Ahnald, why did you go to China to thank workers for helping "us in California rebuild our Bay Bridge"? Here's what they are doing with the Shanghai made cables for the bridge, each 2.5 feet wide, made of 137 wires, 127 strands each wire, each strand is able to support a military humvee....................

UL Releases Report on firefighter safety vs photovoltaic systems..................................

Confused about standby power system grounding? Here is an article from CSE that clears it all up.........

Electricity bills skyrocket, marking the end of cheap energy for Americans.............................

New technology called foam concrete arrests runaway planes at end of runway, possibly saving many lives..........

Hearing modification technology protects workers and troops from deafness and work dangers...................

Engineers in Congress? Well, at least they could do math! Balanced budget, baby........

How will we heat our new office headquarters?  I know, we'll use the creepymatorium next door!

Nanny, nanny nanocrystal additive to concrete lets it harden just as fast at 20 degrees Celsius as it does at 60 degrees Celsius, saving energy that used to be needed to heat the concrete so it could cure faster and forms can be re-used quicker.

New Nantong Stadium in China is believed to have the first movable roof operated hydraulically .............

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Well, aren't we surprised! The construction industry is one of three hit hardest by the economic disaster we are currently in.......

Judge awards 2.6 million to recipients of Chinese drywall's blessings. But will they ever collect?........................

Consumer Products Safety Commission states Chinese drywall homes should be gutted........................Where's my skinnin knife?

Mumbai has a slum called Dharavi that was originally a fishing village. It has been resistant to change, and the dynamics of the newer City makes its real estate more valuable than the people there could afford. . Here is an article about the latest attempt to improve conditions there that show some hope...........

Concrete industry girds for battle over fly ash designation................

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We are all more aware these days about the threat of China to our economy. Not only does it hold most of our debt, it is the beneficiary of a lop-sided trade deficit and has arguably been the catalyst to the demise of U.S. manufacturing. There are many reasons to anticipate the resurgence of our manufacturing ability and hopefully greater volume of exports because of the quality of American goods (outside of some of the unionized auto worker products) and the new worldwide "fad" attraction of a anything made in America. This article provides more insight into a possible turn in the direction of outsourcing jobs to other countries...........

Poopy Power:

So maybe you have heard about the new concept of placing turbines in America's streams to generate hydroelectric power without the downsides of a full fledged dam.....This student saw the power of a bathtub full of water draining and decided to put a turbine in the waste line of a high rise to generate power from waste.........

Pallet Deposit Not Worth Bringing It Back? No, I think the wood has a Marvelous grain:

Check out this office design made completely from the ubiquitous pallet.................................

Unbreakable Glass Invented 50 years ago Finally A Success:

An unbreakable glass invented by Corning in 1960 has finally found a niche.

Custard and Kevlar:

New liquid added to kevlar makes it more bulletproof and hopefully will lead to lighter protection for military.

New Hope For Earthquake Zone Bridges:

Two separate demonstrations, one at Cal Berkeley and one at University Of Nevada test new bridge structural components that may allow bridges to both withstand and survive an earthquake.

Sir, we are going to have to give your car a breathalyzer:

Those rascally Scots, turning to biofuel after the Lockerbie fiasco, discover malt whiskey byproducts are free revenue.

An Entire Nation at Zero Carbon by 2030?

Read the report and judge for yourself.............................

Forget about drugs, cartels now trafficking in Grease:

Well. ok, it's not really cartels, but it is stealing something restaurants used to have to pay to get rid of and some unscrupulous carriers illegally dumped down sewer manholes, costing cities thousands of dollars repairing lines. My, how times have changed........

Judge awards 2.6 million to recipients of Chinese drywall's blessings. But will they ever collect?........................

Consumer Products Safety Commission states Chinese drywall homes should be gutted........................Where's my skinnin knife?

Mumbai has a slum called Dharavi that was originally a fishing village. It has been resistant to change, and the dynamics of the newer City makes its real estate more valuable than the people there could afford. . Here is an article about the latest attempt to improve conditions there that show some hope...........

Concrete industry girds for battle over fly ash designation................