Adam Dibble, vice president of environmental solutions for Profile Products and recipient of the 2023 IECA Sustained Contributor award, did not know that careers in the erosion control industry even existed when he finished college — especially for a business major with an interest in sports marketing. After several positions that allowed him to hone his marketing skills while...
A four-year project within Emigrant Creek, a sub-catchment of the Richmond River, showcases best practice stabilization with a goal of mitigating diffuse pollutants such as sediment and nutrients in the Richmond River Catchment in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. North Coast Local Land Services has designed and commissioned 3 km (1.86 miles) of riverbank erosion control projects using novel...
Regardless of the size of the developer or any other kind of company or governmental entity that has an environmental compliance program, the success of the program depends on support from upper management, knowledgeable staff and proper planning.An environmental compliance program is a set of procedures and practices a company uses to maintain compliance with applicable environmental laws and...
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) FFO-US20 PME Phase 3 project located in Eddyville, Oregon was one of many phases of the 5.5 miles (8.8 km) rural stretch of US Highway 20 that improved the existing, dangerous two-lane highway by constructing a new four-lane divided highway. The project area receives more than 100 inches (2,540 mm) of rainfall annually...
Site contractors have a three-fold objective for each project:
Produce a quality product.
Finish the job on time.
Don’t lose profit.
Difficult to do, but possible if unexpected problems do not arise. And you can bet that problems will arise. So what can you do to address such problems without delays, costly expenses and second rate work? In this the first of three...
Disposed refuse material resulting from the preparation of mined coal is often deposited in coal refuse (tailings) impoundments. The coal refuse consists of a coarse fraction used to construct embankments and a fine refuse fraction that is deposited in the impoundment reservoir basin in a saturated slurry form. Often, these impoundments are redesigned during construction to accommodate additional waste,...
It’s hard to believe we are more than halfway through 2023. I hope everyone reading this is feeling good about their people, profits and progress thus far. Remember, you really do control your own destiny. We may not control the weather or our competition, but we control what we put into the market that makes us unique and valuable...
Most folks involved in erosion and sediment control have an opinion about the most important factors in determining how well this is done on construction sites. Researchers in China conducted a study to quantify the opinions of 15 experts as to which factors, previously identified from the literature as being important, were the most important in minimizing soil erosion...
Protecting the water supply for a New Zealand community was the goal of a reservoir spillway upgrade in 2019. Originally constructed in the 1880s, erosion and insufficient capacity of the original spill posed a risk to the future operations of the reservoir.
Dunedin is located on the southeast coast of the South Island of New Zealand and is known for...
PerspectiveThis article is part of IECA’s efforts to provide different perspectives on hot topics within, or that may directly affect, the industry. The purpose of these articles is to spark intrigue through dialogue as members of the industry consider their role in global issues.
Residents of Hampton Beach, New Hampshire received an early and very unwelcome holiday surprise on Friday,...
