Discovering the Value of Wastewater Engineering

Amy Gralapp wasn’t planning to become a wastewater engineer when she grew up, but life had other plans for her. Perhaps becoming a civil engineer felt natural because getting a little dirty on construction sites felt like an extension of her family farm in Iowa. Amy discovered that wastewater engineering may be dirty and smelly at times, but it’s an important role to play.

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TREKK Tools Make Underground Vault Inspections Safer

When an environment contains unknown air quality and high-voltage electrical cables in an aging infrastructure, even the simplest vault-related task can be hazardous. There are hundreds of thousands of man-accessible vaults in the U.S. potentially exposing tens of thousands of utility workers to unknown hazards in vaults each year. Building a map of an unknown environment while navigating through it is the power of TREKK’s technology solutions.

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20th Anniversary Celebration Vacation

To celebrate our 20th anniversary, TREKK treated our employees and their guests to a fun-filled weekend in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. On January 15, travelers across the Midwest boarded planes to leave cold and snowy conditions. They were greeted by the warmth and sunshine of Florida. TREKK hosted several employee events over the weekend, ranging from dinner on the beach to a Kansas City Chiefs watch party.

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Air Space and Subsurface Analysis Survey - UAV Technology Mapping for Airport Obstructions

Airport owners and operators are fast seeing the advantages identifying vegetation in their airspace using non-intrusive mobile LiDAR and UAV photogrammetry. This proactive measure helps to optimize the flight approach minimum altitudes and enhances visual operations from the tower by identifying the need for tree topping or removal that otherwise could impair operations.

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