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Evaluation Findings for Oiles Multiple Viscous Shear Damper (MS-DAMPER)
Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), a CERF Service Center. This report summarizes the results of a detailed evaluation...

Evaluation Findings for Taylor Devices Fluid Viscous Dampers
Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), a CERF Service Center. This report summarizes the results of a detailed evaluation...

Piracy Doesn't Pay
Engineering firms are the third most-frequently fined businesses for software license violations�right behind manufacturing and health care. Two executives who have learned about noncompliance...

Early Warning System
The Rock Hazard Rating System (RHRS) can help highway owners mitigate the risks of rock slope failure. This system helps owners determine which slopes are most hazardous and should be...

Yesterday's Data�Tomorrow
Before the advent of computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information systems (GIS), keeping documentation for future usage was no problem. All an engineer had to do was make sure...

Into the Fourth Dimension
A team of contractors designed a pharmaceutical plant entirely in 3-D CAD, then linked the renderings to a cost program and scheduling software, adding a fourth dimension�time�to the process....

Growing Pains
Most small firms want to increase their business, but there are hidden dangers that can dampen even the most encouraging outlook. Small engineering firm executives and business consultants...

The New Perspective on I.T.
In the last few years engineering firms have stopped seeing information technology as a support system and started looking at it as an opportunity to create new series. Through Web sites,...

Site Seeing
Project-specific Web sites (called project extranets) are used to communicate project information in a fast, cost effective and efficient manner. These Web sites act as a project's...

The Warranty Alternative
State highway agencies are investigating such alternative contracting methods as warranties in reaction to decreased budgets and resources. The advantages to warranty contracting include...

Using Caution with Clients

Mapping It Out

Risky Business

Double Take

Saving Salaries

Finding Fault

Erratum for Structural Surgery

Reducing Injuries: OSHA Proposes Ergonomics Rules

Coronado Bridge Undergoes Second Seismic Upgrade

O'Hare Plans $1-Billion Expansion

 

 

 

 

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