DFI 2020 Awards: Call for Entries
(Above) Accepting the 2019 DFI Outstanding Project Award are Robert Gianna, PCL Civil Constructors; Beth Howey and Mike Batten, HDR. Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI announces a call for entries for its 2020 Awards, which showcase and celebrate the achievements and contributions of individuals, teams and companies in the deep foundations industry. Deadline February 1, 2020, for the Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in Design and Construction of Marine Foundations nominations. The award recogniz...
Speaker Lineup Announced for Building Innovation 2020 Conference
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Institute of Building Sciences is finalizing the keynote presentations and education sessions for the Building Innovation 2020 Conference & Expo in April. Building Innovation is a premiere event for the built environment. It brings together innovators, government leaders, public and private sector representatives, and officials from building and construction. “We’ve been working hard, with the help of our leadership team, to select the best content for attende...
International Low Impact Development Conference: Abstract Submission Deadline Extended
Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to January 30 The 2020 International Low Impact Development (LID) Conference invites you to submit your research or practice oriented abstract for consideration by the LID Steering Committee. SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT Conference Topics: USA regional specific GSI/LID applications Pacific Rim, Canada, and International applications Co-benefits: urban ecosystem services, economic development, public health, workforce development Economic...
Renewables Poised to Support New Age of Development as Global Decision Makers Gather for 10th Assembly
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — More than 1,500 delegates and high-level participants including prime ministers, ministers, heads of international and regional organisations together with leaders from financial institutions and private sector entities will gather in Abu Dhabi tomorrow for the Tenth Session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly. The decision makers will come together to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy and advance the global energy transformatio...
GSSI will be at World of Concrete 2020 Displaying the StructureScan Mini XT
GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be at World of Concrete held on February 4-7, 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Visitors to the booth will be able to get demos of the StructureScan™ Mini XT all-in-one concrete inspection GPR system, the Palm XT miniaturized GPR antenna for the StructureScan Mini XT, and the industry-leading compact UtilityScan® GPR system. The rugged, compact, and flexible StructureScan Mini...
Entries Open: 2020 North American Copper in Architecture Awards
(McLean, VA) ─ Entries are now open for the 2020 North American Copper in Architecture (NACIA) awards. Architects, designers, and sheet metal contractors are invited to submit their building projects for consideration through January 31, 2020. For over a decade, the NACIA program has been North America’s premier award program in the field of copper architecture, craftsmanship, and design. Since its launch in 2008, NACIA award-winning projects demonstrate a wide range of variety, including gov...
Registration Open for International Deep Mixing Conference June 15-18, Gdańsk, Poland
Hawthorne, N.J. (Jan. 6, 2019): Registration is open for Deep Mixing 2020 — Best Practice and Legacy being held June 15-18, 2020, in Gdańsk, Poland. DFI is hosting the conference in conjunction with leaders in the international deep mixing community. It is the 7th conference in a series on deep mixing. This year’s conference is aimed at defining the future of deep mixing and transferring the charge of advancing the industry to the next generation of practitioners. The technical program...
DFI-PFSF to Host Piling & Ground Improvement Conference in Australia, March 2020 Registration Open
Hawthorne, N.J. (Jan. 6, 2019): Registration is open for the 2nd DFI-PFSF Piling & Ground Improvement Conference taking place March 23-25, 2020, at International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney in Australia. This conference — being hosted by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and Piling & Foundation Specialists Federation (PFSF) is intended to promote all aspects of the deep foundations, earth retention and ground improvement works. The technical program focuses on the following topics: Des...
CCFSS Extends Deadline for Specialty Conference Abstracts to January 15, 2020
The deadline for conference abstracts has been extended to January 15, 2020. Photo from CFSEI. ROLLA, MO – The Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CCFSS) at the Missouri University of Science and Technology has extended the deadline for abstracts in response to its call for papers for the biennial International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures. The new deadline for abstracts is January 15, 2020, with final papers due by April 3, 2020. The Internati...
Russelectric, A Siemens Business, to Attend Solar Power Northeast Annual Conference
Hingham, MA – Russelectric, A Siemens Business, a leading manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, announces that it will be attending the Solar Power Northeast Annual Conference, to be held February 19-20, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. Solar Power Northeast is the largest learning forum in the Northeast for the solar and energy storage industries regarding trends and legislation impacting grid resilience and reliability in the region. Russelectric will showcase th...
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