State of the Art of Structural Engineering
The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the developments in structural engineering that took place during the past century. This overview includes: (1) some of the major...
An Alternative Approach
An innovative foundation system at a Virginia power plant relies on columns constructed via jet grouting to support elevated units that reduce pollution. The approach required less drilling,...
Holding Up
Now that the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site is under way, the time is right to examine the status of the remaining slurry wall foundation system and consider how future construction...
Bridges: Steep Rock Slope Forces Foundation Redesign
NewsBriefs: National Research Center Marks New ERA in Pavement Preservation (Foundation for Pavement Preservation)
Advances in Constructibility for Drilled Foundations: Part I
The Geology, History and Foundations of the Monuments on the National Mall
Advances in Constructibility for Drilled Foundations: Part II
Guidelines for Forensic Engineering Practice
Sponsored by the Forensic Engineering Practice Committee of the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering of ASCE. This report provides the fundamentals...
Constructing on the Inconstructible
Exhaustive and sophisticated analyses of extremely weak foundation soils coupled with an innovative approach to quay wall design help bring the new shipping terminal under construction...
Dams: Foundation Work Begins on Lock Replacement
International Deep Foundations Congress 2002
Core Bits: Agreement of Cooperation with the Japanese Geotechnical Society; International Conference on Scour of Foundations; Call for Abstracts; Finite Elements in Geotechnical Engineering; Geotechnical Practice Publications; Build a Solid Understanding of Temporary Excavation Shoring and Earth Retention Systems; George Goble Reviews A Half Century of Driven Pile Usage as the 2nd Robert Graham Hennes Lecturer; Jorge Zornberg Wins Presidential Early Career Award; Joseph Wartman Granted 2002 NSF Career Award; AGI Releases 2001 Report on the Status of Academic Geoscience Departments
Core Bits: Top 10 Nominated Papers; Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition; ISSMGE List of Members Now Available; ISSMGE Member Benefits; Paying ISSMGE Dues on Your ASCE Renewal; Call for Nominations & Elections Committee Members; Geo-Institute Board Welcomes Two New Governors; Awards; Finite Elements in Geotechnical Engineering; Geosynthetics 2003 to Feature Industry Comprehensive Show Floor, Professional Education Opportunities; ADSC's Micropile Design and Construction Seminar; International Conference on Scour of Foundations; Free Geosynthetics Internet Course; Celebrate Earth Science Week 2002; AGI Awards 23 Minority Geoscience Scholarships; Member Survey Completed
Geotechnical Engineering: Washington Monument's Foundation Not Threatened by Memorial
Me, Myself and Infrastructure
Private Lives and Public Works in America
Companion guide to the ASCE 150th Anniversary museum exhibit. This book is a consumer's-eye view of infrastructure?the technological networks...
MOU Formally Establishes Foundation for Professional Practice
Crossing the Yangtze
The Nanjing Second Yangtze River Bridge, which links two parts of the city of Nanjing, features the first use of an epoxy asphalt deck pavement in China and one of the longest cable-stayed...
Winning Combination
The complex, 4.1-mi (6.6-km) long Richmond-San Rafael Bridge across San Francisco Bay is being upgraded as part of California's $2.5-billion program for seismically retrofitting...
The Chernobyl Problem
When the infamous accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred in April 1986�a catastrophe that involved an explosion that blew off the top of one of the plant's...
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