Cale Ash has been chosen as one of EERI's Housner Fellows in the 2012 inaugural class. The leadership program targets young to mid-career professionals and academics from around the world and equips them with the training and skills required to become effective advocates for earthquake safety.
Please join me in congratulating Cale on this achievement.
Partnership Resulted in 58 Government Engineers Trained and Various Structural Engineering Design Resources Developed
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.--(10/12/2011) -- Build Change, the international non-profit social enterprise that designs earthquake-resistant houses in developing countries, has partnered with Degenkolb Engineers, a leading structural design engineering firm, to provide technical assistance and training services to the Government of Haiti (GoH) following the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Build Change and Degenkolb have been working with the Haitian Ministry of Public Works, Transport & Communications (MTPTC) to ...
This year marks the second year in a row that Degenkolb Engineers was named the best mid-size structural engineering firm to work for by Structural Engineer Magazine. The firm ranked #4 in the overall category of best structural engineering firms to work for.
The magazine states, "Reports of pay cuts, slashed benefits, and longer work days have filled the headlines, but not all firms are convinced a profit comes by extracting the most from employees while giving the least – ...
Principal Mark Sinclair, a native New Zealander and advocate for the latest earthquake technologies, has been working closely with Build Change over the past 18 months since the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. One million Haitians were left homeless and more than 300,000 people died as a result.
Mark recently wrote about his work in Haiti and what's the best approach to seismic safety in Haiti. To read more, check out this month's issue of Structural Engineer magazine. Click ...
In a ceremony on August 25, 2011 the Degenkolb Marketing crew took home its eighth consecutive national award in the holiday card category. The 2010 card was based on the concept of the tree of life. The three dimensional card featured a contribution from each employee that described what gave them a sense of purpose or got them through life's hard times. The card was sent to more than 4,000 clients and prospects who were asked to visit the website ...
Patient care couldn’t be disrupted during renovation of the MRI room and remodeling of outpatient space at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Read more about how Richard Franco assisted in the replacement of an 18,000-pound MRI magnet in the center of a busy hospital here
