Capitol Hill Infrastructure Advice
The National Public Works Improvement Council must report to President Reagan and the Congress by early 1987 on ways to maintain and improve the nation's infrastructure. One...
Timber in Bridges of West Coast
Experience has shown that timber can function very well as a bridge material. Proper inspection procedures combined with a structured maintenance program can improve the performance of...
Winter Highway Construction
The purpose of this paper is to describe a study of the feasibility of constructing highways in the wintertime in cold regions. The study, sponsored by the Alaska Department of Transportation...
Urban Energy Systems for the 21st Century: Transition Paths
Alternative energy systems can be expected to be a significant part of advanced, 'intelligent,' infrastructure systems for cities of the 21st Century. The question...
Westway - The Little Word that Killed the Big Highway
The Westside Highway Project, better known as Westway, received a construction permit on February 25, 1985 from the Army Corps of Engineers. Signed by the author, the permit was invalidated...
A Power Planning Model for Seismic Risk Zones
We present a model to configure a nuclear power system consisting of plants and the distribution network. In the model, we quantify seismic risk as comprehensively as possible in terms...
Celebrating a Conquest
During construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which marked its 50th anniversary on Nov. 11, 1986, great public attention was paid to the high-climbing steelworkers, but...
Energy Systems for the 21st Century
The papers in this book review problems and possibilities of emerging energy technology for the future. One paper discusses the world energy outlook and the political and economic barriers...
Application and Performance of Structural Materials and Exterior Facades
The papers in this book present some of the current thinking associated with today's construction materials as well as the results of research which is directed toward the...
Research on Transportation Facilities in Cold Regions
Transportation facilities research in cold regions, reported in this session proceedings, begins with a field study showing that ground surface characteristics have a significant effect...
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...
Technology and the Infrastructure Problem
Improvements in infrastructure services are modest, zero, or negative depending on the system examined. Using air transportation as an example, lack of improvement is attributed to constraints...
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...
Defining the Infrastructure Problem?The Local View
The Governor's report defines infrastructure as 'the collective network of physical facilities and their maintenance necessary to sustain economic growth and...
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...
Maintaining Our Goals
Setting goals is easier than achieving them and, once achieved, they must not be viewed as final accomplishments to put behind us - they must be sustained. Although goals are essentially...
Strategic Planning for Infrastructure Redevelopment
Competition for the available resources needed to redevelop, operate, and maintain our nation's infrastructure requires innovative thinking. To make best use of these resources,...
Life Cycle Analysis
Of all the infrastructure elements, pavement performance has probably received more research than any. Similarly, there has been more application of pavement research. The concepts that...
Assessing Infrastructure Alternatives?Atlantic City Style
As with most older American Cities, the originally installed infrastructure was not designed to meet the increased demands of today. Time has seen the creation of many separate but yet...
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