Organizational Adaptation to Small Computers
The organizational changes associated with the introduction of mini- and micro-computers into firms in the construction industry is addressed in this paper. A review of the general management...
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers 1983
Geotech '84
The abstracts are to provide the reader with a summary of the presentations made at the Geotech III Conference. They also give the readers a reference for future use and the name and current...
Coastal Engineering Abstracts 1984
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Coastal Engineering held in Houston, Texas, September 3-7, 1984. Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Institute...
Inspecting Buildings During Construction: Are We Doing a Good Enough Job?
Everyone agrees that inspecting buildings during their construction is important�and that it could be done a lot better than in the past. Suggestions for improving inspection practice...
Can We Become More Creative?
This is the First Prize winner in CE's 1982 Essay Contest. The key to enhancing one's creativity, says the author, is to tap the intuitive and holistic capabilities...
Constructive Suggestions for Construction Success
Perhaps the biggest reason women engineers are discouraged from the construction area is that it is still very much a man's world. A profile is presented of Celia Ruiz Tomlinson,...
Electronic Computation
Dramatic changes have occurred in computer-aided structural engineering during the past 25 years. Computers have evolved from large, slow processors with little available storage to fast...
Evaluating CADD Systems
This article presents and explains numerous functional characteristics and features that computer-aided design and drafting systems should possess in order to be useful, productive tools...
Word Processing, Tips on How to Choose a System
Word processing has revolutionized the work place and changes have been felt in the engineering industry where sometimes the amount of information that must be processed and reprocessed,...
Productivity in Civil Engineering and Construction
According to one analysis, United States construction productivity has been declining for the last ten years. The percent of construction dollar volume going to research and development...
The Night the Computer Stole the Engineer's Brain
The computer was supposed to be the engineer's servant. But somehow he'd become the robot-like slave of the computer, doing little more than feeding in input...
A New Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal is expected to be obsolete by the end of the century. Already there are serious problems with ship traffic through the Canal: volume of traffic is down, average transit...
Personnel
Recruiting, Motivating, Rewarding
Aspects of personnel management are discusased in relation to the engineering profession. The first section of these proceedings includes a report on orientation of the new employee and...
Coastal Zone '83
Interdisciplinary information and viewpoints on coastal zone management and ocean resources issues related to use, protection, and development are presented. Topics include improved jurisdiction...
Introductory Manual on Computer Services
The role of computers in civil engineering is discussed including an overview of computer use, and comparisons of expectations, advantages, and shortcomings of computer use. Future technical...
EPCOT
EPCOT Center, perhaps the most elaborate and futuristic entertainment attraction in the world, is also a major achievement in such civil engineering-related disciplines as geotechnical,...
Forensic Engineering: What Role for ASCE?
Responding to heightened concern within and without the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) about failures of engineered structures and other works, ASCE formed two commitees to...
Market Research and the Engineering Firm
In an age of volatile market changes and stiff competition, engineering firms need continuous market research, the author writes, leading to development of an effective marketing plan....
Are Engineers Happy People?
Job satisfaction for the professional engineer is discussed in relation to society's image of the engineer and the engineering profession. It is argued that society has a...
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