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The Swedish Approach to Construction Technology Development
Swedish building and construction work expanded very fast both technically and industrially during the two decades following 1950, domestically first, later also abroad. The 1980s has...

Winning With Advanced Construction Technology
At least three driving forces in U. S. construction markets indicate the increasing importance of advanced technology: the technical complexity of constructed facilities is increasing;...

Equipment Automation and Its Impact on Construction Technology
The Naval Construction Force is facing a shortage with their horizontal construction capability and their equipment is not designed to function in a modern war environment. One solution...

Competitiveness in Construction
This paper addresses the competitiveness of the U. S. construction industry. The goal is to define a possible scope for the subject, outline some key issues and dimensions, and examine...

Japan and China: Competition and Opportunity
This paper describes changes in the international construction marketplace over the past decade. Japan has emerged as the second largest international contracting force in the world, and...

Health Hazards Associated with Asbestos Exposure: Implication for the Construction Industry
The paper presents some asbestos diseases: lung cancer, mesothelioma; gastrointestinal cancers; asbestosis. A historical perspective of asbestos-related diseases is given. The occupational...

Burlington Cable-Stayed Bridge
The Burlington cable-stayed bridge will carry US34 over the Mississippi River from Burlington, Iowa to Gulfport, Illinois. There will be two 12-ft lanes in each direction plus an acceleration...

Quincy Bayview Bridge?Construction Control
A cable-stayed bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois, was completed in August 1987. The structure includes twin concrete towers and a hybrid deck section. The cable...

Application of Bayesian Methods to a Geotechnical Site Investigation in Mississippi
In 1981, the Army Corps of Engineers constructed an ammunition storage area at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This storage area is part of the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant (MSAAP). Prior...

Dependence of Fatigue Damage on Loading Amplitude Variability
Welded steel specimens have been tested under variable amplitude loadings to determine the extent to which fatigue life is affected by the rate of amplitude variability of the loading...

Probabilistic Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis with Reliability Updating
A randomized fatigue crack growth model based on the Paris and Erdogan crack growth equation is used to estimate the reliability of fatigue sensitive details in steel bridges. This model...

Fracture Control for Arctic Vessels and Structures
Materials used for construction of Arctic structures and vessels are exposed to low ambient temperatures, high local ice loads and intermediate to high loading rates. All these factors...

Prediction of Concrete Creep and Shrinkage by Sampling on the Basis of Correlated Random Material Parameters
There are many random parameters which influence creep and shrinkage of concrete. In all of the previous probabilistic studies the parameters are assumed to be mutually independent random...

Bridge Reliability Evaluation Using 3-D Analysis and Damage Scenarios
This paper reports analytical investigations into the system strength and reliability evaluation of existing bridges using 3-D inelastic analysis and damage scenarios. In this context,...

Damage Accumulation Models for Bridges
In the study summarized in this paper the serviceability and ultimate limit states were reviewed for concrete and steel girder bridges. A model is proposed to evaluate strength and remaining...

Actual Versus Assumed Behaviour of Girder Bridges
It is generally believed that the discrepancies between calculated and actual responses of bridges can diminish, to the point of being nonexistent, with refinement in the method of analysis....

Rehabilitation of Highway Bridges: Design and Operational Considerations
The design of a rehabilitation of a bridge which must maintain some lanes of traffic requires special consideration of construction procedures and traffic control, which are discussed...

Reliability Methods for Steel Members Subjected to Axial Load and Moment
There has been a significant amount of research performed on determining the reliability of elastic-plastic frames where failure is through the formation of a plastic collapse mechanism....

Resolving Reliability Issues for an Offshore Platform Code
A fixed steel offshore platform design specification based on reliability concepts has been developed which could become an alternate to the existing working stress code, American Petroleum...

An Intelligent Design Support System for Computer-Aided Site Development
This research proposes an intelligent design support system (DSS) integrated with a CAD environment for building site planning and development. The DSS is used for providing a good initial...

 

 

 

 

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