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Video: Testing Our Infrastructure: Hydro Poles

August 24, 2020 - in Electric Grid, Energy, Maintenance, Videos

Just like you would perform regular checks on your vehicle, your furnace or your health, Hydro Ottawa regularly inspects all of our equipment across the city, including our 50,000 hydro poles. On average, a wooden hydro pole has a lifespan of about 40 years,…

Renovation Completed of Bridge with Unique Tensile Forces

July 17, 2017 - in Lifecycle, Maintenance

This week the Managing Contractor, a joint venture of Royal HaskoningDHV and Arup, handed the fully renovated Tacitus Bridge over to the national transport…

Dewberry Selected to Perform Force Main Replacement Along Highway 274 in South Carolina

July 12, 2017 - in Lifecycle, Maintenance

Dewberry has been selected by York County, South Carolina, to perform a force main replacement along Highway 274 from Crowder's Creek Pump Station to…

Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Urbahn Architects Complete Renovation of Historic Morgan Avenue Subway Station in Brooklyn, NY

April 14, 2017 - in Lifecycle, Maintenance

Photo by Peter Wilk/Wilk Marketing Communications Brooklyn, NY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York City architectural and planning firm of Urbahn Architects have completed the renovation of the historic Morgan Avenue subway…

Governor Cuomo Announces $200 Million Bridge NY Program to Rehabilitate and Replace Bridges Throughout the State

July 13, 2016 - in Bridges, Financial, Maintenance

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the availability of $200 million in enhanced assistance for local governments over the next two years to rehabilitate and replace bridges and culverts statewide. This funding, provided through the Governor's BRIDGE…

AmeyVTOL Transforms Asset Inspection Using Unique Drone Technology

A new joint venture between global asset management consultancy, Amey, and world leading drone technology experts, VTOL Technologies, will use precision, long-range drones to transform asset management inspections – making it safer, quicker and easier to…

MilliporeSigma Advances Water Purification Systems with New High-Throughput Line

July 13, 2016 - in Corporate, Maintenance, Water

Billerica, Mass., July 13, 2016 — MilliporeSigma today introduced the Elix High-Throughput water purification system, providing laboratories with a reliable water purification solution for daily water volumes of up to 9000 liters.  Designed to operate…

Sustainable Partners Selects Veolia to Boost Performance at Lowell, Mich., Waste-to-Energy Facility

July 13, 2016 - in Corporate, Energy, Maintenance

BOSTON, July 13, 2016—Veolia recently signed a 5-year contract with Lowell Energy AD, managed by Sustainable Partners (SPART) of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the operations and maintenance of its Lowell Energy Anaerobic Digester.  Commissioned in 2015, the…

Award-Winning Yorba Linda Water District Selects SCADAWatch for Real-Time Water Modeling Support

July 12, 2016 - in Corporate, Maintenance, Modeling, Water

Broomfield, Colo., July 12, 2016 — Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced that Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD), California, has chosen industry-leading SCADAWatch…

Dam Good! Beavers May Restore Imperiled Streams, Fish Populations

July 11, 2016 - in Corporate, Maintenance, Water

Utah State University scientists report a watershed-scale experiment in highly degraded streams within Oregon's John Day Basin demonstrates building beaver dam analogs allows beavers to increase their dam building activities, which benefits a threatened population…