Upgrading Your Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Facility for NGVs Series (Part 5 of 5): Welding and Hot Work
By Annalloyd Thomason, Vice President/General Manager, NGVi None of the codes governing NGV maintenance facilities require building modifications to perform welding or hot work, but industry best practices describe precautions that should be taken to minimize risk. These precautions should be taken not only when welding or hot work is performed directly on a natural […]
Upgrading Your Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Facility for NGVs Series (Part 4 of 5): Ventilation and Methane Detection
By Annalloyd Thomason, Vice President/General Manager, NGVi Adequate ventilation in a natural gas vehicle maintenance facility is critical. It ensures that in the event of a leak, there is an effective system in place to remove leaking gas and bring fresh air into the facility in a very short period of time. It helps prevent […]
Upgrading Your Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Facility for NGVs Series (Part 3 of 5): Lighting and Electrical System
By Marc Burrell, Project Engineer, NGVi Welcome back to our five part series where we explain what you need to understand about upgrading your vehicle maintenance and repair facility for natural gas-powered vehicles. The purpose of this series is to touch on each of the major systems within a vehicle maintenance and repair facility and […]
Upgrading Your Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Facility for NGVs Series (Part 2 of 5): The Heating System
By Marc Burrell, Project Engineer, NGVi Welcome back to our five part series where we discuss what you need to understand about upgrading your vehicle maintenance and repair facility for natural gas-powered vehicles. The purpose of this series is to touch on each of the major components of a vehicle maintenance and repair facility and […]
Upgrading your Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Facility for NGVs Series (Part 1 of 5): The Building Envelope
By Marc Burrell, Project Engineer, NGVi It’s no secret the benefits that natural gas vehicles (NGVs) offer, such as reduced fuel costs, quieter engine operation, no after-exhaust treatment, and reduced emissions. Less known, however, is the fact that nearly all existing vehicle maintenance and repair facilities (VMFs) that were originally designed for gasoline or diesel […]
Upgrading Refuse Fleets to CNG: Three Considerations Beyond Economics
By Annalloyd Thomason, Vice President/General Manager, NGVi Refuse fleets are one of the fastest growing markets for compressed natural gas (CNG), primarily because of the significant fuel cost savings that can be realized. Recently, NGVi was asked to present at the only CNG session at the Waste Expo conference on the topic of the […]
