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Ralph Wilson Park Bridge Successfully Installed in City of Buffalo Over I-190,  

Civil + Structural Engineer

Foundation added a major infrastructure project to the original scope of the park design: the pedestrian bridge and the redesign of the 4th Street side of the park. The bridge design was chosen through a community-based design competition led by the University at Buffalo Regional Institute in early 2020. Wilson, Jr. Wilson, Jr.

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Gwendolyn Boyd Honored with ASME Fitzroy Medal at ASME Foundation Gala Event

Civil + Structural Engineer

During her more than three decades at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, she was a leader in the development and operation of critical national security systems. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation in 2009. She served on and later chaired the University’s Diversity Leadership Council.

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Oscar Barton, Jr., Ph.D., Honored for Outstanding Contributions in Engineering Education at ASME Foundation Gala

Civil + Structural Engineer

School of Engineering, an ASME Fellow, and a member of the ASME Foundation board of directors. In addition, the Foundation announced it has established the Dr. Oscar Barton, Jr., Mitchell, Jr., Sonya Smith, Ph.D., Sonya Smith, Ph.D., Naval Academy, where he served as chair of the mechanical engineering department.

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Rehabilitation Extends Life, Restores Historical Aspects of Minneapolis’ Third Avenue Bridge

Civil + Structural Engineer

The Third Avenue Bridge was selected for its four character-defining features: Cast-in-place Melan Arch System construction, which encases steel trusses in concrete; Classic Revival aesthetic treatment on piers, the projecting pedestrian bays and ornamental railing added in 1939; Reverse S-curve alignment.

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Eight Entrepreneurs in the Americas and England Selected as Regional Finalists for Premier Social Innovation Accelerator, Held Virtually July 18-26

Civil + Structural Engineer

ASME is grateful to The Lemelson Foundation for its continued support of the ISHOW with a three-year strategic investment and to ISHOW implementation partners around the globe. The regional finalists are: Burn Design Lab (Vashon Island, Wash., PE, Professor Emeritus QCCNY, and Ruth L. For more information, visit www.asme.org.

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Interoperability code of practice for AECO technologies launched

Extranet Evolution

Since the publication of the BIM Interoperability Expert Group’s report in March 2020, the GIIG has developed various practical initiatives. These aim to achieve greater sharing of better data as a foundation to help industry clients deliver better whole-life outcomes. There was strong support for the technical requirements.

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FIREFLY® SYSTEMS UPGRADE ROOFSPACE OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARE FACILITY

Specification Product Update

The standard range of FR 120 FIREFLY hatches have been stringently tested against EN 1363-1 2020 and are third party certified by IFC, being shown to achieve an impressive two hours fire resistance from either side of a fire compartment. Overall, we erected some 300 square metres of barriers and the project went to plan.