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Building the Perfect Playpen
Today, the stadium itself has become almost as important as the teams playing the game. Eschewing the standard cookie-cutter design of the 60s, clients and owners generally have a laundry...

Isolated Examples
The technology of seismic isolation, also known as base isolation, is being used to protect the contents and occupants of a building as well as its structure. Isolators are led-rubber...

Affordable Housing
a Challenge to Civil Engineers
This conference proceedings, which consists of 25 papers presented at the National Conference on Affordable Housing held in Miami, Florida on December 6-8, 1989, discusses ways that the...

Resilient Moduli of Soils
Laboratory Conditions
Historically, structural pavement design has been based on static testing techniques, such as the CBR. More recently, the profession has placed increased emphasis on repeated load testing...

Contractability?Recent Concepts in Contracting
Owners are customizing project delivery systems by uniquely aligning service agreements and construction contracts. Seeking more productive ways to construct facilities, owners currently...

Issues in Computer Based Design/Construction Integration
Design and construction processes are widely regarded as too splintered for industry effectiveness. By improving communication and process integration, reduced costs and improved facilities...

Applications of Computer Graphics in Construction
Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation has implemented an integrated computer system for engineering, design, construction planning, and project management based on a relational...

Transition to Facility Management
The introduction of Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) capability into facility planning, design, construction, and management provides the capability to better generate, manage,...

AEC Experience with Expert Systems in Construction
The application of expert systems in the construction industry requires the use of general-purpose computers, such as microcomputers, minicomputers, and mainframes. The use of commercial...

Automatic Construction Scheduling From Drawings
Generating and maintaining construction schedules from architectural drawings is vital to both construction and design professionals. Automating the task requires combining a CAD system...

Knowledge-Based Construction Project Planning
This paper describes CONSTRUCTION PLANEX as a prototype of a knowledge-based construction process planner. CONSTRUCTION PLANEX is a knowledge-based system that generates project plans...

Real-time Animation of Construction Activities
As a result of 3-D computer modeling, the availability of geometric data in an electronic form makes possible the use of computers for purely construction activities in ways that were...

Automated Position and Control Systems Using Lasers and Electromagnetic Signals
Positioning is a crucial area in the successful integration of CAD data into the construction process. This paper looks at several areas of positioning using lasers and electromagnetic...

Discussion of the Use of Multi-Design Contracts
The paper begins by defining the multi-prime contract for design services, under which there is more than one contract between design professional and owner for a single project. It then...

Decision Support System for Achieving and Measuring Design Effectiveness
A microcomputer program is developed to serve as a decision system for improving design effectiveness. The program, called 'Design Effectiveness Evaluation and Implementation...

The Jet Set
The new maintenance hangar now nearing completion at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has aluminum standing seam roofing. The unusual material was specified because every ounce...

Building Onto History
In a single design/build/renovation project, an Oklahoma City AE firm acquired new offices, provided new life for an abandoned historic church building and spearheaded redevelopment of...

Bells Under Bells
Chicago's newest office tower is supported on new bells that had to be constructed below existing belled caissons. Existing caisson foundations from a previous structure on...

Roller Compacted Concrete II
This volume includes the papers presented at the 1988 ASCE Specialty Conference on Roller Compacted Concrete. Included in the proceedings are experiences of roller compacted concrete dam...

Microcad: Pushing the Limits
Several engineering projects are covered which illustrate the increasingly complex design applications being accomplished with microcomputer based software. A dam, an apartment complex,...

 

 

 

 

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