It? Dam?Selection of Type
This paper describes the studies carried out for the type of dam selection for the Ita Hydroelectric Project. Drastic rainfall conditions, large river diversion flows and an abundance...
Low Cement Content High Strength Concrete
The fundamental objective of this research project was to develop mix design information for structural grade concrete using high fly ash content. The fly ash used in this project was...
Simple Cost Projections for Short Range Transit Plans
San Francisco has found microcomputer spreadsheets a useful tool in preparing simple transit operating cost projections. This paper describes the City's first series of templates...
Traffic Safety and Operations Technology Transfer Applications
The Institute of Transportation Studies, through its Technology Transfer Program, is engaged in several microcomputer projects related to traffic operations and safety, and technical support...
Evaluation of Before and After Traffic Conditions
A microcomputer program to evaluate the before and after traffic conditions of a highway project is described. An overview of the evaluation methodology used in the design of the program...
Implementing a Maintenance Program in Wisconsin
A vehicle maintenance and parts inventory control microcomputer package was developed and implemented for thirteen small transit properties as a part of the Statewide Microcomputer Implementation...
Use of a Simplified Urban Traffic Forecasting Procedure for Project Analysis
This paper presents New York State Department of Transportation's experience with the calibration and testing of a simplified procedure for estimating urban traffic at the...
Control of Construction Equipment Processes
Transportation projects have long involved some of the most equipment-intensive field construction operations. They are already benefitting from automation in concrete batch plants, slip-form...
Microcomputers and CADD for Roadway Design
In 1984 the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) implemented a Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) pilot project to evaluate CADD for performing roadway design functions....
Population Growth in California
The State of California will continue to grow at the same rate and number of inhabitants from 1980 to 2000 that it did in the previous twenty years from 1960 to 1980. It will slow down...
Hawaii's H-3 Highway: Is It Time to Say Enough for the Environment?
If we engineers are to provide the infrastructure to meet our Nation's growth needs in an efficient and timely manner, changes need to be made to our environmental laws and...
Making Sense of Politics, Planning and Engineering
Rapidly expanding urban areas generally undergo a great deal of public and political debate regarding whether or not population expansion is good or bad and the effects of such expansion...
The Role of the Resident Engineer
These proceedings include the papers presented at the specialty conference on resident engineers. The papers address different perceptions of the definition, qualifications, duties, responsibilities,...
Construction Research Applied to Practice
The five papers compiled in these proceedings of the ASCE technical session Construction Research Applied to Practice represent important contributions to the construction industry. Four...
Managing Computers
The papers in this book address the impacts of computers on the organization, the individual, and project management. On the organizational level, topics include managing the introduction...
Innovative Powerhouse Designs
Since 1978, interest in small scale hydroelectric projects in the U.S. has jumped to a new high. Both new sites and modification of existing dams have received scrutiny by both private...
Making Project Control Systems Work
This publication contains four papers that offer both theoretical and practical advice on how to make control systems more effective on design and construction projects. The use of automated...
Engineering with Spreadsheets
With an electronic spreadsheet, the geotechnical engineer has a powerful tool for solving routine engineering problems. The ability of the electronic spreadsheet to use the calculus of...
Project Management on a Micro
Increasingly, project management programs that once required the power of a mainframe computer are being modified to work on micros. Some of the programs being used at a number of firms...
Portables Pay Off
A portable microcomputer with appropriate software, utilities and copies of job related records can establish a field office for almost any project. Examples of applications for the onsite...
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