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Tech startup using artificial intelligence to detect bridge flaws
A technology startup company based in New York and Israel has begun deploying artificial intelligence to find flaws in bridges and tunnels long before a collapse occurs. Dynamic Infrastructure aims to create âmedical recordsâ for bridges, tunnels and elevated highways. Using images captured by smartphone, drones and laser scanning, the company says it can compare images [âŚ]
December 4, 2019
Construction Equipment
Excavator used to kill pedestrian, flip bus in terrorist rampage in Jerusalem
One man is dead and six others are wounded in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem carried out by a construction worker driving an excavator. Police identified the driver as 30-year-old Muhammed Naif El-Jaâabis, a Palestinian man from East Jerusalem working on a building site near the ââseamâ between the western and eastern parts [âŚ]
August 4, 2014
Construction Equipment
Backhoe rescues truck driver dangling over tunnel after semi rolled down a mountainside
In Israel recently, firefighters and rescue personnel had to get creative when it came to rescuing a truck driver in a very precarious situation. After apparently losing control of his rig on a mountainside highway, the truck barreled down the slope until coming to rest, wedged between the hillside and a nook created by a [âŚ]
June 11, 2014
Business
Israeli construction workers accused of kidnapping contractor for backpay
Pretty scary story out of Israel where three construction workers were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a contractor and demanding he pay them $10,000 in backpay, according to Durability and Design. The suspects, ages 34, 41 and 62 made an appointement with the 24-year-old contractor and demanded the backpay for work done months ago before dragging [âŚ]
February 22, 2013
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