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Construction Estimating Decision Support Systems
A discussion of important considerations in the development of a computerized Decision Support System (DSS) is presented. These considerations include general hardware and software issues...

Automated Control and Robotics for Construction
This paper addresses the potential for automated process control and robotics for remote, large-scale field operations such as those on construction engineering projects. Combining selected...

Managing Overhead in Consulting Engineering Firms
One of the ways an engineering firm can maintain - or increase - profitability is through judicious management of overhead. Yet various industry studies suggest that the typical engineering...

Establishing a Computerized Accounting System in a Consulting Firm
If it has been determined that there is a need for a computer, the next step is to determine the software programming needs. The two distinct options in software are 'packaged'...

Managing Finances
Managing finances is becoming increasingly complex for the engineering manager. How the engineering manager assesses the impacts of an individual's attitude can have a pronounced...

Small Computers in Construction
These proceedings are the result of a symposium sponsored by the Task Committee on the Application of Small Computers in Construction of the Construction Division of ASCE. Nine papers...

Instant Expertise: A Danger of Small Computers
The low cost and easy access afforded by small computers have made it easy for an engineer to become an instant expert. Because low-cost software is available for almost any field of endeavor,...

Building Failures: Design Problems and Solutions
A Building Failures conference of the Engineering Foundation dissected the problems leading to failures and recommended ways to reduce failures. This article discusses value engineering,...

Seismic Design for Sacramento Light Rail Transit System
The Sacramento Light Rail Transit Project is an 18. 5 mile system which provides the trunk line service for an integrated Bus/LRT public transportation system. Seismic design utilized...

Seismic Design of Underground Structures Southern California Metro Rail Project
The effect of earthquakes on underground structures is the imposition of an arbitrary deformation which cannot be changed by strengthening the structure. The structural design goal is...

Seismic Risk and Decision Analysis of Lifeline Systems
This paper provides general guidelines for performing lifeline seismic risk and decision analyses. Relevant input models are introduced as they support the performance of component and...

Retrofitting Lifeline Facilities: The Japanese Approach
A brief history of the prediction of a major earthquake in the Tokai Area of Japan is reviewed. Planning and mitigation incorporating all levels of government and the private sector is...

Performance of Water and Sewer Lifelines in the May 2, 1983 Coalinga, California Earthquake
Water supply and filtration systems for the City of Coalinga suffered little damage. The water transmission system suffered five breaks. The urban distribution system was disrupted, but...

An Overview of Earthquake Design Requirements at Pacific Bell
Seismic design considerations for the telephone system including outside plant and telephone equipment are discussed with emphasis placed on the requirements incorporated in the design...

Seismic Risk and Reliability of Telecommunications Systems
A general method for seismic risk analysis of telecommunications sytems evaluates by statistical means the earthquake environment and the earthquake vulnerability and effects on the system...

Sewage Plant
The Sacramento Regional Wastewater Management Program cost $460 million, took 10 years to build, and solved problems in sludge disposal, odor control, conveyance systems, combined sewer...

Hydro Power
The Kerckhoff 2 Hydroelectric Power Projects adds 140 MW to the capacity of the San Francisco area's Pacific Gas & Electric system. No new dam was needed; only a 4-mile...

Nonlinear Analysis of Reactor Vessel & Core Supports Subjected to Accidental Impact Loads
Nonlinear dynamic analyses of the reactor vessel, its support systems, the core and the core supports were performed to evaluate the consequences of such drops. Damage was defined in terms...

Treatment of Design and Construction Errors in PRA
The risk estimates developed in a PRA should allow for potential design and construction errors. These errors generally modify the component responses and fragilities. Since most design...

Desin Control for Nuclear Power Plant Modifications
Modifications to operating nuclar power plants which impact structural components must be performed in a manner that is consistent with the licensing basis and technical specifications...

 

 

 

 

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