Each year, on the first Sunday of every April, we celebrate the brilliant minds who help us understand the ground beneath our feet. We’re proud to employ talented geologists and geological engineers whose work is essential to everything we do—from resource exploration to ensuring safe, sustainable development. We appreciate their curiosity, precision, and commitment to…
The University of Nevada, Reno continues to grow with the construction of a new multi-story Nevada State Public Health Laboratory. The building will expand the laboratory’s research and diagnostic spaces, featuring flex labs, dedicated research and screening labs, a BSL-3 lab, staff offices, conference rooms, and collaborative spaces. Last month CME was on the job…
Ensuring compliance with building codes and structural design plans is critical! That’s where CME comes in – our engineers and inspectors have the tools and expertise to perform visual and non-destructive testing of structural steel. In this photo, Project Managers Katie Weagel and David Russell are inspecting prefabricated structural steel welds and will make recommendations…
Check out this awesome shot of a concrete pour in action for the bridge abutments on the NDOT US 50 project at Lahontan! This is where raw materials meet precision engineering, setting the stage for a rock-solid foundation that will support the bridge for years to come. From the steady flow of concrete to the…
Happy holiday…testing? Yes! Holiday Testing is a real and very important non-destructive testing method. CME inspectors utilize this procedure to detect pinholes and voids in protective coatings. This photo shows holiday testing of coatings inside of a pump can at the Santerra-Quilici 1 Booster Pump Station project.
May your holidays be filled with joy, peace, and time well spent with loved ones. On behalf of all of us at CME, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!
CME is busy throughout Northern Nevada and this photo from south Reno captures three projects in one snapshot! At the bottom of the photo you can see the Washoe County South Truckee Meadows Steamboat Lift Station Project where CME is providing IBC Special Inspection, construction inspection, materials sampling and laboratory testing services. In the mid-distance…
When you can’t go over the railroad tracks, you go under them! This future gas line in Lockwood required rock core drilling to support the design of a horizontal directional drilling pipeline crossline. To assist Granite Construction with their plan to connect to existing natural gas lines in Lockwood, CME is performing a geotechnical analysis…
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