The Problem
A producer of 5 lb. bags of potting soil noted that the most significant cost of his product was cardboard shipping boxes. The central challenge was to lower the delivered product cost. After consultation, Grove […]
Grove Teates Serves as a Multi-Faceted Consultant to Help Establish a Compost Processing and Marketing Venture
Grove Teates2018-04-05T14:37:20+00:00
The Problem
A client needed a multi-faceted consultant to help establish a compost processing and marketing venture. The client needed to know with certainty that approximately 1,000 tons of sludge compost would be removed from two compost sites daily on a […]
Grove Teates Value Engineered a Revolutionary Sand-Cap Athletic Field Soil Profile that Saved 40 Percent of Cost
Grove Teates2018-04-05T14:32:14+00:00
The Problem
Athletic fields have significant demands placed on them when they are used by the National Football League or universities—they must be used during wet weather and yet they cannot have a wet surface. To keep fields dry in wet weather, they are built in […]
Drain Pipe Unwinder was an Innovative Solution to a Common Problem
Grove Teates2018-04-05T14:30:07+00:00The Problem
Good athletic fields have between 4,000 and 6,000 linear feet of drains under them; the drains may be perforated pipe or flat drains and both types are delivered in large rolls. Unwinding these drains (without kinking or twisting) is time-consuming and requires a minimum of two people. The installation of approximately a […]
Alpine’s founder, Grove Teates, selected for a synthetic turf subcommittee charged with developing new industry standards
Grove Teates2017-11-02T18:07:22+00:00
The Synthetic Turf Council (STC) recently appointed Grove Teates, founder of Alpine Services, Inc., to its subcommittee on new standards.
STC, a trade organization based in Atlanta that represents companies associated with the synthetic turf industry, strives to keep its members current on turf technology, standards and best […]