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10 Ways to Protect
Your Business from Terror
December 12, 2001
There are some 25 million businesses in the United States
and, by CIA estimates no more than 5,000 al Qaeda members
in the entire world.
Oil and Gas Journal,
Latinoamerica
November 16, 2001
ABS Americas de Houston, ha sido seleccionada sociedad clasificadora
para una de las mayores instalaciones flotantes del mundo
de produccion.
Preserving a
Church Gets Personal
November 15, 2001
Scaffolds and brick piles are common sights around downtown
Seattle since the Nisqually earthquake hit the Puget Sound
on Feb. 28. Each restoration reveals a story of the past and
sets a marker for future generations.
First Brazilian
Offshore Reform Workshop is Postponed
November 1, 2001
The first four workshops designed to discuss an overhaul of
Brazil's offshore safety and environmental regime has been
postponed until early 2002.
Engineering Firm
with a History Selected for Jewel Box Work
October 26, 2001
ABS Consulting was recently selected by Christner Inc. to
provide structural engineering repairs for The Jewel Box,
a destination greenhouse in Forest Park.
Architects, Engineers
Study Stairwells, Materials to Bolster Future Skyscrapers
October 10, 2001
In assessing the rubble of the World Trade Center, architects,
engineers and scholars are finding lessons that could affect
the future of skyscrapers — from their height to the
width of interior stairwells. The Wall Street Journal reports.
All Over the
Map
October 1, 2001
Homeowners insurers are increasingly drawn to the Hawaiian
market to balance their exposure in more catastrophe-prone
regions of the mainland United States.
Industries That
May Be Vulnerable Race to Boost Security and Limit Disruptions
September 28, 2001
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have
touched off a storm of inspections and analysis by government
and industry officials asking the same grim question: What
city, or what structure, might be next?
Top Structural
Engineers to do Autopsy on Twin Towers to Assess Why
They Fell
September 19, 2001
Ronald Hamburger turned on his television on the day of the
attack just in time to watch the collapse of the second
World Trade Center tower. The Wall Street Journal reports.
ASCE Establishes
Teams to Study NY and DC Disasters
September 14, 2001
ASCE, using its Disaster Response Procedure, has authorized
the formation of two teams to study the collapse of the World
Trade Center in New York and the damage to the Pentagon in
suburban Washington, D.C.
ABS Consulting
Joins Veridian as They Feature "First Responders Integrated
Support System (FRISS) Test Bed" at National Institute
of Justice (NIJ) Conference
September 7, 2001
FRISS, an enterprise-wide information system designed for
event/incident emergency management, will be a sponsored technology
test bed at the 4th NIJ Public Safety Conference being held
September 17-19 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
ABS Consulting
Ranked as #1 Risk Management Specialist
August 9, 2001
In a report released in its July 30, 2001 issue, Business
Insurance magazine ranked ABS Consulting (which includes the
former EQE International, Inc.) first in its list of "Top
US Risk Management Specialists."
Seismic Study:
Area Bridges Are Not Ready
July 15, 2001
A major earthquake in the Seattle region could knock out up
to 40 bridges between the Port of Seattle and the Port of
Tacoma, effectively shutting down the highway system.
ABS Group Inc.
and EQE International, Inc. Merge to Become World's Premier
Risk Management Company, ABS Consulting
July 2, 2001
As of July 1, 2001, EQE International, Inc., one of the world's
leading independent providers of risk assessment and risk
management services, and ABS Group Inc., consolidated as ABSG
Consulting Inc. marketing under the name ABS Consulting, the
unified company will be the premier risk management consulting
company in the world.
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