Inclement Weather
Weather events can wreck construction sites and timelines. In fact, many contractors lament it is the leading cause of project delays.
Inclement weather can create...
Back to the Future
The Clean Water Act of 1972 is often viewed as one of this country’s seminal pieces of modern environmental legislation—and rightly so. But while...
The Reality of Green Cements
You would have had to have just emerged from a recently unsealed time capsule, or perhaps just completed a 10-year retreat in Tibet, not...
Living Wall: Green Space on Building Adds Life
Substations are critical components in the electrical grid.
Without them, utilities could not get electricity to customers in the areas
they serve.
While substations are necessary,...
LEED Platinum
Colleges and universities today are looking for sustainable facilities, and a number of them choose to participate in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and...
To Tarp or Not to Tarp
When precast and prestressed concrete manufacturers have sought predictable form curing—protected from unpredictable weather and fluctuating conditions—they have traditionally had to choose between two...
Heavy-Duty DPF Servicing
In 2007, the EPA mandated that all new on-highway diesel engines must limit the emission of diesel particulate matter (PM). To comply with this...
Tipping The Scale
Truck Scales Owners’ Best Practices in the Recycling and Solid Waste Industry
In today’s recycling and solid waste industry, uptime is of utmost importance. Most...
Solar-Plus-Storage Equals True Benefits of Solar for Contractors
Property owners in the market for options to power their buildings’ electrical loads have long considered solar power; however, they frequently didn’t get past...
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,...









