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Hugo, Colo., wastewater treatment system improvements

June 1st, 2023

FIGURE 1 Sand ballast placement operation Around 1859 the town of Hugo, Colo., was developed as a cattle ranching community to supply miners with provisions and to serve as a local stagecoach stop. It was officially founded in 1870 and incorporated in 1909; this frontier community of 786 people is located off I-70 east of […]

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Modular geosynthetics construction

April 1st, 2021

By Edward J. Silva, T. D. Stark and Duff Simbeck Modular construction is a process in which a building or other item is constructed primarily off-site; under controlled factory conditions; and using the same design, materials, equipment, testing and construction quality control and assurance (CQC/CQA) techniques as a field-constructed facility—but usually in about one-half the […]

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