Power line workers have long been required to climb timber utility poles to perform maintenance. Although routine pole inspection and maintenance programs are in place t[...]

Every hour of everyday water utilities across the United States labor tirelessly to supply clean, safe, and affordable drinking water to residential and industrial consum[...]

Transfer to utility (TTU) or mapping methodology allows researchers to estimate a health utility from a disease-specific measure and calculate quality adjusted life years[...]

One of the responsibilities of the NCDOT is the prioritization of highway bridge replacement projects throughout the North Carolina transportation system. The Priority Ra[...]

Timber is the most common material used for the utility poles that support the transmission and distribution lines of the electrical grid in the United States. Timber is [...]