Alternative Airfield Pavement Quality Control
In recent years, the cost of maintaining quality control during airfield construction projects has concerned airport operators and engineers alike. This paper addresses the possibilities...
Preparing for Construction in the 21st Century
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Riverbank Renewal
In Providence, project teams from the public and private sector worked side-by-side, rerouting two rivers and constructing a new corporate headquarters. What made the task more challenging...
Urban and Regional Conflict Resolution in Water Related Issues
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Seattle's Good Neighbor Policy
The West Point wastewater treatment plant in Seattle sits on a spit of land jutting into Puget Sound. Close by is Discovery Park, a haven for nature lovers, located on a bluff above the...
Microtunneling MARTA
Microtunneling technology was used to provide temporary support for two transit tunnels that were part of the extension of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority system. This...
Airport Construction: The Japanese Way
Japan is spending tens of billions of dollars on airport projects domestically and abroad through their aid programs. Examples of construction at the New Osaka Airport (Kansai), Narita/Tokyo,...
Politics and Engineering
The 1991 winner of the Daniel W. Mead Student essay contest states that there is a stereotype of engineers as those who derive recreational pleasure from seeing who can do most with a...
Analyzing Risk
Engineers designing major projects must often grapple with large areas of uncertainty�from estimating the seismic hazard to a nuclear powerplant to the potential effects of decades of...
A Plant for All Seasons
Collins, Eckley and Detweiler describe a successful energy conservation program at the Willow Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant, Salem, Ore. By funding the $4.59 million project with a combination...
High Wiring Act
Prendergast describes a project to construct a 345 kV transmission line over 313 mi in southwestern New Mexico, in which, due to environmental considerations and limited access, extensive...
Chicago's Loop: A New Approach
Reconstruction of the Wells St. Viaduct cleaned up a dangerous area just north of Chicago's Loop by providing a structurally sound approach for CTW commuter trains and a column-free...
Tales From Milwaukee's Underground
Written from RETC papers and interviews, this article is a status update on the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's $2.1 billion Water Pollution Abatement program,...
A Doubling Design: Rochester's Expanding Airport
Few projects offer greater design challenges or pose more critical construction complexities than a new air passenger terminal, especially when that new terminal must be built on land...
Small Project Management
Effective management of the small project must guard against overmanagement. Quick, accurate project tracking is required since small projects normally have short schedules, and adjustments...
Monitoring Vibration
Vibration monitoring for construction projects is increasing rapidly. Instrumentation for measuring structural response to blasting began in the mining industry with research by the U.S....
Case Histories of Sulfide Corrosion
Section 522 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a study of sulfide corrosion and control options in collection and treatment...
Life Cycle Cost Analysis Discount Rates and Inflation
Life Cycle Cost Analysis techniques are useful for comparing alternatives that have differing cash flows over the expected life of a project. The selection of an appropriate discount rate...
Creative Connections: Bridges as Art
Princeton University professor of civil engineering David P. Billington, at the invitation of civil engineering professors at Tokyo University, tours Japan and critiques several of the...
Shop Drawings: In Need of Respect
Engineer Robert L. Boehmig voices his concerns regarding the preparation of structural shop drawings. He gives his view of the shop drawing's role in construction projects,...
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