Monthly Archives: August 2015

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National Women’s Month – Appreciating Leela Atluru

As we celebrate the end of National Women’s Month here at DTC, we can’t forget the woman who is in large part responsible for the existence of our company. Since co-founding DTC in 1979, Senior Vice President Leela Atluru has been deeply involved in almost all aspects of the business ranging from the conduct of […]

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Design by Phases – Part 1

Published in Plumbing Systems and Design by James E. Stenqvist, CPD, LEED AP

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Most engineers use a six-phase project methodology. In chronological order, the six project phases are pre-design, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding and negotiations, and construction administration. It’s important […]

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Annual Northeast Seabee Golf Tournament

Several members of DTC’s staff were glad to trek up to South Hadley, MA to participate in the Annual Northeast Seabee Golf Tournament. Held by the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association, the tournament was organized to raise future college funds for children of U.S. Navy Seabees. Not only did our DTC employees have a fantastic time […]

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A Crash Course in Rain Gardens

By: Glen Martin, LLA and DTC Landscape Architect — Rain gardens are a simple way to help improve the quality of stormwater runoff from a development. Rain gardens are shallow depressions designed to hold stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces of roofs and pavements and allow the stormwater to infiltrate into the soil. Rain gardens can be […]

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