Many see big growth in Maine’s renewable energy potential. James W. Sewall Co., a Maine-based company with 140 years of civil engineering experience, has a view of that future from the ground up. For our first piece in a series of interviews with Sewall’s experts, we speak with Kay Rand, who sits on Sewall’s board […]
By Diane Morabito, PE, PTOE Just as many Mainers have recovered from Coronavirus, our traffic volumes are also recovering. In early March, after the Governor’s Stay-at-Home order, traffic volumes on Maine’s highways were less than 50% of normal volumes. Volumes have been increasing and rebounding steadily since April. Now, in October, Maine is about to […]
By Randy Claar, GISP, and Justin Mugnai How handy is a tool that puts a snapshot of your data at your fingertips, places key information on a single screen, and enables communication with upper management and clients? Dashboards can do these things and so much more. According to Wikipedia, a dashboard is a type of […]
By Gary Mullaney While many client needs can be met using the standard, out-of-the box set of tools that come with ArcGIS, sometimes they fall short. Sewall’s software developers can customize tools to produce significant gains in efficiency and productivity that are not as costly as people may think. Aren’t there plenty of rich delivery […]
By Diane W. Morabito, PE, PTOE, Vice President of Traffic Engineering Coronavirus and the Governor’s Stay-at-Home order have had a profound impact on traffic in Maine with both positive and negative outcomes. Traffic volumes on Maine roadways dropped dramatically from early March to early April. At that point, traffic volumes on Maine highways were less […]
Gary Mullaney April 8, 2020 At Sewall, we’ve been in the forest land mapping business for a very long time – since 1880 – most often for those who own and manage forest land. In the last seven years, we have begun to serve wood procurement professionals with GIS tools and data. Why? Here’s the […]
The agreement is a significant step towards decarbonizing the heating oil market and commercializing Biofine’s patented technology. Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. (Biofine) and Sprague Resources LP (Sprague) are pleased to announce a transformative, long-term agreement that will bring the next generation of advanced biofuel, ethyl levulinate (EL), to the market. Sprague will also market EL, […]
On March 20, 2023, the Lincoln Town Council voted to approve a 20 + year lease between the Town of Lincoln and Biofine Developments Northeast (BDNE) for the development of a biofuels refinery on the site of the former Lincoln Pulp & Tissue Mill, now known as the Lincoln Technology Park. Construction of the project […]