Downtown People Mover Operating and Maintenance Personnel Requirements
Two major automated Downtown People Mover (DPM) projects, Miami and Detroit, are expected to be in operation within a year. These two DPM systems are similar in many respects: automation,...
Maintenance Requirements of People Mover Systems
The Atlanta Airport Automated Guideway Transit System is comparable to the second or third busiest transit line in the US. The key quality indicators of system performance are discussed...
Toward User-Oriented Failure Management Strategies for the Morgantown People Mover
The Morgantown People Mover (MPM) is the most sophisticated automated people movers in the United States. It is the only one that offers 'personalized' service...
Information Availability
There seems to be a great deal of concern about lack of availability of information concerning the results of failure investigations. In most court cases there is virtually no technical...
Failure Information Needs in Civil Engineering
If we are to learn from failures of engineered facilities, failure information must be in a useful form, and it must reach those who can effect improved practice. This paper discusses,...
The WMATA Resident Engineer?The Team He Leads and His Responsibilities
This paper discusses the role of the Resident Engineer as a key member of any construction team. It uses the organization and functions as practiced at the Washington Metropolitan Area...
Computer Keeps New Orleans: Head Above Water
The city of New Orleans has been beset with drainage problems since its founding in 1718. A major drainage system was installed in the city in the late 1800s, but it has grown increasingly...
Drainage Tunnels Save Freeway Link
A 15 mile section through downtown Phoenix will complete Interstate 10. After years of delay, the project is now close to completion. The project required construction of 6.5 miles of...
Small Water Users�Planning Crisis
Planning to rehabilitate small water systems�both irrigation and municipal water supply�often is ignored. In contrast, planning for new construction and for operations/maintenance work...
Decision Support System for Tunneling
This paper first discusses methodologies for considering geological uncertainty in tunneling projects and for determining the most economic excavation and support methods under such condition;...
A Systematic Approach to Evaluating the Risk of Contractual Disputes
Construction contract disputes along with A/E malpractice actions have raised much concern in the industry. Considerable literature has been written along the lines of claims avoidance...
Forecasting the Demand for Electricity: An Examination of Alternative Approaches
This paper examines several approaches to forecasting national-level electricity demand. The various approaches are briefly examined, and the strengths and weaknesses of each are discussed....
The Role of Demand Forecasts in Pacific Northwest Power Planning
This paper has two primary objectives: to acquaint a general audience with the basic approaches used to forecast the demand for electricity, and to discuss the role of demand forecasts...
The Impact of Demand-Side Management on Load Growth: Some Tentative Results
Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs including load management, conservation and strategic load growth are being implemented by a very large number of utilities for the mutual benefit...
New Safety for Old Dams
Shortly after the Phase I inspection program conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1978-81, the Pennsylvania legislature authorized $300 million for repair of dams, ports and...
Construction Cost Control
The second edition of
Development and Management Aspects of Irrigation and Drainage Systems
The 1985 Irrigation and Drainage Division Specialty Conference held in San Antonio, Texas on July 17-19, 1985 covered major topics on watershed management and water conveyance, drainage...
Computer Applications in Water Resources
The use of computers in all engineering disciplines has, in the past decade, increased to the point where virtually all engineers now use these powerful tools. This is especially true...
Composite and Mixed Construction
Steel and reinforced concrete are frequently combined in composite or mixed structural systems. This combination generally results isn greater economy and safety than could be achieved...
Making Computerized Project Control Systems Work?Background
Control systems can be considered as consisting of five major elements. These are: establish the objective or standard to be achieved-quality, maximum duration, resource utilization, maximum...
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