NEWS ARCHIVE
September 15, 2011
The Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association has awarded its Outstanding Plan Award for Small Area Plan …
September 14, 2011
Unfortunately, more than 2 million miles of the nation’s infrastructure of water and wastewater pipelines are underground and nearing the end of their useful life.
September 14, 2011
A new technical bulletin relating ASCE/SEI 7-10 design wind loads to fenestration product ratings has been jointly endorsed…
September 14, 2011
The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is currently accepting applications for membership onto ASCE 7 …
September 13, 2011
IFMA Healthcare Council and the Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute will present an educational seminar at the Inova Fairfax Hospital on Friday, September 16th.
September 13, 2011
NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic and Public Works Department (PWD) Norfolk engaged in a team effort that began August 28th to clear the waterfront at Naval Station Norfolk…
September 13, 2011
Politics, the government, and the economy are major thorns in the side for many architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental firm leaders.
September 13, 2011
The IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) will hold its next “Virtual Intensive Course on Wireless Communications Engineering” during September …
September 12, 2011
The Richmond Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has announced its new officers for …
September 12, 2011
A nationwide survey conducted by Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) revealed that only 7% of Americans feel safer from fire in high-rise buildings…
September 12, 2011
In memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) members who lost their lives that day, ASSE set up two memorial scholarship funds…
September 9, 2011
The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center identified a new, challenging frontier in public safety for the International Code Council…
September 9, 2011
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) celebrated its 169th anniversary Aug. 31st.
September 8, 2011
Onset, the world leader in data loggers, recently announced a live, online course on Wednesday, September 21, 2011…
September 6, 2011
A special celebration of two October centennial birthdays will take place this October 19th at Laurel Park racetrack.
September 2, 2011
NOTIFIER by Honeywell has taken the contents of its recent Life Safety Seminars and developed a virtual version to educate architects, engineers and facility managers…
September 1, 2011
In May, the space shuttle Endeavour carried three chips to the International Space Station for the first tests of a new kind of spacecraft…
September 1, 2011
Andrea Dietrich, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, and her colleagues, Susan Mirlohi, of Christiansburg, Va., a Ph.D. student in environmental engineering, and Susan Duncan, professor of food science and technology, point out that the perception of a metallic flavor in water…
September 1, 2011
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) ranked the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Engineering first among all U.S. engineering schools and colleges in the percentage of engineering master’s degrees awarded to women…
September 1, 2011
Washington and Lee University (W&L) has signed an agreement with Secure Futures L.L.C., a solar-energy developer based in Staunton, Va., to install two solar photovoltaic arrays…
August 31, 2011
The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), has announced its fourth annual Decorative Concrete Awards.
August 31, 2011
Building Design + Construction magazine has ranked Richmond-based Baskervill …
August 30, 2011
Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) School of Engineering has announced the appointment of J. Charles Jennett, the former president of Texas A&M International University ….
August 30, 2011
Commercial and high-rise residential buildings, including federal buildings, must now meet requirements in ASHRAE/IESNA’s 2007 energy efficiency standard…
