The infrastructure industry has faced major challenges in recent years due to aging critical infrastructure. Take bridges, for example. Data from the ASCE shows that 42% of bridges in America are at least 50 years old, and 7.5% are considered structurally deficient. Critical pieces of our society’s infrastructure require maintenance and eventually must be replaced, but there…
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA (May 4, 2023) — gNext today announced it has been chosen by the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) as a solution partner for their digital inspections. gNext is excited to partner with ALDOT to provide our platform to support them in managing and maintaining the state’s construction and infrastructure assets. With gNext, they will…
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA (April 25, 2023) — gNext, one of the fastest emerging infrastructure inspection platforms globally, has signed a teaming agreement with Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning, and consulting services. This agreement will provide gNext’s digital inspection platform with 2D and 3D models, reporting, secure storage, collaboration, and more to Michael Baker…
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA (April 3, 2023) — gNext Labs, one of the fastest emerging infrastructure inspection platforms globally, today announces the release of the gNext-Skydio cloud integration, providing customers with streamlined access to their drone data in gNext’s proprietary platform. “We are excited to partner with Skydio to support our mutual enterprise customers with this cloud-to-cloud integration….
Do you remember when cell phones were seen as luxury items? When mobile phones initially crept onto the scene, they were considered costly and exclusive. It’s been nearly forty years since cell phones made their way into the mass market. Today, having a cell phone is seen as a basic need. Being able to call,…
As time marches on, there have been increasing concerns about the safety of conducting manual infrastructure inspections. During the course of an inspection, inspectors as well as any other individuals in the surrounding area are exposed to multiple hazards. For example, when evaluating a roof, an inspector could trip and fall due to steep slopes…
In CTIA’s latest survey, investments in wireless networks reached a five-year high in 2020, with over 417,215 cell tower sites located throughout the United States. Cell towers are where electric communication equipment is mounted and allow the surrounding areas to use wireless communication devices. Cell towers are essential to our society for a number of…
There are 167.5 million daily bridge crossings over 43,578 structurally deficient bridges in the United States, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). That means millions of people are in danger of being caught in a tragic collapse. As seen in the bridge collapse earlier this year in Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges, our bridge…
Every day a structure will fail in the United States. Trains derail, bridges fail, and levees break. It’s no question that our infrastructure is aging. So much so, that the federal government approved a $1.2 trillion, bipartisan infrastructure investment at the end of 2021. Yet, Abraham Lama Salomon recognized the dire state of infrastructure back…
The oldest high-rise building in America is located on the corner of Adams and LaSalle Streets in Chicago. Constructed in 1885, The Home Insurance Building was known as the world’s first modern skyscraper. You can find other high-rise structures built in the 1800s in Boston, San Francisco, New York City, Rochester, and Washington, D.C. However, in places…
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