Concrete Exposure Classes & Code Compliance Criteria
How does a person know which particular exposure class of concrete to use on each of the different types of concrete elements in the project? Read on!
AISI S240 Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing Code
Conflicts Between the CODE and Construction Documents
What do you do when there are conflicts between the project drawings and specifications? Learn more in this SIC Blast!
F&R Richmond Welcomes New CMT Department Manager
Jessica “Jesse” Behmke, PG, has joined the firm as Construction Materials Testing (CMT) Department Manager in our Richmond, VA, office. She brings more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of construction material testing and special inspections.
Pumping Concrete Successfully
Learn about what it takes to pump concrete successfully in this month’s Speaking in Code!
Project Earthwork Phases – Role of the Geotechnical Report
Check out the latest Speaking in Code Blast, all about the role of the geo report during earthwork.
Lesser-Known Soils Special Inspections
The special inspections and tests listed in IBC Chapter 18 are lesser-known. That said, they are still CODE and cover a lot of mandatory compliance criteria. Here’s the lowdown.
F&R Joins CREW Network’s “CRE Pledge for Action”
F&R is proud to announce that the firm has joined CREW Network’s CRE Pledge for Action, an initiative to advance women and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts within the commercial real estate industry.
CELEBRATING SIX YEARS OF “SPEAKING IN CODE”
In May 2016, F&R distributed the first edition of “Speaking in Code” (SIC). It’s hard to believe, but “Speaking in Code” is six years old this month!
The Role of ACI 301, “Specifications for Structural Concrete”
This edition of Speaking in Code will discuss in some depth the role and purpose of the most functional, practical, and fun concrete standard of them all – ACI 301.
Industrial Hygiene – A History and the Changing Face of Exposure Limits
SPEAKING IN CODE – STRUCTURAL STEEL SPECIAL INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY CODE
Check out the latest news in CODE!
SIC BLAST – IBC CODE INSPECTION AND TEST REPORT REQUIREMENTS
A BLAST of important CODE info!
SiC BLAST – So Many Codes, So Little Time
A BLAST of important CODE info!
Mercurial Management
An Important Regulatory Update!
SiC BLAST – Non-Structural Concrete and IBC
A BLAST of important CODE info!
SiC BLAST – SFRM Bond Strength on High Rises
A BLAST of important CODE info!
F&R Celebrates WiC WEEK 2021!
What Makes Our WiCs Tick?
An Engineer’s Week Throwback Thursday
Dulles Airport: Once an Empty Field.
Engineer’s Week! Smithsonian NMAAHC
A Geotechnical Highlight
Speaking in Code – Soils Special Inspections
All the Dirt According to IBC
The Abraham and Tad Lincoln Statue
A CEO Favorite for Engineers Week!
It’s Engineers Week!
A Very Orderly Week Indeed!
F&R Celebrates Chinese New Year!
The Year of the Ox
Your Environmental Career Search
Seven Tips for Job Searching – Pandemic or Not – from F&R’s Director of Environmental Services
SiC BLAST – Lab Testing CMUs
A BLAST of important CODE info!
Congratulations Paula Gibson!
Administrative Superstar!
SiC BLAST – A Slump Conundrum
A BLAST of important CODE info!
More PEs! Our Cup Runneth Over!
Congratulations to John Wall and Hany Senada!
Kyle and Will Caught…Living the Core Values!
A New Pack of PE’s in Charlotte!
Happy 5th Anniversary Ahmed AlRubaye
A MASTER Special Inspector!
Speaking in Code – C-C-C-Cold Weather Concreting
A Special Edition!
Mickey Renza Knows the Drill
25 years in the mud, the cold, the heat, the snow…thank you Mickey!
Speaking in Code – Special Inspections of Reinforcing Steel
Packed with More Juicy Goodness than Mom’s Jello Mold!
Scott Sutton – 20 Years of Making Clients into Friends
In Jam Band Time That’s almost a Whole Song!
Penny Gladle – 20 Years!
Getting Stuff Done Right for 20 Years!
SiC BLAST – CODE Conflicts
A BLAST of important CODE info!
Congratulations Marving Farmer – 15 Years!
15 Years of Dedication to F&R, Clients and the Practice of Engineering.
Joe Boyd – 15 Years of Technical Excellence
Dedicated Lab Manager. Valued Advisor and Friend. Not a Giants Fan.
SiC BLAST – Steel Joists and the IBC Code
A BLAST of important CODE info!