Economic Panel Predicts Slow Recovery for Many Engineering Markets after COVID-19
Washington, D.C. – A roundtable of economic and policy experts said that even after a COVID-19 vaccine is discovered, it could take many engineering markets years to recover from the pandemic’s impact. “Funding in the New Normal” is the third of a virtual roundtable series sponsored by the ACEC Research Institute. More than 160 participants from throughout the nation tuned in as four policy experts offered their views on post-pandemic markets and future government funding. Panelists incl...
Thornton Tomasetti Foundation Announces 2020-21 Scholarship and Fellowship Winners
From left, Martha Hughes, Kennedy Stephens, Eden Wong, Zhao Chen, Jackson Wang and Moriah Hughes. The Thornton Tomasetti Foundation (TTF) has awarded six college students — Martha Hughes, Kennedy Stephens, Eden Wong, Zhao Chen, Jackson Wang, and Moriah Hughes — with scholarships and research fellowships for the 2020-21 academic year. 9th Annual National Scholarship Martha Hughes, Stephens and Wong are the recipients of the TTF National Scholarship. Each will receive...
Dow announces results of inaugural Carbon Challenge
Carbon Challenge conducted with USGBC pushed property owners to engage and excel, collectively demonstrated continual GHG emission reductions across 63 building projects in Northern Asia MIDLAND, Mich. – July 17, 2020 – Dow (NYSE: DOW) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) shared the results of their inaugural Carbon Challenge today to mark the one-year anniversary of the project’s announcement. The challenge received a total of 63 entries across 16 cities in Northern Asia coverin...
ACI Foundation’s Strategic Development Council to Host Virtual Technology Forum
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (July 10, 2020) – The ACI Foundation’s Strategic Development Council (SDC) will host its first virtual Technology Forum on August 25th and 27th 2020. The SDC collaborates across the concrete industry to address technical challenges within the industry and hosts forums for the introduction and nurturing of new technologies. SDC Technology Forum 48 will consist of two separate webinar sessions. Each session will consist of four 30-minute presentations. All participants w...
IMAGINiT Technologies’ Experts Present at Festival of BIM
Learn how to Find, Collect and Use Construction Related Data to Proactively Mitigate Risk and Protect Profitability BALTIMORE, MD — Mitigating risk throughout a construction project is all about data – collecting the right data and understanding what it means so firms can take logical, measured, and appropriate action. Learn from three IMAGINiT Technologies’ experts who will share actionable takeaways in their presentation at the free, virtual Festival of BIM and Digital Construction event...
ACI Offers New Nondestructive Testing Certification Program
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces the launch of its Nondestructive Testing Specialist – Concrete Strength certification program. The program will certify individuals who successfully pass the ACI examinations by demonstrating the knowledge and ability to properly perform specified nondestructive tests on hardened concrete. The nondestructive testing program is the newest in a lineup of concrete inspection certification programs offered by the Institut...
American Concrete Institute Transitions its Convention to Virtual Event
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (July 7, 2020) – Due to local, state, and federal regulations, and to protect the health and safety of attendees, the American Concrete Institute announces the transition of the ACI Concrete Convention from an in-person event in Raleigh, NC, USA, this October, to a 100% virtual event. The ACI Virtual Concrete Convention will be held over similar dates at the end of October. Attendees to the ACI Virtual Concrete Convention will collaborate on advancing concrete codes,...
Hybrid City competition results offer solutions to improve both sustainability and efficiency
Metsä Wood’s Hybrid City Challenge called for ways to make construction more sustainable, while maintaining efficiency using current building methods. The answer lies in hybrid construction: modular construction practically combining wood and other construction materials. The Hybrid City Challenge gathered some 40 ideas from 22 countries. The winner of the first prize of €10,000 was a design called “WHAT IF… New York´s SEAGRAM Building was a HYBRID building”, by Colombian architect Jose Gust...
Abstracts Being Accepted for DFI’s SuperPile 2021 June 23-25, 2021, Philadelphia
Hawthorne, N.J. : Abstracts are being accepted for presentations at SuperPile 2021, a piling design and construction conference being hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC. Abstracts are due Friday, October 30, 2020, and can be submitted at www.dfi.org/SuperPile2021. The 15th annual SuperPile Conference is taking place June 23-25, 2021, at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel. This three-day event includes presentations on the latest developments in augered cast-in-place/drilled displac...
Call for Abstracts Open for Two DFI Middle East Events
Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI is accepting presentation abstracts for two upcoming events being hosted by DFI Middle East: a one-day workshop on November 10, 2020, during GeoMEast in Cairo, and the fifth annual DFI Middle East Conference being held February 16-18, 2021, in Dubai. Abstracts for both events are due July 20, 2020. One-Day Workshop at GeoMEast 2020 DFI Middle East is organizing a one-day workshop during the GeoMEast 2020 Conference in Cairo, Egypt. The workshop is being held on T...
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