Industry News May 2012 Double Eagle Group, Inc. (DEG) was selected as the executive search team to lead the recruiting effort for The City of New York; Building Services-Sustainable Team. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) requested DEG to respond to an RFP for their Director of Land Management/Environment. We will know the outcome shortly. The market place has stronger footings than this time last year. While the domestic US budget still has not been finalized, Wall Street has more Bull in it than Bear. Double Eagle Group, Inc. is always bullish on America.
GreenBLAST unique solution to critical sturctures
Posted: May 3, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in Architecture, Construction, Structures, Sustainable/LEEDTags: Blast, sustainable desgin
GREENBLAST™ - PROTECTION for the built and natural environment.
GreenBlast™ is the result of a ‘whole building’ design philosophy in which sustainable design and security measures are integrated. One of our clients is a recognized leader in blast design and security engineering; we have earned a reputation for delivering safe, practical and architecturally pleasing solutions that integrate both blast mitigation and sustainable design. While sustainable design and security design requirements may seem inherently contradictory they can enhance one another when implemented with the proper design philosophies and an integrated design approach.
GreenBLAST unique solution to critical sturctures
Posted: May 3, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in UncategorizedGREENBLAST™ - PROTECTION for the built and natural environment.
GreenBlast™ is the result of a ‘whole building’ design philosophy in which sustainable design and security measures are integrated. One of our many respected client’s is a recognized leader in blast design and security engineering; we have earned a reputation for delivering safe, practical and architecturally pleasing solutions that integrate both blast mitigation and sustainable design. While sustainable design and security design requirements may seem inherently contradictory they can enhance one another when implemented with the proper design philosophies and an integrated design approach.
AIA Billings Index Up for Fifth Month in a Row
Posted: May 2, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in ArchitectureTags: architecture
AIA Billings Index Up for Fifth Month in a Row
04/27/2012
Building Design
The American Institute of Architects’ monthly Architecture Billings Index was up for the fifth month in a row.
The score for March was 50.4 – anything over 50 is seen as growth – which was down on the 51 recorded in February.
US architects’ growing optimism is being driven by the commercial and industrial sectors, where a score of 56 was recorded.
The new-projects-inquiries index, came in at 56.6.
This was substantially lower than the 63.4 recorded last month, but still in positive territory for the 38th straight month.
New Capital Campaign – Gamer Industry
Posted: April 5, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in Capital Raise Campaign, Double Eagle NewsTags: private placement
Capital Campaign for Private Placement
R. Skip Black CPC-Founder/CEO of the Double Eagle Group, Inc of Minneapolis, MN has announced the signing of a private placement capital raise for a gamer improvement product for the 25 Billion Dollar gaming industry. Specifics to follow in next blog.
ASCE Signs International Sustainability Protocol
Posted: March 30, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in UncategorizedTags: ASCE, International, sustainability
ASCE signs on to sustainability protocol
Will coordinate efforts with British, Canadian societies
Confronting the potential economic and natural global challenges of the decades ahead, ASCE and fellow leading civil engineering societies in Great Britain and Canada joined forces this week in an agreement to drive international efforts to adopt sustainable engineering practices, especially in the developing world. Leaders of ASCE, the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering approved a protocol, Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Future, during the eighth Triennial Conference in Arlington, Va. Building upon agreements reached at the Triennials of 2006 and 2009, the protocol calls for collaboration on national sustainable infrastructure action plans, efforts to encourage engineers to help build sustainable engineering capacity in developing countries, and coordination with the World Federation of Engineering Organizations to give WFEO more clout in discussions with international bodies on sustainable infrastructure programs. Development of sustainable practices that help eradicate global poverty and adapt to the potential impacts of climate change are also priorities in the ASCE, ICE and CSEA document. Read and download a copy (PDF). Learn more about this year’s Triennial Conference.
Careers Shaped by The North Dakota Opportunity
Posted: May 24, 2012 by Brad Burke, PE in Construction, Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle News, Earth/Water, Flying the Flag, Heavy Civil, Industry News and Commentary, Power & EnergyTags: employment news, Heavy Civil, water environmental
North Dakota just recently passed Alaska as the No. 2 oil producing state in the US, behind Texas. But as the oil flows from North Dakota with relative ease, the state faces a daunting task of managing the growth associated with this success. Growth in the work-force population in North Dakota has resulted in rapidly expanding needs for schools, hospitals, roads, water resources, land development, and the like. In addition, the federal money flowing into North Dakota for flood protection projects adds significantly to this growth. What does this mean for engineers, scientists and construction professionals – one word: Opportunity.
What is happening in North Dakota is a once in a generation phenomenon. Just 15 to 20 years from now, the young professionals now working to support the growth and development of infrastructure in North Dakota, will look back on their time and realize these were the “good old days”. They will owe their own rapid professional growth to all the experience they found in North Dakota. The Opportunity that is North Dakota is creating a legacy that will shape the careers of thousands of professionals in years to come.