Pipelines in the Constructed Environment
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Pounding the Pavement
As state transportation departments continuously maintain and repair worn roadway surfaces, research engineers in nearly every state are racing to find ways to increase pavement life....
Deep Mixing Method: A Global Perspective
Various contemporary deep mixing method (DMM) techniques have been used in the United States since 1986. Such techniques owe their origins to Japanese and Scandinavian developments, which...
Automated Monitoring at Tolt Dam
As dams age, maintenance needs and safety concerns increase. Dam safety officials are placing greater emphasis on automated instrumentation, monitoring and reporting systems. A look at...
Manhole Rehab
Using trenchless technology, two construction crews working on the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's Wellesley Extension Relief Sewer project rehabilitated 83 manholes...
Fathoming the Strength of Structures
More and more, the owners of bridges and piers are budgeting rehabilitations based on inspections done underneath the waterline. Increasingly, they want the underwater inspectors to be...
Putting the Wraps on Quakes
With bridges deteriorating all over the country at an alarming rate, state DOTs are searching for cost-effective retrofit solutions that will protect our aging bridge inventory from seismic...
Preparing for Repair (Available only in Geoenvironmental Special Issue)
The Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant, Sacramento, Calif., was built in 1924 and hadn't been upgraded since 1958. In 1996, the city of Sacramento, the owner of the plant,...
Pipeline Research Needs
Historic Upgrades in San Francisco
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake seriously damaged many of the historical buildings that compose the San Francisco Civic Center complex. As the complex serves as a critical cultural and...
Seismic in St. Louis
Following collapse of sections of the double-deck I-880 Cypress Viaduct in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the Missouri Department of Transportation initiated a seismic evaluation and...
Underwater Magic
Applications of geomembrane systems to arrest concrete deterioration and control leakage in hydraulic structures have been accomplished, with a few exceptions, in a dry environment by...
Dampers Do the Job at Davis (Available only in Structural Engineering Special Issue)
Three recent earthquakes�the Kobe earthquake in Japan and the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes in California�have caused engineers to take a much more serious approach to seismic...
Manhole Inspection and Rehabilitation
Manhole structures are the principal means of access for collection system maintenance. Effective manhole inspection and rehabilitation are necessary to remove excessive manhole infiltration...
Repair and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures
The State of the Art
Proceedings of an international seminar, workshop, and exhibition, held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, April 28-May 1, 1997. Sponsored by National Science Foundation; Science and Technology...
Saving Scotland's Busiest Bridge
The world's most extensive bridge monitoring system has been installed on Glasgow's Kingston Bridge so that the engineers can prevent collapse during a long-term...
Shear-wall Retrofit
With the effects of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake still lingering and another quake looming sometime in the future, engineers faced with retrofitting the Pacific Gas & Electric...
Returning Veteran
The Veteran's Memorial Bridge on the Cuyahoga River is a vital link in the transportation system of Cleveland and a gateway to the city's downtown area. But time...
Rehabilitating Arctic Tundra in Alaska
During the past 25 years, there has been significant progress in tundra rehabilitation. Initially, agronomic practices requiring large quantities of grass seed and fertilizer were believed...
Non-Federal Flood Control Works Inspection Program
This paper presents a general description of the Non-Federal FCW Inspection Program and results obtained from the evaluations already completed. A discussion of the GIS package for data...
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