NEWS ARCHIVE
July 26, 2012
After a stroke, patients often struggle to speak, swallow, or eat because the incident can cause vocal cord paralysis.
July 25, 2012
VT KnowledgeWorks has selected VoltMed as the 2012 Tech Transfer Challenge winner.
July 24, 2012
Dewberry announces the renaming of its TOLK division to Dewberry.
July 19, 2012
University and industry scientists are determining how to forecast significant societal events, ranging from violent protests to nationwide credit-rate crashes…
July 18, 2012
MBP is pleased to announce that the firm has been selected by the Town of Leesburg to provide construction and project management services for various capital projects.
July 17, 2012
The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), has announced its fifth annual Decorative Concrete Awards.
July 16, 2012
Two years after completion, Virginia Tech’s award-winning solar home still is contributing to teaching, research, and the art and science of architecture.
July 13, 2012
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® opens registration for the 2013 International CES®…
July 12, 2012
To highlight the importance of manufacturing to the nation’s economy and draw attention to the many rewarding high-skill jobs available in manufacturing fields, a group of public and private organizations announced recently the launch of Manufacturing Day…
July 11, 2012
Local, regional, and commonwealth officials joined researchers, engineers, and students at a dedication ceremony in April, celebrating the new National Institute of Aerospace Research and Innovation Laboratories…
July 10, 2012
A new permanent water intake system at the Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station in Stokes County, North Carolina, designed by Dewberry, has resolved challenges with low water levels…
July 6, 2012
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the publication of six new Construction Management documents, a project checklist, and a Construction Classification Worksheet via the Documents-on-Demand™ Web site…
July 5, 2012
MiserWare, a spin-off company of Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, is launching a free product that allows companies or individuals to measure their carbon footprint in terms of total power usage.
July 3, 2012
MBP has been ranked for the fourteenth consecutive year on the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 100 Construction Management-for-Fee Firm…
July 3, 2012
ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association announces that registration is now open for ASFE’s July Webinar.
July 2, 2012
As temperatures rise, so does the chance of those working in areas susceptible to high heat conditions of becoming ill.
July 2, 2012
The work of a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor has helped reveal a rare orbital shift and the density of an asteroid that will pass close to Earth.
July 2, 2012
Imagine a tragedy where an act of terror damages a building, runway, tunnel, bridge or dam.
July 2, 2012
For decades, oceanographers have collected water samples from the surface of the world’s oceans in order to record how much plastic debris currently litters the waters.
June 29, 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding Virginia Tech approximately $250,000 to establish a laboratory for research and education in the area of radiation measurement…
June 28, 2012
The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) will hold its eleventh Annual Conference on September 20-23, 2012 at the Wyndham Lisle – Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL.
June 27, 2012
ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association has recently announced that registration for Fundamentals of Professional Practice (FOPP) 22 is now open.
June 27, 2012
In order to reduce the loss of life from residential fires, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) released a position statement…
June 26, 2012
To ensure the best possible results for the VCU Energy and Sustainability Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), which is hosting this event, and the Planning Committee are providing the new dates of January 30–31, 2013, for this inaugural conference.
