Revenue Enhancement for Water and Wastewater Systems
This proceedings,
Serviceability of Earth Retaining Structures
Civil Engineers increasingly face decisions concerning the serviceability of existing earth retaining structures. Serviceability limit states describe the functional disruption which occurs...
Columnless in Chicago
The United Center in Chicago is now home to the Bulls basketball team and the Blackhawks hockey team. The arena features luxury suites, a column-free interior and unobstructed views. An...
Computer Control of CSOs
Like many older cities, St. Louis has a combined sewer system and is faced with the difficulties of dealing with combined sewer overflows (CSOs). The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District...
Vietnam: Firsthand Feedback
Impressions and advice on doing business in Vietnam. Black & Veatch was the first U.S. engineering firm in Vietnam. Wayne West, BV's man in Hanoi, and James Patton,...
Information, Global-Style
The quality, timeliness and accuracy of information can give an international architectural, engineering and consulting firm a distinct competitive advantage, and the wrong system can...
Gateway to Columbus
The Columbus Gateway Arch Bridge is an innovative twin ribbed steel arch structure with a post-tensioned composite concrete deck, transverse post-tensioned composite steel box girders...
Geotechnical Baseline Reports
The greatest percentage of disputes in underground construction results from subsurface conditions that are different than from what is indicated in the contract. Adding geotechnical baseline...
Standard Practice for Concrete for Civil Works Structures
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 8 This manual provides guidance for the investigation...
Materials for Tomorrow's Infrastructure
A Ten Year Plan for Deploying High Performance Construction Materials and Systems (Executive Report)
Prepared by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. This executive report presents a high-level, policy-oriented summary of the High-Performance...
Materials for Tomorrow's Infrastructure
A Ten Year Plan for Deploying High Performance Construction Materials and Systems (Technical Report)
Prepared by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. This report presents a detailed program to transform our nation's infrastructure....
Calendar: Bridges 1995
Featured bridges are: Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge (WA); Waco Suspension Bridge (TX); Rexleigh Bridge (NY); Hernando Bridge (AK & YN); Third Street Bridge (PA); Klamath River...
Pittsburgh Goes International
The size of the new $785 million Pittsburgh International Airport�900 developed acres�is twice the size of the city's Golden Triangle business district but occupies only a...
Concrete over the Connecticut
The existing Baldwin Bridge carrying I-95 across the Connecticut River between Old Lyme and Old Saybrook, Connecticut, constructed in 1948, is functioning at maximum capacity with modern...
Probing the Port of Los Angeles
Geotechnical investigations can uncover nasty surprises. When conducted after the preliminary design, the results can force significant and costly changes or�even worse�lengthy delays....
Questioning Composites
Steel, concrete and timber are, of course, the most commonly used construction materials. Composites, or fiber reinforced plastics, have been used in specialty applications in construction...
Recycling on the Mississippi
Changes in the Mississippi River's water depth and alignment are forcing the retirement of the 105-year-old Hannibal, Mo. swing bridge. Although the bridge's...
Design of Shotcrete Linings at the Channel Tunnel
Shotcrete is one of the essential support elements of tunnels driven according to the principles of the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM). Whereas originally the NATM was mainly based...
Construction of Shotcrete Linings Channel Tunnel
Without the use of shotcrete and the flexibility it offers in terms of tunnel profile, economy and speed of tunnelling, the project would certainly not be as far advanced as it is at present....
A Review of Sprayed Concrete Linings Adopted at Dinorwig Power Station
Sprayed concrete was adopted extensively as one element of both temporary and permanent rock support during the construction of the 1800 MW Dinorwig underground power station in North...
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