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2009/Dec/15 Design and construction of the world’s tallest building: The Burj Dubai "Wind statistics played an important role in relating the predicted levels of response to return period."

2009/Dec/15 Radical transformation of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto. New glass and timber façade.

2009/Dec/07 Case Study: NAKHEEL TOWER - The Vertical City CTBUH December 2009 Featured Technical Paper

2009/Nov/24 The strengths and weaknesses of India's IS 875 Wind Loads What you can do to best use the code.

2009/Nov/24 How to plan for FOOTFALL VIBRATIONS in steel-framed floors when you have a vibration-sensitive facility

2009/Nov/24 CFD APPLICATION IN STACK INTERFERENCE. An interim Paper of ongoing validation tests sees CFD use in foreseeable future.

2009/Nov/18 World's most advanced + powerful electron microscope. We addressed vibration & noise control, early ventilation consultation.

2009/Oct/26 RWDI's Peter Irwin appointed as a Trustee of CTBUH Peter Irwin, RWDI's Chairman, began his term as a Trustee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) at that organization's annual conference held Oct. 21-23, 2009 at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Jon Galsworthy and Derek Kelly were other attendees from RWDI. More than 500 delegates from around the world participated.

2009/Oct/22 WAYNE BOULTON and EWAN CROSBIE join the UAE OFFICE Wayne specializes in complex air quality and meteorological assessments and was recently appointed as General Manager of Middle East Operations. Ewan is an aeronautical engineer from our UK office who is focussing his strong technical expertise and consultant mindset on sustainability and green buildings.

2009/Oct/07 RWDI writes article for the September 2009 issue of the ASHRAE Journal Learn how building type, facade and site conditions permit a net zero energy building. The September 2009 ASHRAE Journal article entitled Building Height and Net Zero: How High Can You Go? makes a case study of a location in a very hot and humid climate.

ENHANCED SAFETY & ENERGY REDUCTION IN LABS: Get results that last Through a partnership between RWDI and ECT (Exposure Control Technologies), improved safety and reduced energy costs can be achieved and maintained for the long term.

2009/Jul/21 Dr. Alan G. Davenport Dies at 76 RWDI acknowledges with deep regret the death of Dr. Alan G. Davenport, founder of the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, University of Western Ontario.

2009/Jul/16 Manitoba Hydro awarded Best Tall Building (Americas) 2009 RWDI's involvement contributes to Award.

2009/Jun/09 AWARD: RWDI wins Skills Award On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, RWDI Anemos received the Employer Commitment to Skills Award.

2009/May/22 Can highly glazed building facades be green? "When I see a fully glazed, floor-to-ceiling commercial or institutional building, I see an energy-consuming nightmare..."

2009/Apr/24 Local Entrepreneur Selected for Elite Ivey Program Quantum Shift is a unique leadership development program founded by Ivey and KPMG Enterprise and sponsored by TD Commercial Banking and the Globe & Mail.

2009/Apr/23 BREVe and BRECp Software now owned and distributed by CSC(UK) Ltd. Visit www.cscworld.com/

2009/Mar/27 RWDI Retains Gold Standard Award as One of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies! RWDI is pleased to announce that RWDI has requalified as a Gold Standard winner of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies program. This achievement is the result of 5 consecutive years of outstanding contribution and dedication by our fantastic employees and our continued relationships we have with our clients. We are honoured to be in the company of such great people.

Award: RWDI's Peter Irwin Fellow of the Engineering Institute RWDI is pleased to announce that our chairman, and past President, Peter Irwin, has been elected as a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), a national technical body comprised of 12 Canadian technical societies. This award recognizes Peter’s many contributions to the development of wind engineering for complex structures and his involvement in organizations and committees advancing the profession.

RWDI welcomes Dr. Jon Galsworthy RWDI is pleased to welcome Dr. Jon Galsworthy to the staff of our Guelph, Ontario wind engineering group. Jon, who will be a project director in the wind engineering group, brings to RWDI in-depth experience and knowledge from his previous roles as wind engineer and university professor. He received his B.E.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 1995 and his Ph.D. in 2000, both from the University of Western Ontario.

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