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...

Steel Yourself

Since the beginning, builders have faced a dual goal of improving performance, while also improving the bottom line. More recently, though, the desirability of...

It’s Daylight Savings Time: Save Big on Natural Lighting with Smart...

Commercial property owners of hotels, resorts, condominiums, and apartment buildings hammered by the rising cost of electricity, have turned to solar in growing numbers...
Weather Monitoring

Advances in Weather Monitoring

Weather affects the construction industry in a number of ways and can impact worker safety, productivity and, most importantly, a project’s bottom line. Fortunately,...

America’s 1st High-Speed Rail System

The California High Speed Rail Authority broke ground in January on the nation’s first high-speed rail system with a focus on the fact that...
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...

Sustainability Matters

According to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization, which monitors and reports on weather, climate, and water resources, there is a 50% chance the average...

Power Outages

By Jane Marsh It’s important to be ready for anything as a contractor. If you encounter a sudden obstacle, as contractors did during the recent...

Easy on the Environment

Colorado Lining International, Inc. (CLI) is one of the world’s most experienced contractors, installers, and fabricators of geosynthetics, with products including membranes, coatings, liners,...