by creedla | Oct 27, 2016 | Aesthetics And Renovations, Architecture, Environment, Environmental News
The Eiffel Tower… From Reviled Local Eyesore to Revered International Icon The Eiffel Tower remains a global treasure and engineering feat 127 years after its completion Leading up to the Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair), which Paris would be hosting in 1889,...
by creedla | Oct 18, 2016 | Aesthetics And Renovations, Environmental News
New York City features close-to-the-surface bedrock that allows for such tall buildings to be built. Ever since skyscrapers began defining the now famous NYC skyline in the late 19th century, it has been under constant revision as architects design newer, more...
by creedla | Sep 15, 2016 | Environmental News, Green Construction
Green construction initiatives have rapidly progressed in the last 20 years. One of the major goals of such an ideology was to create net zero energy buildings. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) defined what such a facility is in September of 2015 as “an...
by creedla | Aug 24, 2016 | Environment, Environmental News
West Closure Complex… Humble Name, Huge Expectations After Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans in 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was tasked with helping the State of Louisiana come up with a solution to control flooding in this vulnerable, low-lying area....
by creedla | Aug 4, 2016 | Environmental News
Respect the Grid With summer in full swing, electrical demand to power everything in our daily lives is at its highest around the country. Should outages occur, the general public is quick to blame the “national grid” for not being up to the task of meeting our...
by creedla | Jul 13, 2016 | Environment, Environmental News
Using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) to purify water Traditional municipal water treatment facilities in the United States rely on filtration, sedimentation, aeration, and chlorination to make water clean enough to deliver to customers. While this does an...