Tag: Vegetation Management

Dealers
Fecon opens up its dealer portal to end-use customers
Fecon is now allowing end-use customers access to the web portal called FeconConnect, which previously could be accessed only by its dealers. That means customers registering their products with Fecon can get the same technical documentation that previously was exclusive to authorized dealers. The new approach is in response to market demand, Fecon says. “Customers increasingly […]
February 23, 2018
Fecon Connect Interface
Roadbuilding
N. Carolina DOT engineer recognized for roadside vegetation management
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Roadside Environmental Engineer Ken Taffer has received national recognition for his work in roadside vegetation management in the department’s Triad region. The National Roadside Vegetation Management Association (NRVMA) honored Taffer with its Turney Hernandez Award of Excellence for 2015. The award is the association’s highest honor and is presented […]
December 11, 2015
NCDOT Secretary Nick Tennyson (right) presents the NRVMA Turney Hernandez Award of Excellence to Roadside Environmental Engineer Ken Taffer.
Roadbuilding
5 Ways to Maximize Your Vegetation Management Budget
Tighter vegetation management budgets call for hard-working strategies. It’s a common conundrum — as challenges controlling invasive weeds and brush increase, vegetation management budgets decrease. Couple that with overstretched roadside crews and rising operational costs and you have an epic war with weeds. To learn how vegetation managers are prevailing against these challenges, I spoke […]
January 31, 2014
Better Roads safety guardrail shot
Roadbuilding
Integrating Roadside Vegetation and Erosion Control
Safety and the mowing-herbicide-beautification-erosion control-culvert maintenance mix
March 6, 2013
Washington State DOT – a leader in roadside vegetation management – defines different zones in the roadside, each with a different management strategy.
Business
Machine Matters More
Brush League    Contractors can maximize their time while clearing land with the proper land clearing attachments      By Wayne Grayson       Though the economic downturn has restricted contractor spending on attachments, as Terex product manager Jamie Wright says, it’s worthwhile for contractors “to be on the watch for new attachments that […]
August 27, 2012
Bradco Ground Shark
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
What happens when budge shortfalls cut back vegetation management?
March 20, 2012
The grass and weeds growing along roadsides may be a constant, but who’s responsible for controlling that vegetation is anything but – especially in this era of dwindling agency budgets.
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
What happens when budge shortfalls cut back vegetation management?
March 20, 2012
The grass and weeds growing along roadsides may be a constant, but who’s responsible for controlling that vegetation is anything but – especially in this era of dwindling agency budgets.
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
What happens when budge shortfalls cut back vegetation management?
March 20, 2012
The grass and weeds growing along roadsides may be a constant, but who’s responsible for controlling that vegetation is anything but – especially in this era of dwindling agency budgets.
Roadbuilding
Fall Herbicide Applications Keep Roadside Vegetation Under Control
Maintaining clear roadsides doesn’t have to be a drain on time and resources. Mowing can be an effective temporary method for removing troublesome weeds along roadsides, but frequent mowing can empty the coffers in a hurry. Under ideal growing conditions, mowing may need to be repeated six to eight times in a single year. However, […]
November 1, 2011
Vegetation Management DuPont
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
New products can benefit appearances . . . and budgets.
September 7, 2011
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Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
New products can benefit appearances . . . and budgets.
September 7, 2011
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BASF Professional Vegetation Management announces 2008 QVM Project Habitat award winners
BASF Professional Vegetation Management has announced the winners of its 2008 QVM Project Habitat awards.   QVM Project Habitat is an annual awards program designed to honor projects that demonstrate the principles and practices of Quality Vegetation Management (QVM).    Winning organizations in each category include the following:   Invasive Vegetation Management Georgia Forestry Commission, […]
January 15, 2010
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