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News

2008.03.03RWDI Anemos sponsor Wind Engineering Award!
2008.02.20 Environmental impact of drive-through restaurants as reported by The Leader-Post
2008.02.05Michael Soligo is the New President of RWDI
2008.01.14 Skyscrapers can actually shape the wind, so it's up to engineers to build safely against the breeze as reported by weatherwise.org
2008.01.08Are you interested in 'stack effect' or the Burj Dubai? See page 8 of the Fall 2007 issue of the CTBUH Journal for more information.
2007.12.25Dubai must focus on sustainable energy plan from khaleejtimes.com.
2007.12.25Need To Focus On Sustainable Energy Modelling For High Rise Buildings from dubaicityguide.com.
2007.12.25Dubai needs to focus on sustainable design for buildings, says expert from gulfnews.com.
2007.12.12Construct Canada seminar measures heartbeat of health care construction as reported by Daily Commercial News and Construction Record
2007.12.07
How to engineer our environment - survive and prosper in world that is built for change
2007.10.15Peter Irwin and Nick Cook both receive international awards for their contributions to wind engineering(reported by the Wind Engineering Society)
2007.10.12The Guelph Tribune informs the community of our anniversary
2007.10.04Check out the Designed for efficiency article from the September / October issue of Impact as published by the ACE.
2007.09.26Cutting-Edge Wind Tunnel Opens In Miramar as reported by NBC6
2007.08.22The June 2007 issue of STRUCTURE magazine features a "Practical Solutions" article entitled Supplemental Damping and using Tuned Sloshing Dampers
2007.08.20Paul Freathy contributes to discussion of Wind Tunnel testing and CFD for building design
2007.07.31RWDI's Sustainable Design Capabilities Have Increased!
2007.07.23Nick Cook awarded the Alan G Davenport Medal!
2007.06.19Peter Irwin Wins Cermak Medal as reported by Canadian Consulting Engineer
2007.06.12Designing Against Ferocious Hurricane Winds and Video Interview with Mark Chatten, of the Florida testing facility by CBS4
2007.06.11Interview (text and audio!) with Mark Chatten, of the Florida testing facility by Miami Herald
2007.06.04"Transit Station Fires" article in Canadian Consulting Engineer Magazine written by RWDI
2007.06.04RWDI's Peter Irwin Awarded Metal!
2007.04.17RWDI Increases CTBUH Membership Level!
2007.04.15Philadelphia's tallest building using damper! Also see Motioneering's Comcast Center profile.
2007.04.13RWDI's Florida Office is having an Open House! Join us!
2007.04.08Discover how RWDI has contributed to the supertall Burj Dubai project!
2007.03.22Technote 33: MRI Noise and Vibration Effects on Building Design
2007.03.22Technote 32: Noise and Acoustics for Healthcare Design
2007.03.22Technote 31: Reducing Environmental Impacts Due to Construction Activities
2007.03.10Testing the huff and puff from ArabianBusiness.com
2007.03.10Flow dynamics should not replace wind-tunnel testing from ArabianBusiness.com
2007.03.07RWDI applies Virtualwind technology for Edmonton's Aurora project
2007.03.06Toronto's CN Tower in freakish weather shuts down roads due to falling ice. RWDI's Mike Soligo comments.
2007.02.13Motioneering's At the Moment newsletter issue 6 is released! Learn about Tuned Sloshing Dampers and the USAF Memorial damping system.
2007.02.12Technote 30 Released! Controlling Noise and Vibration from Emergency Generators
2007.02.12Paul Freathy comments in the "Super tall: it's what's inside that counts" article at arabianbusiness.com
2006.12.20
If you're into bridges, check out our updated Bridges page
2006.10.17
"This company rocks when the wind blows" (Air Force Memorial)
2006.10.08
Peter Irwin 1 of 6 panelists for "High Tech for Design and Development Review
2006.10.06
Technote 29 now available: Optimizing Exhaust Stack Design and Placement
2006.10.05RWDI is now on accelerated schedules!
2006.09.28Peter Irwin to Lecture at Virginia Tech!
2006.08.23
RWDI Opens Office in India!
2006.08.15
Announcing Paul Freathy, Stoyan Stoyanoff and Jiming Xie as Principals
2006.08.11 RWDI AIR Expanding Acoustics, Noise, Vibration Capabilities.
2006.08.04 RWDI is Expanding to Florida!.
2006.06.24 RWDI Anemos Sponsors Student Engineering Award.
2006.06.22 RWDI receives Gold Award in the Market Expansion - Service category.
2006.01.03

You have never seen gingerbread houses like this before

2005.10.14 Peter Irwin to speak on Developing wind engineering techniques to optimise design and reduce risk in construction
2005.10.03 Infectious Disease Control Issues in Health Care Facilities
2005.10.03 Technote 23 has been released: A Comparison Of Ventilation Performance Between Laminar Flow And High Induction Diffusers In A Tuberculosis Isolation Room
2005.10.03 Technote 22 has been released: Infectious Disease Control Issues Principles Of Isolation Room Design
2005.09.21 RWDI Anemos is having an open house.
2005.08.22

RWDI Anemos Featured in Dunstable Gazette (17th August 2005)

2005.07.15 RWDI Anemos's new wind tunnel operational.
2005.06.21

RWDI Anemos moves to new location.

2005 / 05 Check out the handout we had at the 2005 Structures Congress: Tall buildings. (PDF 90KB)
2005 / 03

ASHRAE recognized Glenn Schuyler as a Fellow of ASHRAE.

2005 / 03 Technote 21 has been released: Seismic Protection of Museum Artifacts Using Base Isolation (PDF 230kB)
2004 / 12 RWDI LLC has New Address in California
2004 / 09 RWDI-Anemos Forms
2004 / 07 Wind Tunnel Testing High-rise Buildings (PDF 650KB)
2004 / 07 RWDI Sponsors the BBAA V
2004 / 06 Smoke in Atriums (PDF 1.5MB)
2004 / 05 Interview of Mike Soligo Regarding Jakarta Tower
2004 / 04 RWDI Sudies Baseball Trajectory at Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia Phillies)
2004 / 02 RWDI helps design Freedom Tower
2004 / 02 RWDI contributes to the Provencher Bridges project
2004 / 02

Storm brewing over Niagara's famed mist

2003 / 10 As construction of what will be the USA's longest span cable-stayed bridge continues, the legs of the diamond-shaped concrete pylons are beginning to take form
2003 / 06 RWDI Forms Alliance with RWDI LLC (California)
2003 / 05 University of Toronto commissions high profile building
2003 / 05 Containing Smoke in Complex Atria
2003 / 05 Tacoma Narrows Bridge models tested in NRC wind tunnel
2003 / 03 Canadian engineer helps design new tower for World Trade Center site
2002 / 11 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: One Wall Centre
2002 / 04 Phillies Reveal New Ballpark Field Dimensions
2002 / 03 RWDI Finalist for the Industry Award for Export Performance
2001 / 05 Designing Under (Positive) Pressure

Technotes

2007.11.19
MRI Noise and Vibration Effects on Building Design
2007.11.19
Noise and Acoustics for Healthcare Design
2007.11.19
Reducing Environmental Impacts Due to Construction Activities
2007.11.19
CONTROLLING NOISE AND VIBRATION from emergency generators
2006.10.06
Optimizing Exhaust Stack Design and Placement
2006.06.27 A New Role for Weather Simulations to Assist Wind Engineering Projects
2006.06.08
THE ADVANTAGES OF USING WIND TUNNEL TESTING: A Comparison Between Analytical Methods in International Building Codesand Wind Tunnel Testing for the Purpose of Effective Tall Building Design
2006.01.03

Design-oriented Wind Engineering Studies: New China Central Television Headquarters

2006.01.03

Medical Cyclotrons: Evaluating Impacts to Meet Air Quality Standards

2006.01.03

Modeling of Helicopter Exhaust at Emergency Health Care Facilities

2005 / 10 A Comparison Of Ventilation Performance Between Laminar Flow And High Induction Diffusers In A Tuberculosis Isolation Room
2005 / 10 Infectious Disease Control Issues Principles Of Isolation Room Design
2005 / 03 Seismic Protection of Museum Artifacts Using Base Isolation
2004 / 12 Transit Station Fires Part 2 - Separation Of Exhausts And Intakes: Modeling And Solution Concepts
2004 / 07 Transit Station Fires: Problem of Separation of Exhausts and Intakes
2004 / 04 Motion Criteria In High Rise Buildings
2004 / 04 High Rise Buildings In Hurricane Areas
2004 / 04 Improving Bridge Aerodynamics
2004 / 02 Wind Control Features in Building Design
2004 / 02 A Dilution Criterion for Laboratory Fume Hood Exhaust Stacks
2003 / 09 Air Intake Placement for Laboratories
2003 / 04 Footbridge Pedestrian Induced Vibrations
2002 / 12 Vibration and Acoustics for Laboratories
2001 / 08 Atrium Smoke Management
2000 / 11 Turf Microclimate Issues
2000 / 11 Airflow Analysis
2000 / 11 Damping Systems and Bridge Cable Vibrations
2000 / 11 Designing Air Distribution Devices
2000 / 11 Baseball Trajectory and Cantilever Roofs
2000 / 11 Acoustic Design and Tuned Mass Dampers
2000 / 11 Roof Snow Loading
2000 / 11 CFD Applied
2000 / 11 Fume Hoods and Snow Loads

Brochures

Papers

2004 / 07 Snowdrift Control - Snow Fences 46 kB
2004 / 07 Snowdrift Design Guidance for the New South Pole Station 1600 kB
2004 / 07 Snowdrift Control - Design Application of CFD 330 kB
2004 / 07 Prediction of Local Exterior Wind Pressures from Wind Tunnel Studies using a Time History 210 kB
2004 / 07 Wind and Snow Considerations for Wide Span Enclosures 490 kB
2004 / 07 Isolation Room Ventilation Design Case Studies 1100 kB

Links

Associations / Societies Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists
Professional Engineers of Ontario
American Assocation for Wind Engineering
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Inc. (ASHRAE)
American Meteorological Society
American Society of Civil Engineers
Consulting Engineers of Alberta
China Electric Council
ESRI
Wind Engineering Civil Engineering Virtual Library
National Research Council of Canada
Motioneering
American Institute of Steel Construction
Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Weather Environment Canada Weather Office
The Meteorological Service of Canada
Intellicast
Sports Ballparks
The Sporting News
Conferences Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat
9th International Symposium of Aerodynamics and Ventilation of Vehicle Tunnels (1997)
  

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