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Jul 7, 2021 Photo: Oregon State University Research by the Oregon State University College of Engineering will help the Port of Portland save as much as $35 million on work to ensure a Portland International Airport runway can survive an expected magnitude 8.0 to 9.0 Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. Armin Stuedlein led the project, which involved three days of test detonations at the airport in 40- and 90-foot-deep blast casings. By studying the series of controlled blasts, researchers could determine how the sand and silt soils underlying the airport would respond to a “megathrust eart...

National Institute of Building Sciences Names First Female Board Chair Anne M. Ellis will be the first female board chair in the NIBS' nearly half-a-century-long history.  Annie Cebulski | June 28, 2021 The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) named Anne M. Ellis, executive director with the Charles Pankow Foundation, as the first female Chair of the Board of Directors in the organization's history since it was created by Congress in 1974. A non-governmental non-profit, NIBS says that it brings together labor and consumer interests, govern...

A reporter accused of passing along misleading information about Gov. Ron DeSantis' response to the condo collapse and ABC's Jonathan Karl urging Sen. Joe Manchin to use his leverage to pressure Republicans round out today's top media headlines. MSNBC anchor Joshua Johnson suggested that the tragic Surfside condominium building collapse can be leveraged to justify the "price tag" of infrastructure spending amid tense negotiations between lawmakers and the Biden administration.  On Sunday's "Meet the Press," Johnson acknowledged that big-ticket proposals from Democrats are being used as "ammu...

Giurlando to lead corporate trust business for CSC CSC, a business, legal, tax, and digital brand services provider, announced the addition of Steve Giurlando to its Global Financial Markets (GFM) division, leading its wholly-owned corporate trust and agency business development efforts subsidiar

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