Reducing Damage to Underground Utility Infrastructure During Excavation A recent white paper unveils the danger and the financial cost of hitting underground infrastructure during excavations. The paper, prepared by Geoff Zeiss and [...]
Technology is evolving rapidly especially in the area of IoT and asset management. In this report by McKinsey & Company, highlights the value of new technology in reducing costs and prioritizing labor. [...]
Every facility owner, operator, manager, and insurer understands that a constant challenge is to balance the risk of future breakdowns and potential calamity with the associated cost of minimizing that risk. Find [...]
The latest release of UVARA is now available, and we are excited to share it with the world. This release provides a series of upgrades that includes a more robust [...]
Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association has a long rich history dating back when California first began. However, it also has an important recent history of improvements, [...]
Re-insurance broker Aon has entered into a strategic alliance with UVARATM (formerly BetterGIS), an end-to-end asset mapping and management solution, to help architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries across the globe better manage risks. [...]
To support the needs of clients, we’re aligning our company name with our product name to better reflect our emphasis on end-to-end mapping and management of infrastructure. BetterGIS, Inc. is now [...]
April 10, 2019 DURHAM, N.C. -- A gas explosion killed 1 person and injured 17 others, including a Durham firefighter, in downtown Durham on Wednesday. Durham Mayor Steve Schewel pointed out [...]
Senior Finance Executive and Venture Investor Joins Growing Team NOVATO, CA – April 4, 2019 – UVARA, an innovator in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications, today announced that James Rodisch, an [...]
“Project Closeout.” “Building Turnover.” “Transition.” “Contractor Hand-off.” Original article published by Construction Executive No matter what it’s called, moving out of the construction phase into facility operations is one [...]
What’s the best way to budget, design and operate utility and facility infrastructure? Or to avoid unnecessary construction delays and expensive overruns? Or retain precious institutional memory before [...]
Is now the time for utility locators to integrate Geographic Information System (GIS) into their best practices? With the price of GIS falling significantly and ease-of-use improving dramatically, there’s a [...]
BetterGIS Launches Its Powerful New Platform Nationwide, Offers Expanded Capabilities to Manage Utility and Facility Infrastructure Streamlined Geographic Information System (GIS) is Easiest and Most Cost-Effective Way to Design, Plan, Build [...]
Skyline College Skyline College is one of three community colleges in the San Mateo County Community College District. It opened in 1969, and construction began in 1971 on its [...]
Cañada College Established in 1968, Canada College is part of the San Mateo Community College District located near Redwood City, California. Located on 132 acres in the heart of [...]
According to an official with CenterPoint Energy, a construction crew was working when they hit a natural gas line around 9:30 a.m near Kilgore College. Several buildings on the east side of [...]
A construction crew struck a gas line causing a leak on the American University campus Wednesday morning. There were no reports of injuries. The leak led to building evacuations and road closures [...]
Texas A&M University has discovered a sewage leak on campus that apparently began in 2017, university officials announced Wednesday. A sanitary sewer line from Whitely Hall had been improperly connected to a [...]
WASHINGTON — Classes at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College will resume at 5 p.m. after a large gas leak prompted several buildings and hundreds of students to be evacuated Monday morning. [...]
A Forney hospital was evacuated Tuesday after a gas leak in the surrounding area. Two patients and staff at Baylor Scott & White Emergency Center were cleared from the building on U.S. Highway 80 [...]
