Underscoring the critical role that building safety standards play in preventing catastrophic failures, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released a 90-minute summary video detailing preliminary findings from its active investigation of the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida.In June 2021, a 40-ye···
China announced its Action Plan for Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance on July 26, 2025, a few days after the White House released America’s AI Action Plan. Building on President Xi Jinping’s October 2023 Global AI Governance Initiative, this Action Plan reflects China’s ambition to shape global AI governance amid intensifying technological competition, emphasizing infra···
Supporting innovation and safety of sustainable sanitation systems globally, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently published a revision to ISO 30500, Non-sewered sanitation systems – Prefabricated integrated treatment units – General safety and performance requirements for design and testing. The 2025 revision builds on the previous version of the standard, published in 2018, with improvements···
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 279, responsible for innovation management standards, has initiated the development of a new standard: ISO 56013, Innovation Portfolio Management. As the U.S. member body to ISO, ANSI encourages U.S. stakeholders to get involved in the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to TC 279.The new standard seeks to provide organizations of al···
The Press Conference on the 11th UNESCO Africa Engineering Week and 9th Africa Engineering Conference took place at the Kampala Media Centre in Uganda on 6 August 2025.This prestigious event is being organised by the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers (UIPE) in collaboration with UNESCO, the Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO), and the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO). Togeth···
