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From time to time, we will update this page with news and information about some of our recent projects. When available, links to more information about a particular project will also be provided. Please feel free to contact us for additional information (and references) for any of our projects. Also see ARCHIVES.


Tucson Regional Transit System Plan  2010

In January 2010, Barry Lawson Associates facilitated a gathering of local elected officials and the heads of their technical staffs to discuss major issues to be considered before they can make a decision on whether to develop a regional transit plan.  Several metropolitan areas in the country have recently “gone regional”, and Tucson region officials are considering a similar step.


National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – Challenges to Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing  2009

In November 2009 NIST’s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory sponsored a national workshop bringing industrial leaders together to identify opportunities for and challenges to innovation in U.S. manufacturing.   A major focus of the workshop was the measurements- and standards-related R&D needs required to enable these innovations.


Minerals Management Service – Status of Marine Mammal Acoustical Monitoring and Mitigation Systems  2009

The Mineral Management Service of the U.S. Department of Interior sponsored a November 2009 international workshop to explore the current status of hardware and software in use for identifying, monitoring and protecting marine mammals at risk by such ocean activities as seismic surveys, undersea drilling and pile driving to anchor offshore wind energy facilities.


Upper Connecticut River Watershed Project 2003-2009

Barry Lawson served as project manager for the development of an atlas for the Connecticut River Watershed in New Hampshire and Vermont, entitled “Where the Great River Rises”.  The University Press of New England published this 260-page book.

Edited by Rebecca Brown, the atlas consists of 36 chapters in eight parts from physical landscape and ecological systems to historical, economic, and cultural development.  Lawson also co-authored three of the chapters.


Indian Point (NY) Power Plant Independent Safety Review Panel 2008

In April 2008 the Indian Point Independent Safety Review Panel held two public meetings to introduce Panel members and explain their upcoming work in conducting an Independent Safety Evaluation (ISE).


National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Complex Transformation 2006-2008

The U. S. Department of Energy’s NNSA has begun the development of a Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the possible transformation of the nation’s nuclear weapons complex.


ARCHIVES:

Yucca Mountain Project - Rail Transportation Project 2007-2008

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) 2006-2008

Rockefeller Center Presentation on Facilitation

Idaho Cleanup Project 2007-2008

Vermont Outdoor Recreation Plan 2005-2009

Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) Disposition Project 2006-2007

Rutland (VT) Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) Retreat

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Land Use Committee

Yucca Mountain Repository Project

Tucson Regional Transportation Authority Facilitated Workshops

 

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