ASHRAE has formally opened its new global headquarters building, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony, attended by its board of directors, top building campaign donors, elected officials and local guests.

The state-of-the-art 97,000 square-foot building includes 11 interactive, high-tech laboratories and 24 classrooms to support education in the latest construction technologies, systems and methods.

Travis Bradley has been promoted to business unit director of industrial and engineered systems, and Andrew Schwarze has joined the organization as business unit director of groundwater distributors.

The company cites networking and collaboration opportunities as key benefits of the membership.

At a hosted side event, the organization highlighted growing building stock, consensus-based standards, and building industry involvement.

The legislation provides $944 billion in total spending over five years, totaling $550 billion in new spending, and represents a significant infusion of federal funding for U.S. public works across numerous industries.

Since the program began in 2012, NIST’s Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program has received 214 applications and made 41 awards totaling over $2.57 million.

Combined synergies enhance Waterline Renewal Technologies' portfolio of trenchless pipeline rehabilitation solutions for the wastewater industry in North America.

WE•Stand is the first-ever standard that focuses solely on achieving safe and efficient water use in residential and non-residential buildings.

PPI’s new webpage answers questions about increasingly popular PP-R and PP-RCT pipe and systems.