In last month's article, I dealt with the white-collar segment of construction industry theft represented by embezzlement. Now, let's turn our attention to the more common problems associated with the theft of tools, equipment and materials, which can be thought of as construction's “blue collar” crime wave.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have invented a simple, scalable machine that can help create clean drinking water more effectively and efficiently than conventional systems. As its name implies, the Supersaturated Dissolved Oxygen or Ozone Injector shoots a stream of water saturated with either gas directly into a body of water so that harmful substances may be removed before people drink the water.
Men usually don't like to ask directions or pay attention to their wives' directions. For those men, I say, “Get a GPS.” GPS is short for global positioning system. For those who haven't heard of a GPS, it's a worldwide radio-navigation system that was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense. It uses satellite signals to track the location or position of vehicles or vessels on earth.
Since the 1970s, the environmental issues and education field has been rapidly changing from dependence on top-down marketing methods such as public service announcements (PSAs) to a more sophisticated approach borrowed from commercial marketers termed, “social marketing.”
This review is intended as a fundamental guide to various aspects of the technology, including drilling methodologies, flushing, drill hole deviation, monitoring and specifications.
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