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I am working with a new editor here at ENR, Luke Abaffy, who soon will be blogging with us, but rather than wait until his log-in is ready, I decided to loan him my blog page to start a conversation about iPhone and iPad apps.
Recognition from leaders in the construction industry is particularly gratifying. I am delighted to share the news that, on Oct. 28, I was inducted into the National Academy of Construction, a group of industry leaders recognized for outstanding achievements in and contributions to engineering and construction.
The program will expire on Dec. 31 unless Congress extends it, so states and localities may try to get to market take advantage of the bonds' low federally subsidized interest rates in case the program lapses.
As projections show that Republicans will take control of the House but Democrats will retain a majority in the Senate, a key construction question is whether the GOP's increased clout will spell trouble for major infrastructure funding bills next year.
There are many contributing factors that allow counterfeiters to thrive in today’s economy, but everyone can play a role in fighting the problem. Here is how some of those trying to fight counterfeiters inadvertently help them.
William Baker, P.E., the structural engineering partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, worked on three of the five tallest buildings that topped out in 2009. But his (to-date) career-defining accomplishment is his contribution of the “buttressed core” structural system used at what is now—and for the foreseeable future will remain—the tallest structure ever built by man, the 828-meter Burj Khalifa.
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