Writing an EIS for an Emerging Technology: DOE's Coal Liquifaction Projects
The emerging coal-derived synthetic fuel industry may be unique in that it has received public review of potential environmental effects before the first commercial scale plant is built....
Design, Construction and Rehabilitation of Public Transit Facilities
The 35 papers presented at the March, 1982 Specialty Conference on Design, Construction and Rehabilitation of Public Transit Facilities are published here. Some of the papers focus on...
The Fabricator/Designer Connection
What can the designer-fabricator team do to improve the overall function of design details? One of the best ways is to begin with team work by bringing the fabricator in on the project...
Energy Crisis Revisited: Conference Highlights Roles of Marketplace and Government
At a recent conference on energy conservation co-sponsored by ASCE's Minnesota Section and the University of Minnesota, three speakers presented divergent views on the role...
Stimulating Creativity in the Civil Engineering Profession
A major activity missing from both civil engineering education and practice are means for stimulating creativity. Ideas for boosting creativity in the profession and discussed here are:...
Stormwater Detention Facilities
Planning, Design, Operation, and Maintenance
The objective of this conference was to explore issues, define available technology, identify problems, and identify research needs with regard to the planning, design, operation, and...
Addressing Societal Needs of the 1980's Through Civil Engineering Research
Summary Report
Summary of a workshop held in Warrenton, Virginia, June 11-14, 1979. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation under the auspices of the Technical Council on Research of the American...
Calendar: 1983 Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Calendar
Photos include: Spanning the River; The Caissons; The New York Caisson and Tower; Construction of the Towers; The Anchorages; Cable Making; The Cables Complete; Manhattan Tower; The New...
Tall Building Systems and Concepts
The structural, mechanical and electrical systems of tall buildings are explored. The eight areas of focus are, structural systems, mechanical and service systems, electrical systems,...
The Structural Fuse: An Inelastic Approach to Earthquake-Resistant Design of Buildings
An alternative to the empirical approach to earthquake-resistant design of buildings is proposed and illustrated with a design example. Instead of strengthening every member to resist...
Crisis in Engineering Education
The engineering education system has fallen into considerable disrepair at a time when there is record demand for engineering graduates. With an emphasis on the civil engineering field,...
Better Ways to Finance Stormwater Management
A lack of adequate funds is the principal impediment to local governments in developing stormwater management programs. Several municipalities in the U.S. assess user charges to be paid...
Support Urged for Persecuted Engineers
Engineers in Iraq, Argentina and the Soviet Union, as well as other countries, are facing growing harassment at their place of work, and also imprisonment, and often death by their governments...
ASTM�Number One in Consensus Standards
The biggest of the private standards writing organizations, the American Society for Testing and Materials is profiled. Originally a writer of materials specifications, ASTM has grown...
Atlanta Airport Terminal Complex
The passenger terminal complex at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport has a unique configuration, conceived to minimize the inter-plane transfer of passengers. The...
Luxury Hotel Features New York's First 8,000-psi Concrete
Designers of New York's $100-million Helmsley Palace Hotel realized significant economies by the use of high-strength concrete to replace structural steel and reduce column...
Flood Routing Program
This is the fourth article in Civil Engineering�ASCE's computer series. A BASIC language program is presented for routing floods through storage reservoirs or detention basins...
Building Rehabilitation: The Last Resort
Rehabilitation of buildings often seems initially cheaper than new construction, but the hidden costs of renovation are making many builders prefer new structures. The advantages of new...
A Probability-Based Load Criterion for Structural Design
Load factors and load combinations are explored which are compatible with the loads in the proposed 1981 revision of American National Standard A58 (Minimum Design Loads for Buildings...
Now Underway: In-depth Probe of Key Factors Construction Productivity
A New York based industry group is now in the process of doing an in-depth study of key problems facing the American construction industry�and what can be done to alleviate these problems....
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