GS&P DIALOGUE - "Environmental Engineering"

Who Wants To Be An Engineer?

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:33:34 GMT

To kick off our firm's celebration of National Engineers Week from February 19-25, I was excited to be part of the group of GS&P employees who participated in Engineering Day at Nashville's Adventure Science Center on Saturday, February 18. Our involvement has become a yearly tradition that I always look forward to; it's a day for us to share our passion for engineering with a wonderful group of local kids.

Snow Shines a Light on Amazing Airports

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:08:45 GMT

Winter weather has been wreaking havoc at airports all over the country. New England states, including the major airports in New York, have been hit with three large winter storms since Christmas. More recently, icy conditions caused hundreds of flight cancelations at the world’s busiest passenger airport, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta.

A recent article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution indicated that limitations to airplane deicing at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport were a contributing factor to the many flight cancelations and delays. I agree that deicing an airplane requires time not normally planned for in daily operations; however, I would add that the large deicing operation at Hartsfield-Jackson contributed to hundreds of flights taking off safely instead of remaining on the ground. For Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, an airplane deicing system has been incorporated in a climate that typically receives less than three inches of snow annually.

Why More Airports are Embracing Environmental Stewardship

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:28:15 GMT

Many within the Aviation industry understand that mere compliance with environmental regulations is not enough to address all of our social, political or management responsibilities regarding the environment. Most airports are moving toward a position of proactive environmental stewardship: a commitment to continuously and purposefully work toward reducing an organization's impacts on natural resources.