Introduction to Pipe Stress from SPED Spain Chapter president Miguel Sanmartin. Click here to download document.

Technically point cloud is a database containing points in the three-dimensional coordinate system. However, from the typical workflow perspective, the only important thing is, that point cloud is a very accurate digital record of an object or space. It is saved in form of a very large number of points that cover surfaces of a sensed object.

To download the full article in PDF, click here.

SPED hardhat stickers have arrived and are being mailed to local chapters.

The October 2019 SPED request for membership votes on bylaw revisions contained comment fields for members to complete if desired. Below are the comments received and accompanying SPED replies. This page will be updated over the next weeks in cases where a response is not immediately available.

Thank you all for your contributions.

Please see attached screencaps indicating the results of the membership vote and comments regarding the 2019 SPED Bylaw revisions.

Behrouz Beheshti of the SPED Chapter in Australia has completed his Ph.D thesis entitled "Plant Information Modelling Using Artificial Intelligence for Process Hazard and Risk Analysis Study". It is available for download at https://espace.curtin.edu.au/handle/20.500.11937/75673

The document is a 143 page PDF file.

Well done, Behrouz!