Innovative Contracting Procedures
The design and construction of the transportation infrastructure is becoming more complex, especially as new products and procedures are becoming available. Some highway agencies are tending...
Innovative New Developments in Concrete Slipform Paving Equipment for the 21st Century
The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 gave new life back to the concrete paving industry by bringing a welcomed and necessary increase in the volume of concrete paving work....
Portland Cement Concrete Pavement in the 21st Century
The future of Portland Cement Concrete Paving in the 21st Century holds vast challenges that we as industry must be ready to tackle head on. Looking ahead, we see an even more vital role...
Asphalt Pavements of the Future
There will be major changes in the Hot Mix Asphalt Industry throughout the next decade and into the 21st century. Acquisitions, diversification, SHRP, the emergence of new technologies...
Natural Vibrations of Cables in a Flowing Fluid
Cable segments are important components in a wide variety of marine operations. Their nonlinearities are primarily geometric as characterized by large displacements and load-dependent...
Engineering 21st Century Highways
The conference on Engineering 21st Century Highways focuses on the needs or highway transportation in the 21st century and explores near term decisions and activities required in the next...
Evaluating Potential Artificial Recharge Projects
The success of an artificial recharge project can be directly tied to the quality of planning of the potential projects and/or sites. The paper's purpose is to identify the...
Journal of Aerospace Engineering
The Journal of Aerospace Engineering promotes the implementation and development of space and aerospace technologies and their transfer to other civil engineering applications. Topics of interest include...
Planning for Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Replacement
A technique has been developed by the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (MSDGC) to provide a means of budgeting monetary and human resources needed to provide for infrastructure...
Breakwater Breakthrough�Bold New Breakwaters
A new rubble-mound breakwater design is a departure from the conventional approach detailed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual. The new concept, called the berm...
Computers Board Equipment
Construction equipment is slowly being automated, either with remotely operated radio controls or by on-board computers that control repetitive tasks. Contractors in the United States...
Should Fast Track be Derailed?
Engineers, architects and owners believe that fast track construction is a great idea when it works, but serious problems can arise. Some engineers feel that the owner reaps all the benefits...
Building Bridges the Old Way
Cast-in-place concrete bridges built on falsework, particularly post-tensioned box girders, are California's dominant structure type. Factors which have led to the popularity...
Performance of Steel Structures
A description of the various types of steel structures built in Mexico City is made, including comparisons of the older types of steel construction with more modern buildings. Performance...
The Impact of the Construction of Public Works by the Earthquakes of September 1985
The earthquake of September 19th and 20th, 1985, is discussed with emphasis on general damage. The works of the Head Office of Urban Services is described in relation to emergency response....
Construction and Design of Foundations for French Overhead Power Transmission Network
This paper summarizes present conception and design of foundations for 90 to 400 kV overhead lines in France. Firstly principles of geotechnical studies in use are presented: various types...
High Capacity Multi-Helix Screw Anchors for Transmission Line Foundations
Three case history summaries are presented which discuss the siting, design, and construction of towers supported on multi-helix screw anchor foundations in the Virginia Power service...
Drilled Piers in the Piedmont?Minimizing Contractor-Engineer-Owner Conflicts
Drilled piers are used extensively in the Piedmont Physiographic Region, deriving support primarily from end-bearing on hard rock. Cost extras and contractor-engineer-owner conflicts are...
The Delineation and Management of Wellhead Protection Areas
The delineation and protection of a management zone around specific wells or wellfields will undoubtedly become more common as the 1986 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act are implemented...
Optimal Process of the Development of the Residential Area on the Coastal Zone
The concentration of population and assets through various types of development in the coastal zone in Japan is progressing rapidly at present. The conditions of the sea environment are...
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