Free Brochure: What Is ISO 9000 And Should I Care?

Abstract: A certified quality management system promotes, facilitates and enables consistency and improvements in a process or product.

Description: ISO 9000 consists of a series of Quality Management System standards that are designed to facilitate and enable consistency of a product or service and thereby ensure that customer requirements are met or exceeded. They can be applied in any manufacturing industry or service sector.

The value of certification to customers is evident, but the quality of the certificate is also important. All certificates are not equal.

As more and more companies become certified, buyers are looking at the reputation of the registrar. DNV’s approach is one of a partnership. Their goal is to provide organizations with value-added services that result in a certification which is recognized and accepted by its customers and prospects.

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The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)  issued a press release yesterday that answers the question, “Which 2010 college majors command the highest starting salaries?”

NACE’s Winter 2010 Salary Survey shows that engineering disciplines account for eight of the 10 most highly paid degrees.   The only non-engineering related degrees in the top 10 were computer science and information sciences and systems.

Petroleum engineering earned the highest starting salary reported at the bachelor’s degree level—$86,220—more than one-and-one-half times the average starting salary reported for bachelor’s degree graduates as a whole ($48,351).   Read the rest of this article » » »

“Engineering is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men and women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer’s high privilege.”

That was said by Herbert Hoover, the only professional mining engineer to serve as President of the United States… and of course, the man who was primarily responsible for building the Hoover Dam.

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ICC, ASHRAE, USGBC and IES Announce Nation’s First Set of Model Codes and Standards for Green Building in the U.S.

First of its kind collaboration designed to boost critical green building practices across the country

March 11, 2010 (Washington, DC) – What do organizations representing building safety professionals, energy and lighting engineers, green building practitioners, architects and technical standards developers have in common?  They have all come together to green the nation’s built environment by establishing a comprehensive model green building code designed to rapidly advance green building practice across the U.S.  

The International Code Council (ICC), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) today announce the launch of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), representing the merger of two national efforts to develop adoptable and enforceable green building codes.  The IGCC provides the building industry with language that both broadens and strengthens building codes in a way that will accelerate the construction of high performance green buildings across the U.S.

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Professional Engineering Institute of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

The Professional Engineering Institute (PEI) of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)  is a not-for-profit professional and technical institution within ASABE. Founded in 1994, PEI provides a forum for engineers to understand and take action on issues affecting the vitality and continuity of the engineering profession in agricultural, food, and biological systems.

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What is the ENERGY STAR Challenge?

The ENERGY STAR Challenge is a national call-to-action to improve the energy efficiency of America’s commercial and industrial buildings by 10 percent or more.

Who Can Take the Challenge?

Whether you’re associated with a small school or a large corporation, a local government or a national association, a community hospital or a hotel group, a manufacturing plant or an architecture firm — you can be part of the ENERGY STAR Challenge and help improve the energy efficiency of America’s commercial and industrial buildings by 10 percent or more. 

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