The really BIG problem this country has with its aging infrastructure is becoming well known outside of those of us who think about it for a living. CBS's 60 Minutes ran a piece last November called Falling Apart: America's Neglected Infrastructure. Earlier this month, comedian John Oliver produced ...

They say necessity is the mother of invention. State Departments of Transportation are faced with necessity of unprecendented proportions. Consequently, they now thinking differently about how they want to manage their infrastructure investments. The DOT vendors who understand this will enjoy a ...

We developed Idencia in the firm belief that tracking information about the manufacture and maintenance of concrete products would be of great value to infrastructure project owners. (Picture credit NPCA) Being responsible for public safety, they need to know everything they can about the integrity ...

Last week we announced the release of Idencia v1.3, making product tracking for concrete and steel structures even easier. Our customers and prospects asked us to enable the system to track information about products according to job. We did that. They also wanted to be able to use Idencia to track ...

(This blog post was updated in June 2018) Two unconnected announcements were made this past week that will transform infrastructure as we know it. We will look back in the not-too-distant future and recognize that the first week of June 2014 marked the beginning of the "smart infrastructure" era.

Excellent quality control methods and reporting are essential to the good standing of any precast concrete manufacturer. Certfication by the NPCA and PCI requires this, and there is no doing business with any state DOT or the federal department of transportation without it too. Yet... our customers ...

Infrastructure product tracking is starting to get a lot of attention for the efficiencies it provides to construction managers and project owners, but how do RFID tracking solutions make precast and pre-stressed concrete manufacturers more productive?

Infrastructure construction project managers are increasingly asking for precast product tracking capabilities and steel tracking solutions to be included in bids from prospective suppliers. Most often this is required by the project owner for asset maintenance purposes. This is the case in Seattle ...

There has been a fair amount of discussion and legitimate concern about the future solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. Naturally, this has many worried about the country’s ability to continue investing in our infrastructure.