Tag: Environmental Connection
Research Preview: The Development of a Sediment Control Approved Products List
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has more than three decades of evaluating the performance of erosion control products. These products include rolled erosion...
Keep It Covered to Control Erosion
If a construction site is “out of control” from an erosion and sediment control standpoint, those in charge should review the Five Pillars of...
Customers are not Companies. They’re People!
The key to success is understanding that your customers are living, breathing humans versus a company that is nothing more than a designated legal...
The Intersection of Erosion Control and Wildlife
Early erosion control focused on modifying agricultural practices and plantings, such as kudzu. Early construction erosion and sediment control techniques focused on hay bales...
Durham County Goes Electric
Inspection reports, file folders, erosion control plans, applications, deeds, project checklists…
A local erosion control program can go through a lot of paper — hardly...
Avoid Delays in Construction by Keeping Sites Dry
Adverse weather costs contractors a considerable amount of money each year in the form of project delays. Globally, 45% of building projects are affected...
Creating Water Quality Value in Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Sites
Climate change poses an existential threat to ecosystems and the human, animal, insect and plant life living in them as a result of increasing...
Restoring Lakes with Proper Dredging Plans, Tools and Processes
A connection to nature is a key marketing strategy for the developers of Painted Tree, a 1,000-acre master-planned community in McKinney, Texas. With 69%...
Innovative Approach to Sediment Control Reduces Landfill Disposal Weight
Sediment is the number one pollutant of U.S. water resources even though sediment control is commonly required to comply with National Pollution Discharge Elimination...
The Importance of Soil Resources: Overlooked and Undervalued?
“The thin layer of soil covering the earth's surface represents the difference between survival and extinction for most terrestrial life.”1 This quote demonstrates the...
