U.S. EPA environmental data from several EPA databases is available via the Envirofacts Warehouse website. This information includes data about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States. With Envirofacts, an environmental engineer or any concerned citizen can learn more about these environmental activities in a specific area.
The data [...]

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On February 20, 2008 Autodesk presented a webcast entitled “The Path to BIM for Small Firms“. A Microsoft LiveMeeting recording of this webcast is available here:
The Path to BIM for Small Firms
This hour long webcast started with a few polls that showed that most of the audience worked on commercial projects, and for architecture / [...]

Now both Microsoft Live Search and Google’s search engines include the ability to search Design Web Format(DWF) files. This can be done by including the phrase “filetype:dwf” along with your search terms or if you are using Google you can go to “Advanced Search” and select the “File Format” from the drop down list. Interestingly [...]

Although it has been out for several months already, we are just getting around to using Autodesk® Design Review 2008. This is free software that allows sharing of 2D and 3D CAD files. What’s more, it allows one to take measurements and to add markup and annotations. You can then save the file in the [...]

I have successfully used ” Calc98 ” for years on my Windows Mobile PDA to handle my engineering calculation needs.  While it is not the same as my older, full-featured dedicated calculator HP 48G, it provides everything needed for day-to-day use, and then some. Calc98 is freeware. You may use the software for a trial [...]