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North Houston Bike Park parking lots completed, park set to open in early 2018 TRUEGRID helps future site of the 2020 UCI BMX World Championships save a million dollars by eliminating detention pond In October 2016, Union Cyclist International (UCI) announced that Houston would host the 2020 UCI BMX World Championships—the world’s largest BMX racing […]

Understand what goes on behind the scenes with these facts before you start watering your yard during those hot summer days. Of the 37 major aquifers around the world, 21 aquifers have entered into the “negative zone”, which means they are losing more water than they can replace. U.S. aquifer, Ogallala, makes possible about one-fifth […]

Some clients need different requirements for the kind of projects they are visualizing but it is your job as a professional to make that visualization a realization. When hired to build a residential building, you are hired for your experience, your knowledge, and your professional recommendations. You are expected to know the time needed to […]

Dirt has a bad reputation. The word “dirt” finds its way into our phrases that often describe terrible things such as “dirt bag”, “getting all the dirt”, “dirt cheap” “dirt old” or “dirt poor”. We despise it when it invades our homes, cars and belongings and leaves tracks or layers of dust. Dirt and soil […]

  Some of us are homeowners and despite having the luxury of owning a house, we have a whole other realm of chores around the house that helps maintain and preserve our homes. Maintaining and renovating our homes is an investment into not only a piece of property but to our ideal “home sweet home”. […]

Advocating and gearing for a sustainable, environmentally-friendly future isn’t just good for the environment. Plants, animals, humans and even single celled organisms must work to preserve the balance of nature that allows us to co-exist with one another on this planet. Yes, being sustainable allows us to peacefully ease Mother Earth’s temperament, which can be kind […]

If you were handed a toilet seat painted in gold or a plunger painted in silver, wouldn’t you think that was strange and off-putting? Depending on the person, someone may be a passionate plumber but what if you were awarded for having the most polluted waterway in and around New York City?

Opening the doors to environmentally-friendly pavements, a grass paver system uses concrete or asphalt to mold beautiful driveways, fire lanes or parking areas. Considered both visually appealing and easy-to-use, it’s no wonder the grass paver system comes highly recommended by so many businesses. How Does It Work? First, a plastic grid system lays on top […]

What is now happening in the U.S. foreshadows a daunting future in the next century. Thousands, if not possibly millions, of residents will be at risk of displacement, barely escaping their flooded homes that have submerged into the towering sea. Destruction of businesses and homes will become detrimental to communities and could affect local and national economies. To lessen this potential catastrophe, we must rethink how our impact today greatly affects the forces of nature.

What is Road Dust? Road dust is composed of pulverized loose particles of sand, rock, and other earthen material that become air borne, mainly due to the interaction of vehicular traffic on unpaved roads. A study completed before the turn of the century, nearly 50 percent of America’s public roads remained unpaved (EPA 1993), and […]