I used GeoCommons.com and an office real estate report from Colliers International to visualize data on vacancy rates around the U.S.
While I was in college, I was involved with the UNR ASCE/AGC student chapter. At every national or regional ASCE event I attended, there was always a lot of discussion on ASCE Policy Statement 465, Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice. In this post, I will explain what PS465 means, give some history, and give my opinion on how ASCE has changed their position on the issue of education and compensation.
We recently investigated adding solar power to one of our projects; a small retail building in California. I learned quite a bit and I thought I would share some information I learned.
We recently obtained a bunch of information (7 megabytes worth) from the USGBC and GBCI covering all sorts of metrics about certified/registered projects such as state, project type, LEED product type (Core and Shell, Commercial Interiors, New Construction), LEED version, registration date (2000-2008), certified yes/no, certified date, etc.
The first visualization I could obtain without much effort is the number of LEED Accredited Professionals by state. California leads the nation with over 11,300 LEED APs. New York comes in second with over 4,900 LEED APs.
The next time “analemma” comes up in casual conversation, you will know the meaning. Why? Because you are smart enough to read our blog!
An analemma is the plot of the position of the Sun as viewed from a fixed position on Earth at the same time every day for an entire year. The sun’s position throughout the year plays a role in designing sustainable and comfortable facilities.
Two BJG designed Northern Nevada pump station projects are built and ready to pump water to Reno area residents. BJG performed architectural and structural design, construction support, and structural observation services for the two projects. We were contracted by Eco:Logic Engineering to perform the work and they were a pleasure to work with. Eco:Logic was the lead consultant on the two projects that are intended to help meet future municipal and industrial water demands for the Reno and surrounding areas.
I am at the SEAOC Convention in Hawaii. We are about halfway through and so far, I am pleased with the technical content and social activities. I will write a full report later, but I wanted to briefly discuss the SEAOC Excellence in Engineering Awards. The SEAOC Excellence in Engineering Awards Ceremony was one of the most poorly attended events at the Convention thus far. It was embarrassing. Not only was the initial attendance poor, but it dwindled by about half towards the end of the ceremony.
I am attending the 2008 SEAOC (Structural Engineers Association of California) Convention. It is being held September 23 – 27 on the Big Island, Hawaii. I have been to the last 4 out of 5 SEAOC Conventions and certainly would not miss one being held in Hawaii! Every year I attend I have come back to BJG energized about my profession.
