For the first time ever, Woolpert exhibited at INTERGEO in Frankfurt, Germany, and was joined by colleagues from Murphy Geospatial, a Woolpert Company, Bluesky International Limited, a Woolpert Company, and Woolpert Asia-Pacific. As the world’s leading international trade fair and conference for the geospatial industry, INTERGEO is a respected venue for productive, high-level conversations with global geospatial clients and business partners.   

INTERGEO Takeaways 

The Woolpert team offered several key takeaways from the conference. 

The Geospatial Industry is Excited About the Future of Lidar 

Woolpert’s Amar Nayegandhi gave two presentations: “High-Definition Lidar Development” and “SLAM Navigation for Hydrographic Surveys in GNSS-Denied Environments.” He was thrilled by the audience’s response to Woolpert’s investment in developing emerging lidar technologies, such as the next-gen Zeus airborne sensing platform, and the fusion of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) navigation for improving accuracy in vessel-based bathymetry. These innovations are poised to significantly influence how lidar is applied in the marketplace, particularly in terrestrial and maritime environments.  

Connecting with the Expanding Team 

Not only did the conference enable Woolpert to connect with clients, but also with its growing team.  

Nayegandhi noted, “It has been highly productive to have Woolpert, Murphy Geospatial, and Bluesky represented at this event. I am very pleased with how well we have integrated as a team, enhancing our understanding of each organization’s expertise and identifying opportunities to advance value for our clients.” 

Bluesky’s Rachel Tidmarsh, who was invited to participate in the World Geospatial Industry Council panel, “Data to Decisions,” echoed Nayegandhi’s sentiment. “I think the culture and the values of Woolpert sit very closely and align with Bluesky’s. It was great to be able to talk to everybody about the additional services we can offer.” 

Woolpert’s Augmented Capabilities: The Value of a Multidisciplinary Firm  

This year’s INTERGEO conference gave Woolpert the perfect platform to showcase its augmented capabilities and highlight the value of working with a multidisciplinary firm. 

Adapting to an Evolving Industry  

Niall Murphy, CEO of Murphy Geospatial, pointed out that the geospatial industry is rapidly evolving, and over the past decade, there has been a noticeable convergence between the architecture, engineering, and geospatial disciplines driven by increasing interoperability, the growing need for multidisciplinary teams, and other factors. 

“What we are really seeing is that the barriers between those professions — architecture, engineering, and geospatial — are continuing to be challenged and removed,” Niall Murphy explained. 

A Truly End-To-End Solution  

Woolpert continues to bolster its capabilities through strategic acquisitions, bringing firms with state-of-the-art technology and expertise to the table. Woolpert’s geospatial expertise — especially high-altitude lidar — combined with Bluesky’s airborne data collection and high-resolution imagery and Murphy Geospatial’s precise ground surveying capabilities enable Woolpert to provide truly end-to-end solutions for clients around the globe. 

“Quite simply, it’s an end-to-end solution that clients are getting and benefiting from us as a group,” Raymond Murphy CSO of Murphy Geospatial said. 

Maximizing the Usefulness of Data  

Data is another area where the combined strength of Woolpert, Murphy Geospatial, and Bluesky will be particularly valuable for clients. 

Tidmarsh emphasized that Bluesky’s access to Woolpert’s AI teams and tech stacks supports more consistent large-volume data processing, generates clearer insights for customers, and enables faster decision-making. This data also contains a wealth of insights that can now be extracted through AI and machine learning — capabilities that, according to Tidmarsh, “…were previously prohibited due to the amount of resources required and the associated costs. But now we can actually extract this information and deliver it to our customers.” 

Raymond Murphy stressed that data capture isn’t enough: Firms must provide meaningful insights to their clients.  

“A lot of geospatial companies are very good at data capture. So, the evolution is getting into what we do with this data and creating better insights. When you look across our company, we have a data-centric approach to how we design, engineer, and deliver geospatial data,” Raymond Murphy made clear. 

Nurturing Woolpert Europe  

The ongoing transition of Bluesky and Murphy Geospatial to Woolpert branding strengthens Woolpert’s surveying footprint in Europe and is helping the global firm deliver even more value to its European clients. 

Recruiting Top European Talent  

Having a strong presence at conferences like INTERGEO is pivotal for Woolpert’s recruiting efforts. Germany is central to manufacturing and technology on the European continent, and Raymond Murphy noted that, in addition to clients and partners, students were curious about what Woolpert has to offer.  

Delivering World-Class Services to European Clients  

Murphy Geospatial recently expanded into Germany with a beachhead project in Dresden for ESMC, a large semiconductor client. The firm is also working on data center projects in Frankfurt and Berlin. 

According to Niall Murphy, “We have been experts in the semiconductor space for a number of years working for clients like Intel. We are using this opportunity to grow out the rest of our solutions and offerings through our monitoring division, widen our geospatial capabilities, and work on large mainstream infrastructure projects.”  

Blending Capabilities, Building Culture: Woolpert’s Unified Vision at INTERGEO 

Nayegandhi summarized Woolpert’s success at INTERGEO: “We now offer our clients a broad range of capabilities, which we integrate to deliver tailored solutions that meet their evolving needs. Our success is founded on having the right people, and the strong cultural alignment among our family of firms collaborating together demonstrates our potential — particularly in Europe — to expand our operations beyond previous limits.”