A well-known rule of thumb in the building industry is that 75% of the cost of a 40 year old facility is the cost of operating and maintaining it. The American Society of Civil Engineers […]
The US Federal Government’s web site devoted to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus reports that as of Aug 21, over US$208 billion has been allocated and US$84.6 billion has been paid out. […]
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) publishes a monthly assessment of the state of the economy in the architectural industry. For July they found that stimulus funds are reaching more architects now than earlier this […]
I came across this image on a Wired site. It is one of those amazing lucky shots and was taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station. This is an eruption of the Sarychev […]
There’s an interesting article in the Globe and Mail entitled The Greening of Coal which outlines some of the things underway worldwide to reduce emissions from coal-fired power generation plants. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) […]
Autodesk has announced that it has acquired StormNET, RiverCAD and WaterNET software from BOSS International to provide civil engineering and utility customers with water analysis tools. StormNET is used for stormwater management analysis, RiverCAD for floodplain […]
The sorry state of much of North America’s infrastructure is well known through the American Society of Civil Engineer’s Report Card. Other parts of the world are also concerned about the state of their infrastructure. […]
Twitter is going to launch a new feature which will make Twitter location-aware. The new geolocation API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet. For example, you could restrict the tweets […]