Jeffrey W.A. Charrois Articles | Environmental XPRT

General Electric after Jack Welch: succession and success?

Succession in large established corporations is a difficult process, particularly after a charismatic leader. This paper discusses the succession at GE, after 20 years of leadership by Jack Welch. One theory states that GE is built to last and the "GE System" will take care of the transition from Welch to his designated successor, Jeffrey Immelt. The second theory states that Welch is a ...

Feb. 10, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Rotomite application: dredge caustic soda from a mud lake-case study

Alumina Partners of Jamaica, Construction Department, June 25, 1996, Gary Benson, Fax 809 962-4114 Letter addressed to Jeffrey K Minsell, Sales Engineer, SRS Crisafulli, Inc. "The Rotomite 180P has performed very well for us to this date. Our application is a very bad environment dredging in a caustic soda mud lake. All components are fine to this point except the few aluminum parts which we ...

Dec. 7, 2015

By SRS Crisafulli, Inc.

Flexibility with biomass size reduction

With increased global demand for biomass as a renewable energy source, engaging in profi table and effi cient biomass handling has become priority No. 1 for processing plants worldwide. The equipment used to carry out the strict production requirements of chipping, grinding, shredding and conveying the wood chips is vital to the design and tonnage estimations of engineers. Choosing the right ...

Sep. 25, 2009

By TerraSource Global

Riverside Park, Jefferson, GA - Case Study

Project Name: Riverside Park Products: Gravelpave2 and Slopetame2 Applications: Trail reinforcement and porous driveways City: Jefferson State/Province: Georgia Install Date: February 2007 Client: City of Jefferson Install Size: (720 m2) 7740 sf Gravelpave2 and 240 m2 (2580 sf) of Slopetame2 Address: Access to the park is from Grant Street off E. McCarty Street. Designer: Jeffrey ...

Dec. 6, 2012

By Invisible Structures, Inc.

Rotomite 180-P application - dredging benzyne at 12 foot depth-case study

Marshall-Bond Pumps, Jeffrey A. Simpson, New London WA; 630-978-7867, Fx 630-978-7872, Marbond7@hotmail.com DREDGING CASE STUDY, Project Location: Northern Illinois, Dates: April-November 1992, 1993 Equipment Used: Crisafulli-Rotomite 180-P Self-Propelled Dredge PROJECT DESCRIPTION: To dredge benzyne from the bottom of a 12 foot basin approximately 1,000 feet long and 500 feet wide and ...

Dec. 7, 2015

By SRS Crisafulli, Inc.

3E CEO is visionary with experience growing companies

Transforming companies and ramping up growth significantly is Robert Christie’s particular talent. He is president and CEO of 3E Co., an environmental, health and safety compliance service provider based in Carlsbad. The firm will soon be acquired by Verisk Analytics, a risk-assessment company. 3E will be a wholly owned subsidiary with its current management team in place. When Christie ...

Dec. 30, 2010

By Verisk 3E

Solving a messy problem: Covering wastewater treatment in Halton region Ontario, Canada case study

The Regional Municipality of Halton or Halton Region is located in Southern Ontario, part of the greater Toronto area. Halton owns and operates seven wastewater treatment plants for four Ontario cities in its jurisdiction. These plants are designed to treat wastewater from homes and businesses turning the effluents into biosolids. Turning waste into food requires a process that starts with the ...

Dec. 31, 2014

By CST Industries Inc

Crisafulli vertical, trailer, and hydraulic submersible pump case history storm water management-case study

Crisafulli Trailer, Vertical, and Hydraulic Submersible Pumps. Excerpts from a 1997 report submitted by Jeffrey A. Simpson, Marshall-Bond, Inc. Regarding a STORM WATER MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY for the Winnetka, Illinois Department of Public Works. The Town uses the following Crisafulli equipment to solve its problem: One Crisafulli 12" Humpback Trailer Pump One Crisafulli 16" Vertical PTO Pump ...

Dec. 8, 2015

By SRS Crisafulli, Inc.

Crisafulli vertical, trailer, and hydraulic submersible pump case history storm water management-case study

Crisafulli Trailer, Vertical, and Hydraulic Submersible Pumps. Excerpts from a 1997 report submitted by Jeffrey A. Simpson, Marshall-Bond, Inc. Regarding a STORM WATER MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY for the Winnetka, Illinois Department of Public Works. The Town uses the following Crisafulli equipment to solve its problem: One Crisafulli 12" Humpback Trailer Pump One Crisafulli 16" Vertical PTO ...

Dec. 7, 2015

By SRS Crisafulli, Inc.

Strategic Standards Management: Enhancing Academic Training - New Website Debuts, Hosted by Northwestern University

Sandards are boring and should just be left to standards developers. At least that is what many clearly think. Despite the best efforts of ASTM International and other standards organizations, and despite the emergence of new technologies, increased global competition and other factors that enhance the significance of standards, coverage of their strategic importance and the value of ...

Jul. 10, 2014

By ASTM International

Desalination gets a graphene boost

Original story at MIT News Jeffrey Grossman applies new materials research to making desalination cheaper and more efficient. With the intensifying drought in California, the state has accelerated the construction of desalination plants. Yet due to high construction and operating costs, as well as environmental concerns, we’re not likely to see reclaimed seawater represent more than a ...

Nov. 2, 2015

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Past the Peak - what the peak oil theory means to the economy

Except for scores of cars abandoned on the shoulder, the eight-lane highway was nearly empty one Friday morning last September. Gas stations along the feeder roads were closed, with trash overflowing the bins and blowing across the pavement. Shopping center parking lots were empty; entry doors were blockaded. It was the day before the much-anticipated arrival of Hurricane Rita and the entire ...

Sep. 1, 2006

By Citizens League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN)

Dredging and Shoreline Remediation

Many situations can complicate a shoreline’s integrity. These can range from flooding, hurricanes and man-made disasters and can even include aquatic harvesting and human recreation. Making efforts to protect a shoreline from these intrusions helps protect economic and recreational interests. Shoreline remediation is an investment in the overall economic and natural habitat of a ...

Dec. 7, 2011

By SRS Crisafulli, Inc.

Absestos Firm Pins Hope to an RV off eBay

On weekends, or whenever Simona Farrise finds time, she likes to go bargain-hunting on eBay and at garage sales near her home in the Oakland hills. She once picked up a 60-year-old occupational safety manual, a document the lawyer later used in civil trials to show that American auto companies long ago knew—or should have known—about health hazards caused by asbestos exposure. Farrise paid 50 ...

Apr. 11, 2007

By Kazan, McClain, Satterley, Lyons, Greenwood & Oberman, A Professional Law Corporation

Suburban sprawl doesn’t have to be ecologically devastating

As development gobbles up open space, conservationists take a fresh look at subdivisions with biodiversity in mind. Fort Collins, Colo., is a growing, vibrant college town with a typical American problem: Beyond its idyllic historic city center, cookie-cutter subdivisions are eating away at farm fields, ranches and forests. According to the National Wildlife Federation, “the conversion of ...

Jan. 5, 2015

By Ensia

Enhancing Your Role as a Standards Professional, Part 2: Maximizing Input into Strategic Planning

By providing input into roadmapping and scenario planning, you can make your technical committee work relevant to your company’s strategic plan. The first article in this series (“The Elevator Speech”) showed how to introduce the value of standards to an organization and its executives by positioning your work in the context of corporate planning and pressing executive ...

May 7, 2015

By ASTM International

Enhancing Your Role as a Standards Professional

This article draws on and adds to previous articles in this series. Taken together, these articles describe how standards professionals can enhance their role and value in corporate planning and better address CEO needs. But what knowledge, skills and attributes/abilities, or KSAs, are required? How can you acquire or refine these, build your capacity to support standards work across your ...

Sep. 3, 2015

By ASTM International

Release of the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals ongoing decline of the status of plants and animals

The number of known threatened species reaches 16,119. The ranks of those facing extinction are joined by familiar species like the polar bear, hippopotamus and desert gazelles; together with ocean sharks, freshwater fish and Mediterranean flowers. Positive action has helped the white-tailed eagle and offers a glimmer of hope to Indian vultures. Geneva, Switzerland, 2 May 2006 (IUCN) – The ...

May 2, 2006

By International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Water Sustainability

I7.1 | Water Optimization – 30% Groundwater Use Reduction Tabatha Pellerin, Senior Program Manager, AECOM AECOM assisted the Entergy Lewis Creek gas/coal fired electric power plant with water conservation efforts prompted by a goal of 30% groundwater (GW) use reduction by 2016 mandated by the local GW authority. To complete this work, personnel interviews were conducted to ...

Nov. 6, 2011

By Energy, Utility & Environment Conference (EUEC)

Envision 2050: The future of protected areas

The idea of setting aside areas of land and water to be protected against human activities has become a staple of the conservation movement. But with that movement itself at a crossroads, it’s worth exploring just what protected areas will look like in the future. For this third installment of our Envision 2050 series (read the first two here), Ensia turned to five experts to find out what ...

Jan. 6, 2015

By Ensia

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