Fundamentals of Capping Contaminated Dredged Material
Contaminated dredged material disposed in subaqueous sites may be chemically and biologically isolated by covering or capping with a layer of clean material. The capping concept is simple;...
Decreases in Runoff and Sediment Yield by Drainage
Runoff and sediment yield from three small agricultural watersheds were measured during four winter rainfall seasons. Following two rainfall seasons of data collection, a subsurface drainage...
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...
Application of Walls to Landslide Control Problems
The evolution of tieback restraint systems is presented. Case histories describe current practices for tieback design and construction and give examples of how the requirements were met...
Nuclear Facilities Siting
A review of the status of requirements for the selection of sites for the facilities comprising the nuclear fuel cycle for electric power production is presented. The report includes a...
Joint Usage of Utility and Transportation Corridors
The problems and experiences of engineers working on transportation corridors are explored through 12 papers presented at a conference of the ASCE Pipeline Division. Corridors involve...
Big New Radio Telescope Array Listens in on Space
The world's most powerful radio telescope is so sensitive that it can detect a small CB rig operating on a distant planet. The Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope Facility...
Construction Productivity Improvement: How to Get Started
The greatest cost reductions and improvements in speed and efficiency on construction sites have come when management analyzes work methods, administrative and environmental constraints,...
West Virginia Cooling Tower Collapse Caused by Premature Form Removal
The collapse of a reinforced concrete cooling tower under construction at Willow Island, W.Va. in April 1978 resulted in 51 fatalities, making it the worst construction accident in American...
Nuclear Waste Disposal: Is there a safe solution?
Will fission nuclear power play a major role in the American power industry during the next 50 years? Whether or not it does will largely depend on whether the federal Department of Energy...
Corps Developing Wildlife Habitat to Solve Disposal Problems
The large volume of sediments dredged each year by the Corps of Engineers from navigable waterways can be considered a resource instead of a waste product, and used as a substrate for...
Site Characterization & Exploration
Proceedings of the specialty workshop held at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, June 12-14, 1978. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Water Management for Irrigation and Drainage
Proceedings of the ASCE Irrigation and Drainage Division Specialty Conference on Water Management for Irrigation and Damage, held in Reno, Nevada, July 20-22, 1977. Sponsored by the Irrigation...
Filter Fabrics: Growing Use in Road and Highway Construction
Filter fabrics are seeing increasing use in road and highway construction; and promise to see greatly expanded use in the near future. A rapidly growing use is in constructing longitudinal...
Subsurface Investigation for Design and Construction of Foundations of Buildings
This purpose of
Reinforced Earth Bridges Highway Sinkhole
Faced with an unusual sinkhole condition, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation decided to utilize a two-way reinforced earth slab in conjunction with a subsurface grouting program...
Subsurface Exploration for Underground Excavation and Heavy Construction
Proceedings of a Specialty Conference held at New England College, Hanniker, New Hampshire, August 11-16, 1974. Sponsored by the Engineering Foundation; the Office of the Secretary, U.S....
Sanitary Landfill
The purpose of this manual,
Subsurface Exploration and Sampling of Soils for Civil Engineering Purposes: Report on a Research Project of the Committee on Sampling and Testing, Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, American Society of Civil Engineers
Content covered in this title: General Procedure and Requirements; Methods of Subsurface Exploration; Ground-water Observation; Sampling Methods and Requirements; Sampling and Soil Types; Disturbance of...
Location of Underground Utilities
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