U.S. Landmarks: Handle With Care
Landmarks are treated with kid gloves during restoration, but striking a balance between costs and aesthetics is difficult. In addition to structural integrity, original construction methods...
Replacing Bridge Decks
U.S. bridges last an average of 68 years, their decks 35 years. But few bridges have been built with provisions for future deck repair, the only criterion being lowest first cost. During...
Bridges on Screen
Computer software can help engineers produce designs for more economical, constructable bridges in less time than conventional methods. Software is being put to work in bridge design departments...
Ocean Energy Recovery
This proceeding of the International Conference on Ocean Energy Recovery held in Honolulu, Hawaii from November 28-30, 1989 consists of thirty-eight papers. These papers explore various...
Serviceability and Durability of Construction Materials
The proceedings of the Materials Engineering Congress held in Denver, Colorado from August 13-15, 1990 include papers from 37 sessions that address the theme Serviceability and Durability...
Education At a Crossroads
Undergraduate education of civil engineers may be in for a change in the 1990s for several reasons: The profession is mired in image and recruitment problems, the curriculum is under fire...
A Possible Paradigm
`We work only on a lump sum basis, with work guaranteed on time, and no extras. We help you define the scope of work, using our experience and unmatched computerized databases, then guarantee...
Seismic Risk Considerations for Transportation Systems
During the recent Loma Prieta Earthquake, major damage to certain key transportation elements greatly affected operations of major transportation systems within the San Francisco Bay Area....
The U.S. Agency for International Development's Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project: Lessons of the Decade
A review of the International Decade of Water Supply and Sanitation of the 1980's shows the enormous accomplishments made to date: 600 million more people served with a drinkable...
Social Components of Community Water Supply and Sanitation
The successful implementation of water supply and sanitation programs in developing countries depends not only on the provision of adequate funding and the selection of appropriate technologies...
Influence of International Students on the U.S. Educational System and Professional Practice
If the U.S. will continue to be a leader in the technological world of the 21st century, it must create a new generation of American engineers with an understanding of the world, its people...
Do the Right Thing
Engineers and scientists at the Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) are developing software to support water resource and environmental decision...
The Invisible Engineer
For all their contributions to society, engineers have worked largely behind the scenes, seldom remembered in the dedication ceremonies of bridges and tunnels and skyscrapers. Several...
The Benefits of Benefits
The article describes the effects of high turnover on a firm's performance and the potential for helping control it through the benefits offered employees. Historically, benefits...
Environmental Engineering
This proceedings was presented at the Environmental Engineering 1990 Specialty Conference sponsored by the Environmental Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers...
Quality in the Constructed Project
a Guide for Owners, Designers and Constructors
This final version of the
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1989
ASCE Annual Combined Index 1989
The 1989 ASCE Annual Combined Index provides a guide to materials appearing in publications of ASCE published during 1989. This includes papers and technical notes from ASCE technical...
Behavior of Structures During Earthquakes
Originally published in: Journal of Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, EM4, October 1959, pp. 109-129...
Vibrations of Linearly Tapered Cantilever Beams
Originally published in: Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, EM2, April 1962, pp. 95-123...
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