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Small Midwestern Consultant Introduces Inhouse Desk Top Computer
This article traces the history of engineering and surveying calculations in a small civil-geotechnical consulting office in Rock Island, Ill., W.J. Reese & Associates. The expanding...

450 Miles of Rail Line Mapped in Nine Months
Working under one of the largest single contracts for survey services ever awarded, two Washington, D.C. survey companies lead a group of thirteen land and aerial survey firms in mapping...

Design/Construct Companies�� Builders for Industry
Highlights in the evaluation of design/construct companies. How Koppers is establishing better dialog with all 7,000 professional employees. How Fluor has grown thanks to gutsy hiring...

Guide for Surveying Visitors on ECPD/EE&AC Accreditation Teams
This Guide for Surveying Visitors on ECPD/EE&AC Accreditation Teams provides guidelines for accreditation of surveying programs which...

Rio-Niteroi Bridge Features Record Girder Span
The six-lane highway bridge between Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi, Brazil, is 8.25 miles (13.3 km) long. There are 5.5 miles (8.9 km) constructed over the open waters of Guanabara Bay. The...

City's Topographic Mapping System Saves Time, Money and is More Accurate
The city of Elgin, Ill. purchased its own topographic mapping system called Topo-Plan. The system consists of an aerial photo base map plus a transparent overlay showing 2-ft (0.60-m)...

How the Soviets Build on Permafrost
A report is given on the Second International Conference on Permafrost, held in Siberia in the USSR, July, 1973. The conference covered: thermal aspect of permafrost evolution; regional...

Water for the Southwest
Historical Survey and Guide to Historic Sites
In this document, a brief narrative history of the effects of the people who lived in the area (prehistoric Indians, the Spanish, and the Anglo-Americans) to secure and maintain water...

Current Research on Tall Buildings
Abstracts
This report summarizes the results of a worldwide survey of current research on tall buildings conducted by the ASCE-IABSE Joint Committee on Tall Buildings. The Survey was conducted over...

Passenger Psychological Dynamics
Sources of Information on Urban Transportation
This book is a review of consumer attitude underlying modal choice in urban transportation. Factors selected from attitude surveys and transit demonstration projects include safety, reliability,...

Professional Practice of Surveying and Mapping Within Civil Engineering?Supplement to Consulting Engineering
A Guide for the Engagement of Engineering Services
Professional Practice of Surveying and Mapping Within Civil Engineering, a supplement to manual number 45, Consulting...

Report on Highway and Bridge Surveys
The principle purpose of this report, Report on Highway and Bridge Surveys, is to provide a working guide for the highway engineer in designing...

Job Evaluation and Salary Surveys
Job Evaluation and Salary Surveys answers many questions about job evaluation, like what is job evaluation? Why is job evaluation performed?...

Surveys of Highway Engineering Positions and Salaries
The purpose of this manual, Surveys of Highway Engineering Positions and Salaries, is to outline a set of procedure and documents that may...

Mapping for National Planning
This pamphlet, Mapping for National Planning, covers a wide range of subjects related to geographic mapping and national planning and development,...

 

 

 

 

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