Permanent Runoff Controls
The Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, conducted tests showing that grassy swales can remove pollutants from highway runoff. Many pollutants...

Dampers Do the Job at Davis (Available only in Structural Engineering Special Issue)
Three recent earthquakes�the Kobe earthquake in Japan and the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes in California�have caused engineers to take a much more serious approach to seismic...

Scandinavia's International Connection (Available only in Structural Engineering Special Issue)
The 7.8-km-long cable-stayed �resund Bridge, the centerpiece of the first road and rail link between Scandinavia and Europe, is the third and final link of the 15.8 km Oresund Link. The...

Waste Not: The Scottsdale Transfer Station (Available only in Structural Engineering Special Issue)
Scottsdale, Ariz., is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. In 1980, it had 88,000 residents; in 1997, it had 170,000. By 2020, demographers expect the population to surpass 275,000....

Infrastructure Preservation: D�j� Vu All Over Again?

NASA's New Road Repair System

Ceramic Filters

EPA Gets New Home in Federal Triangle

Rivers in Danger

Our Friend the Zebra Mussel?

First Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bridges

Wetland Mitigation Bank Expanding

Billion Dollar Trenchless Market Seen

Bay Area Bridge Rehabs Mix Politics with Progress

Bridge Team Protects Midwest Motorists

Nashville Gets New NFL Stadium

Wounded Lift Bridge Gets Long Distance Diagnoses

Cape Cod Rail Trail Gets Two New Safety Crossings

Safe Parking During a Quake

Environmental Groups Throw Thirsty, Unwanted Guests out of the Everglades

 

 

 

 

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