River Hydraulics
This manual presents basic principles and technical procedures for analysis of open channel flows in natural river systems. Procedures described herein are considered appropriate and usable...
Dynamic Duo
From the record-breaking 22 nominees for the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award this year, two very different projects were singled out for Merit Awards. The Fred Hartman...
Evaluation Findings
the Segmental Concrete Channel Bridge System
Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center, a CERF Service Center. This report presents the findings of a HITEC evaluation of...
Balancing on the Tides
Using a system of pivoting, barge-mounted towers, a Virginia contractor floated bridge segments into position 120 ft above the York River, reducing costs and cutting erection time by nearly...
Alluring Approach
A new bridge over the White River in Columbus, Ind., is a unique, architecturally appealing cable-stay, concrete-and-steel structure. The bridge satisfies municipal officials'...
Calendar: Bridges 1997
Featured bridges are: Chouteau Bridge (MO); Torrens Avenue Bridge (IL); Wadell .A. Truss (MO); Michigan Avenue Bridge (IL); Roosevelt Bridge (IL); Benjamin Thrailkill Bridge (SC); Seventh...
Grouting Through a River
A regional sewer district in Ohio is implementing a master plan to separate storm and sanitary flows, decommission some old treatment plants and upgrade others. Part of the plan, the West...
San Francisco CSO
Today, even a light rain can overload San Francisco's combined sewer overflow (CSO) system, sending untreated sewage and stormwater into the bay and ocean. This is especially...
Taming the Red River
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed its last great waterway project, the Red River Waterway in Louisiana, Dec. 31, 1994. The project took more than a quarter of a century and $1.8...
Hydraulic Design of Flood Control Channels
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 10. This guide presents procedures for the design analysis...
Beyond Water Witching
Ground-water exploration is usually an uncertain and expensive endeavor. Since late 1993, however, Golder Associates Inc., Redmond, Wash., has been working with time-domain electromagnetics...
Stormwater Management Solution
Flash floods are a threat to both existing homes and future development in the Scottsdale, Ariz., area. Engineers studies various alternatives for effective stormwater management an weighed...
Designing for Drama
Near the Passaic River in Newark, N.J., not far from the famous Iron Bound restaurant district and Newark's Penn Station, construction crews swarm around the steel skeleton...
New York Gets Wired
With users of New York City DOT's computer-aided drafting and design reaching the limits of the computer system, the department decided to turn the situation to its advantage,...
Restoring a Stream Corridor
The Stream Restoration Project is an environmental remediation project in a residential area in the Northeast United States. The soil in the flood plain of the stream was contaminated...
Hydraulic Design of Spillways
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 12. This manual presents guidance for the hydraulic...
Flood Control Doesn't Have to be Ugly
The recently completed flood control project in Rochester, Minn. shows how innovative engineering combined with aesthetically-sensitive design can integrate flood protection into an urban...
Divided We Fall
This article examines the aftermath of a falsework failure during the construction of a Mississippi River bridge in Minnesota. The author reviews the legal issues that arose from the collapse,...
Rising from the River
The Corps of Engineers completed construction of a 20 Million cu yd dredged material containment facility in the Delaware River in 1990. The authors examine the performance of the geotextile...
Calendar: Bridges 1996
Featured bridges are: Big Four Railroad Bridge (KY); Germantown Covered Bridge (OH); George Street Bridge (IN); Virgin River Bridge (UT); Bryan Bridge (NE); Brush Creek Bridge (KS); Natchez...
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