Award-Winning Tanks Leave 'A Lasting Impression' Located along Sough Florida's heavily traveled Interstate 95, the tank features a colorful mural of sea turtles, which was painted by Utility Service Co., Inc...
From 'Beantown' To a 'Green' Town The chronology of Boston's architectural evolution spanning three centuries can be traced from landmark structures in the historic North End neighborhood...
Academe Flourishes in 'Athens of America' Known internationally for its concentration of colleges and universities, world-renowned medical centers and biomedical research laboratories...
Tourists Beat a Path to America's Walking City In a city famous for its annual marathon, Boston has an equally impressive claim to fame as on of America's "Most Walkable Cities of 2011" based on separate rankings...
Canada's Stimulus Funds Flow into Aging Water Systems Across Canada, provincial, territorial and municipal water and wastewater projects have been buoyed by the federal government's $4 billion Infrastructure Stimulus Fund...
Celebrating America's Birthplace From William Penn to Rocky From its beginnings as the centerpiece of American history, to its emergence as one of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., the city of Philadelphia has represented a rich mix...
In the City of Brotherly Love What's Not to Like? Deriving its name from the Greek words "phila" meaning love and "delphia" that stands for brother, "The City of Brotherly Love" was recently described in an article...
Historic Preservation 'Rocks' In the 'Cradle of Liberty' In The Death and Life of Great American Cities, author Jane Jacobs observed, "Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably
impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them...
Crude Storage Tanks Need Proper Maintenance In an effort to promote the integrity of operating systems and prevent leakage, the oil pipeline industry uses an arsenal of sophisticated technologies capable of detecting defects...
High-Velocity Jet Cleaning Aids Sewer Pipe Inspection According to the U.S. Environmental Protective Agency (EPA), the nation's sanitary sewer collection systems have a total replacement value estimated at $1 to $2 trillion...
Sewer Pipe Linings Offer 100% Solids Performance With more than 300 miles of wastewater collection lines and 167 lift stations, the Utilities Maintenance Division of Marion County in central Florida oversees a sewer infrastructure under constant attack...
Out with the Solvents, On with the Solids With the growing emphasis on environmental compliance nationwide, 100 percent solids epoxies and polyurethanes are replacing solvent-based coatings for long-term corrosion protection...
European Influence Creates a 'City of Magnificent Distances' Home to nearly 600 historic landmarks, 40 historic districts and more than 25,000 properties protected by historic designation, Washington, D.C., is defined by both its architecture and the abundance of its centrally located parks and green spaces...
Preserving City's 'Texture' Is a Capital Idea With more federal buildings per block than any other U.S. metropolitan area, Washington, D.C., has become the recognized leader in "green" architecture...
Vulcan Statue Forges Pride in City's Steel Industry Reported to be the largest cast iron statue in the world, the Statue of Vulcan in Birmingham, Alabama, stands tall as a symbol of the city's connection to steel manufacturing and mining...
Along the Iron Horse Trail a Bridge Too 'Far-Out' The Robert I. Schroder Overcrossing in Contra Costa County, California, may have set a new standard for contemporary pedestrian and bicycle bridge designs...
Refinery Cooling Towers Are 'Hotbeds' for Corrosion Throughout the oil refining processes, water used to cool production units can reach temperatures in excess of 140 degrees F, creating a need for numerous cooling tower structures...
Community Pride Inspires Artistic Water Towers Across the U.S., communities are turning their elevated water towers into symbols of public pride by commissioning mimetic artwork, school mascots, logos and other imaginative designs on the exterior...
Turning the Tide on Polluted Beaches In its annual survey of water quality at U.S. beaches, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) listed more than 18,600 violations of public health standards in 2009 due to sewage, animal waste and runoff...
Control Chemical Spills with Secondary Containment Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to require secondary containment systems...
Beaux Arts Buildings Feature Dome Sweet DomeWhen it comes to municipal architecture, San Francisco has bragging rights for having one of the most acclaimed Civic Centers in the United States...
Central Utility Plant is Showcase For 'Green' Technologies With the recent completion of a new central utility plant in Sacramento, California, the facility became the larges of its kind designed to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification...
Preserving Florida's Scenic Byways From Unsightly Corrosion Florida tourists interested in sightseeing are often on the lookout for highway markers identifying scenic roadways and other historical signage, such as those found along State Road (SR) A1A that follows the coastline...
Comparing Wastewater Corrosion in the Laboratory and the Field In a year-long Field Correlation Study of the barrier performance of protective coatings and linings, a 28-day accelerated laboratory testing protocol from Tnemec proved more aggressive...
Aging Infrastructure is Concern for Wastewater Industry Each year in the Unites States, as much as 10 billion gallons of raw sewage is thought to be released into surface water due to sanitary sewer overflows caused by blocked or broken pipes...
New Orleans Offers a 'Gumbo' of Architectural Styles Five years after the floods unleashed by Hurricane Katrina focused national attention on New Orleans, the city has become a prime destination for businesses...
The French Quarter S'il Vous Plait Largely spared Hurricane Katrina's destruction, the French Quarter in New Orleans is a major center of tourism and entertainment with its unique blend of architectural styles...
Warehouse Arts District is 'SoHo of the South' In 1984, New Orleans' Warehouse District that fronts the Mississippi River became the site of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, which cost $350 million and attracted 7 million visitors...
Tnemec Acquires Glass Armor Linings for Aboveground Storage Tanks All Glass Armor epoxy linings for aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) are being renamed Tank Armor following the purchase of the 100 percent solids thick-film technology from Bridgeport Chemical by Tnemec earlier this year...
Brine Haulers Keep on Truckin' to Drilling Sites in Texas From the oilfields in West Texas to the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth basin, drilling activity in the Lone Star State leads the nation with 720 rigs, followed by Louisiana with 183...
Trip the Light Fantastic on the Sidewalks of New York U.S. Journalist and commentator Alistair Cooke once described New York City as "the biggest collection of villages in the world." The island of Manhattan and its neighboring boroughs...
New York's Historic Cast Iron District As home to the world's largest collection of cast-iron clad buildings, New York City's SoHo neighborhood is named for its location south of Houston Street to north of Canal Street...
New York, New York Onward and Upward In Delirious New York: A Retroactive manifesto for Manhattan, architect and author Rem Koolhass depicts the city of 8.2 million people as "a mythical laboratory for the invention and testing of a revolutionary lifestyle..."
Outlook
is Bright for Solar Power Industry Solar capacity in the
U.S. increased 37 percent in 2009, despite the economic recession,
according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)...
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Wastewater Corrosion Threatens Longevity of Ductile Iron Pipe For decades, ductile iron pipe has been used in the transportation of raw and potable water, sewage, digester gas, slurries, process chemicals, as well as for plant process piping in wastewater treatment plants...
Heavenly Architecture Abounds in the 'City of Angels' In his 1971 monograph titled Los Angeles. The Architecture of Four Ecologies, architectural historian Reyner Banham observed, “No city has ever been produced by such an extraordinary mixture of geography, climate, economics, demography, mechanics, and culture...
Hooray for Hollywood and its Public Art This February marked the 50th anniversary of the start of construction on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, created as a means to “maintain the glory of a community whose name means glamour and excitement in the four corners of the world...
Celebrating Architecture on 'That Great Street'Immortalized in Frank Sinatra's classic song "Chigaco," "State Street, that Great Street" is also notable for its many landmarks including the Chicago Theater, Page Brothers Building, S.R. Crown Hall...
Power Turbines Generate Demand for Durable Floor Coating Systems Although the nation’s coal-fired and nuclear power stations represent different technologies, they are very similar in their reliance on massive turbines and generators to convert pressurized steam into electrical energy...
Water Tank Industry is Awash In VOC Emissions StandardsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state regulatory authorities are tightening limits on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) for industrial maintenance paints and coatings which add to ozone levels when they evaporate into the atmosphere...
User-Friendly Touch-Up Kit Now Available From TnemecTnemec Company, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-performance protective coatings for industrial and specialty architectural markets, has announced the availability of a new touch-up kit featuring Series FC22 Epoxoline...
The USGBC's Newest 'Green' Initiative LEED v3 Every business day, $464 million worth of construction registers with LEED and as of December 2008, over 4.2 billion sq/ft. of commercial building space is involved with the LEED...
Georgia Dome Enhancements Score with Fans Since the construction of the Georgia Dome in 1992, fervent fans of the Atlanta Falcons football franchise had longed for the day...
