The current push to electrify the U.S. transportation sector along with homes and businesses means that massive amounts of raw material will be needed to […]
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Innovation and Technology
A $90 Billion Problem with Obvious Solutions
Every year, nearly $100 billion are lost in the U.S. economy due to excavation damage and the inefficiencies in the system designed to prevent them. […]
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Building New Infrastructure, Damaging the Old
Constructing new infrastructure, buildings, or even planting trees all require breaking ground. These excavation projects use shovels, augers, jackhammers, backhoes, and other excavation equipment to […]
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Climate Change: A Differential Diagnosis
If Gregory House, MD has taught us anything it is that people lie and people have bias. On a topic as politically charged as climate […]
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Supply Chain is a Green Choke Point
Green energy technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries help facilitate emissions-free energy to the U.S. power grid. While the promise of greenhouse gas […]
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6 Carbon Market Solutions… and Counting
Climate, ESG, sustainability, resilience – these themes dominate the culture from boardrooms to academia and even confront us through our televisions and social media platforms. […]
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Technology Highlight: Dig of the Future
The Dig of the Future This blog series Technology Highlight has explored many of the ways that investments in innovation lead to better outcomes for [...]
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Technology Highlight: GPR for Drone Usage
Drone Usage This blog series Technology Highlight explores some of the ways that investments in innovation lead to better outcomes for infrastructure and public safety. [...]
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Over 99.999% of all U.S. Hazardous Material is Transported Safely
Massive oil spills, natural gas explosions, produced water leaks, and train derailments are environmental and human tragedies. These rare but terrible events grab headlines and […]
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Technology Highlight: AI Applications for Damage Prevention
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the way companies update, monitor, and build infrastructure. In the damage prevention sector, innovations like 24-hour monitoring systems, gas leak [...]
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Staying Grounded in ESG Efforts
When businesses, corporations, or entire industrial sectors focus on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), there is a tendency to favor decarbonization and abstract commitments […]
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Technology Highlight: Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence This blog series Technology Highlight explores some of the ways that investments in innovation lead to better outcomes for infrastructure and public safety. When [...]
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Carbon-neutral Gasoline Turns Renewable on its Head
Carbon-free gasoline sounds like an oxymoron. Gasoline from refined petroleum remains one of the primary emissions sources across the world due to widespread utilization of […]
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Technology Highlight: Methane Detection
Methane Detection This blog series Technology Highlight explores some of the ways that investments in innovation lead to better outcomes for infrastructure and public safety. When technology [...]
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Hydrogen Offers Another Energy Alternative
Most Americans know hydrogen as being a key ingredient in water, H2O. Of the many chemical elements on the periodic table, hydrogen is the lightest element, […]
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