Category: Featured
Wind 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 …
Read MoreConstruction of Specialized Healthcare Facilities Deliver Advanced Treatment Options
February 19, 2019
Proton therapy is a fast-growing healthcare technology that requires a specialized construction approach. An advanced form of radiation therapy, proton therapy is highly effective and typically causes fewer side effects in patients than other cancer …
Read MoreOSHA’s Crystalline Silica Standard: New Solution to a Very Old Problem
January 24, 2019
In March of 1930, Mohandas Gandhi was in the midst of his Salt March to the Arabian Sea, the industrialized world was about to experience the lowest point of the Great Depression, and ground was …
Read MoreBenchmarking Energy Usage Lowers Operating Costs
January 22, 2019
Increasingly, municipalities and states are requiring disclosure of energy and water use during commercial building real estate transactions. This trend is creating demand for energy and water usage analysis and documentation, including benchmarking similar buildings …
Read MoreMaintenance Maximizes Parking Structure Investment
October 24, 2018
When we park our vehicles in a parking deck structure, we don’t typically think about the safety of the structure itself. Fully exposed to the elements in addition to facing the added wear of vehicle …
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