Closing Glance Construction, engineering [ AP via Yahoo! Finance ] May 06, 2008  Shares of construction and engineering companies rose Tuesday as a BMO Capital Markets analyst raised his outlook on Granite Construction Inc. and a Stifel Nicolaus analyst predicted Quanta Services Inc. would meet estimates ahead of its first-quarter results expected Wednesday. Read More ...

Tunisia A Euro- Mediterranean Institute [ AllAfrica.com ] May 7, 2008  A number of Euro-Mediterranean civil engineering laboratories are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to set up a Euro-Mediterranean institute of joint engineering studies by 2010. Read More ...

Milestone reached in bypass build [ BBC News ] May 07, 2008  A new bridge designed to carry Lady Lane across the new A419 Blunsdon Bypass opens. Read More ...

Optical engineer takes inventor title [ The Scotsman ] May 7, 2008  AN optical engineer has won the European Inventor of the Year title for taking the pain and discomfort out of medical eye examinations. Read More ...

Mr. Patrick Handyside - Sales Engineer [  ] Sales Engineer, 2008  Mr. Victor B. Afanasiev, President of Continental Fan Manufacturing Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Patrick Handyside as Sales Engineer - OEM and Industrial Fan Divisions. Mr. Handyside has a Master of Science degree in Biosystems Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and has had progressive sales and technical responsibilities in industry. He will be ... Read More ...

President highlights Iranian engineering [ Islamic Republic News Agency ] May 07, 2008  Iran - President - Engineering President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday highlighted Iranian engineering capability. Read More ...

Current Newswire [ Linux Today ] May 7, 2008  Storage Networking , Part 1 eBook: A storage network is any network that's designed to transport block-level storage protocols. But understanding the ins and outs of networked storage takes you deep into several of protocols. Read More ...

Engineer jailed for hitting Pinay with r [ GMA News ] May 06, 2008  An engineer was sentenced to three weeks in jail for hitting his Filipino maid with a rolling pin in Singapore last year, an online site reported Tuesday. Read More ...

Designer and Retired Dance Teacher Embra [ The Epoch Times ] May 06, 2008  EDMONTON-Designer Joan Zebko and retired dance teacher Joan Ward were extremely delighted with their visit to Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Monday evening to take in the Divine Performing Art... Read More ...

Biwater AEWT's RO system to supply 15% o [ Environmental Data Interactive Exchange ] May 7, 2008  Biwater AEWT was recently awarded a supply contract for the largest Water Reuse project in South East Asia. At a capacity of 228,000 m³/day <60MGD>, this will provide 15% of Singapore's water demand by 2010. Read More ...

Alvin Colt, Broadway Costume Designer, D [ New York Times ] May 06, 2008  Mr. Colt was a Tony Award-winning costume designer who created both serious and amusing costumes for more than 50 Broadway productions. Read More ...

Real estate group nets tax break designe [ The Capital Times ] May 07, 2008  SUN PRAIRIE -- Talk about a cash crop. Well-connected real estate developers who just sold land for a new Target store here also scored nearly $100,000 in breaks on their 2007 property taxes -- in part because of a few rows of winter wheat. Prairie Development Ltd. claimed it qualified for a lower tax rate under a state law designed to help farmers because a portion of its holdings were planted ... Read More ...

Jacksonville Beach gives go-ahead to you [ The Florida Times-Union ] May 06, 2008  JACKSONVILLE BEACH - The city is moving ahead with a new community youth center, improvements to Florida A1A through downtown and upgrades to the waste-water treatment plant that will better protect the St. Johns River. Read More ...

SIA Engineering reports 4.8% rise in ful [ Channel NewsAsia ] May 7, 2008  SINGAPORE : SIA Engineering has posted a 4.8 percent rise in full-year net profit to S$253.8 million. Revenue climbed 3.3 percent to to S$1.0096 billion, breaching the S$1 billion mark for the first time ever. Read More ...

Heir apparent to be nominated for county [ The Champaign News-Gazette ] May 7, 2008  DANVILLE - Three years ago, Doug Staske became the county's assistant engineer with the intent of some day succeeding county engineer Bob Andrews. That day has almost arrived. Read More ...

Tunisia Signing of a Joint Venture Betwe [ AllAfrica.com ] May 7, 2008  The French group 'Altran Technologies' and the Tunisian company 'Telnet', have decided to sign a joint venture that will lead to the creation of a company offering electronic engineering services. Read More ...

Thursday, April 3, 2008 336 PM EDT [ The Delaware Business Ledger ] May 06, 2008  Artesian Utility Development, Inc., a subsidiary of Artesian Resources Corp., Newark, has completed the preliminary engineering and design work on a regional wastewater treatment and disposal facility that will provide service for up to 40,000 homes in the northern Sussex County area. Read More ...

Airport check-in JFK workers get custome [ USA Today ] May 07, 2008  Employees at New York John F. Kennedy began undergoing training Tuesday designed to improve customer service for travelers caught in congestion and delays. The project aims to encourage employees to project optimism, stay calm, be adaptable, engage customers and seek... Read More ...