Engineers in Court
Engineers who like debating often serve as expert witnesses. Though many avoid forensic work because they find lawyers intimidating, some like the challenge of explaining engineering principles...
Procedures for Evaluating TSM Projects
The constraints of limited funding, increasing demand and environmental impact have led to an increase in Transportation Systems Management (TSM) improvements on surface transport systems....
Simulation of Intersections During Reconstruction
In order to make computer simulation of intersections more appealing and easier to use, and interactive, menu-driven micro-computer program, called INTERCON (Michalopoulos and Plum, 1986),...
Photogrammetric Analysis Using a Personal Computer
In many cases, photographs of the accident scene taken soon after the event contain visible evidence of road marks and/or debris. By the time the case reaches the accident investigator/reconstructionist,...
Building Structures
This volume contains over forty papers from thirteen sessions of Structures Congress '87. The papers include a variety of topics on the overall behavior and design of buildings...
Teleport: New Wave Engineering
Between $600 and $700 million will be spent on teleports now being planned in the U.S., presenting interesting challenges to civil engineers. Just as airports and seaports serve as collection...
Connecticut: A Success Story
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) had warned the state legislature that its highways and bridges would continue to deteriorate without increased funds for inspection,...
Preliminary Design and Construction Plan for an Ocean Wave Energy Conversion System
A preliminary design and construction plan for a prototype wave energy conversion system is described. While the design methodology and construction procedures are intended for generic...
Generating Alternative Financing Models for Urban Transportation: An Application of the Idea Machine
The purpose of this research was to examine how localities in Virginia could obtain funds for urban highway construction and maintenance, and indirectly, for mass transit from the so-called...
Impact Fees: Florida's Link Between Growth, Road Improvements, and Financing
Impact fees are one mechanism by which local governments can obtain additional revenue needed to construct major roads demanded by the consequences of new development. In Florida, the...
Expert Systems for Civil Engineers
Technology and Application
This book identifies expert systems technology and describes some applications to civil engineering problems. The first part of the book is on expert system technology. Expert system components...
O'Hare's Showstopper Terminal
United Airlines' new terminal was added to Chicago's O'Hare airport under difficult construction conditions. The airport is one of the world's...
Taipei Trade
The appearance of this building is remarkable�so were the cost savings. A design change form rigid shear walls to a ductile frame helped keep construction of Taipei's World...
Instant Jails
Prison planners are responding to the explosion in the prison population by stepping up construction of new jails. Because of the pressures imposed by court ordered deadlines, engineers,...
Construction Guide Liners
Geomembrane liners for waste construction require meticulous construction, monitoring and weather watching. With much concern over the longevity of geosynthetics, many overlook the extreme...
New Deep Foundations Cut Costs
Two European innovations in deep foundations are highly competitive in cost, time and material. They are the barrette (slurry wall segment) and the bored pile/caisson which is then grouted...
Back on Track at Coney
All New York City subway repairs take place at a repair shop in Coney Island. The shop's floor was plagued by settlement problems since its construction on a filled swamp...
Documenting Construction Claims
Many attorneys think of other professionals associated with a court case as expert witnesses. Another function of engineer and contractor experts is documenting the facts of the claims...
Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
The Journal of Cold Regions Engineering publishes practice- and research-oriented articles from any area of civil engineering that is substantially related to cold regions. Topics include ice engineering,...
Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
The Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities attempts to improve the quality of the constructed product through interdisciplinary communication. Papers examine the causes and costs of failures...
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