Tag: Engineering
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Engineering trade body suspends 14 member companies after competence failures
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has suspended 14 member companies for failing to comply with its independent audit process. All the companies were found to have failed to meet the standard required in BESA’s Competence Assessment Standard, which covers business practices, financial solvency, insurance, health and safety, and technical proficiency. It is also fully…
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UK government announces £275m skills package
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“Our modern industrial strategy will be powered by investing in British people. It will help transform our skills system to end the overreliance on foreign labour, and ensure British workers can secure good, well-paid jobs in the industries of tomorrow and drive growth and investment right across the country, making our Plan for Change a…
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UW-Madison breaks ground on $420M engineering center
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The University of Wisconsin-Madison has broken ground on a new engineering building after a funding fight that saw the new structure used as a political bargaining chip. The 395,000-square-foot Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center will…
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Matern Engineering Promotes Dorian Maness to Sr. PM Role
Matern Professional Engineering is pleased to announce the promotion of Austin Podurgiel, EI, to Project Manager within the company’s Commercial Division. This promotion recognizes Podurgiel’s significant contributions to the firm and his extensive experience in mechanical systems design. Podurgiel brings over eight years of experience to his new role, having worked with clients across diverse sectors,…
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Matern Engineering Grows Team with Key Promotion
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Matern Professional Engineering is pleased to announce the promotion of Austin Podurgiel, EI, to Project Manager within the company’s Commercial Division. This promotion recognizes Podurgiel’s significant contributions to the firm and his extensive experience in mechanical systems design. Podurgiel brings over eight years of experience to his new role, having worked with clients across diverse sectors,…
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DriSteem Appoints Shawn Thao as Electrical Engineering Manager
DRI-STEEM Corporation (DriSteem), the leading manufacturer of humidity control, evaporative cooling, and water treatment products, is pleased to announce that Shawn Thao has joined the company as the new Electrical Engineering Manager. In his new role, Shawn Thao will oversee the strategy, planning, and tactical execution of all electrical and electronic design—from component selection and…
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Skanska completes George Mason University’s Life Sciences and Engineering Building
Leading global development and construction firm Skanska has completed George Mason University’s (GMU) new Life Sciences and Engineering Building on the school’s Prince William County Science and Technology (SciTech) Campus. The state-of-the-art, $85.4 million facility spans 132,000 square feet of purpose-built space, featuring advanced research laboratories, specialized teaching facilities and flexible innovation zones designed for…
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RMF Engineering Welcomes New Shareholders Summers & Girard
RMF Engineering, a leader in full-service MEP engineering, today announced the addition of two new shareholders in the company: Joshua Summers, PE, CCM, and Richard Girard, PE, HFDP. “It is my pleasure to announce that Joshua Summers and Richard Girard have been offered and have accepted ownership shares in RMF Engineering. Joshua and Richard have…
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Caroline Gumble appointed CEO of professional engineering institution
Caroline Gumble has been appointed CEO of the Welding Institute. She will join the professional engineering body on 7 July after she steps down as CEO of the Chartered Institute of Building, which she led since 2019. Before her tenure at CIOB, Gumble had an extensive business transformation career within the engineering industry, both in…
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Technologies With the Highest ROI Potential in Engineering and Construction
KPMG’s 2023 Global Construction Survey presents insights from 267 individuals; professionals from engineering and construction firms (121) and project owners (146) from a variety of industries. The survey covers several topics, including innovation and technology. Following are picks from the technology results. Technology adoption trends The 2017 Global Construction Survey revealed industry adoption of technologies like BIM,…