Utilizing On-Site Computer-Based Information Systems
This paper addresses the topic of data base management systems and their use by small and medium-sized construction companies. Specifically, the use of personal computer based software...
Visual Scheduling
This paper presents a look at new innovative way to provide project schedule. The primary target is in visual scheduling presentation techniques. The systems presented include a system...
Eliminating Bias in Construction Schedules to Measure Time
Schedules developed for use in managing the construction process which are accurate for that use are not necessarily sufficiently accurate to measure and evaluate delays and changes to...
Integrating Voice Recognition Systems with the Collection of Project Control Data
The Construction Industry in the 1990's will be dominated by emphasis on Productivity, Competitiveness and Innovation. Success or failure in these areas lies in one word, Technology, and...
Decision Support System for Achieving and Measuring Design Effectiveness
A microcomputer program is developed to serve as a decision system for improving design effectiveness. The program, called 'Design Effectiveness Evaluation and Implementation...
Expert Systems for Civil Engineers
Education
While the technology of expert systems can provide engineers with another approach to the development of computable models for civil engineering problems, it is not clear what a course...
Microcad: Pushing the Limits
Several engineering projects are covered which illustrate the increasingly complex design applications being accomplished with microcomputer based software. A dam, an apartment complex,...
Rehabilitation of Existing Hydro, Our Oldest Natural Resource
With renewed interest in hydro, many old sites are being rehabilitated to achieve maximum power output and higher efficiencies. Rehabilitated plants are now performing at optimal levels,...
Federal Vs. Non-Federal Hydroelectric Development
This paper presents the methodology and results of economic and financial analyses that were performed to indicate the optimum size powerplants that would be constructed assuming Federal...
Movable Dam?Gate Selection Procedure
Very few new dams are now being considered, particularly for waterpower and even more specifically for low head waterpower in the lower reaches of major rivers. The City of Harrisburg,...
The Uses of CADD in Hydropower Development
The hydropower community needs inexpensive methods to thoroughly and quickly analyze the siting of hydroelectric projects. Computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) and programs like HYSIZE...
Optimal Design of Small-Scale Hydro Projects
A nonlinear programming model is developed in this study to determine optimal pipe size, the type and number of turbines and the installed capacity for small scale hydro projects. The...
Small Hydro Analysis and Reporting Program
The Ontario Ministry of Energy initiated a project to develop an analysis program based upon metric measures and Canadian costs. The Ministry of Energy of the Province of Ontario has been...
Spreadsheet Applications for Hydropower Developers and Operators
This paper will examine the role of spreadsheet analysis in all aspects of hydropower development. The structure of the presentation will be first to briefly present an overview of the...
Case Study on the Development of a Hydro License Compliance Monitoring System
As the holder of 29 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licenses, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PGandE) has an obvious need to monitor and document compliance with the numerous...
Enhancement of Walleye Spawning Habitat Through Flow Regulation
This paper present the results of a study focused on assessing the flow requirements for walleye spawning below a hydroelectric project. The results suggested that both the fishery resource...
Fish Mortality at a New Low-Head Hydroelectric Plant
A study was developed for the Morrow Plant to investigate the potential for turbine related mortality of entrained fish. Morrow Lake supports a small sport fishery, mainly for smallmouth...
The Simulation of Variable Release Temperatures from the Rock Creek-Cresta Project Using the USFWS Instream Temperature Model
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PGandE) operates the Rock Creek-Cresta Project on the North Fork Feather River (NFFR) for hydroelectric generation under authority of Federal Energy Regulatory...
Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Resource Response Analysis
The primary objective of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies is to determine how the resources of the Grand Canyon respond to the operations of Glen Canyon Dam. Two levels of analysis...
Bio-Economic Models for Measuring the Economic Effects of Hydropower on Anadromous Fish Populations in the Pacific Northwest
An empirical model is presented for predicting the net economic value of changes in recreational catch of salmon and steelhead in Oregon, Washington and Idaho associated with construction...
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