Tolent | October 12, 2020
Tolent has been appointed by Sunderland City Council to build accessible and affordable housing – the first council houses to be built in Sunderland for almost 40 years. The accessible and affordable housing includes 17 bungalows, 16 of which will be specially adapted to provide homes for people with physical disabilities, and one for general needs at Cork Street in Hendon. The new homes are being built with the help of £765,000 of Homes England funding secured for the project by the City Council to help build new social housing in the city. The City Council will build a new £1.4m day centre to support people with physical disabilities across the city. The Day Centre and the first eight of the bungalows to be built as part of the scheme have an anticipated completion date of summer 2021. The council confirmed its plans to move into the rented housing sector late last year. The project is one element of a wider £59m programme for a range of affordable housing projects across Sunderland over the next five years.
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ENGINEERING TECH
Raven | March 28, 2022
Raven Industries announced that it is expanding its facilities to support the organization's rapid growth as it develops cutting-edge customer solutions and accelerates the advancement of its industry-leading agriculture technology.
Raven recently opened a new engineering center in Scottsdale, Ariz., as part of this expansion. The Phoenix metropolitan area is a national hub for high-performance businesses and individuals. Raven benefits from strong ties to Arizona State University, one of the country's largest and most innovative universities, as the company continues to recruit top engineering talent. Raven team members will also have access to a nearby test farm for same-day testing, focusing on product development, data science, and artificial intelligence. This model enables more rapid and efficient agriculture technology iteration while putting the user experience first as demonstrated by the success of South Dakota's Raven Innovation Campus.
Along with the new Scottsdale location, Raven is planning a significant expansion of its Innovation Campus, located just minutes from its headquarters in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The upgraded facilities will provide additional space and resources for real-time engineering testing, research, and development in artificial intelligence, autonomy, machine learning, and core technologies.
“Our integration with Raven is rapidly accelerating technology delivery to customers, It allows our Engineering teams to efficiently go from ‘code to cab’ to develop and deploy new technologies. These sites, combined with our existing activities, will reinforce our commitment to have engineers work closely with our customers.”
Parag Garg, Chief Digital Officer, CNH Industrial
Arizona and South Dakota investments will strengthen Raven's engineering talent base, advance Raven technology integration and advancements on Case IH and New Holland platforms, and support demand for innovative aftermarket solutions.
“These expansions are a direct reflection of our commitment to autonomous development,” noted John Preheim, Raven Vice President of Engineering. “We are dedicated to delivering autonomous solutions that help growers optimize their operations, and these centers of excellence will provide the space and resources to support this vision.”
Raven continues to expand its award-winning portfolio of solutions, most recently with the introduction of OMNiPOWERTM 3200, its next-generation autonomous power platform. The OMNiPOWERTM 3200 enables farmers to remotely operate the unit via tablet or in autonomous mode without needing a driver. OMNiDRIVETM has also been recognized as a top innovative product by agricultural and biological engineering leaders as a 2022 ASABE AE50 Award Winner.
As Raven leads the market toward autonomy through established, award-winning driverless platforms, the company views autonomy as a critical component of its mission: assisting farmers in assisting the world. Visit https://ravenprecision.com/autonomy to learn more about Raven's autonomous advancements.
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FPT Software | August 04, 2021
FPT Software has recently become a third-party developer of Solibri, the Finland-based market leader in quality assurance and quality control for digital construction. Vietnam’s leading IT firm aims to support more enterprises in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry with customized solutions to solve their specific issues regarding quality assurance and control.
FPT Software is the first company in the Asia-Pacific region to join Solibri’s third-party developer network. The two sides plan to address specific development needs stemming from business sensitive cases, local building requirements and regulations. Granted with Solibri’s Not for Re-sale license, FPT Software can also help businesses in the AEC industry save annual license costs for deploying Solibri Office. Solibri Office is a quality assurance software solution that validates the integrity, quality and physical safety of architectural designs based on Building Information Modelling (BIM), thereby enhancing the productivity and cost-effectiveness of digital construction processes.
To be qualified as a third-party developer, FPT Software had to undergo a two-month training and examination process on Solibri’s solution and construction expertise. With its proven expertise in digital technologies and in-depth domain knowledge, the Vietnamese IT firm has also actively interacted and proposed suggestions to improve the model checking solution on Solibri’s forum.
“We are proud to join Solibri’s efforts in accelerating the adoption of digital technologies in architecture, engineering and construction companies. This is a testament to our capability and also aligns well with our strategy to expand the service portfolio to serve a wider range of businesses”, said Nguyen Duc Kinh, FPT Software’s Senior Vice President, Head of Automotive & Manufacturing.
“Growing the Solibri ecosystem with skilled development partners is necessary to be able to answer to the raising customer need of tailored and custom rules and functionality. FPT is already trusted by our key accounts and also has been working successfully on Solibri assignments in a common project.” Ville Kyytsönen, CEO, Solibri, Inc.
Earlier this year, FPT Software launched a joint venture with Japanese Smart Holdings, aiming to expedite the development of smart cities by focusing on the key industries, including manufacturing, automotive, and construction. The company sets to become a world-class digital transformation and IT services provider.
About FPT Software
FPT Software is a global technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam, with more than USD 513 million in revenue and 18,000 employees in 26 countries. As a pioneer in digital transformation, the company delivers world-class services in Smart factory, Digital platforms, RPA, AI, IoT, Cloud, AR/VR, BPO, and more. It has served 700+ customers worldwide, a hundred of which are Fortune Global 500 companies in the industries of Automotive, Banking and Finance, Logistics & Transportation, Utilities, and more.
About Solibri
Solibri is the leader in BIM Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Providing out of the box tools for BIM validation, compliance control, design process coordination, design review, analysis and code checking. Solibri’s corporate message is to develop and market quality assurance solutions that improve the quality of BIM-based design and make the entire design and construction process more productive and cost-effective. Solibri’s customers include major building owners, construction companies, architects and engineering firms in more than 70 countries. Solibri is part of the Nemetschek Group.
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