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"On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night." -- Psalm 63:6
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Dolce Vita
Elior Collegiate Dining is WVU's new food service partner (having taken over in July 2025 when the university ended its contract with Sodexo). It manages 'global nutrition experiences' across all WVU campuses. The collaboration operates under the name WVU Hospitality Group and, presumably, more effective than student run coffee spots; less the charming inefficiencies of student run cafe's.
‘CPanel’ Update Status
Since February 16 our website has been undergoing a major upgrade that enables instant updates across all time zones and all our social media platforms. Hopefully it will be complete by end of this month. We will still host our Daily Colloquia at the usual hour and our topics will remain as posted on our CALENDAR.
NESC 2028 Call for Comment
The NESC Subcommittees have specifically requested public comment on ten proposals from affected interests. Today at the usual hour we will discuss them in detail and draft responses to be submitted before the April 9th deadline.
Quadrivium: Winter
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 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
National Electrical Code CMP 12 & 13
Today at the usual hour we shall sort through the issues in the transcripts linked herein.
Reaction: February 19 Open Meeting
Depending on interest the February 19th Open Meeting can be discussed during today's Open Door session. It is topically similar to provisions in the National Electrical Safety Code that support reliability during winter disasters and we are drafting comments on the 2028 NESC concurrently. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
Snow Load Calculator
Parent standard with links to previously posted representative calculations. Public proposals for the 2028 Revisions of ASCE/SEI 7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures were submitted to technical committees earlier this month and now appear to have entered an "administrative phase" ahead of formal release.