September in the U.K. is the season for political and academic conferences, with highlights ranging from a speech by Bill Clinton to seminars on siphonic roof drainage and positive air pressure transients.

NFPA's attempted invasion of the building code publishing world has put the association in the position of having to foster a disingenuous propaganda battle to win the hearts and minds of the state and municipal authorities responsible for adopting construction codes in their jurisdictions.

Over the past 18 months, the university has been preparing for a major reorganization that has regrouped John's division's 18 departments into six large schools and two postgraduate institutes.

A few months ago, President George Bush enacted sweeping tariffs and quotas on a number of imported steel products, sending ripples throughout the manufacturing and construction sectors.

One of the recurrent themes of these columns over the past couple of years has been the need to encourage the use of modern simulation and analysis tools to aid in the modernization of building drainage system design.

One of the keys to ensuring that a sprinkler system will be fully operational when needed is to provide supervision of the conditions that are essential for the proper operation of the sprinkler system.

Though the Residential Plumbing Code committee was slightly improved over last year, it was evident that the RPC is a waste of valuable time and resources for ICC staff, attendees and members of the committee.

Is it reasonable to control research support to universities while at the same time encouraging merit-based research funding as a means of offsetting the need to maintain expensive governmental research laboratories?

"The asbestos threat appears to be overrated, and the billions spent on removal projects wasted."

Joe Matje believes that if he is dressed in more comfortable clothing, he will likely work better than if he felt stiff and uncomfortable sitting at his cubical.