Beating the Heat in the Dog Days of Summer
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We know you’re dealing with rising temperatures and humidity and trying to stay cool ...we’re here to help.
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Reflections on the Dog Days of Summer
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The dog days of summer are a time when water in a crystal clear swimming pool can be refreshing or seem oppressive depending on the relative humidity conditions. I’m reminded of the incredible energy of water as it changes phase in evaporation and condensation.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Annual Consumer Confidence Report
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SSM assists many of our clients to prepare their annual Consumer Confidence Report. We collect the water system’s analytical data and analyze the data including calculating the average and maximum results of each detected contaminant.
Read MoreHarnessing the Sun's Power: Solar 101
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We’re all about making the world a better place. The summer sun reminds us to not only enjoy sunniness on the inside, but to enjoy the remarkable nature of the sun outside.
Read MoreConsidering Solar?
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Solar power is a cost-effective decision as it drastically decreases your electric bills, even if your solar system doesn’t produce 100% of your consumed energy. Likewise, switching to solar can help prevent paying for rising energy costs and add value to your property.
Read MoreSolar in Numbers
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What’s a megawatt hour? While a megawatt measures the power or capacity of an electric system, a megawatt-hour represents how much electricity is delivered through that system in an hour. For example, if a 1 megawatt solar array runs in the full sun for an hour, it will theoretically produce 1 megawatt-hour of electricity.
Read MoreBetween Wires: Electricity 101
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How exactly does your microwave run? Or, your hair dryer and your bedside lamp. Did you ever wonder how electricity is created and then gets from the wire to the device? We put our electrical engineers to the test to answer the question: “How does electricity work?”
Read MoreA Solar Energy Case Study
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The client’s operation now leverages an ecologically sound electric dredge powered by a large solar array.
Read MoreThe Work Ahead
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Each year in May we join in celebrating Public Works Week. We celebrate the projects that serve communities and make them a better place, and we celebrate the people that make those projects happen. It is public works teams that believe in the future of their communities and the value of the work ahead. That know that it is not just work ahead, but great work ahead. It is work that improves our infrastructure, provides for our neighbors, and offers longstanding safety for our communities.
Read MoreThings You Should Know - Can you Read the Signs?
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Test your knowledge- do you know all of these signs you may encounter while driving? It may have been a few years since your last driver’s test. Take this opportunity to re-acquaint yourself so you can do your part to ensure public works projects get done safely!
Read MoreSupporting Public Works Initiatives
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Since SSM’s inception almost 90 years ago, we have been a company that strives to make the world a better place. That’s why we have worked with public works employees, officials and administrators to design, manage, oversee, and engineer solutions. We are honored to have worked alongside public works professionals for many years, and to continue to join them in reaching goals, attaining success, and embarking on the work ahead.
Read MoreThe SSM Difference
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We firmly believe that what truly makes us unique is not so much the range of services we provide, but the attitude with which we provide them.
Read MoreLeave Earth a Better Place
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Managing the water that falls on the land is an increasingly complex issue- one that we know all about. SSM’s has been designing Stormwater management systems to meet ever evolving state and local regulations over the past 50 years.
Read MoreBe a Part of the Solution
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SSM has been completing multiple municipal street and road improvement projects just like these every year for over 35 years.
Read MoreBe Like a Tree
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Growth is never by mere chance. It is the result of forces working together.
—James Penny Cash
From the Farm to the Table: A Little Taste of SSM
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Experts in the food industry should focus on just that- food. That’s why farmers, processors, distributors, and even restauranteurs all turn to SSM.
Read MoreCelebrating Surveyors and Agriculture
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Every year in March we take a week to celebrate the surveying profession. We celebrate the way our surveyors see the world differently.
Read MoreSurveyor Highlight: Zane Britton
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The 4th week of March is Surveyors Week, which is a week to celebrate the impressive things Surveyors do for the world and celebrate their impacts. What do you love about surveying?
Read MoreSurveyor Highlight: Tom Rowe, PLS
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The 4th week of March is Surveyors Week, which is a week to celebrate the impressive things Surveyors do for the world and celebrate their impacts. What do you love about surveying?
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