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lines and microgrids underground. This helps communities become more resilient in extreme weather situations, such as this year’s severe storms, flooding, as well as 2020’s active hurricane season. We work closely with utility contractors and utility company engineers to move hundreds of miles of electric lines and microgrids underground every year. This, in turn, positively affects tens of thousands of properties a year. One such company is Pike Electric Corporation. "Our clients are increasingly focused on the reliability and resilience of their electric grids. Pike’s strategic partnership with Bowman allows us to seamlessly integrate their right-of-way and survey services with our workflows. We value this approach because it combines our strengths to provide safe, efficient, and customer-focused results for our clients,” says Luis Ordaz, Vice President, Engineering, Pike Electric Corpora- tion, a national provider of engineering and construction services to the electric utility industry. My team also works closely with Bowman’s surveyors on similar projects but in addition to power lines outside of homes and neighbor- hoods, the surveyors frequently use 3-D scanning technology to survey and properly secure electrical substations. The improved technologies improve accuracy and safety. Jason Reynolds is a Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS), Bowman Principal and 30-year veteran of the survey industry based
As we round out another active hurricane season, Bowman, a growing multidisciplinary professional services firm based in Reston, Va., is busy improving community infrastructure nationwide and assessing areas of future risk. President Biden released the Build Back Better Framework, a trillion- dollar infrastructure package, and Bowman’s team of experts have long been at work on our country’s infrastructure, from utilities to land developers. Our services run the gamut, from civil, MEP and transpor - tation engineering, to surveying, mapping, land acquisition, right of way, and other areas. While we’re past the hurricane season, it was on everyone’s mind Engineering experts help communities prepare for wicked weather By Spencer Francis
throughout the summer and fall. Hurricane Elsa came through the Atlantic in July and luckily didn’t do extensive damage. But all these extreme weather events demonstrate the need for continued diligence in making our infrastructure more resilient. Bowman (Nasdaq: BWMN) offers a broad range of real es- tate, energy, infrastructure, and environmental management solutions to public and private clients across the country. Our engineers and planners design community infrastructure to be more resilient to increasingly severe hurricanes and other major weather events. We also know how to quickly and safely survey the damage using the most high-tech meth- ods available. Much of my job and that of my team is working with energy companies and communities to harden or relocate power
This is the kind of typical storm damage Bowman survey and infrastructure resiliency teams see and address after hurricanes and other extreme weather events.
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