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"Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow." -- Anita Desai ('Journey to Ithaca' 1995)
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"It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart." -- Rainer Maria Rilke
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ALWAYS ON
Shamrock Shakes
The St. Patrick's Day tradition is hosted by the Collegiate Recovery Program. Each March students gather for free minty green treats—alongside crafts, games, and sober fun at locations like Serenity Place. This annual event promotes community, recovery support, and holiday spirit in a welcoming, alcohol-free environment for all WVU families.
Six Week Priority
For the entirety of March, and until April 9th, we focus on preparing response to proposed changes to the IEEE 2028 National Electrical Safety Code, and to prepare fresh new ideas for the 2028 NFPA National Electrical Code. Topics coverage normally scheduled for this time of year will be accessible but our daily online meetings will start with work on those two standards. To join the "code-writing and vote-getting" use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
Modular Classrooms
Owing to US immigration policy, public schools are overwhelmed with responsibility for rising K-12 enrollment. Modular classrooms are a solution but have specific requirements in various aspects to ensure they are safe, functional, and comfortable for occupants. Today at the usual hour we examine best practice literature for structural, architectural, fire safety, electrical, HVAC, and lighting requirements.
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.
NESC & NEC Cross-Code Correlation
This post links to workspaces for drafting a detailed response to our most recent proposals. Open public consultation on the 2028 revision to the IEEE National Electrical Safety Code is very compressed -- only 90 days are open for a standard that is revised every 5 years. Public consultation on the First Draft of the 2028 NESC is open until March 24, 2026.
Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
The ASCE 7 Hazard Tool is a quick reliable way to look up key design parameters specified in Standard ASCE 7. Easy-to-use mapping features allow you to quickly look up hazard data for a specific location, including wind, tornado, seismic, ice, rain, flood, snow, and tsunami all in one tool. No other titles are open for public consultation at this time but we keep an eye on it because it runs close-coupled with the ICC catalog.
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).
Storm Shelters
Tornado season in the Central Plains inspires a revisit of the best practice catalogs for avoiding, surviving and recovering from natural disaster with special interest in the supporting role of education community infrastructure.