Chapter News – December 2017 December 22, 2017 News by Chapter : Delaware Valley | Ontario | So Cal Calendar of Upcoming Chapter Events Outstanding RCI Affiliated Chapter Award Application Deadline Approaches By Catherine Moon, RCI Director of Region… Regions and Chapters
Foundation Supports Research on Crack Geometry December 20, 2017 By Foundation Development Officer Rick Gardner The RCI Foundation has approved a challenge grant totaling $20,000 to the University of Texas at Austin for predicting crack geometry to improve… General Interest
Member News – December 2017 December 14, 2017 WJE Hires Ethan Field Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE) has hired Ethan Field, PE, as a senior associate in its Boston office. Prior to joining WJE, Field worked as a… IIBEC Members
Final Call: Emerging Professional Award of Excellence Candidate Recommendations Sought December 8, 2017 By Alexander Jeffries, RCI Emerging Professionals Committee Staff Liaison Photo by Michael Jarmoluk is licensed under CC0.The Emerging Professionals Committee requests your consideration of candidate… General Interest
Publicly Funded Construction Procurement November 28, 2017 By Brian Gardiner, FRCI, RRC, CCS Editor’s note: This white paper was prepared for RCI and will be disseminated to news media throughout North America in support of RCI’s stance on publicly funded construction… Industry News
3-D Printed Mars Habitat Design Challenge November 28, 2017 The first-place award of $25,000 went to Team Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture Office of New York, New York, for their design, Mars Ice House. NASA awarded three teams a total of $40,000… General Interest
One Thousand Museum’s Exoskeleton Poses Challenges November 28, 2017 Photo by Philip Pessar. The One Thousand Museum residential tower is currently under construction, adjacent to Miami’s Museum Park and on the site that was long home to a MiMo-styled 1960s gas station. The… Industry News
Secondary Drainage and Ponding Requirements in the IBC and IEBC November 28, 2017 By Wanda Edwards, PE, RCI Senior Director of Technical Services Editor’s Note: Code and standards issues of relevance to the building envelope industry are discussed in this ongoing series of articles by RCI’s staff experts. Industry News
