The US EPA has started up a multimedia site at www.epa.gov/multimedia that offers videos, audio/podcasts, and images. Some of the videos and podcasts cover information about Radon, water infrastructure, indoor air quality, and other topics related to the environment. Visitors can also access an area of the site that allows for interaction between the EPA [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Free Concrete Pavement Design Manual – for the next month only!
February 26th, 2008 
Pam Broviak I just found out that the Portland Cement Association is offering the Hydrologic Design of Pervious Concrete manual for free as a pdf download off their Web site for the next month only. The manual is a 72-page publication for engineers, landscape architects, developers, and other design professionals who are interested in designing or reviewing [...]
Posted in Civil Engineering, Public Works 
Tags: cement, pavement design, pervious pavement, Portland Cement Association 
Comments OffJeff and Sadie’s Bricklayer Display
February 24th, 2008 Pam Broviak Jeff Brody and Sadie Edelman have collaborated on creating a cool bricklaying animation and display and have set it all up on the dock near the education display (under the wind turbine) on the Public Works sim. If you teleport to the island, look for the red poseball by the brick wall, right click on [...]
Posted in Construction, Public Works in Second Life Tags: bricklayer, Public Works, second life Comments OffFor all things pavement….
February 15th, 2008 Pam Broviak Throughout my travels in Second Life, I have seen the impressive vision expressed by people who work for government agencies located in the United States. There are a number of creative and innovative government employees who have seen the potential of using Second Life to better perform their jobs and to reach out to citizens [...]
Posted in Civil Engineering, Construction, Public Works Tags: construction, design, pavement, pavement interactive, second life, wiki Comments OffSecond Life Builds Take you from Cradle to Grave…
February 9th, 2008 Pam Broviak Well, maybe not really cradle to grave as in the lifetime of a person, but more in the lifetime of a project. Everyone seems to have realized the benefits that Second Life can offer during the planning stage of a project, but few have discussed how Second Life can be used throughout the remaining phases [...]
