Cyn Rene Whitfield’s path to the field of LiDAR survey is a circuitous one. But as you’ll see, it’s that eclectic path that makes her journey so inspiring and unique.
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One of the more memorable projects Todd Gnuse has ever been part of was helping the American Samoan Telecom Authority (ASTCA) to link the remote islands of American Samoa with broadband fiber optics. This update helped the island to better prepare for natural disasters like tsunamis.
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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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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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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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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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