Evan Milberg

3 hours ago Combining structural integrity and breathtaking floor-to-ceiling glazing, this extraordinary home is a masterclass in building with glass. Brevity is one of the most powerful tools in the architect’s apparatus. This astonishing glass house, perched on the banks of Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka, is …

QuakeWrap Inc., a Tucson, Ariz.-based designer, supplier and installer of FRP products for repair, won an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Innovation Award in the category of “Best Value – Green Engineering” for its StifPipe® technology – the world’s first “green” and sustainable pipe. Contest entries fit four categories – innovative business models and technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), green engineering, and resilience – each sponsored by top engineering-related firms.

As baby boomers retire, manufacturers are turning to innovative workforce programs to find the next generation of composites professionals. On shop floors across America, composites industry workers are aging. According to a 2015 report from IACMI – The Composites Institute, 22.9 percent of workers in the IACMI region (Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky) are over the age of 55 and set to retire in the next decade.