Award for an A-Frame
The Waddell A-frame truss bridge that now stands in Parkville, Mo. was neither the longest, largest nor most all-encompassing civil engineering project of 1988. But the story behind the...
Public Aid to Help Assess Nesting Sea Turtle Populations in Florida
In 1979, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) initiated a public statewide assessment project by establishing a network of survey volunteers. This network consists of state and federal...
Rebuilding Mexico City
After the September 19, 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, officials had to cope with a massive volunteer effort to inspect damaged and destroyed structures. Over a thousand engineers, contractors,...
Analysis of Virginia's Local Wetlands Boards
The Commonwealth of Virginia's system of managing its wetlands resources through local Wetlands Boards comprised of citizen volunteers is reviewed. The differences among boards...
A Microcomputer Dispersivity Evaluation Method for Thick Aquifers
The Littoral Environment Observation (LEO) program uses volunteer observers recruited to obtain daily visual observations of such coastal variables as breaker height, wave period, direction...
Civil Engineers Have an Obligation to Become Active in Local Government
By education, training, experience, and a desire to accomplish tangible goals, today's civil engineer is more qualified than any other professional to serve the community....
Civil Engineering Students Adopt Children's Project
While implementing their philosophy of uniting Student Chapter activities and community service, Members of the Northeastern University ASCE Student Chapter have planned, designed, financed,...
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