FDH Tech Talks

FDH is hiring a Tower Technician III based in their Cedar Hill Texas facility. FDH Infrastructure Services is an industry leader in engineering, construction, and field services for critical structures and facilities. Among critical infrastructure owners and managers, FDH has earned a superior reputation for delivering innovative, high-quality engineering, nondestructive evaluation, and construction services. The Tower Technician III position will be responsible for the inspection and maintenance of towers, which includes climbing and working on towers without supervision. SO a sense of adventure is a must-have! To see the full job description visit MarketScale.com/b2bjobs or FDH-is.com FDH provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, dental, vision, life as well as disability insurance, and a 401(k) plan with company match. Additionally, Flexible time-off plans encourage a healthy work/life balance for all employees. If this position sounds like a good fit for you or someone you know, visit marketscale.com/b2bjobs to apply.

FDH is hiring a Tower Technician III based in their Cedar Hill Texas facility. FDH Infrastructure Services is an industry leader in engineering, construction, and field services for critical structures and facilities. Among critical infrastructure owners and managers, FDH has earned a superior reputation for delivering innovative, high-quality engineering, nondestructive evaluation, and construction services. The Tower Technician II will be responsible for Performing general repairs, maintenance, upgrades and modifications to broadcast towers and other structures with limited supervision. This position requires a Minimum of 2 years of broadcast Tower Climbing experience as well as the ability to maintain an effective working relationship with workers, other department employees, and the general public. FDH provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, dental, vision, life as well as disability insurance, and a 401(k) plan with company match. Additionally, Flexible time-off plans encourage a healthy work/life balance for all employees. If this position sounds like a good fit for you or someone you know, visit marketscale.com/b2bjobs to apply.

FDH is a pioneer in nondestructive test, or NDT, methods, which have been applied to tower structures, wind turbines, water tanks, bridges, dams and levees. The company's NDT crews have been all over the world, working on structures in every conceivable terrain. Leveraging more than 25 years of experience and 25,000+ field investigations, FDH has developed a data acquisition device and service plan that can put that expertise directly into your hands. Now, with NDT-as-a-Service, FDH provides the equipment and training required for its clients to perform their own NDT testing, capture clean data and transmit data quickly to FDH for analysis. And, combined with structural health monitoring, NDT-as-a-Service can help ensure long-term performance assessment and resilient infrastructure without contracting FDH for a field analysis. Once data is collected, FDH’s expert team of signal analysts and engineers can evaluate structural condition and, where necessary, recommend solutions for restoring structural capacity. Typically, within 24-48 hours of receiving the data, a comprehensive report is in your hands. With NDT-as-a-Service, your data is stored securely in the cloud for easy access, providing greater visibility to the integrity of individual structures and overall network performance. One strategic partner, one robust device, and three simple steps – NDT, data capture and data knowledge. With that combo, FDH is putting the power of our newest innovation into the hands of its clients all over the world. If interested, contact FDH today to learn how NDT-as-a-Service can help you take a giant leap forward in the evolution of your operations and maintenance programs.

FDH Infrastructure Services got its start in the same way so many other solutions-based companies do -- solving across a critical problem. On this new episode of FDH Tech Talks, host Tyler Kern sat down with company co-founder Darrin Holt, a civil engineer from North Carolina State University who developed the proprietary nondestructive test (NDT) method the company is known for, and vice president of foundations infrastructure and nondestructive testing, Amir Rakha, a computer science engineer from Iowa State University, who is commercializing the company’s proprietary methods for new markets. The two pivotal figures shared FDH's university research roots and discussed in depth how it was launched as a partner to the North Carolina Department of Transportation to identify a means for determining the length of timber bridge piles. "Determining how deep a timber piling is in the ground without digging it up is not a very easy thing," Darrin said. "It'd never been done before with a bridge still on top of the piling and the piling remaining in service." The Raleigh, North Carolina-based company develops innovative testing and monitoring solutions for evaluating the condition of our nation’s critical structures, such as bridges, dams, levees, transmission towers, telecommunications and broadcast towers, and wind turbines. In this episode, Amir also discussed new markets that are using the nondestructive method, including cell tower foundations in Southeast Asia and assessing the tension of anchor bolts for wind turbines in the U.S. "If you think about a wind farm that has 100 towers, there's about 140 or so bolts on each tower," Amir explains. "If you multiply 100 by 140, you get a big number. Then you multiply that by the 30 minutes it takes to test, that's an enormous amount of time and money spent."

What is the state of women in STEM today? Are enough women being mentored and encouraged to pursue STEM careers during their secondary and college years? The consensus is, there is a need for women and young people to pursue STEM jobs. With plenty of opportunities out there, women must play a crucial role in filling STEM jobs. At https://www.fdh-is.com/, that's a top priority. https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/vanessa-hatcher-pe/, Civil Engineer, https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/klarissa-ramos-ei/, Project Engineer 1, and https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/nicolette-egan/, Project Engineer II, join today’s https://www.fdh-is.com/resources/podcast-series/ podcast to share their engineering stories, challenges entering the industry, and what individuals and companies can do to get more women into STEM jobs. "STEM is one of the base educational aspects that we have. It's one of the best ways of learning how to think," Hatcher said. Hatcher discovered civil engineering through her love of water parks. Egan became interested in STEM during high school, and later, she pursued engineering in college. Ramos’ love of engineering came from her family, who were involved in STEM careers. “During my high school years, I attended an engineering camp at NC State. I loved all of the experiments that we did. That is when I knew this was something I wanted to do in the future," Ramos said. The importance of female peers in a STEM work environment is something the three women agree is a critical component for success. "Having the opportunities to discuss issues that come up, troubles with a project, with people who are not only my peers, but also my counterparts, is really awesome," Egan said.