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A Look Back: Maple Leaf Foods
Hixson served as the A/E of record for the $772MM, 640,000 SF Maple Leaf Foods poultry processing facility in London, Ontario. Leading-edge food safety, environmental, and animal welfare processes and technologies were designed into the facility, one of the most technologically advanced poultry-processing plants in the world! Want to discover more about what makes this […]
Read moreSix Common Storm Water Compliance Issues
Discharge of storm water from industrial sites is regulated by either a state or, less frequently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Under these regulations, a site must either apply for a storm water permit or submit a “No-Exposure” exclusion certification. Hixson frequently works with both the permitted and the “No-Exposure” facilities to verify […]
Read moreFrom Experience: Next Generation Stack Economizers
Economizers have long been used in steam boiler facilities to recover energy in the form of heat from boilers and re-use the heat for some other purpose, such as heating feed water. Two common types of economizers are in use today: Direct contact stack economizers and tube-type stack economizers. In the latest issue of Hixson’s […]
Read moreWhat’s Changing with Construction Costs?
In Hixson’s Cost Trends newsletter, our experienced team of Cost Estimators compile information from the industry’s most trustworthy data sources to provide a quick, yet insightful look at the key factors influencing construction project budgets. Get their take on what you can expect during the coming year, and the impact to your budget, in our […]
Read moreSustainability: Then and Now
In 2009, Hixson’s Warren Green authored an issue of Hixson’s From Experience newsletter in which he noted his observations on the state of sustainability within the food and beverage industry, as well as forthcoming trends that appeared to be on the horizon. Now, fifteen years later, Warren revisits those ideas and shares recent observations with […]
Read moreStormwater Management Best Practices
Urbanization continues to transform landscapes, and as it does, the need for effective stormwater management intensifies to guard against environmental degradation. In the January issue of Hixson’s From Experience newsletter, we look at Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)…tools of choice that civil engineers, like those at Hixson, use to help thwart flooding, pollution, and erosion. […]
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