Building Arrangement and Site Layout Design Guides for On Site Low Level Radioactive Waste Storage Facilities
This paper will discuss a typical storage facility and address the design considerations and operational aspects that are generally overlooked when designing and siting a low level radioactive...
The Origin, Training, Evaluation and Status of Construction Inspectors
Inspection of construction is mandated by law. Design engineers cannot disclaim their responsibility for construction inspection by citing self-serving language in the contract documents....
Excellence in Inspection
Excellence in inspection starts with proper interpretation of specifications and drawings. There exists a void between the design team and the field people which must be bridged in order...
CM Certification and Registration
As currently practiced, the construction management system involves a team of the owner, design professional, and construction manager. The peer relationship to team members, nature of...
A Review of Current Contract Documents
Three separate industry groups have published contract documents to be used with the construction management project delivery system. The documents parallel each other in certain respects,...
Requirements of a High Technology Owner
The requirements of a high technology owner are best represented by a set of expectations and goals that are needed to achieve a certain business plan. There are extreme time pressures...
Structural Engineering for High Technology Clients
The unique requirements of the high tech industry provide interesting and fascinating challenges to the structural engineer of the 1980's. The following is a list of the most...
Design of High-Technology Facilities from the Vibration Standpoint
High-technology facilities, such as those used for the production of integrated circuits or for optics research, generally require extremely limited vibration environments. Suitable precautions...
Hydraulic Transient Analysis on a Micro Computer
The shift toward micros has reduced prices and increased accessibility, permitting engineers to bypass 'bureaucratic' DP departments and run programs as often...
Interactive Modeling and Display of Spatial and Time Varying Phenomena Using CAPLIB7
This paper describes some of the software being used at Cornell University to aid the development of tools for modeling phenomena having both spatial and temporal dimensions. Such models...
A Microcomputer Program for Bearing Capacity Analysis
The objective of this paper is to introduce an IBM/PC/XT/AT microcomputer program for the Bearing Capacity Analysis of Shallow Foundations. The program incorporates the bearing capacity...
Static and Dynamic Analysis of Highrise Buildings on Microcomputers
The author's experience in conducting static and dynamic analyses of three-dimensional multistory buildings on microcomputers using the tier building model and the method...
Graphics Based Preliminary Structural Design
During preliminary design, alternative structural configurations are explored and one or more alternatives are selected for further consideration. During analysis, a structural configuration...
Computerized Construction Cost Estimating in County Government
Prior to establishment of a computerized contruction cost estimating system, four engineering divisions within the Department of Public Works in Fairfax County, Virginia, performed some...
Army Life Cycle/Maintenance Prediction Model
The U. S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USA-CERL) has developed a facility maintenance prediction model for the Department of the Army. This simulation model will...
Subdivider: Advanced Subdivision Design with the IBM-PC
SUBDIVIDER is an IBM-PC program which aids engineers in the process of dividing tracts of land into lots, streets, and building floor plans. It can be used for the design of traditional...
Knowledge Bases for Multistory Concrete Buildings
Heuristics are used in the concrete building industry. A knowledge base is developed with heuristics used in the selection of the floor framing system of a concrete building....
MAIDService: An Engineering Expert System Tool
A general purpose software tool (or inference engine), called MAIDService, for use in creating artificial intelligence expert diagnostic systems is described. Syntax, development cycle,...
Computer Errors?Who's Responsible
This paper proposes that both the program developer and the program user share the responsibility for preventing errors in the use of computer programs for engineering design and analysis....
Planning Computer Development to Increase Productivity
The use of computers and computer programs has become widespread in the engineering industry. Various types and classes of hardware are available with software for varied purposes. Certainly...
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