In an effort to contribute to the future of the industry, ELK Engineering Associates, Inc. has initiated an ongoing summer intern program; partnering with Kilgore College to place qualified individuals enrolled in their corrosion program in a mentoring environment, allowing the intern to...
June 2010 marks ELK Engineering Associates, Inc.’s 16th year in business. Since its inception in 1994, it has grown from a small office with six employees, including one Professional Engineer, to one of the most respected firms in the industry, offering specialty services in cathodic protection...
ELK Engineering Associates Inc. is pleased to announce a new addition to our Staff. Michael Smith has been added as the ELK Construction Foreman. Mike has extensive experience with installation of all types of cathodic protection systems and groundbeds and will be a valuable addition to the ELK...
Infrastructure improvement continues to be a steady source of activity for ELK.
ELK has secured another facility wide cathodic protection system for an electrical generating facility in the Southwest. This design required a cathodic protection system that considers the existing infrastructure asw
LIGHT RAIL
ELK Engineering Associates Inc. has been fortunate to be involved in the mass transit industry in North Texas in the past, and this continues into the future by securing several light rail projects.
These projects range from grounding continuity/isolation verification to ground...
In 2009 ELK Engineering Associates, Inc was awarded a contract for facility wide cathodic protection of a multi-million dollar new construction project in Southwest Arkansas. The project is a design/build related to construction of an electrical generation facility serving Southern Arkansas and...
ELK is pleased to announce, somewhat after the fact, that Sydul Haque, Ph. D., has become a licensed Texas Professional Engineer. Sydul joined the ELK Engineering Staff in 2008 and has proven to be a valuable addition to the Company.
BASIC LIGHTNING CHARGE THEORY
Benjamin Franklin was responsible for invention of the “lightning rod” over two centuries ago. In the intervening years, lightning rods have come to be known as air terminals, but the basic principles and the physics of lightning protection have not appreciably...
