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“It’s most beautiful when you don’t feel beautiful at all. And when you simply exist like everything else in the world.” -- Leopold Henryk Staff
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ALWAYS ON
Strawberry Oat Muffins
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.” -- E.B. White, 1977
Amphitheaters
From from time to time -- particularly in the months of fairer weather, when many events are hosted outdoors -- we break form from the daily grind of responding to public commenting opportunities to simply enjoy these spaces
Quadrivium: Spring
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Rain & Lightning
"The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"
Design Rainfall Values on Louisiana Infrastructure
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has a Hydraulics Manual sets design standards based upon annual 24-hour rainfall maps and Intensity-Duration-Frequency curves for the return periods of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 years. This thesis analyzed design storm intensities on two types of water related projects and has shown that the differences in design parameters follow the pattern of underestimating rainfall intensities.
Roof Assemblies and Rooftop Structures
Chapter 15 of the International Building Code provides minimum requirements for the design and construction of roof assemblies and rooftop structures. Largely prescriptive, it addresses the weather-protective barrier at the roof and, in most circumstances, a fire-resistant barrier. About 20 percent of the total square-footage of education community building footprint involves roofing.
Readings: The “30-30” Rule for Outdoor Athletic Events Lightning Hazard
Rule of Thumb for lightning safety: Go indoors if, after seeing lightning, you cannot count to 30 before hearing thunder. Stay indoors 30 minutes after hearing the last clap of thunder.