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  • The Danish Bentley User group annual meeting and Nordic Civil user days!

    The Danish Bentley User group annual meeting and Nordic Civil user days! 10-12th of November 2008, Vejle, Denmark For the fifth consecutive year - Nordic Civil User Days! The Danish Bentley User group (www.bentleyuser.dk) is hosting their…
  • 2008 ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition

    It takes time, skill, innovation, and a dedicated team to design and build a concrete canoe--and then test it in a competition against peers. Every year, ASCE Student chapters at schools across North America tackle this unique challenge, applying their…
  • What Does Sustaining Infrastructure Mean to You?

    Looking back on the past month I don't think I knew what 'Sustaining Infrastructure' really meant. The literal meaning: (from the American Heritage Dictionary) sus·tain (sə-stān') tr.v. sus·tained , sus·tain·ing , sus·tains…
  • On the Politics of Breaking Through

    It's probably obvious by now that I've been thinking a lot about topics like sustainability, the role of infrastructure in society, and climate change for a while now. Along the way, I've read a bunch of books on these and other topics. I'll have to admit…
  • More than green...

    It's been a little more than a week since our keynote sessions at the 2008 BE Conference in Baltimore -- plenty of time to decompress and reflect. I've had the opportunity to speak to a number of people regarding my keynote on Sustaining Infrastructure…
  • A Proud Day...

    This morning we kicked off the 2008 BE Conference in Baltimore, the theme: Best Practices for Sustaining Infrastructure. It's quite a departure from previous years' agenda which sought to provide users with an abundance of hands-on training. Our focus…
  • The Three Rs...

    When I first started school, all that mattered were the three Rs (arrrrs), R eading, w R iting, and a R ithmetic; they were the staples of "learning." Today it seems that a new three Rs are on everyone's lips. R educe, R euse, R ecycle; they are the staples…