Why a Site Visit Is Critical to Outage Planning
Thorough planning is essential to every plant outage to minimize disruption to production, limit costs and keep the outage as short as possible. While much of the preparation can...
Permeable Pavement Advances Pave the Way for Increased Adoption
Permeable pavement. Pervious pavement. Porous pavement. No matter which term is used to describe them, urban surfaces that allow water to run through them to the soil below rather...
New Money Flowing into U.S. Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
Highways and bridges are the most noticeable examples of the United States’ crumbling infrastructure, but there are other, less visible infrastructure systems that are equally in...
Strategies for Embracing Diversity at Your Construction Company
There’s no doubt companies benefit from having a diverse workforce. A McKinsey report found that companies in the top quartile for racial and ethnic d*iversity are 35 percent more...
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Is Having Its Day
Not long ago, systems engineered to manage and mitigate stormwater runoff were predominately of the “gray” variety: pipes, pumps, concrete-lined ditches and manmade detention ponds...
Drones Are Changing How Public Infrastructure Projects Get Done
Public works departments across the country are embracing drones on a variety of projects, from landscape analysis and surveying to water main repairs, bridge inspections and...
Prevent Power Plant Accidents by Strengthening Your Safety Culture
A power plant is an inherently dangerous place to work. When an accident happens, a well-trained, valued employee may lose time from work on the job. In addition, a large-scale...
8 Tips for Preventing Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome
If you’ve ever operated a jackhammer, air hammer, riveter, chain saw, power grinder or other handheld power tool that vibrates as you use it, you know how the vibrations can travel...
Project Data Is Boosting Construction Performance According to Dodge Report
Improved data gathering, analysis and reporting is helping construction companies — especially larger ones — complete projects at or under budget and boost productivity according...
In Building Design, Heat-Resiliency Is Today’s Hot Challenge
Designing buildings for the local climate isn’t a new concept, but when the local climate begins to change, so must building design. As average summertime temperatures continue to...
