Author: Colliers Engineering & Design
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Choosing the Right Technique for Surveying Railroads
Various surveying techniques are available to provide railroads with the optimum survey results required to accommodate specific projects. Surveyors look at the project characteristics and anticipated project deliverables and recommend the appropriate surveying technique during the scoping phase of a project. Discussions focus on choosing a methodology that would enhance safety, produce the required accuracy,…
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Surveying Substations with LiDAR
Surveying Substations Surveying substations is complicated. And believe it or not, conventional survey can increase the complexity. So, what are your options? Well, they all revolve around the use of LiDAR! But before we jump into how it can help, we need to touch on the challenges it has to overcome. Conventional survey requires the…
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Building Information Modeling (BIM)
What is BIM, and why should you implement it into your architecture, engineering, and survey plans? BIM, or “Building Information Modeling” is a process of building highly accurate, measurable 3D models that can be very comprehensive, such that they encompass all the specific components needed to virtually build and visualize a project. Existing condition BIMs…
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A Look at GIS: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!
Discover and learn how a GIS program can help organize the management of key infrastructure assets! [vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/cftVlMekXno”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Geographic Information Systems. Think about it. GIS locates assets in the field with Global Positioning System accuracy. GPS is a satellite-based system that, in the right conditions, can hone-in on an object from space within a few…
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Forming Dynamic Partnership with Colliers
We recently announced that we’ve formalized an agreement selling a controlling share of Maser Consulting to Colliers International. Colliers is a leading global commercial real estate services and investment management firm and this partnership has created some very exciting opportunities for both companies. Please continue reading to find out what it means for all of…
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Frontline Workers Say “Call Before You Dig”
811, Know Before You Dig We all know that we’re surrounded by utilities. But we don’t often think about how many of them are out of sight, underground. Whether you are a contractor, developer or a homeowner, if you plan to dig on your property, you might run the risk of accidentally hitting buried electric,…
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Maintaining Pipe Casing Integrity
Because gas or oil pipelines tend to be buried in soil or immersed in water, they are prone to corrosion. As such, statutes 192.467 and 195.575 from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) state, “Buried or submerged pipelines must be electrically isolated from other underground metallic structures, unless the pipeline and the other structures…
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ADA Ramp Compliance
Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), our country has come a long way in creating more inclusive spaces. One such way of doing so is with Title II. It provides regulations so that anyone can access and utilize state and local government services. So, we’re here to talk about one very important feature…
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Explore New Worlds at Carteret Park
If we think back to playtime when we were kids, there was no limit to our imagination. If you could believe it, you could become it. We swung from vine to vine on Jungle gyms, played cops and robbers on dome climbers, and reigned as kings and queens from the highest structure in the playground.…
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Avoiding Social Faux Pas at Work
Being a twenty-something is weird, especially socially. Through school, we could fairly easily predict social expectations. You knew that connecting on social media with the kid sitting next to you in class was ok. You knew which professors encouraged students to argue dissenting opinions. And of course, that drinking to excess was encouraged by the…
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Lake Carasaljo: Keeping Stormwater Runoff at Bay
A coworker here at Maser once told me that we don’t just fix problems, we fix problems and then make it pretty. A recent project in New Jersey, the Brick Township MUA Lake Carasaljo Stormwater Improvements, is the perfect example of this.
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Oakwood Park Becomes Hybrid Turf Field
The Transformation to a Hybrid Turf Field So, picture this. It’s the early spring of 2016 in New Providence, NJ. You’re a kid rushing home from school to play soccer with your friends at the local park. But when you get there, you’re bummed to find the park is closed! It rained a few days ago,…