Corps Guidelines for Dam Safety Inspection Need Revamping
A protest (1) that Proposed Guidelines for Safety Inspection of Dams, Federal Register, August 1974, pp. 31334-31346, ignores well-publicized conclusions of a preexisting ASCE task committee...
The Professional Engineer Half a Century Hence
What will the world of the engineer look like a half century hence? Planet Earth will still be alive, though twice as crowded as Most of the world's people will be very poor...
Environmentally Sensitive Construction Procedures
Construction procedures produce disruptive effects on human and natural environments. Adverse impacts can be minimized best by environmentally sensitive planning and responsive designs....
History of ASCE and Civil Engineering
In October 1974, ASCE published William H. Wisely's book, The American Civil Engineer, 1852-1974, the History, Traditions and Development of ASCE. Some highlights of the book...
Diary of a Sick Control System
A fictional account of the diary of Joe Civil, an engineer involved with a new computer control system for a 33 mile water pipeline. The diary relates many mishaps and ends with the note...
ASCE Local Level Public Service Actions Have Big Impact
A round-up of local-level ASCE public service programs: educating minorities, tutoring projects, position papers on local issues, state legislature watchdog operations, advising local...
Current Competence: Current Dilemma
ASCE has taken a stand on requirements for renewal of engineering licenses. The statement supports efforts to assure public safety but does not recommend mandatory additional requirements...
Reforming Civil Engineering Education
Modern professional practice requires a more thorough education in civil engineering technology and management. The schools can not provide on-the-job training. Nor can practitioners supplant...
ASCE Minority Group Counseling Under Way
ASCE has been touring the nation's secondary schools, telling minority youths about the field of engineering and advising young people on courses of study. In 1970, only about...
What Has ASCE Done for Me Lately
President Sangster recalls highlights of ASCE's 1974-1975 year, among them: The White House is listening more closely to Society views, as witness its thoughtful reply to...
Civil Engineers and Unions in Sweden
The history, education, and professional practice of civil engineering in Sweden are briefly reviewed. The services and function of the Swedish Society of Civil Engineers and the National...
Career Growth for the Professional Engineer
The chief of General Electric Company's office whose job is to help professionals on the staff build their competence, tells the individual how to go about it. The most important...
New York City's New Town
New York City has taken advantage of a little used island, Roosevelt Island, in the middle of the East River to build a unique residential new town. The large development is connected...
OTA: Mixing Technology and National Goals
The need has developed for a broad multidisciplinary capability to assess technology, that is, to develop valid information about probable consequences, beneficial, harmful, or uncertain....
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1975
Regional Earth Science Information in Local Water Management (Earth Science Information Needs in Local Control Master Planning)
This report contains the findings of an ASCE projects conducted for the USGS San Francisco Bay Region Survey. It covers a broad range of topics, including urban water management and planning...
Transportation Facilities Workshop
Passenger, Freight and Parking
Proceedings of the Transportation Facilities Workshop, held at Carnegie-Mellon University, New York, New York, May 22-24, 1974. Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers Urban...
Contribution of Irrigation and Drainage to the World Food Supply
Proceedings of the Contribution of Irrigation and Drainage to the World Food Supply Specialty Conference held in Biloxi, Mississippi, August 14-16, 1974. Sponsored by the Irrigation and...
Preprints of Conference Proceedings of ASCE National Convention, Denver, CO, 1975
The preprints were provided for the purpose of convenient distribution of information at the convention. Both author and subject indexes are provided in the beginning of volume 2517-2549....
Preprints of Conference Proceedings of ASCE National Structural Engineering Convention, New Orleans, LA, 1975
The preprints were provided for the purpose of convenient distribution of information at the convention. Both author and subject indexes are provided in the beginning of volume 2408-2457....
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