noise reduction

Selling Peace and Quiet

For hotels and motels located near noisy streets, highways, train tracks, airports, or urban city walks, keeping external noise from penetrating into what should...
Green Building Goals

Green Building Goals

By Brent Trenga A report from The Brookings Institute found that transitioning to a clean energy economy would be a boon to the U.S. economy, expanding...

Readily Biodegradable Fluids

Performance and sustainability—two words with growing importance in the construction industry. Performance is a must-have to complete any job effectively, efficiently, on-time, and on-budget,...
foundation design

Deep Foundation Design Challenges

With space at a premium in many urban areas, developers are digging deeper foundations to increase the square footage of residential, commercial, and mixed-use...

Path Reconstruction

The Springwater Corridor Bike Path is a very popular bicycle commuting thoroughfare extending along the east bank of the Willamette River in downtown Portland,...
Permeable Pavers

Permeable Pavers

Retrofit manages water runoff for city street Max Poppel and Dan Rose began their entrepreneurial pursuits in 2011 when they opened The Crash Pad, a...

AI Technology

By Jane Marsh Artificial intelligence (AI) might have a bad reputation in popular media, but in recent years it’s become a valuable tool for data...

Enzyme Bioremediation

The joys of modern innovation have also brought with it the by-products of waste. In the past, companies did not know how to properly...
Environmental Solutions in the Fuel Industry

Environmental Solutions in the Fuel Industry

As we kick off 2019, it’s good to get a feel for what’s expected to take place in the fuel industry as it concerns...

Doing More With Less

The Power of the Energy-Efficient Building Incentive By Valerie Ward Doing more at a lower cost and with fewer resources is every business person’s challenge. When...