Some Background on America’s Crumbling Infrastructure In May 2020, TRIP, a transportation research nonprofit, published a report that assessed the condition of rural America’s crumbling infrastructure. Its findings were not positive. First, 50% of all rural, non-highway roads are rated between poor and fair. Roads in this condition have cracking, potholes and ruts, to the point that the TRIP report states they “often …
The Problem with Cheap Dust Control Approaches
When most people think of dust control, they think of water or cheap dust control products like chlorides. It makes sense: most people see dust control as a one-and-done deal — when you see dust, throw something on it, and it goes away. Unfortunately, it’s a little more complicated than that. There’s a whole science to dust control; if you …
Mastering Dust Control in Mining: a Case Study
We’ve talked a lot about the science of dust control—such as the many factors that affect your dust control program—here on our blog. As we’ve said many times, dust control in mining is never as simple as dumping water on an unpaved haul road and hoping that cuts it. Instead, as an operations manager at a mine, you have to …
How to Reduce Aircraft Damage From Gravel Airstrips
The unexpected cost of operating aircraft on gravel airstrips Remote unpaved runways and their operators face a multitude of unique issues due to the characteristics of the gravel material used, climate and seasonal impacts, geographic location, available resources and equipment and performance requirements. One of the particularly challenging issues is the risk of damage to an aircraft resulting from Foreign Object …
How to Achieve the Most Effective Road Dust Control
Effective road dust control requires treating the cause, not just mitigating the symptom When most people think of road dust control, they think of spraying something (usually water) onto the road surface to suppress dust particles. If they do think of using a product, they assume that a single application will resolve the issue and keep dust on the ground …