Making Water System Rehabilitation Decisions
Making decisions regarding water distribution systems has always involved a great deal of judgment due to the complexity of the decisions involved. This paper presents a framework for...
Water Infrastructure Maintenance Needs?A Case Study
Adoption of measures to prevent loss of water in many cases is cost-effective. In order to illustrate the magnitude of infrastructure problems of large cities, a test case infrastructure...
The United Kingdom Approach to Rehabilitation
Following concern over the condition and performance of its underground assets, the UK Water Industry has developed strategies for cost effective sewer and water main rehabilitation. These...
Irrigation Development in Alberta, Canada
Agricultural production in the southwestern part of the Canadian prairie provinces is limited by insufficient rainfall for optimum crop production. To overcome this moisture deficiency...
Energy Dissipation in Small Canals
Two approaches are used for energy dissipation in channels. In the first, the water is allowed to drop, thereby converting potential energy to kinetic energy. This excess energy is then...
Analysis of Freshwater Distribution System at the Long Beach Naval Complex
This account of the evaluation of freshwater pipelines at California's Long Beach Naval Complex discusses current methods for assessing the condition of damaged water lines....
Rehabbing under Traffic
Redecking the Golden Gate Bridge with a light weight orthotropic steel plate deck left the 49 year old monument 11,000 tons lighter, 2 feet wider, and ready to carry traffic for the next...
Epoxy Repair of a Glulam Beam
The repair of timber structures by epoxy injection techniques is a recently developed repair alternative. Theoretical and experimental studies have resulted in the formulation of design...
A Methodology for Risk-Benefit Analysis of Lock-and-Dam Rehabilitation in the U.S. Corps of Engineers
The U. S. Army Corps Engineers operates and manages some 250 locks and dams in major rivers and ports throughout the U. S. At present, many of these structures are thirty-five to forty-five...
RCC: A Dam Rehab Solution Unearthed
Roller compacted concrete (RCC) is fast becoming a popular material for the rehabilitation of existing dams. Several dams have already been rehabilitated using RCC, and several more RCC...
Rehabbing for Reuse
Case histories of four building rehabilitation projects highlight special challenges to their structural engineers. The Lits Building, Philadelphia, is a collection of eight structures...
Delamination and Remedial Repair of GFRC Cladding Panels
The construction of a six story, steel framed office structure included an exterior cladding of prefabricated glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) panels. The typical full-size panel...
Rehabbing Research
Because a growing share of Corps of Engineers' effort is going int rehabilitation, likewise a growing share of its research is too. This shift in emphasis is encouraged by...
Norfolk, Virginia Case Study
Through decades of hard work at revitalization, Norfolk has learned from its experience - success and failures. Perhaps the best lesson learned comes from the success of waterfront development...
Solutions for Pavement Rehabilitation Problems
Preservation of our nation's highways is the goal of highway civil engineers in the decades to come. The public travels on pavements and this important part of the system...
CPM Harnesses Mammoth Powerplant Job
One of the largest air quality control retrofit projects in the U. S. is at the Sammis Plant of Ohio Edison Co., along the Ohio River 40 miles west of Pittsburgh. The coal-fired plant's...
Meeting the Infrastructure Challenge of the 1980's
The future of the nation demands a solution to critical infrastructure problem. The public works facilities must be maintained, restored, and added to. The condition of these facilities...
The Federal Perspective
Between 1965 and 1982, the Federal Government spent about 125 billion for highway construction. Yet, elements constructed at the early phase of the Interstate System are now at the end...
The State's Prospects for Infrastructure Rehabilitation
In November 1982, at Governor Spellman's initiative, Washington State became one of six states participating in the National Infrastructure Analysis, sponsored by the Joint...
Identifying Goals?Establishing the Framework
Establishing the framework to identify goals related to infrastructure rehabilitation and upgrading occurs on the federal, state and local level. Regardless of the level in which the program...
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