General Editorial

It wasn’t that long ago that installing drainage pipe meant reading topography by eye, relying on instinct and hoping your laser level held steady in the wind. However, over the …

At a glance, winter seems like a time when the land rests. Fields sit idle, machines are parked and the ground freezes over. But beneath the surface, winter is anything …

There’s a moment between having an idea and taking action—and in that space, a lot can get lost. We hesitate. We overthink. We wait for the timing to be perfect, …

Most drainage systems are buried and forgotten until they fail. That’s why engineers, municipalities and developers are designing infrastructure today with one big question in mind: will it last?

Recent tariff developments—like the actions announced in March targeting steel, aluminum and certain Chinese-made goods—have added another layer to an already unpredictable global trade environment.

As many of you know, when it comes to drainage, a lot of attention goes to the plastic. Size, strength, flexibility—those are often the features that get discussed at the …

It’s easy to think of the future as some distant horizon, maybe something we’ll worry about when we get there. But Gandhi flips that idea on its head. The future …

The town of Fort Payne might not have been on many people’s radar. It wasn’t on Fratco’s either—at first. “We were actually looking at somewhere adjacent to our current manufacturing …

When most people think about field drainage, they picture one thing: getting water off the land so crops don’t drown. Simple enough, right?

There’s a certain comfort in staying where it’s safe. In a harbor, a ship is protected—tied off, anchored and still. But that’s not its purpose. A ship was built for …