On Solid Ground (Available only in the Geoenvironmental Special Issue)
On four transportation projects in Portland, Ore., soil nails and micropiles are used as alternatives to conventional earth-retention and foundation systems. The use of soil nails and...
Concrete Colossus
After finding 120 million cubic meters of oil and 30 billion standard cubic meters of natural gas 175 kilometers off the Norwegian coast, Houston-based Conoco, Inc. was faced with a second...
Better Salt Storage
Facing tighter maintenance budgets and stringent environmental regulations, many highway departments are designing and building innovative structures to store road salt. One such structure...
Manhole Rehab
Using trenchless technology, two construction crews working on the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's Wellesley Extension Relief Sewer project rehabilitated 83 manholes...
Advances in Structural Optimization
A compilation of twenty papers,
The Pipes Sound Off
Using technology developed by the navy, engineers are now able to determine the condition of prestressed concrete cylinder pipes by listening to the prestressing wires as they break....
A Signature Bridge for Boston (Available only in Structural Engineering Special Issue)
The first hybrid steel and concrete span in America will debut over the Charles River in Boston, carrying ten lanes of interstate traffic and serving as an elegant capstone to the largest...
Full Use of Arching in Deck Slabs (Available only in Structural Engineering Special Issue)
The use of arching concrete deck slabs allows engineers to safely reduce the amount of reinforcement at a significant overall cost savings. Engineers with the Ministry of Transportation...
Recycling Penn Forest Dam
Almost since it's construction more than 30 years ago, the Penn Forest Dam had suffered severe seepage, leading officials in Bethlehem, Penn., to wonder how secure their largest...
Intelligent Civil Engineering Materials and Structures
This report surveys the interdisciplinary research activities focused on the applying new technologies to infrastructure systems. Traditional civil engineering tools are not sufficient...
Underwater Magic
Applications of geomembrane systems to arrest concrete deterioration and control leakage in hydraulic structures have been accomplished, with a few exceptions, in a dry environment by...
Construction Safety Affected by Codes and Standards
These five papers present an insight into, and highlights of, some very recent design/construction standardization activities in the US, Canada, Great Britain, Japan and Israel. New performance-type...
Forensic Engineering
This proceedings contains the papers resented at the First Forensic Engineering Congress, a special part of the American Society of Civil Engineers Annual Convention held in Minneapolis,...
Seismic Analysis and Design for Soil-Pile-Structure Interactions
Pile foundations are used extensively to support structures in seismic regions around the world. For years, geotechnical engineers have neglected to consider the interaction soil-pile...
Rerouting Boston's Utilities
During construction of the Central Artery/Tunnel project in downtown Boston, engineers had to move utility lines over and under both new and existing infrastructure and maintain utility...
Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete III
In Irsee, Germany an international conference on composite construction was held from June 9-14, 1996. It provided a forum for researchers and practitioners involved with composite construction...
Repair and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures
The State of the Art
Proceedings of an international seminar, workshop, and exhibition, held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, April 28-May 1, 1997. Sponsored by National Science Foundation; Science and Technology...
Evaluation of the Tensar ARESTM Retaining Wall System
Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), a CERF Service Center. This report evaluates the ARES Retaining Wall System,...
Comparison of Blast and Earthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures
This chapter compares the damage done by an explosive blast and an earthquake....
Turnback Project Moves Ahead
The $202 million Muni Metro Turnback (MMT) Project, scheduled for completion in September 1996, includes an 840 ft section consisting of twin steel-lined tunnels that connects to the Embarcadero...
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