"What's New" Archives - 2006
"What's New" Archives:
12/22/06 Interim Report on the Frost Protected Shallow Foundation project.
See CCHRC Research Snapshot 06-02
12/7/06 Alaska Climate Impact Assessment Commission
Cole Sonafrank, CCHRC Assistant Director of Research, presented public
testimony before the Alaska Climate Impact Assessment Commission
(ACIAC). Cole's testimony summarized a report given to the Denali
Commission (Recommended Research Goals
and Methods on Civil Infrastructure Related to Housing in Alaska)
last April by CCHRC Director of Research, John Davies. Cole provided
the ACIAC hard copies of this Report and the resulting Denali Commission
report to the National Science Foundation on recommended Research
Goals and Methodologies.
12/7/06 Employment Opportunity at CCHRC - CLOSED
CCHRC is seeking a motivated individual with a background and familiarity
in researching, developing and testing a variety of wood-burning
technologies and products. This would be a two-year position in
Fairbanks. Salary dependent on experience. Send cover letter, resume
and reference contact information to CCHRC, P.O. 82489, Fairbanks,
AK 99708, or by fax to (907) 457-3456. See Job
Description.
12/7/06 First data from RTF monitoring available from Seimens Building Technologies,
Inc. and Geo-Watersheds Scientific.
See CCHRC Research Snapshot 06-01
on "Why we Fall Asleep at Meetings."
9/22/06 RTF OPENING FRONT PAGE STORY IN FAIRBANK DAILY NEWS-MINER
By Stefan Milkowski, Published September 22, 2006 - Click to view
7/12/06 THE RASMUSON FOUNDATION AWARDS CCHRC $386,184
The Rasmuson Foundation awards for 2006 were announced last week. CCHRC
received funds for fixtures, furnishings, and equipment for the
Cold Climate Building & Infrastructure Research & Testing
Facility.
6/6/06 THE THAWING OF ALASKA: from USA Today - Click to view.
6/6/06 CCHRC BOARD GAINS TWO NEW DIRECTORS
The CCHRC membership voted to amend the bylaws to allow two new seats
on the Board making 11 seats total. Brent LeValley and Jess Hall
were elected as the new directors.
3/22/06 CCHRC BOARD GAINS 2 INTERIM DIRECTORS
The CCHRC Board is holding a Special General Membership Meeting on April
11, 2006 to vote on a proposed amendment to the CCHRC Bylaws to
allow for 11 directors to serve on the Board. It has also elected
2 interim directors to fill the 2 extra seats: Brent LeValley and
Jess Hall. The membership will be asked to vote on these items at
the April 11th meeting. Read more information on Brent and Jess
on the Board of Directors page.
3/1/06 CCHRC ON OPINION PAGE OF FAIRBANKS NEWS-MINER: Read article by Jack Hebert
2/16/06 THERMO-KOOL OF ALASKA - 1ST IAC MEMBER
CCHRC announces Thermo-Kool of Alaska becomes our first Industry Advisory Council member.
1/6/06 CCHRC HIRED NEW ASSISTANT RESEARCH DIRECTOR
CCHRC received many qualified applications for this position and is pleased
to welcome Cole Sonafrank to the CCHRC team. Read more about Cole.
1/5/06 CCHRC COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS TECHNICAL ISSUES
The CCHRC Board Technical Committee met in Fairbanks on December 19th
and 20th to discuss direction for product testing and research.
Click to view an outline
for the meeting and picture of
attendees in front of the RTF.
