As you may have seen recently in the news, the southern United States has been hard hit by tornados. NABIE member and immediate past president David Carlysle, PE resides in…
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By Peter A. Schkeeper, PE We had an excellent conference. As I briefed our members, my plan is to focus on activities that directly assist our membership in growing their…
Ambassadors for the Engineering Profession By H. Alan Mooney, P.E (Founding President of National Academy of Building Inspection Engineers), 1993 (updated 2007) The following is not just an idea; it…
For many years NABIE has issued a complete new certificate of membership annually, along with a wallet card. This year (2011) we will be issuing a membership certificate that will…
NABIE was recently contacted by Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, California to collaborate on a research project involving building inspection engineering. Long known for its…
This winter’s weather may have us thinking about building performance issues related to snow, but the fact is building performance issues are at the heart of what we do as…
This winter has been a particularly brutal one in much of the country, bringing record snowfalls and frequent storms. NABIE’s home base region – the northeast – has seen as…
Anecdotal reports from some members appear to be indicating that some elements of the engineering economic sector are returning to life. That is a wonderfully positive sign, and hopefully will…
In 1989, a select group of building inspection engineers started a new group, the National Academy of Building Inspection Engineers. Some 21 years later, NABIE has not only survived, but has…
By John C. Cronin, Jr. PE Linking those two professions may, at first, seem odd. But there are more similarities than you might think. Dating back into the 1980s I…