  IDS GeoRadar, a leading provider of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Interferometric Radar solutions, launched the C-thrue XS, a handheld, dual polarisation GPR scanner for hassle-free concrete inspection, and NDT Reveal, an integrated software solution […]

Raimondi cranes tower over Pisa

Italian tower crane manufacturer Raimondi has supplied one MRT189 and four of its MRT234 flat-top cranes to a consortium of contractors led by Inso Sistemi for the construction of a new hospital in the city of Pisa.

IDS GeoRadar launches cloud-based AI solution AiMaps

AiMaps offers utility professionals enhanced underground utility detection, productivity gains, cost savings and easier use. PISA, Italy — IDS GeoRadar, part of Hexagon, today announced its newest solution for utility professionals: AiMaps offers intelligent cloud-processing of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data to provide clean uncluttered information for faster detection of underground utilities. Adopting the use […] The post IDS GeoRadar launches cloud-based AI solution AiMaps appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

Construction Crews to Straighten Leaning Tower of Pisa

Work is expected to begin next week to completely straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The tower, known for its iconic tilt, began rapidly sinking again last year. This comes after the tower had been self-correcting its lean because of stabilization work that ran from 1993 to 2001 to prevent the structure from falling over like a giant, poorly built Jenga tower. The corrective measures, along with the decade-plus autocorrect, managed to straighten the tower by about 18 inches.

TED Ed (Animation) - Why doesn’t the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over? 03122019

In 1990, the Italian government enlisted top engineers to stabilize Pisa’s famous Leaning Tower. There’d been many attempts during its 800 year history, but computer models revealed the urgency of their situation. The tower would topple if it reached an angle of 5.44 degrees— and it was currently leaning at 5.5. What gives the tower its infamous tilt? Alex Gendler explores the monument's history.