NEWS ARCHIVE
March 11, 2016
The American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) new publication, Renewal of Potable Water Pipes: Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 132, outlines methods for…
March 10, 2016
The International Code Council (ICC) is collaborating with SES—The Society for Standards Professionals in the distribution of two key resources…
March 9, 2016
Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering continues to climb up the ranks of engineering schools based on research expenditures.
March 9, 2016
Registration now open for Geoprofessional Business Association’s (GBA) 2016 Spring Conference…
March 8, 2016
The American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) new publication, Water Engineering with the Spreadsheet: A Workbook for Water Resources Calculations Using Excel, by Ashok Pandit, gives students a solid foundation in using spreadsheets for water engineering applications.
March 7, 2016
Anderson & Associates (A&A) has announced the opening of a new office…
March 7, 2016
Materials-related distress (or MRD) are not related inadequate design or construction, and instead, are related to the materials properties and environments to which they are exposed.
March 4, 2016
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Business 2016 Annual Risk and Insurance Studies Center Trends Conference will focus on the intersection of technology and risk.
March 4, 2016
Code and fire officials, architects, engineers, designers, energy conservation experts and others have an opportunity to provide input on proposed changes to the next generation of building safety, fire prevention, and energy efficiency codes during the International Code Council’s (ICC) 2016 Group B Committee Action Hearings…
March 3, 2016
Wagman’s Geotechnical Construction office in Berryville, Virginia recently received a Silver Award for their support of the 2015 United Way Northern Shenandoah Valley (NSV) Campaign.
March 3, 2016
Advancements in the air filtration industry will be showcased at the National Air Filtration Association’s 2016 Technical Seminar.
March 2, 2016
The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has submitted multiple standards to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for approval as American National Standards
March 1, 2016
Wiley|Wilson is pleased to announce that the Richmond City Justice Center, a facility for which the firm provided engineering design and support services, has been named an Engineering Excellence Honor Award winner…
March 1, 2016
A thick blanket of snow covering streets, walkways and rooftops can cause some major stress, but it can also be sort of calming at the same time, right? Think about it – when it snows, the world gets quieter.
March 1, 2016
You have a new video game and have spent weeks trying to defend yourself against your arch enemy. You finally found his weakness and how to stop him, and are joyfully exacting revenge. But one day you play and that game plan doesn’t work anymore.
February 29, 2016
The Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standards of the Nations of the Americas (CANENA) has issued a call for experts to form a new CANENA Working Group.
February 29, 2016
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued the long-anticipated revised version of OMB Circular A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities.
February 26, 2016
Woolpert, a national architecture, engineering and geospatial (AEG) firm, has announced that the firm has been awarded a five-year contract to provide on-call geographic information system (GIS) services.
February 25, 2016
Registration for the American Society of Concrete Contractors’s (ASCC) Concrete Executive Leadership Forum (CELF) is now open. The 2016 CELF is July 14-17 at the Lodge at Torrey Pines, La Jolla, Calif.
February 24, 2016
Dewberry will document and assess the conditions, capacities, compliance, and remaining useful life of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems at the Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, North Carolina.
February 23, 2016
FREE and open to the public! The best and brightest high school robotics teams will be competing in these two day events.
February 22, 2016
Wiley|Wilson is pleased to announce that the Combined Heat and Power Plant at the US Naval Support Facility Indian Head, MD, for which the firm provided engineering design and support services, was named an Engineering Excellence Grand Award winner by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)/Virginia.
February 22, 2016
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) will hold its Annual Washington Briefing, Wednesday, February 24, through Friday, February 26, 2016.
February 18, 2016
After 100 years of theory and decades of experiments, astronomers have detected gravitational waves directly for the first time.
