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Financing the Golden Gate Bridge?Past and Present
This paper discusses the financial side of the project, which was a very innovative solution that provided federal revenue not only for the Bridge Redecking Project, but more importantly...

The National Infrastructure Act
Today, more than ever before, the United States faces a serious problem related to the condition and adequacy of its basic infrastructure - surface transportation, water supply and distribution,...

Carrier Selection under the Airline Deregulation Act
The two major segments of the domestic airline system in the United States, the trunklines and the local service airlines, have, over the years, been regulated by the federal government;...

Logistics for Structures Sealifted to the Arctic
Sohio has successfully pioneered the development of the Prudhoe Bay reservoir by sealifting prebuilt oil processing facilities from the lower 48 states. The experience thus gained is being...

Design of an Icebreaking Offshore Supply Vessel
There are two basic scenarios for icebreaking support vessels. The first is the delivery of drilling fluids and supplies to drilling units and other development operations. The second...

Creep Properties of Ice: Theory and Experiment
In recent years, intensive developments in Northern regions have increased the demand for solutions to a large number of engineering problems involving ice mechanics. In particular, these...

Coastal Erosion's Impact on California Offshore Oil Development
Recent oil discoveries in the offshore Santa Maria Basin and the Santa Barbara Channel will require the construction of new oil facilities located along 90 miles of Santa Barbara County...

Biggest Highway Rebuild
The reconstruction of the Wisconsin Interstate 90 and 94 involved 32 miles of 6-lane pavement. Most of the concrete aggregate for the job was recycled concrete pavement and all pavement...

Bid-Rigging: An Inside Story
William Carter, engineer and ASCE member, spent five months in prison in 1980 on conviction of conspiracy under U.S. antitrust laws in a case involving a Tennessee highway project for...

Organizing for Effective Project Management
Effective project management is an essential element in any engineering project. This paper traces through the planning, preliminary engineering, fixed design, bidding, construction, testing...

Managing a New Start Rail Transit Agency
In 1982 the Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) was facing two major challenges. A Policy and Management Plan was developed to meet these two major challenges. The Policy...

Managing Major Transit Construction Projects
Building rapid transit systems is a regular and ongoing world wide occurrence. However, for cities initiating first time transit system development it is truly a unique experience. Initiating...

Project Management and UMTA
This paper examines the scope of project management of public transport projects from a 'macro' viewpoint. To imrove the effectiveness of the management of an...

Coordination and Control - Staff, Consultants and Participating Agencies for Sacramento Light Rail Transit Project
The Sacramento Light Rail Transit Project is an 18. 3 mile (29. 5 Km) line, primarily at-grade, which provides the trunk line service for an integrated Bus/LRT public transportation system...

The Coordination Effort: Getting Through the Levels
This paper deals with the coordination and management of two major public transport projects in Portland, Oregon. It discusses the management process utilized in the planning and construction...

Alternatives Analysis?Its Role in Public Transit
The Urban Mass Transportation Administration's first major urban mass transportation investments policy statement was issued in 1976. The policy was revised and updated in...

St. Louis Transit Alternatives Analysis?Project Management and Organization
Improving public transit service has been a long standing goal in the St. Louis region. An alternatives analysis of the region's priority transit corridor was completed in...

Effective Environmental Management: The Northeast Corridor Experience
The Northeast Corridor Improvement Project (NECIP) is a 2 billion public transportation project involving improvements to Amtrak's 456-mile main rail line between Washington,...

Planning Aspects of the Woodward Corridor LRT Preliminary Engineering Project
The efficient deployment of any major project requires careful planning of the management, scheduling and budgeting activities associated with its implementation. The Woodward Corridor...

Procurement of New Passenger Rail Cars from Japan
In May 1983 the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) signed a contract with Sumitomo Corporation of America, in which Sumitomo agreed to furnish 63 new stainless steel gallery...

 

 

 

 

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