Five young engineers win Academy Awards

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The coding revolution marches on: Raspberry Pi wins UK’s top engineering innovation prize

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Weekly Toolbox Talk: Heat Stress

Hot weather causes more fatalities than any other weather-related source. Heat waves rarely are given adequate attention but in fact, they claim more lives each year than floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes combined. Heat waves are a silent killer. Heatstroke also affects both genders equally. However, because many men were exposed to heat in the workforce, the annual death rate is 2 times higher in men than in women.In general, the human body cools itself by producing sweat. Sweat evaporating...

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Engineering stars win Academy Silver Medals

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SSE Hydro Arena recognised with Major Project Award

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Academy celebrates International Women in Engineering Day with launch of new video

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Houston’s Craft Workforce: Are We On The Verge Of Insanity?

The following article was originally published on BuildHoustonOnline.Are some of Houston’s leading construction firms crazy or insane in their approaches to attract and train quality entry-level craft workers? Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.S&B Engineers and Constructors, Jacobs, Trio Electric and Marek Bros. are getting very different results because of new and innovative approaches they are using for pre-...

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