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RMD Kwikform. Altrad RMD Kwikform is a company based in Aldridge, England, that hires and sells temporary works and engineering design for building construction and infrastructure projects.

History
The company was formed as Mills Scaffold Company in 1935 and became GKN Kwikform on acquisition by GKN in 1983. It expanded rapidly in formwork and scaffolding under GKN ownership in the end of the 1980s. In June 2000, GKN Kwikform merged with RMD (Rapid Metal Developments, established in 1948), the formwork and scaffolding unit of RM Douglas (part of Tilbury Douglas), to form RMD Kwikform. Tilbury Douglas renamed itself Interserve in 2001.

Projects built using RMD Kwikform equipment included the New Tyne Tunnel, completed in February 2011. In 2015, RMD Kwikform launched its ground shoring range of products, extending its capabilities to ground works applications.

When parent company Interserve got into financial difficulties in December 2018, restructuring options included spinning off the £250m building materials unit RMD Kwikform to lenders, leaving the remainder of Interserve as a more focused support services business.

However, the Cabinet Office reportedly objected to any deal involving selling RMD Kwikform, believing this would render the remainder of the business almost worthless, making it difficult to continue awarding contracts to the company. At the beginning of 2019, Interserve announced agreement on a deleveraging deal which retained RMD Kwikform in the group, but the plan was rejected by shareholders at an AGM on 15 March 2019.

Interserve's board applied for the parent company to be placed into administration, and pursued a 'pre pack' deal, selling the group, including RMD Kwikform, to a new company, Interserve Group Ltd, controlled by Interserve's existing lenders.

In August 2019, Interserve appointed Ken Hanna as a non executive director of its board, and chairman of RMD Kwikform. RMD Kwikform had been the strongest performer in the group, but results in 2018 showed a 27% drop in operating profits to £39.6m, as turnover fell to £195.5m from £229m. In October 2021, RMD Kwikform was sold to France's Altrad group for over £140m.

References

External links
 RMD Kwikform Official site

Construction equipment rental companies of the United Kingdom
Business services companies of the United Kingdom
Business services companies established in 1948
1948 establishments in England
Aircraft marking. Aircraft markings are symbols and annotations painted on aircraft, primarily for visual identification.  Types of aircraft markings include:
Aircraft registration, unique alphanumeric string that identifies every aircraft
Invasion stripes, alternating black and white bands painted on the fuselages and wings of World War II Allied aircraft, for the purpose of increased recognition by friendly forces
Military aircraft insignia, applied to military aircraft to identify the nation or branch of military service
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force roundels, a circular identification mark used since 1915, United Kingdom
United Kingdom military aircraft registration number, the alpha-numeric registration used to identify individual military aircraft
Royal Canadian Air Force, roundels used from 1920–1945
Hungarian Air Force, a set of aligned triangles which points toward the front of the aircraft
Romanian Air Force#Aircraft markings, roundels on military vehicles and aircraft that use the colours of the Romanian flag
Serbian Air Force and Air Defence, an adapted version of the former Royal Yugoslav Air Force roundel that was officially adopted in 2006
South African Air Force, roundels adopted in 2002 that are distinct from the Army
United States:
United States military aircraft national insignia, a listing of the nationality markings used by military aircraft of the United States
United States military aircraft serials, the serial numbers used to identify individual military aircraft
USAAF unit identification aircraft markings, an identification code to identify the unit to which U.S. aircraft are assigned
Tail code, markings, usually on the vertical stabiliser of U.S. military aircraft, that help to identify the unit and base assignment
Nose art, decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft, often applied during conflicts
Mission marks, monochrome stencil representations on the fuselage (typically adjacent to the cockpit) of individual ordinance items delivered during conflict by that specific aircraft
List of air forces provides the markings used by each military organisation, with historical examples.

See also

Aircraft livery, the full graphic treatment of aircraft, often for branding

Marking (disambiguation)

 
Insignia
Broad-concept articles
Texas Natural Resources, LLC. Texas Natural Resources, LLC (TNR) is an American wave energy company based in Houston, Texas.  It is the initial licensee of the SEADOG pump technology.

The company’s technology has been showcased in multiple energy conferences including the Gulf Coast Innovation Conference & Showcase and the Energy and Clean Technology Venture Forum.   It also has had features in The Star Tribune, The Houston Business Journal,  The Houston Chronicle,  and Popular Mechanics.

References

Wave power
Companies based in Houston
William N. Carrico Jr.. William "Bill" N. Carrico Jr. (born February 12, 1950) is an American computer scientist and businessman who founded several technology companies in Silicon Valley. He was the president and CEO of 3Com, senior vice president of Cisco Systems, and chairman of Packet Design.

Education
Carrico graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).

Career
Carrico worked for Fairchild Semiconductor and Zilog. He and Judith Estrin co-founded Bridge Communications in 1981, which merged with 3Com in 1987. The couple joined Network Computing Devices in 1988. Carrico and Estrin also co-founded Precept Software in 1995 (acquired by Cisco Systems in 1998) and Packet Design in 2000.

References

Santa Clara University alumni
Living people
Engineers from California
American venture capitalists
American computer scientists
American electrical engineers
Businesspeople from California
1950 births
William Isaac Last. William Isaac Last AMICE (1857 – 7 August 1911) was a British mechanical engineer who became a museum curator and the second Director of the Science Museum in London.

W. I. Last was born in Dorchester and educated as a mechanical engineer. He was initially apprenticed with Messrs. Haywood, Tyler and Company. For the first part of his career, he was involved in civil engineering and mechanical engineering activities in England and South Africa. In 1890, he was appointed to the position of Keeper of the Machinery and Inventions division of the South Kensington Museum. He was promoted to Senior Keeper in 1900, when the scientific part of the museum had been split into the Science Museum, and then became Director of the museum in 1904 until his death in 1911.

He was an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

References 

1857 births
1911 deaths
English mechanical engineers
English civil engineers
English curators
Directors of the Science Museum, London
19th-century British businesspeople
Frank McCabe (businessman). Frank McCabe (born 1937) is an Irish business executive who worked in the semiconductor business for over 40 years, ranging from the 1950s to the 1990s. He also spent several years as a member of various international Board of Directors and semi state boards in Ireland.

Early life and education
McCabe was born in Ballybay, County Monaghan. He was educated at Christian Brothers College at Monkstown Park. Born into a family of engineers, he completed his bachelor of Engineering in University College Dublin and a MSc at Clarkson University, New York.

Career
McCabe began his career at ASEA in Sweden. McCabe was responsible for the opening of General Electric plants in Dundalk early in his career. In 1979, he moved to Digital Equipment Corporation where he was CEO of their European semiconductors operations, and moved to the head office in Boston in 1983. He also served as chairman of the Shannon Development Authority, which brings investment to the southwest of Ireland.

In 1994, he moved to Intel, becoming senior Vice President and general manager for Ireland. He helped Intel build the Fab 14 plant. By the time of his retirement in 1990, 30% of all Pentium chips worldwide were manufactured from the Irish plant. He was responsible for the acquisition of his former company, Digital Equipment Corporation's semiconductor business.

Following his retirement from Intel he has served on various corporate and state boards including Citibank, the Science Foundation Arizona, and the Board of Science Foundation Ireland.

References

1937 births
Living people
Intel people
20th-century Irish businesspeople
People educated at C.B.C. Monkstown
People from Ballybay
Businesspeople from County Monaghan
Alumni of University College Dublin
Clarkson University alumni
Engineers from County Monaghan
20th-century Irish engineers
Edward M. McCreight. Edward Meyers McCreight is an American computer scientist.  He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1969, advised by Albert R. Meyer. He co-invented the B-tree with Rudolf Bayer while at Boeing,
and improved Weiner's algorithm to compute the suffix tree of a string. He also co-designed the Xerox Alto workstation,
and, with Severo Ornstein, co-led the design and construction of the Xerox Dorado computer while at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.  He also worked at Adobe Systems.

Notes

External links
 Edward McCreight's website

American computer science educators
American computer scientists
Database researchers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Scientists at PARC (company)
Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers. The Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (IERE) was a professional organization for radio engineers. It was originally established in 1925 as the Institute of Wireless Technology. It renamed itself British Institution of Radio Engineers in 1941, and eventually Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers. In 1988, it merged with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), and in another merger in 2006 became the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

It had an Indian division based in Bangalore.

Activities
The main aim of the Institution was the advancement of the practice of radio engineering, through conferences, meetings, and training. The Institution published the Journal of the British Institution of Radio Engineers between 1939 and 1962. From 1963–64, it published the Proceedings of the British Institution of Radio Engineers.

The Institution awarded the Clerk Maxwell Prize. As the British Institution of Radio Engineers, it established the Charles Babbage Premium in 1959 as an annual award "for an outstanding paper on the design or use of electronic computers".

References

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1925 establishments in the United Kingdom
Scientific organizations established in 1925
1988 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Scientific organizations disestablished in 1988
Electrical engineering organizations
Organisations based in the London Borough of Camden
Professional associations based in the United Kingdom
History of telecommunications in the United Kingdom
Science and technology in the United Kingdom
Radio technology
Institution of Engineering and Technology
Hugh M. Milton II. Hugh Meglone Milton II (March 23, 1897 – January 27, 1987) was a major general of the United States Army during World War II who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1958 to 1961.

Biography

Hugh M. Milton II was born on March 23, 1897. He is descended from British poet John Milton. He was educated at the University of Kentucky, receiving a bachelor's degree and then a master's degree in mechanical engineering. Milton joined the army around the time of the American entry into World War I.

He joined the faculty of New Mexico State University as a professor of mechanical engineering in 1924.  Two years later he was named dean of engineering.  During his time at New Mexico State University, Milton became a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.  He became president of New Mexico State University in 1938.

With the United States' entry into World War II, in 1941, Milton was recalled to the United States Army with the rank of colonel.  He was later promoted to brigadier general in 1945.  He left the Army in 1947, having attained the rank of major general.

In 1947, Milton resumed the presidency of New Mexico State University.

In 1953, President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Milton as Assistant Secretary of the Army and he served in this post until 1958, when President Eisenhower named him United States Under Secretary of the Army.  Milton served as Under Secretary of the Army from August 1958 until January 1961.

Milton retired from the United States Department of the Army in 1961.  He died at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, on January 27, 1987, at the age of 89.

References

 "Maj. Gen. Hugh M. Milton 2d, Army Aide Under Eisenhower", New York Times, Jan. 30, 1987
 NMSU Profile

1897 births
1987 deaths
Presidents of New Mexico State University
United States Army generals
United States Army civilians
University of Kentucky alumni
United States Under Secretaries of the Army
Eisenhower administration personnel
Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition. Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition is a non-fiction book copyright 1990 by Ed Regis, an American author and educator, that presents a lighthearted look at scientific visionaries planning for a future with "post-biological" people, space colonization, nanotechnology, and cryonics. The book emphasizes the personality and projects of Robert Truax, Eric Drexler, Gerard K. O'Neill, Chris Langton, Freeman Dyson, Hans Moravec, Ralph Merkle, Robert Forward, Keith Henson, Carolyn Meinel, Gary Hudson, Saul Kent, and a number of others.

External links

 Book PDF.

References

Futurology books
Science books
Transhumanist books
Addison-Wesley books
Forbidden Science. Forbidden Science is a science fiction television series created by Doug Brode that aired on Cinemax from January to March 2009. It is set in a near-future world in which people fulfill erotic desires with virtual reality and androids.  The 13-episode series is a combination of film noir and erotic thriller, focuses on the lives of the 4Ever Innovations staff.

Cast and characters 
 Vanessa Broze as Julia White – A clone of a brain–computer interface researcher Stephanie White; who via a memory chip from the recently deceased researcher, is able to join the staff and continue Stephanie's work.
 Levi Freeman as Colin Sommers – The owner of 4Ever Innovations.
 Joanne Alderson as Bethany Montrose – Joins 4Ever Innovations as the head of sales after her marriage ends. A friend of Colin's from before the show.
 Noelle DuBois as Dr. Penny Serling – A researcher in android technology and virtual reality.
 Austin Ball as Dr. Philip Wise – A researcher in android technology and virtual reality. He becomes Penny Serling's lover.
 Richard Roy Sutton as Adrian Turner – A co-founder of 4Ever Innovations.
 Mary LeGault as Laura Lucas – Colin Sommers' Executive Assistant and lover.

Episodes

References

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2009 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings
2000s American science fiction television series
Androids in television
Cinemax original programming
Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios
Erotic television series
American thriller television series
Film noir
Mohd Noh Dalimin. Mohd Noh Dalimin, BSc (Gadjah Mada University) is a Professor of Physics (Energy and Materials). He is the second Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), from October, 2008 until October 2016 replacing Ismail Hj. Bakar. Prior to that, he was the Vice-Chancellor of University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) between 2005 and 2008, and a Deputy Vice-Chancellor between 1998 and 2005, in the same university.

Mohd Noh is married to Maryati Mohamed, an entomologist, and they have seven children.

Career
Mohd Noh started his career as a lecturer in Physics in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1981 after completing his studies in Imperial College, London. In 1992, he was appointed as Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources of the same university, before joining as Foundation Dean and Professor of Physics, School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, in 1995.

Education
Mohd Noh received his early education in his home town, Batu Pahat; Primary education in Pintas Raya Primary school, and Limpoon Primary English School, and Secondary education in Sultan Sulaiman English School and High School Batu Pahat. He is a graduate in Physics from Gadjah Mada University, a Master of Science in Solid State Physics from Bedford College, University of London, and has a PhD in experimental Solid State Physics, from Imperial College London.

Contribution
During his student days, Mohd Noh was very active in student movement. He was the President of PKPMI-Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Malaysia di Indonesia, between 1974 and 1975, as well as the President of KMUK- Kesatuan Pelajar Melayu di United Kingdom, between 1977 and 1979. He was also active in various organisations after his coming back to Malaysia in 1981, including as President of Parent Teachers Associations of several schools, Cooperative movement, Community associations and several organisations in Malaysia and abroad.

Mohd Noh was chairman for the Malaysia Section of ISES (International Solar Energy Society) a UN accredited NGO. He is also currently the Chairman of the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate (Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia) as well as the National Chairman of the Malaysian Technical University Networks (MTUN).

Expert area
His research interest is in experimental solid state physics and materials, solar renewable energy and environmental sciences, and community engagement.

References

External links 

 Profile
 http://www.ises.org

Malaysian people of Malay descent
Alumni of Imperial College London
Living people
1952 births
Vice-chancellors of universities in Malaysia
People from Johor
Academic staff of the National University of Malaysia
Academic staff of Universiti Malaysia Sabah
RAPID. RAPID is a high-level programming language used to control ABB industrial robots. RAPID was introduced along with the S4 Control System in 1994 by ABB, superseding the ARLA programming language.

Features in the language include:

 Routine parameters:
 Procedures - used as a subprogram.
 Functions - return a value of a specific type and are used as an argument of an instruction.
 Trap routines - a means of responding to interrupts.
 Arithmetic and logical expressions
 Automatic error handling
 Modular programs
 Multi tasking

See also 

 KUKA Robot Language
 G-code

External links
 "Programming in Rapid (Reference)"
 "ABB RobotStudio Manual (With Rapid Reference)"

Further reading
 ABB Robotics Products AB, RAPID Reference Manual

ABB
Programming languages created in 1994
Robot programming languages
Allenwood River Bridge. The Allenwood River Bridge was a historic bridge in Delaware Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. The two-lane, five-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge carried Pennsylvania Route 44 over the West Branch Susquehanna River. The bridge was one of the oldest and longest spans crossing that river. Its builder, in 1895, was the Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Company, a nationally prominent bridge manufacturer from 1877 through 1920.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. In 1990 it was replaced with a concrete bridge.

Gallery

See also
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania

References

External links

National Register of Historic Places 

Pratt truss bridges in the United States
Bridges completed in 1895
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
Metal bridges in the United States
Bridges in Union County, Pennsylvania
Bridges in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Pennsylvania
A.P.E.X.. A.P.E.X is a 1994 science fiction action film directed by Phillip J. Roth and starring Richard Keats, Mitchell Cox, Lisa Ann Russell, and Marcus Aurelius. The plot concerns a group of scientists who explore the past using robotic probes known as the A.P.E.X or "Advanced Prototype Exploration units".

Plot
In 2073, Nicholas Sinclair is a scientist on a time travel project. An accident introduces a deadly virus to 1973, which activates the project's automatic countermeasures. Attack robots are sent to the past in an effort to eliminate the virus carriers. They fail, and Sinclair returns to 2073 to find the Earth in ruins, ravaged by both the virus and a constant stream of attack robots. Sinclair returns to the project lab that is now in ruins and uses the time travel equipment there to prevent the original cause of the accident.

Cast
 Richard Keats as Nicholas Sinclair
 Mitchell Cox as Shepherd
 Lisa Ann Russell as Natasha Sinclair
 Marcus Aurelius as Taylor
 Adam Lawson as Rasheed
 David Jean Thomas as Dr. Elgin
 Brian Richard Peck as Desert Rat
 Anna B. Choi as Mishima
 Kristin Norton as Johnson
 Jay Irwin as Gunney
 Robert Tossberg as 1973 Father
 Kathleen Randazzo as 1973 Mother (as Kathy Lambert)
 Kareem H. Captan as Joey
 Merle Nicks as Old Man
 Natasha Roth as Desert Child

Accolades
A.P.E.X was nominated for Best Film in the International Fantasy Film Award, at the 1994 Fantasporto international film festival in Porto, Portugal.

See also
 Landmaster

References

External links
 Film review at Badmovies.org
 
 

1990s science fiction action films
1994 films
Films about androids
American robot films
American science fiction action films
Apocalyptic films
1990s English-language films
American post-apocalyptic films
Films set in the 2070s
1990s films about time travel
Fiction set in the 2070s
Films set in 2073
Films directed by Phillip J. Roth
1990s American films
English-language science fiction action films
1994 science fiction films