Jul 9, 2019
Research in Road Alignment Optimization Wins EEPA 2019
Softree would like to congratulate our research partners, University of British Columbia Okanagan, for the recognition of their work towards Optimal Alignment Design for Road Construction – Using Optimization to Design Safe Roads at Minimal Cost. The team were the winners of the 2019 EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA).
Softree and UBC have had a long-standing collaboration that has led to the creation of Softree Optimal. Using…
Jun 17, 2019
University of Boku presents teaching curriculum with RoadEng to ForstPraxis
RoadEng has been an essential part of the teaching curriculum at the University of Bodenkultur in Viena, since the 90’s. Professor Ewald Pertlik, from the Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of forest engineering, recently presented the use of RoadEng at ForstPraxis a non-profit forest research and machinery test institution presented by KWF in Germany.
May 16, 2019
Civil Engineering Software for Haul & Access Road Design & Optimization
Softree was recently featured in a list of top mining software providers on Insights Success, a business magazine which features all types industry trends and technology, sharing ideas of top leaders and business executives.
Check out the interview to our Co-founder, Dave Mills, who talks about the Softree journey in the software industry.
Apr 26, 2019
Why RoadEng Makes Design Workflows More Efficient.
The power of CAD-based software is a double-edged sword: it offers a lot of functionality, but with many functions comes a steep learning curve. A one-size-fits-all compatible CAD package allows many users of varying roles in a firm to access the same software, yet each individual user rarely uses the entire set of functions at once. Thus, the firm often ends up paying for a total number of licenses that often far surpasses their actual design…