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Polyethylene Pipe Seen as Economical Alternative

Plastic Board Enclosure Weathers Winter Well

Funds Shrink for Earthquake Study

Blinding Protection

Author's Aesthetics Go Beyond CE's Captions

A Better Way
Shanley recommends providing for a dispute review board in contract documents as a way of avoiding long and costly litigation or arbitration as a result of disputes. A dispute review board...

Energy from the Amazon
Cadman describes Brazil's plans for exploiting the vast hydroelectrical potential of the Amazon Basin, placing them within the context of the country's growing...

Channel Tunnel, Texas Style
Two water supply pipelines under the Houston Ship Channel and Greens Bayou are an example of deep tunneling in soft ground. The navigable waters and the water-bearing silty soils in the...

Tunnel Talk
Much talk in tunnel circles has centered on various methods of tunneling, especially the new Austrian tunneling method, or NATM. To be a true tunneling method it must provide a description...

1990: Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction
The loss from natural disasters is extensive. Earthquakes, windstorms, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, and insect infestations have caused the deaths of nearly three...

A Hazardous Data Explosion
During the 1980s, public concern and government regulations have spawned the huge hazardous waste management industry. But the industry has opened a Pandora's box for site engineers, most...

Stabilizing a `Mann'-Sized Sinkhole
On Sept. 21, 1988, a sinkhole suddenly developed beneath a transmission/distribution effluent pipeline on Mann Road in Orange County, FL. Initially it measured 30 ft in diameter and 8...

Building Onto History
In a single design/build/renovation project, an Oklahoma City AE firm acquired new offices, provided new life for an abandoned historic church building and spearheaded redevelopment of...

The Great Quake: On Site Reports
Written within two weeks of the Oct. 17, 1989 California earthquake, these comments cannot be considered definitive. But they do stress two points: 1) Earthquake codes do work. Buildings...

Bells Under Bells
Chicago's newest office tower is supported on new bells that had to be constructed below existing belled caissons. Existing caisson foundations from a previous structure on...

Augering Answers
Leaking storage tanks, a long time environmental problem, are now being addressed nationally with cleanup regulations. Clearly, inexpensive and quick remediations are needed. This article...

Construction at the Crossroads

The Boundary Element Method Some Early History ? A Personal View

Torsion of Elastic Bars

Static Analysis of Beams, Plates and Shells

 

 

 

 

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