Articles, links, and additional information: industry resources you will find helpful.
Sports Fields
View AllWho's on First? Hard to Say, but He's Wet
New York Times article highlighting the rainy conditions in the northeast, and profiling the use of Turface All Sport Pro on local fields.
“Profile Products Assists with Construction of Olympic Game Fields” (Grounds Maintenance: June 28, 2004)
Article discussing the use of Profile’s Pro League® Red on baseball and softball fields at the 2004 Athens Olympics.“Weathering the Storm” (Ryan Field) (SportsTurf: December 2001)
Article focusing on the performance and use of Profile™ Porous Ceramic on Ryan Field at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.Golf
View AllTreating Fairy Ring by Combining DryJect with Field and Fairway
Fairy ring is a serious turfgrass disease that plagues course fairways with unsightly blemishes. Injecting Field & Fairway using the DryJect method helps combat such problems, keeping fairways looking their best.
Golf Course Items Expected Life Cycle
(American Society of Golf Course Architects: January, 2006)
Curious about how long golf course components are expected to last? Use these estimates from the ASGCA to find out.
“Building a Better Green” (Golfdom: August 1, 2005)
Article that features the USGA’s recent actions to broaden its Recommendations for Putting Green Construction. These recommendations included a change allowing for the use of inorganic amendments in green construction, pending approval by a physical soil testing laboratory of the final rootzone mixture.Root Zone Amendments: Profile vs. Peat (Profile: 2001)
When put to the test, inorganic amendments are emerging as a superior alternative to peat and Profile™ Porous Ceramic is being proven as the best in its class. Find out what the experts have to say about the performance of inorganic amendments.Erosion/Sediment Control
View AllInching Closer to the Sun (Erosion Control: March/April 2010)
Different hydroseeding materials and equipment are featured including Flexterra® FGM™, which is utilized on a difficult pipeline restoration project and to vegetate a vertical wall.
Is Hydroseeding Right for Your Business?
Hydroseeding bonds the soil together and its provision of moisture offers a better chance for germination, giving you a more established lawn. But is it right for your business?
Feb. 09 issue of CE News - Restoring Lush Landscapes
Unintended stormwater consequences
Airport wastewater/stormwater management
Blankets and Mats- Roll with the times
They're all around us- running along highway embankments, lining channels and streams and climbing steep slopes. But when rolled erosion control products are at their best, they usually go unnoticed.
Storm Water Solutions - Stop the Soil (August 2008 - Volume: 5 Number: 5)
California fires spark a collaborative mudslide prevention initiative
International Erosion Control Association Announces 2009 Board of Directors
The International Erosion Control Association’s membership voted to re-elect Becky Gauthier to the 2009 Board of Directors. Joining Gauthier to the 2009 Board of Directors are new board members Phil Handley and Rick Morse.
Turf Establishment
View AllInching Closer to the Sun (Erosion Control: March/April 2010)
Different hydroseeding materials and equipment are featured including Flexterra® FGM™, which is utilized on a difficult pipeline restoration project and to vegetate a vertical wall.
Is this the perfect time to be in the hydroseeding business?
There is no question that our country's infrastructure is in great disrepair. As sad as the fact is, the business opportunities that could arise from this situation are truly mind boggling. Unemployment is reaching record highs and President Obama has suggested a plan of spending billions of dollars, not only to put two-and-a-half million people to work but also to repair our roads, highways and bridges.
Blankets and Mats- Roll with the times
They're all around us- running along highway embankments, lining channels and streams and climbing steep slopes. But when rolled erosion control products are at their best, they usually go unnoticed.
“Restoring Fox Creek Bank” (Landscape Online.com: August 2002)
Case study reporting the use of bonded fiber matrix for a revegetation project on a native-oak forested bank along Fox Creek in Eureka, Missouri.
“New Mechanical Bonding Makes Fiber Matrix Technology Better” (Landscape Online.com: September 2001)
Article discussing the benefits of using hydraulically applied mechanical — bonded fiber matrix as an improved technology over erosion control blankets.