Category: Featured
Brownfield Grant Funding: Initiating Revitalization in Your Community
September 24, 2019
It is a familiar scene—an abandoned gas station, a dilapidated manufacturing facility, an empty or run-down warehouse. The site is possibly known in your community as an “eyesore,” and could even be considered a hazard. …
Read MoreBringing a Community Together
July 26, 2019
Tulsa Gathering Place Provides a Place for Everyone It was a big dream—to transform nearly 100 acres at the margins of Tulsa’s Arkansas River floodplain into a dynamic, interactive, and inviting environment with a pond, …
Read MoreAddressing Corrosion Extends Concrete Service Life
July 1, 2019
Concrete is generally thought to be a resilient material. Yet, those responsible for maintaining today’s concrete structures are finding their buildings and bridges may not last as long as they’d like, partly due to the …
Read MoreDeveloping Rail-Specific Asbestos Management Safety Plans
May 22, 2019
Asbestos was commonly included in building and construction materials prior to 1980, due to its durability and heat resistance. The product was also used extensively in the rail industry for a wide-variety of materials including: …
Read MoreWind Resistant Structures Protect Valuable Assets
May 22, 2019
Designing structures to withstand Weather Extremes Severe weather often serves as a disastrous reminder of the need for strong, wind-resistant structures. In an average year, approximately 1,000 tornadoes occur across the country—75 percent of …
Read MoreLegionella, Water Management Planning
April 25, 2019
In recent years, the number of cases of Legionnaire’s disease reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has risen at an alarming rate. Building water systems can favor the growth of Legionella …
Read MoreTeamwork Keeps Construction On Schedule
April 12, 2019
Data Center Damage Quickly Evaluated It’s something construction manager dreads – a phone call late on a Friday about a construction problem. In this case, the call was about the fire damage to a …
Read MoreMaking Quality Your Top Priority
March 24, 2019
Using an accredited laboratory (lab) adds confidence the work being performed is completed in accordance with nationally and internationally recognized standards and procedures, and with proper equipment. The accreditation process involves an on-site lab assessment …
Read MoreWhat we know will help you
March 24, 2019
Innovation Reduces Subsurface Risk Would you like to know how subsurface conditions will impact your construction cost and schedule—even before you select the location for a new retail site or an alignment for a transmission …
Read MoreGEOPHYSICAL Investigations: Finding the right application for your site
March 20, 2019
Want to know what is below the ground? Drill a boring. Geotechnical exploration has taken that approach for hundreds of years. But this approach has its disadvantages, the most significant one being the fact that …
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