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February 26th-27th, 2024 Embassy Suites Hotel – Grapevine, Texas IN-PERSON SEMINAR Designing Concrete for Durability and Sustainability: You Can Have Both Seminar Overview Durable concrete is sustainable concrete and sustainable concrete must be durable. The construction industry is changing quickly to be more sustainable which includes lowering the embodied carbon per yard of concrete. How […]

[OnDemand Webinar] Nondestructive Testing of Concrete

Concrete is widely regarded as the most used man-made material in the world. Even with superb advances in modern concrete technologies to make more durable, longer-lasting structures today, the need for assessment and evaluation of existing concrete structures has never been higher. Non-destructive testing (NDT) of concrete is a commonly used (and often misused) approach […]

‘Tis the Season: Winterizing Construction Projects

As we welcome in November, construction projects ramp up to begin or complete projects before the dreaded F word: Freeze. Freezing temperatures introduce a multitude of issues, from equipment failure to cold working temperatures. Not only is it safer and more cost-efficient to close a project before winter but it also allows for further planning and […]

2023 RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Training

november 1-2, 2023 RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Training Seminar Overview Regulations and policies on handling hazardous waste are routinely updated by the EPA and/or delegated state authorities. For this reason, annual training is recommended for personnel who handle or manage hazardous waste. Companies and organizations need to be aware of these changes and implement them […]

compliance recordkeeping

3 Tips for Designing the Best Recordkeeping Program for Your Operations

Whether it is the weight of waste being shipped out every month or the speciated air emissions from your wastewater treatment facility, recordkeeping is the cornerstone to most compliance programs. As both a tool for program managers onsite and a common violation found by inspectors, recordkeeping produces paperwork we all work with, yet rarely benefit […]

430 Oak Grove

The Loring Park Office Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota was recently redeveloped into multi-family housing. Over the past few decades, the surrounding neighborhood had become nearly all residential and the building itself had become functionally obsolete with nearly 50 percent vacancy over the 10 years prior to redevelopment. Braun Intertec was selected as the environmental consultant […]

5 Tips for Engineers Starting Their Career

With commencement speech season upon us again, I wanted to share some of the thoughts and observations I have compiled over my 40-year career in the world of construction and engineering with new engineers starting their career this spring. These observations are things I believe all new engineers should experience but may not have learned […]

700 Central

Central Avenue is the dividing line between northeast and southeast Minneapolis. It was along this important commercial artery, at 700 Central, that McLeod and Smith decided to build a new four-story, timber-frame headquarters in 1897 and a five-floor reinforced-concrete addition in 1909. By the early twenty-first century, the property was vacant, a blight on a […]

8200 Tower

The 8200 Tower is an 11-story office building with an adjacent 5-level parking ramp. An elevated skyway connects the new parking ramp with the existing ramp to the south, spanning West 83rd Street. Braun Intertec provided the design team with a geotechnical evaluation summarizing the subsurface soil and groundwater conditions and provided recommendations for the […]

9th Street Embankment Reconstruction

During the 2007 construction season, three of four embankments associated with the north and south approaches to the 9th street overpass of I-94 failed. Braun Intertec was brought in to study the failure causes and assist with redesigning the failed embankments. Our exploration and instrumentation program included auger borings and the installation of piezometers (to […]

A Look Inside: Life as a CMT Technician

What is a construction materials testing technician? A construction materials testing (CMT) technician performs a variety of tests and inspections on construction materials such as soils, deep foundations, concrete, asphalt and masonry. They check that the components of each unique structure are assembled in a manner consistent with its plans and specifications. Design teams communicate […]

A Millennial Guide To Phase I’s

Since graduating with a degree in Biological Engineering from LSU, I have assisted Environmental Professionals (EP’s) with over 200 projects that required Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs).  Over the last two years these projects have ranged from vacant lots, multi-family residential apartment complexes, drycleaners, gasoline stations, to industrial manufacturing plants. The goal of a […]

A New Frontier: Addressing the Unique Challenges PFAS Creates in the Environment

Almost all Americans have per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their blood through daily exposure in drinking water, food, air, and consumer goods. The synthetic chemicals have became an area of concern for regulatory bodies, site managers, business owners and the average American. Previous articles spoke on the health impacts PFAS have and their regulatory uncertainty, but […]

A-Mill Artist Lofts

Rising above the century-old cobblestones of Saint Anthony Main Street stands the historic Pillsbury A-Mill, an impressive reminder of Minneapolis’ origins and the landmark structure from which “Mill City” and the surrounding metropolitan area of 3 million would eventually spring forth. The A-Mill, built in 1880, produced flour until 2003, when operations were shut down. […]