New Use for Filter Fabric: Highway Construction
A growing area of filter fabric use is road construction, both secondary and superhighway. The article focuses on one case history in Cambridge, Maryland where, after a one-year test,...
Environmental Engineering Research Needs
In June 1979 a National Science Foundation�ASCE workshop was convened to prepare a report suggesting top-priority research needs in civil engineering for the 1980s. The field was split...
Stub Girders Cut Steel Use
One innovation in steel building construction, now 10 years old, is the steel stub girder floor framing system. By using a girder that is a composite of steel girder, metal deck and lightweight...
Harrisburg Pioneering Codisposal of Refuse and Sludge
Harrisburg, Pa. is doing something that sounds like common sense yet which has been done by very few communities in the U.S.: disposing of both its municipal refuse and sewage sludge in...
Jacked Pipe Provides Roof for Underground Construction in Busy Urban Area
Construction of a major underground station for the metro in Antwerp, Belgium was done in a busy downtown area employing a method that virtually eliminated ground subsidence. The method...
Winter Roads and Ice Bridges
In order to realize development of the La Grande hydroelectric complex in the James Bay Territory of northern Quebec Province, Canada, the cold weather had to be capitalized on for construction...
Threaded Rebars Spin Down Time
A rebar splicing technique was a major factor in saving two year's construction time on California's $33 million, 9000 ft (2743 m) Antioch Bridge. Rebar splicing...
Energy Conservation: Long-Overlooked Cheap Source of Energy
With a well-organized conservation program, the U.S. could slash present energy consumption 30% to 40%�� while still maintaining present living standards. But, to date, the U.S. has failed...
Appropriate Technology in Water Supply and Waste Disposal
Proceedings of a session held at the ASCE National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, October 16-20, 1978. Sponsored by the Research Council on Environmental Impact Analysis of the ASCE...
Current Geotechnical Practice in Mine Waste Disposal
Papers Collected by the Committee on Embankment Dams and Slopes of the Geotechnical Engineering Division
The purpose of this volume is to define the current state of geotechnical practice in various aspects of mine waste disposal, an area of increasing interest to the geotechnical engineering...
Pipelines in Adverse Environments
A State of the Art
The Conference us designed to establish communications between designers and users. The subjects covered are: Pipelines in the Ocean - design, construction and inspection; Routing, design...
Environmental Engineering
The topics covered are: Wastewater reclamation in the western United States; Appropriate technology for the disposal of wastewater in rural areas; Management and reclamation of solid wastes;...
Current Trends in Design and Construction of Embankment Dams
This report is concerned primarily with the embankment itself although foundation and abutment treatment are considered essential elements of the embankment. It covers a broad range of...
PERT and CPM Techniques in Project Management
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Critical Path Resource Scheduling Algorithm
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Planning Monitoring Frequencies for CPM Projects
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Project Planning and Scheduling: Unified Approach
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Progress Model for Construction Activity
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Networking Methods for Project Planning and Control
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