Video: National Building Museum: Lawn Construction Time-Lapse
Summer is here, which also means the arrival of the National Building Museum's 2019 Summer Block Party installation, Lawn. Watch construction for the fun exhibit in Washington, DC, with EarthCam's 4K time-lapse movie. Watch as the 30,000 square foot immersive playground covered with soy-based grass, furniture made out of recycled milk jugs and hammocks suspended from the ceiling comes to life.
Propex Geosolutions Receives Carbon Footprint Verification for PYRAMAT 75 HPTRM
Chattanooga, Tenn. (July 1, 2019) – Propex GeoSolutions recently became the first High Performance Turf Reinforcement Mat (HPTRM) manufacturer to verify the carbon footprint of its erosion control solutions. The cradle-to-grave carbon footprint of PYRAMAT® 75 HPTRM is 2.7 kgCO2e per 1m2 of material, which is equivalent to driving about seven miles. “This verification is another piece of the sustainability puzzle,” said Mike Gorey, CEO of Propex Operating Company, LLC. “We’ve known for 20 yea...
New ASCE Report Promotes Understanding of Subsurface Utility Engineering
Reston, Va. – Subsurface utility engineering (SUE) is ideally knowing as much about a subsurface project prior to starting the design process; incorporating technology to identify, characterize, and map underground utility facilities. ASCE’s new book, Subsurface Utility Engineering for Municipalities: Prequalification Criteria and Scope of Work Guide, is a resource for understanding SUE and bringing up-to-date practices to the application of SUE for public works projects. This book answers ba...
USGS Research Helps Identify Impacts to Amphibians in the Prairie Pothole Region from Historic Oil and Gas Production
Advancements in wastewater disposal practices in recent years have greatly reduced ecological risks from oil and gas development, but impacts at some previous energy production sites still persist. Recent USGS research, however, may help prioritize some mitigation and restoration efforts and help with responses to future spills should they occur. USGS scientists studied how historic oil and gas production in a portion of the Williston Basin has affected native amphibians in the Prairie Pothol...
Volunteers from Across South Carolina to Clean Ditches in Flood-Ravaged Nichols, Thanks to Governor, Floodwater Commission
NICHOLS, S.C. — The population of Nichols, S.C., is expected to at least double Saturday as volunteers from across the state continue to sign up to help clean ditches and improve the town’s drainage system after two hurricanes in three years caused catastrophic flooding. The town of roughly 400 people is located in Marion County, about 50 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Floodwater Commission (SCFC) are hosting Nichols Cleanup Day, whi...
Rebuilding Challenges Impacting Mexico Beach a Warning for all Floridians Facing Hurricane Season
(Clearwater, Fl) June 12, 2019 – Last year Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach in the panhandle of Florida. In the aftermath of the hurricane's shocking impact, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared the city "wiped out." 1 In the months following the disaster, city officials wrestled with passing new land regulations to prepare the city for future hurricane strikes. One of the main changes made to building codes is raising any new buildings or homes above the floo...
Epiroc Presents 6th Sense, a Game Changer for Smarter Mining and Infrastructure Operations
Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, presents 6th Sense, a new approach that combines digitalization and automation to boost customers’ performance. There is a growing need for the mining and infrastructure industries to look to digital technologies to enhance productivity, sustainability and safety. 6th Sense is the Epiroc way to optimize customers’ processes by connecting machines, systems and people using automation, info...
Massive Power Station Revegetation Project Completed in Australia
Drenching rains are helping an arid zone revegetation project in South Australia burst to life after almost a year of harsh, dry weather. Rehabilitating a huge ash dam at a former coal-fired power plant is among the most challenging conservation projects an ecologist can embark on. Add in to the mix a lack of water and summer temperatures approaching 50C and it is an almost impossible task. But the 320ha revegetation project on the edge of the outback at Port Augusta is proving the resi...
Pickard Chilton Selected to Master Plan and Design Transformative Urban Development in Stuttgart, Germany
New Haven-based architecture firm furthers international presence through design of sustainable, high-quality, and future-oriented urban development (New Haven, Conn. ) – Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that it was selected by global real estate firm Hines to master plan and design an urban development at Plieninger Straße 140 in Stuttgart, Germany. The firm w...
Partner of the MKNO Winning Group in Bobigny as Part of the C40 - Reinventing Cities
MKNO: diversity and sustainable development are combined to offer a new place to live in Bobigny NODI, a new real estate player, develops mixed projects in housing, shops, offices with a strong territorial anchorage. NODI recreates living spaces abounding in spaces that most often have a rich industrial past and incorporate a global approach to environmental impacts. By taking root at the local, metropolitan and international level, NODI has applied for the "Reinventing Cities" call for...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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