Resort Mecca Expands GIS Duties

Program begins gathering data for four departments

Government Engineering Magazine • June 1, 2009

For the city of Palm Desert, CA., the success of its nine-year old GIS program has been an ongoing source of municipal pride. That's why, when the city voted to expand the program include a wider variety of public works, traffic, recreational, and other municipal assets, it also decided to upgrade its aging, out-dated GPS data collectors with newer, nore accurate, lighter weight equipment.
READ MORE ABOUT THIS

Pearl Street to reopen around noon after Grand Rapids crews fix break to fire water line

Jon Brouwer, The Grand Rapids Press • mlive.com • May 27, 2009

Pearl Street NW is still officially closed but should re-open soon. City workers are using a Sani-Sweeper to clean up the damage from a broken water main.
READ MORE ABOUT THIS

Warsaw crews battle blaze after gas line breaks at construction site

WNDU.com • May 27, 2009

A gas line broke at a construction project in Warsaw on Tuesday evening, leaving crews to fix the leak for over half a day.
READ MORE ABOUT THIS

Size of Calgary sinkhole remains a mystery

RICHARD GILBERT • Journal of Commerce

The owner of a high-rise construction project in Calgary has been ordered to remove hoarding and buildings, tear up the sidewalk and remove surface material to determine the size and cause of a massive sinkhole. City of Calgary engineers are working side by side with engineers hired by the owner of Pointe of View Developments.
READ MORE ABOUT THIS