Journal of Urban Planning and Development
The Journal of Urban Planning and Development covers the application of civil engineering to such aspects of urban planning as area-wide transportation, the coordination of planning and programming of...
Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
The Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering presents information regarding the engineering aspects of dredging, floods, ice, pollution, sediment transport, and tidal wave action that...
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering
The?Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice?presents issues of broad professional interest and diverse views of engineering education, and professional practice. Papers examine...
Journal of Technical Topics in Civil Engineering
Journal of Technical Topics in Civil Engineering covers the topics of computing applications in civil engineering, especially in the area of seismic design and seismic tests....
How Well do P.E. Exams Relate to the Real World? NCEE Tries to Find Out
The National Council of Engineering Examiners (NCEE), the group which furnishes a standard liscensing exam for professional engineers used by almost every U.S. jurisdiction, has surveyed...
How a Structural Firm Transformed Itself into an E/A Firm Engineeriing
During the past decade, there have been a number of structural engineering firms that have broadened their scope to become engineer/architect firms. This article is an in-depth case history...
Remodeled 42nd St. Bus Terminal Improves both Transit and the Neighborhood
A $160 million project to expand New York City's 42nd St. Bus Terminal was completed last year. The project is expected to improve commuter transit by increasing passenger...
Building Failures�Preventing Them, Learning from Them
Ways to design and construct a structure so as to minimize chances of errors leading to failure are described. Held up as models of systematically investigating failures are the incident-study...
Landmark Projects of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Excerpts are discussed from major papers to be presented at the March 1982 Construction Equipment and Techniques for the Eighties Specialty Conference to be held at Purdue University....
The Microcomputer Explosion in Civil Engineering Firms
During the next five years, small and medium size consulting engineering firms will undergo many changes. The key changing force is the low cost ($2500 to $20,000) microcomputer. Already,...
Failure of the Breakwater at Port Sines, Portugal
The objectives of the Port Sines Investigation Panel were to collect perishable data on and to identify causes of the failure on February 26, 1978, of the rubble mound breakwater at Port...
Grouting in Geotechnical Engineering
The 63 pages included in these proceedings came from 12 different countries and deal with the pertinent advances in grouting materials and technology that have occurred throughout the...
Application of Plasticity and Generalized Stress-strain in Geotechnical Engineering
This volume on the application of plasticity and generalized stress-strain in geotechnical engineering is divided into two main sections, with an introduction on soil constitutive model...
Construction Equipment & Techniques for the Eighties
Thirty-three papers on construction equipment and techniques are presented. Construction equipment management is discussed, including criteria for equipment selection, utilization and...
Engineering and Construction in Tropical and Residual Soils
Thirty-one papers and six invited lectures presented at the specialty conference on engineering and construction in tropical and residual soils are included. The proceedings represent...
Engineering and Construction Projects
The Emerging Management Roles
The papers presented at the specialty conference on emerging management roles in engineering and construction projects focus attention on successful management approaches, and methods...
How to Reduce Construction Claims through Mediation
Ever-increasing costs of claims lead owners and contractors to turn to mediation as an alternative to litigation or arbitration. As a first step, recognize the risk of claims, and establish...
Research and Development for Increased Productivity�Where We Must Go
A well-focused research and development activity must be the essential foundation of any long-range success in maintaining high and increasing productivity in manufacturing, the efficient...
1981 Essay Contest Winners
The fourth and fifth prize essays in Civil Engineering Magazines 1981 Essay Contest are Alan Mooney's Have we abandoned our responsibility to nurture young engineers? and...
A Cost-effective Shallow Foundation Accommodates Three Feet of Settlement
An automotive maintenance facility to be built at the Anacostia Naval Station in Washington, D.C. had two major foundation problems: the probability of large settlement and the possibility...
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