Category: Delivering Success
Preserving Remarkable Artifacts for Future Generations
September 21, 2018
The City of Phoenix and its surrounding suburbs make up one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Beneath this bustling metropolis lie the remains of the Hohokam, a Native American culture which …
Read MoreAddressing Facilities Asset Management Challenges for School Districts
September 21, 2018
Basketball hoops, band towers, light poles, and bleachers are just some of the physical assets a typical independent school district facility manager might oversee. Add the countless other assets a school may own, multiply them …
Read MoreCreating a Safe Environment: Does Your Healthcare Facility Have Water Intrusion?
August 9, 2018
Water intrusion can cause a host of issues impacting buildings and the health of the people who use them. Hospitals and other medical facilities must be particularly aware of this sometimes-invisible threat to protect the …
Read MoreTransforming a Brownfield into an Innovative Multi-Tenant Site
August 3, 2018
Featuring the first marine terminal on the Savannah River, the SeaPoint Industrial Terminal Complex designated as a Georgia Brownfields site, offers a full range of industrial services and infrastructure that makes it unique in the …
Read MoreHelping Heavy-Wear Pavements Last Longer
July 19, 2018
Imagine – how would you get to work, to school, or to anywhere without good roads? Without passable paved roads, driveways and parking , our lives would be immensely more complicated. Of all the infrastructure …
Read MoreBrownfields: Sowing Seeds of Change
July 11, 2018
Terracon’s Brownfield professionals play a pivotal role in nurturing redevelopment throughout communities across the country. The first thing that comes to mind when hearing “brownfield” is often a broken canister of green ooze that …
Read MoreSuccess of Alaskan Projects depends on Quality Assurance
June 18, 2018
Reliable materials verification crucial to public projects Alaska, land of extremes. . . extreme landscapes, extreme natural beauty, extreme wildlife, extreme topography, and some of the most extreme transportation infrastructure construction conditions in the nation. …
Read MoreRestoring an Icon: Renovating the Historic Hearst Castle Neptune Pool
June 5, 2018
The Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif., is a sprawling historic estate comprised of multiple structures featuring 165 rooms, situated on 250,000 acres. The estate was built over many years starting nearly 100 years ago, …
Read MoreBrownfield Funding Drives Community Development Project Down the Tracks
June 5, 2018
Pickens, a small rural town in the upstate of South Carolina, had big dreams of revitalization. Dreams that may never have been realized without an abandoned railroad, support from Terracon’s Greenville office and an EPA …
Read MoreBuilding Earthquake Protection for Today’s Hospital
April 22, 2018
Large earthquakes can cause major damage to structures, putting people’s lives in jeopardy. Because of their vital role in communities, particularly in the event of a disaster, medical facilities in seismic activity–prone areas must meet …
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