Efficiency Gains Using Micro Computers in Marina Design Engagements
This paper addresses improved efficiency in marina design engagements using low cost micro computers and low cost software. From the preparation of an offer for service, through design,...
Geotechnical Aspects of Waterfront Parks: Case Histories
This paper presents several case histories of waterfront developments, and describes the general approach that the geotechnical consultant should take in the design of these projects....
South Beach Harbor Project: Redevelopment of the San Francisco Waterfront
The redevelopment of a portion of San Francisco's Northern Waterfront is recounted, describing the planning and design process used to take an area of obsolete maritime facilities...
Modern Inspection Techniques n Port Maintenance
This paper addresses inspection of underwater structure of port facilities to acquire information which, when subjected to engineering analysis and confirmation, allows planning of short...
Notes on Geotechnical Input to the Design of Graving Drydocks
These notes discuss geotechnical considerations in the design of graving drydocks, in particular the floors and walls of the structure. The effect of ground-water conditions in the design,...
Geotechnical Considerations in the Design of the Wando Terminal Wharf Extension, Charleston, South Carolina
The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA) is currently examining construction concepts for the proposed 1,200-foot wharf extension and 40 acres of adjacent upland development at the...
Local Government Infrastructure Management
The collection of papers presents real world experiences and practical suggestions for improving infrastructure management in local governments. A case study is presented on how a computer-based...
Construction Materials for Civil Engineering Projects
The materials of construction in use today have grown in number, increased in complexity, expanded in application and multiplied in utilization over those in use just a short time ago....
Forensic Engineering
Learning from Failures
The activities and qualifications of the Forensic Engineer are summarized in the nine papers published in this book. Procedures for failure investigation are discussed along with failure...
Effectiveness of Highway Safety Improvements
This book contains the thirty papers presented at the third Highway Safety Specialty Conference sponsored by the Committee on Traffic and Safety of the Highway Division of the American...
Planning Engineering and Construction Projects
Planning is a recognized element in the success of engineering and construction projects. Two activities at the level of the firm?manpower planning and business planning?also play a major...
Expert Systems in Civil Engineering
The importance of expert systems, also referred to as knowledge based expert systems, has been growing in all areas of civil engineering practice. The papers in this book were presented...
Building Motion in Wind
The trend towards higher structural efficiency and hence lower cost has resulted in a generation of lighter and more flexible buildings with a lower inherent capacity for energy dissipation...
Construction Innovation
Demands, Successes and Lessons
Increasing complexity of the constructed product, greater demands for construction cost effectiveness, and foreign competition demand increased innovation in construction. The papers in...
In-House Training Programs
The papers in this book address timely subjects and issues on in-house training programs that are of particular interest to the civil engineering profession. The five papers presented...
Computer Pricing Practices
Civil engineers have become increasingly involved with the use of computers to help solve engineering problems. Many problems that previously could be solved only approximately, or that...
How Do Technologists Fit In?
The ASCE Board of Direction is debating whether to admit to associate membership (lowest voting grade) four-year technology graduates on the same basis as BSCE graduates. Today, the latter...
Bridge Management: Computer Aided Priorities
Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation has invested $3.6 million in developing the concept and software for a Bridge Management System that will help determine the needs...
Expert Systems Enter the Marketplace
Civil engineering expert systems (computer programs that incorporate some of the decision-making capabilities of the top experts in a given subdiscipline) are beginning to come on the...
From Micro to Supermicro
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments found that simply replacing its microcomputers with supermicros wasn't enough to tackle large files of census tracts and other mapping data....
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