Franchising for the Future
Franchising is no longer reserved for hamburger stands or quick print photo processors. Now engineers may decide to join lawyers and dentists in future franchise operations. In today's...
Lower Granite Fish Guidance Efficiency System Model Study?Snake River, Washington
With the annual migration of adult salmon up the Columbia and Snake Rivers and the migration of their offspring (juvenile salmon) downstream to the ocean, new problems have developed with...
Review of Garolim Tidal Power Project
The feasibility study of Garolim tidal power project made in 1981 was reviewed in 1986 and updated in 1988. The review study generally confirmed the result of the 1981 study. The generator...
Field Installation of Strain Gaged Geotextiles
High-strength polyester geotextiles were used in two major Corps of Engineers projects: Wilmington Harbor, Del. and New Bedford, Mass. To verify design assumptions and as part of monitoring...
Use of Geogrids on Soft Deposits
The construction of highway embankments over soft and waste deposits required the use of geogrids as an economical alternate to conventional methods of 'remove and replace'....
Waste Geotechnics and Geosynthetics
The geotechnology related to waste management focuses around assessing the movement of water and pollutant transport, containment of the pollutant so that it is unable to pollute the underground...
Construction Quality Assurance for Geomembranes
The results of and lessons learned from construction quality assurance (CQA) programs on 19 geomembrane liners are presented. The specifications are generally exceeded by comfortable margins...
Montana's Approach to Reduce Asphalt Pavement Rutting
The Montana Department of Highways experienced premature rutting in some asphalt concrete pavements primarily on the east-west interstate in Eastern Montana. Montana participated with...
Irrigation and Drainage
This proceedings consists of 70 papers presented at the National Conference on Irrigation and Drainage sponsored by the Irrigation and Drainage Division of the American Society of Civil...
Major Development and Transportation Projects
Public/Private Partnerships
This proceedings for Major Development and Transportation Projects contains papers and discussion summaries from the specialty conference Major Development and Transportation Projects:...
Design and Performance of Earth Retaining Structures
The proceedings of the 1990 Specialty Conference on Design and Performance of Earth Retaining Structures was held in Ithaca, New York from June 18-21, 1990. It presents a total of 50 papers...
Let the Buyer Beware
As recently as the 1970s, state highway agencies blindly purchased land for projects without much concern for hazardous waste. But that changed in 1980 with Superfund legislation, specifically...
More Than a Public Hearing
Too often, required community input is reduced to the sometimes dreaded public hearing. Many formal public-involvement programs are comprised of no more than this minimal, yet essential,...
Yesterday's Swamp
Since the mid-80s there has been an explosion of engineering firms entering the wetlands design and restoration market. As yesterday's bogs and swamps, once drained and filled...
Dallas Rediscovers the Trolley
In 1982, a Dallas businessman and a group of trolley enthusiasts formed the Trolley Task Force to restore trolley service along McKinney Avenue in Dallas. Eventually, they established...
Untangling A Can of Worms
Increasing traffic volumes combined with rush-hour delays and commuter complaints have spurred New York State DOT to improve the capacity of a major interchange near Rochester. The interchange,...
Project Management: Now On-Line
Only 20 years ago, computerized project management was available only to large firms with mainframe computers. Even four or five years back, well into the personal-computer revolution,...
Prospects for International Engineering Practice
International trade is growing in construction products and services. It is stimulated by international efforts to reduce technical barriers to trade and the formation of a single European...
The Eichleay Formula�Time to Retire?
The Eichleay formula is the one most commonly used to settle claims by contractors against owners who delay a project. The formula is based on six questionable assumptions, however. When...
Recharging Ground Water
For more than 55 years, the Orange County Water District has been responsible for the protection and management of the extensive ground water basin which lies under Orange County, California....
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