Green “Monster” at the Lake

The town of Oakville was founded in 1820 to build a marina community on Lake Ontario for shipbuilding and the shipping industry. Since then, the community has grown while honoring the early development days. Oakville's waterfront on Lake Ontario features beautiful scenery with two natural harbors, and a system of river trails that run through it. Featuring wooded areas, meadows, museums and formal gardens, there is plenty to see and do along the waterfront. During the summer months ma ... Read more

Drainage Repair In Flushing

Drainage Repair In Flushing Edited by: Alan Zimmerman Flushing, Queens is arguably one of New York City's most visited and traveled neighborhoods. Home to 180,000 people, it has much to offer for residents and visitors. Attractions include Citi Field, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and the Queens Zoo. It also includes the largest Chinatown and houses over 30,000 individuals that have immigrated from China directly.  This makes Flushing the biggest Chinatown by this met ... Read more

America Takes a Step Toward Self Sufficiency

America Takes a Step Toward Self Sufficiency Louisiana LNG Project Promotes Independent Clean Energy  Editor: Debbie Reaney Between 2020 and 2022, national liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices soared by 400%. Factors that have contributed to the significant increase include international conflicts, maxed-out pipeline capacities, and COVID-19 pandemic-related labor shortages. Nonetheless, the global demand for clean energy continues to rise and has no plans to slow down soon ... Read more

America’s Maritime Guardians

America's Maritime Guardians  Editor: Allison Braswell   The United States Coast Guard is the nation's lead agency for maritime search and rescue operations, defense against transnational crime and terrorism, protection of marine species and habitats, and commander of many other missions that enforce federal laws on the water.  41 active-duty personnel and four enlisted reservists currently lodge at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Grand Isle, LA. Th ... Read more

ICE® 22D Beats Excavator

ICE® 22D Beats Excavator Lakehouse Basement on Grandview Lake Editor: Allison Braswell Grandview Lake, the largest private lake community in Indiana, attracts permanent and seasonal residents with its 400-acre recreational lake located near Columbus, IN. Opportunities for playing a wide range of watersports, hiking seven miles of trails throughout the surrounding woods preserve, and taking in picturesque views have entertained adventurers since its establishment in the 1960s. With a ... Read more

Joining Forces to Engineer with Nature

Joining Forces to Engineer with Nature U.S. Army, Douglass Pile, and ICE® Secure the Earth  Editor: Allison Braswell There is a vital group of U.S. Army employees whose engineering services strengthen security and restore the environment of the United States and more than 130 other countries. They are first on the scene at natural disaster areas, save 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually as the Nation's largest hydro-power generator, maintain the sa ... Read more

Cofferdam in Casco Bay

Casco Bay (Lobsters) EXPANDED  Debbie Reaney & Rick Sadler  In the Fall of 2016 Maine was in the grips of a drought when a 4-inch storm delivered some temporary but much-needed relief to Portland's streams, wells, and reservoirs.  Sadly, the storm effects delivered an unhealthy mixture of raw sewage, debris, and polluted runoff to Casco Bay in the form of nearly 69 million gallons (about 261,193,290 L) of stormwater. This nasty mixture flowed into Back C ... Read more

Meet the All-New ICE® 16VM!

Meet the All-New ICE® 16VM! (Updated 18ZV) Editor: Allison Braswell The outdated pump stations at Marsh Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Geneva, NY are at capacity and cannot accommodate significant new flows unless changes to the WWTP are made. To improve its reliability, the City of Geneva is expanding the WWTP by adding a new pump station. Today's pump stations are designed with more efficient pump/motor/drive combinations, which can be used to match pump speeds to flow rates ... Read more

Introducing The ICE® Duplex Clamp Plate

Introducing The ICE® Duplex Clamp Plate Camp Lejeune Cofferdam  Editor: Allison Braswell One of the few swing bridges left in North Carolina is being replaced. In 2018, the Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune area took a hit during Hurricane Florence, the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the Carolinas. The 67-year-old swing bridge that carries boat traffic in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Camp Lejeune had suffered damage caused by the storm, putting the safe ... Read more

Largest Industrial Project in Arkansas History

Largest Industrial Project in Arkansas History ICE® Equipment Takes on Mega Mill Editor: Allison Braswell When the $1.3 billion (about $4 per person in the US) Big River Steel "Flex Mill" opened in Osceola, AR in 2017, it was the newest and most advanced flat rolled mill in North America. That was before United States Steel (U.S. Steel) acquired Big River Steel, which paved the way for a revolutionary breakthrough in the steel industry.  In early 2022, U.S. Steel broke g ... Read more