New Opportunities Offered by Cable Systems
After a brief summary of the first cable systems installed in cities, and the fundamental principles which determine their use; the advantages of these systems are addressed compared with...
Automated Design of the Steel Box Girder Guideway for the Kuala Lumpur Downtown People-Mover
Design of the Kuala Lumpur (KL) Downtown People-Mover had to be accomplished on a fast-track schedule. The system contractor assembled a team of experts from North America and Malaysia...
Quality Control: Bridge Steel Fabrication and Erection
This paper examines the Quality Control Program Plan (QCPP) developed by Frederic R. Harris, Inc. (FRH) for fabrication and erection inspection of over 5,448,000 kg of AASHTO Fracture...
Pipeline Infrastructure II
This proceedings,
Drilling with Direction
Norfolk, Va.'s 48 in. diameter raw water main crosses three rivers in its 52,000 ft route. At the Elizabeth River, an aerial or subaqueous crossing was not feasible, so a...
Trenchless Track Record
Ottawa is a leading user of trenchless technology for sewer rehabilitation projects. The municipality has nearly a decade's worth of experience with at least nine different...
All Dressed Up
Its location at 660 Madison Avenue will put the new home of clothier Barneys New York in the heart of Manhattan's exclusive midtown shopping district, but the $120 million...
Evaluation of Dilatometer Method to Determine Axial Capacity of Driven Model Pipe Piles in Clay
The flat Dilatometer (DMT) provides a unique approach to estimate the effective stress axial capacity of driven displacement piles in clay. An investigation using this approach was performed...
Execution and Evaluation of High Capacity Caisson Load Tests in Glacial Deposits
As part of the Boston Harbor clean up project, the new 1,000 mgd Deer Island Sewerage treatment plant includes ten 240 feet high egg-shaped 'residuals' tanks. Contract documents called...
Composite Materials as Concrete Reinforcement in the Next Decade
Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are researched for possible implementation in the construction industry. A number of factors affect the widespread use of FRP composites in the civil engineering...
Bringing Finance to the Table
Advice for companies whose marketing efforts have won them overseas projects�with the condition that they arrange financing for those projects. The competition for the few projects funded...
Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete II
Composite steel-concrete structures are widely used throughout the world. Applications range from buildings to bridges to foundations to special structures. In many instances extensive...
South Africa at the Crossroads
With the provisional decision to hold its first democratic elections in 1944, South Africa has reached the most crucial moment in its history, one on which its economic and social development...
Slip-Lining Solution
Grouting the annular space between a corroded sewer pipe and newly installed liner pipe is a stage of a typical sewer line rehabilitation project which contains hidden problems and difficulties....
The Big No-Dig
As part of the Boston Harbor cleanup project, engineers will have the opportunity to make a rare, side-by-side comparison of open-cut construction and no-dig technology during the Wellesley...
High Performance Construction Materials and Systems
An Essential Program for America and Its Infrastructure?Technical Report
This report,
High-Performance Construction Materials and Systems
An Essential Program for America and Its Infrastructure?Executive Report
Prepared by American Concrete Institute; American Institute of Steel Construction; American Iron and Steel Institute; ASCE; Civil Engineering Research Foundation; Concrete Research and...
Learning to Love NDT
Sometimes overblown claims and the practical limitations of early nondestructive tests for concrete have left many civil engineers leery of NDT methods. While some are aware that NDT has...
Laupahoehoe Harbor Planning, Design, & Construction
Laupahoehoe Harbor provides access to the fertile fishing grounds along the northeast or Hamakua coast of the island of Hawaii, Hawaii. The planning, design, and construction of Laupahoehoe...
A Design Manual for Coastal Fluidization Systems
This paper summarizes a recently completed design manual on fluidization systems to manage sand in the coastal environment for sand bypassing at inlets and harbor mouths and for creating...
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