Hi OpenGround users,
We value feedback from our customers and would love to hear your thoughts about your OpenGround experience.
Would you be willing to spend a few minutes to help us identify potential areas of improvement that will benefit you and other customers?
Your opinion will help us better understand customer satisfaction levels and improve our user experience for both new and existing customers and would therefore…
This article is being reposted to raise attention to users that their accounts may be deactivated if they do not login once every 90 days.
Over time, users leave the organization, move department or simply no longer require access. Sometimes, an access will be granted to the supply chain or a client for a short period of time. This is why it is so important to keep the list of active users as accurate as possible. Stale…
Join us tomorrow September 13, 2023 from 11 am to noon Eastern time US for our third installment of Ground to Cloud.
This is a fast-paced, informatitve 60 minute webinar for current, future, and potential OpenGroudn users, as well as gINT and HoleBase users.
Our “Drill In” segments will investigate the state of data management based on a recent report from Seequent, useful tips in OpenGround…
An effective training resource, the Facilitated Online Learning (FOL) program for OpenGround, was reinstated in the UK earlier in 2023. The program involves working through an essential self-led element before joining the scheduled workshops to apply what you’ve learnt. For more information please see this article. The currently available workshop dates for the UK can be found here.
The program has proved successful…
Our web native, efficient and performant ground investigation data editing interface is now live as a tech preview to provide you with early access to our latest development.
OpenGround Portal can only be accessed by registered users; those who have already expressed interest should have received information on how to access the Portal.
For other OpenGround users that are interested in getting access, let us know by filling…
What is OpenGround Portal?
OpenGround Portal offers a web native, efficient and performant ground investigation data editing interface. OpenGround Portal adds to our OpenGround cloud-based geotechnical information management platform that offers a secure, enterprise platform for collecting, reporting, managing, visualizing, analyzing and accessing geotechnical data.
Why is it in Tech Preview?
Our aim for this tech preview…
Following the successful return of the Facilitated Online Learning (FOL) program for OpenGround we have planned the UK schedule for the rest of 2023. The program involves working through an essential self-led element before joining the scheduled workshops to apply what you’ve learnt. The following shows when the workshops will be taking place:
We encourage sign up to the full program of a single presentation of…
Recently we announced how the Facilitated Online Learning program has been relaunched. The advertised workshops were run hosting some very enthusiastic delegates. Here are some observations regarding the program:
It is now possible to upload and display images at depth on borehole logs including core runs, core box photos and televiewer data! Please refer to this link for details on how to leverage this functionality on your logs, using a variety of options.
We periodically release updates that improve performance and stability of OpenGround. This is to inform you of an upcoming mandatory update to Professional, Excel Extension, Data Entry, Template Studio and Civil 3D.
To ensure smooth transition, each critical update has an opt-in period, that starts today, which ends with a mandatory update for the all regions starting Tuesday July 4th 2023 at 5:00 PM UTC.
Here are the…
Need to centralize your geotechnical data?
If you need to centralize your geotechnical information, to store your own data and configurations, you will need an OpenGround cloud instance, dedicated to your organization. Once a Cloud instance is deployed, you’ll also have to purchase Application Bundles, based on your needs and the different level of usage required within your organization.
Cloud Services Subscription…
You can now “make a copy” of an existing Location’s data using the new Replicate Location tool. Find out more here!
And have a look at the new Dynamic Legend functionality, see how to add a Legend Block on a Project Sheet in Template Studio to get a legend built with data from the listed location!
We are pleased to announce our new OpenGround Ideas Portal, the way for you to submit OpenGround product ideas and suggestions requests directly to the OpenGround Product Team. This change is to enhance user experience and internal processes to ensure that the great ideas that come from the communities of OpenGround users are collected and regularly reviewed to grow our understanding of customer needs and ideas to influence…
Join us June 14th for our second Ground to Cloud Webinar. 11 am Eastern US time.
Jackson Drilling will be joining us for the June Webinar. They are a small company that adopted OpenGround and Data Collector and will discuss how they have gained efficiencies with their site investigations and improved data accuracy using OpenGround.
Our “Drill In” segments will investigate Data Importing, User Management and Licensing…
A new version of the OpenGround Launcher is now available from the Bentley Software Downlads.
v.10.0.0.569 - Released 09th May 2023
Over time, users leave the organization, move department or simply no longer require access. Sometimes, an access will be granted to the supply chain or a client for a short period of time. This is why it is so important to keep the list of active users as accurate as possible. Stale user accounts are a significant security issue and also consume reclaimable database space. As part of the ongoing OpenGround security improvements…
Calling all gINT and HoleBase users! Are you looking for information on the email sent out giving the desktop support timeline? Join us for our Ground to Cloud webinar series where we will provide you with truthful, honest information and answer any questions you may have.
We understand that change can be difficult, but we're here to help you make informed decisions during the transition from desktop to cloud.
For our…
Winner of the Going Digital Awards Geoprofessional category, Mott MacDonald will take you through their winning project: Driving Efficiency And Sustainability In Material Reuse Through GeoBIM.
On the N1N2 90-kilometer section of HS2 Phase 1 rail route in the UK there is approximately 25 million cubic meters of material earmarked for excavation, making the volume of earthworks one of the largest sources of carbon emissions…
We are writing this article today to inform you of some upcoming changes to gINT product support.
Launched in 1986, gINT became the market standard borehole log production application across the globe. It is, however, a generation of software architecture that cannot be future-proofed for modern operating systems or manage ever-increasing data volumes. Therefore, Seequent has made the difficult decision to begin phasing…
We are writing this article today to inform you of some upcoming changes to HoleBASE product support.
Since HoleBASE’s launch in 2011, it has provided geotechnical data management and log production capabilities for ground investigation organizations globally. However, as project requirements and technology continue to evolve, cloud-based solutions are enabling greater collaboration, increased data access, enhanced…
What’s New in Data Collector Update 3.4 (v.10.3.0.96)
Title: Coffee Corner: Geotechnical Information – Geotechnical Data Manager Update
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Presenters: Katie Aguilar, Senior Application Engineer, Bentley Systems, Inc. and Jesse Greenwald, Application Engineer, Geotechnical, Geotechnical Information Management, Bentley Systems, Inc.
Our team continues to keep you informed of updates, developments…
We are pleased to announce that we have started posting on our new LinkedIn page announced as part of the recent communication that OpenGround is now part of Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company.
Our LinkedIn Page will contain information on all the events we are attending and holding, both online and offline, together with Top Tips from our team and best practice articles for Geotechnical Information Management…
