A dam is a man-made barrier created by dam construction contractors over a watercourse that collects water behind it to form a reservoir. Dams serve many human needs, including irrigation, hydroelectric generation, lowering flood levels, and enhancing navigation. Dams also include auxiliary structures like: spillways, ...
Any factory would be incomplete without its industrial electrical systems. If your current systems are broken, inefficient, or old, it's time to call an electrical industrial construction company with experience in the field to discuss modern upgrades. Upgrading your facility or equipment to accommodate higher...
When you think of the Hoover Dam, Niagara Falls, and other sites with highly specialized facilities, there is a team of diversely skilled contractors responsible for the day-to-day oversight and management of these complex infrastructures. Industrial construction companies like Gracon work on various development and industrial...
Dams offer many benefits and serve different purposes in the modern world. From irrigation to drinking water, recreation hydropower, and flood control, no one can deny that dams are helpful. At Gracon LLC, we specialize in the rehabilitation, dam maintenance, construction, and replacement of projects...
Hydropower is a renewable energy source that harnesses the natural movement of water to create electricity. It is the largest and oldest source of renewable energy and accounts for about 31.5% of the total renewable electricity generation in the US, which is about 6.3% of...
Hydropower, also referred to as hydroelectric power or hydroelectricity, is dependent on moving water. Water is the largest single renewable energy source responsible for electricity generation in America. We live in a world that is increasingly interested in renewable energy, and hydropower is arguably the oldest...
LEED certification is a popular topic among the construction industry today, but what is a LEED certified building? LEED is an acronym which stands for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.” It is effectively a metric system that is used to determine how energy efficient a structure...
While there are almost as many types of project contract types out there as there are projects, you will always have your heavy hitters which are used more frequently than others. Among these types of project contracts, two are worthy of very specific note -...
We all know how bad fossil fuels are for the environment. With the focus starting to shift away from these damaging non-renewable sources of energy, the arguments in favor of renewable green energy are ever-increasing. However, if you don’t know a lot about renewable energy...
Budgeting a project can be difficult, especially when labor is involved. While some industries have fixed payment structures when it comes to labor, others, such as contracting, have multiple ways to handle paying the contractor: hourly, fixed bid, milestone-based. The choices are many, and it...