Ben Yahr

Try Corpscon-
http://www.agc.army.mil/Missions/Corpscon.aspx

A sandbox!

Professors do teach AutoCad in schools – tech schools.  Are we trying to raise a new generation of landscape architects or cad monkeys?  The old model of designers and draftsmen is dead (or should be), but the endless discussions of cad/rendering/bim/photoshop marginalize the profession to that of production rather than design.
I firmly believe t…[Read more]

Yeah, I’ll be in the W.F. Baird booth, but also giving a short presentation.

I’ve never been to the conference, but if the current list of symposia and workshops is any indication, it will be an excellent experience!

I’ll be there, stop in and say hi!

Congratulations Andrew!

I’ll bite.  There are three reasons I personally haven’t been very active in the lounge lately:
Work has been busy.  This is a good thing.  Stateside we’ve had numerous projects funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.  Low water levels are unfortunately wreaking havoc on shipping and recreation.  Likewise with flooding.  Despite the b…[Read more]

Ice forces are quite amazing.  I would suggest that you will probably need specialized engineering to ensure the longevity of your installation.
Check out Harriet Island in St. Paul.  In addition to ice, the design reacts to huge fluctuations in water level.

http://www.aerial-xp.com/vr_flash/st_paul_riverfront/node_d.html

Worthless. 
I began my council record a year and a half ago in an attempt to expedite the reciprocal license process.  Despite paying the initial fee and one year’s renewal, my record is not yet complete.
The council record requires verification of all the things you would need to apply for a license (education, employment, LARE, and r…[Read more]

Seriously Jason, turn off Fox News.  There have been no riots in Wisconsin come even close to fitting your “pattern”.
 
I’m also a bit confused by the original post: Sure, if you were to relocate people with few prospects for jobs or future prosperity from dense urban cores to the suburbs, that would indeed reduce the prospects of riots similar t…[Read more]

That is indeed ridiculous.  A great reminder that we should be designing for people, not for cars.

Another example of spouting off talking points that are factually incorrect.
 
In Wisconsin, public employees that hold at least a four year degree earn 25% less than similarly qualified private sector employees.
 
http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/6759/

Back on topic- an interesting comment from an interesting article on impending “Financial Martial Law”:
Article:
http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/04/16/gov-scott-walker-repor…
Comment:
This is all about privatizing the public sector. Standard operating procedure for crony capitalists and oligarchies. But really this has been going on in…[Read more]

So I take it you support this scenario?
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/madisonworld-a-future-whe_b_834381.html

As a Madison resident, my main comment is that it is absolutely mind boggling how poorly this situation has been reported.  Not that I ever had much faith in main stream media, but if the events of the last three weeks are any indication of quality of journalism these days, perhaps 5% of every soundbite and “investigative report” you experience…[Read more]

New title, same argument eh?
 
What happened to positivity?

I didn’t mean for the thread to sound pretentious or self serving in any way.  It just seems important to remember once and awhile that the world and the profession is not all doom, gloom, and servitude toward developers.

Worldwide, though primarily in the Great Lakes region.  And being a small niche firm is key.
 
Essentially all of the projects listed above came online in the last two years, ie not backlog from before 2008.

Gold is currently used in nearly all electric devices.