Avoiding and Resolving Disputes during Construction
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Computing in Civil Engineering and Symposium on Data Bases
This proceedings consists of the papers presented at the conference Computing in Civil Engineering and Symposium on Data Bases held in conjunction with A/E/C Systems '91 from May 6-8,...
A New Look at Galvanized Bridges
Engineers are rediscovering that galvanizing is one of the longest lasting methods of imparting corrosion protection to steel bridges. It also avoids the stringent new EPA regulations...
Anatomy of Asphalt
Two main factors will combine over the next several years to alter the composition of asphalt pavements, which make up more than 90% of the paved roads in the U.S. First, a major research...
Every Penny's Worth
Value engineering has been used in the construction industry since the 1960s, but highway projects have sometimes been thought of as too simple for VE studies. Now, with the increasing...
Lifeline Design of Bridges
An analysis and design procedure is presented for retrofitting steel girder bridges that may experience the loss of a pier or column. Multispan and continuous grider bridges are treated....
Response of Ductile Iron Pipelines at Parkfield, CA to Loma Prieta Earthquake
A field experiment designed to investigate the performance of buried pipelines at a fault crossing has been constructed at Owens' Pasture near Parkfield, CA. The site was...
Seismic Behavior of Buried Pipelines Through Field Observation
This paper presents seismic response characteristics of embedded pipes based on field measurements. Strains induced in steel pipe and ductile pipes with expansion joints are studied. Special...
Restrained Underground Piping?Some Practical Aspects of Analysis and Design
This paper is a brief update of stress analysis techniques published earlier [1] to aid the analyst in qualifying continuous welded steel buried pipelines that are subject to seismic soil...
The Design and Construction Aspects of the Structure Research Tests at Cypress Viaduct
A research program is described whose task was to gather information about the inherent strengths and weaknesses of the existing Cypress bridge structure and to evaluate the effectiveness...
Collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct
This paper is being presented by the Division of Structures, Post EarthQuake Investigation Team (PEQIT) on the collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct in the City of Oakland, California,...
Lessons Not Learned from the Catastrophic Collapse of Highway Structures in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
Most of the damage sustained from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake in Northern California was not a surprise to civil engineers and knowledgeable building officials. As early as the 1900s,...
Assessment of the Sate-of-the-Art of Robotics Applications in Highway Construction and Maintenance
Automation and robotization in highway construction and maintenance are currently under active development in the United States and other countries around the world. Although road construction...
Highway Pavement Surfaces Reconstruction by Moire Interferometry
The necessary basis for any cost-effective highway and bridge deck pavement management program is reliable, complete and up-to-date information concerning the state of pavement surface....
Evaluation of Reliability of Road Network for Better Performance, Advanced Management and Future Network Design
This paper proposes reliability as a new indicator for advanced management and future construction of road networks; and also presents a new reliability analysis method. This article contains...
Magnetically levitated vehicle technology, maglev, serves as a potential solution to ever increasing transportation demands. Though interest in maglev appears to be increasing, an appropriate...
Two Approaches for Characterizing Images of Rail Surface Flaws
Rail surface flaws can be removed by grinding to improve the life of rail and provide a safe, smooth running surface. To avoid time consuming and costly visual inspection in the determination...
The U.K. Marina Industry?An Overview
This paper is written from the point of view of an established marina developer and operator and, as the title suggests, it purports to be nothing more than an overview of a number of...
Innovative Breakwater Designs on the Great Lakes
Extensive investigations have recently been undertaken to support the development of rubblemound breakwater designs for new marinas at Kenosha and Sheboygan, WI, both located on the west...
Environmental Wave Barriers for Small Craft Harbors
This paper describes the history and development of the environmental wave barrier and the current planning and design being undertaken for a major expansion of the small boat harbor at...
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