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The Ivie Pipeline Delivering Water to West Texas
The Ivie Pipeline is a $76,000,000 - 156-mile long water pipeline being constructed in West Texas. This paper describes highlights of the planning, design, and construction phase....

Relocating a 54-Inch Diameter Force Main without Interrupting Wastewater Flow
The City of Tampa, Florida, was faced with the challenge of relocating three segments of an old 1372 mm (54-in.) diameter reinforced concrete pipe force main, totaling nearly a mile in...

Analysis and Design of Direct Burial Sections of San Diego County Water Authority's Pipeline 4 Extension
The pipeline 4 extension is one of the San Diego County Water Authority's Phase I projects that will run for about 13 miles. Majority of this new pipeline will be 96 inch in steel and...

Developing an Air Transportation Hub?A Planning and Analysis Process and its Application in Taiwan, R.O.C.
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China in Taiwan wanted to know whether it was feasible and desirable to develop an air transport hub at Chiang Kai-shek...

Application of Leading Edge PMS Techniques in India
In India there is a pressing need for an efficient system to plan highway rehabilitation and maintenance. A two year project has started in March 1993 to develop a Pavement Management...

Innovative Contracting Practices in Developing an Advanced Freeway Management System
Throughout the nation, many public agencies have determined to incorporate time saving and cost effective project innovations while maintaining and upgrading project quality. One possible...

High Speed Rail Initiatives in Korea
The purpose of constructing a high speed rail on the Seoul-Pusan corridor is many fold: to solve intercity traffic congestions, to save energy, to reduce air pollution, and to make possible...

Cost-Effective Pavement Repair Materials
In 1990, as part of the Strategic Highway Research Program's (SHRP) initiative in the highway operations area, a 2 1/2 -year research effort was initiated to study the cost-effectiveness...

Using SHRP Tests to Evaluate CRM Asphalt Pavements
During the recently completed Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP), there was insufficient time or funds to evaluate the inclusion of waste materials in asphalt paving mixtures. However,...

Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Program in Japan
Japan's `Manual for Design and Construction of Asphalt Pavement' is based on technical results from the AASHO Road Test in 1960's. Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) is a much bigger...

Pierce Transit's Experience with an Alternate Fuel Compressed Natural Gas January-December 1992
At the end of 1992, Pierce Transit's CNG fleet consisted of 30, 40-foot Orion buses, 19 ElDorado Buses, on GMC 'New Look' bus, one 1990 Chevy Celebrity, and one Collins Shuttle van. As...

Wetland Conservation Plans as Contexts for Transportation Planning
Construction of major, new roadways, particularly in metropolitan areas, initiates subsidiary affects that impact the environment in a variety of ways and increasingly over time. Not the...

Taking the Pain out of the Punch List
Lengthy punch lists mean trouble for everyone involved, from the owner to the designer to the contractor, but the punch list doesn't have to be long and it doesn't...

Bonded Tendon Debate
Bonded tendons�currently banned in bridge construction in the United Kingdom because of corrosion concerns�are getting a bum rap, says the author. Corrosion protection details of most...

Building the SSC: A Texas-Sized Challenge
Assuming it survives politically, the $8.25 billion Superconducting Super Collider could bring major new discoveries in the world of physics. For civil engineers, the Texas megaproject...

Assessment and Repair of Fire-Damaged Concrete Structures
Concrete, even though it may be the most fire-resistant of all the major building materials, can be damaged by fire. Seldom does even a major fire cause total destruction, however, most...

Evaluation and Repair of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete Structures
As with other forms of infrastructure, there is an ever increasing need to repair and strengthen unbonded post-tensioned concrete structures. Repairs may be necessitated for a variety...

Present and Future Use of Coal Ash in Construction and Related Applications
The American Coal Ash Association, Inc. (ACAA) is an organization of producers and marketers of coal combustion by-products. An annual survey of coal-burning electric utilities is conducted...

Use of High Strength By-Product Gypsum Bricks in Masonry Construction
A new research aimed at producing high strength masonry bricks to be bonded with several types of joint materials other than conventional cement mortar, is introduced in this paper. This...

Use of CLSM Fly Ash Slurry for Underground Facilities
This paper presents the results of research performed in developing and using flowable fly ash slurry which falls under the classification of Controlled Low Strength Material (CLSM) as...

 

 

 

 

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