CPM Harnesses Mammoth Powerplant Job
One of the largest air quality control retrofit projects in the U. S. is at the Sammis Plant of Ohio Edison Co., along the Ohio River 40 miles west of Pittsburgh. The coal-fired plant's...
Ground Freezing for Construction
For almost a century, freezing has been used successfully as an art to stabilize ground and control groundwater. First employed by the mining industry in Europe, it has since been widely...
Design Flexibility Cuts Costs
The Los Angeles Water Department saved $5 million on a pipeline project by investigating the capabilities of pipe fabricators to furnish the pipe size required and by being open to alternate...
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...
Maintenance Levels of Service Guidelines
Maintenance levels of service define the threshold physical conditions that indicate a need for maintenance and repair activities and prescribe restored conditions after maintenance is...
Revitalization of Urban Water Supply and Distribution Systems: Detroit and Phoenix Case Studies
In 1980 the people in the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department were asking themselves the kind of question that is facing the managers of many municipal utilities in this country these...
Inventorying the System/Inspection Introductory Remarks
A major sewer system evaluation survey is nearing completion in the seven communities which make up Special District No. 1 of the East Bay Municipal Utility District. A major effort has...
On-Line Computerized Maintenance Management
Maintenance is the last cost saving frontier of scientific management. Top management has concentrated on production for generations, largely ignoring maintenance. The attitude of 'fix...
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,...
Infrastructure Management and Planning for the City of Seattle
This paper summarizes the current planning effort that the City of Seattle's Engineering Department (SED) is undertaking for Transportation Infrastructure Management. The...
Infrastructure: Rehabilitation or New
Basically, each public entity needs to inventory its infrastructure system and evaluate its importance to the immediate requirements of public health, safety and welfare. Prioritize the...
The United States Used to be a Great Country...
Up until 20 years ago, the American highway departments did a good job of maintaining bridges and they kept streets well paved. The public works departments maintained the water and sewer...
Innovative Solution for Urban Freeway Reconstruction
Technology which was developed for economic and rapid construction of precast concrete segmental box girder bridges is being utilized to permit the reconstruction of an urban freeway in...
Golden Gate Bridge: Deck Replacement
A major inspection of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1968-69 found the reinforced concrete roadway of the Bridge to have widespread defects and local failures. Further investigations found...
Infrastructure Project Management and the Power of Implementation
The purpose of this paper is to bring renewed attention to project management concepts and public policy implementation issues as they apply to infrastructure development and renewal....
Financing the Golden Gate Bridge?Past and Present
This paper discusses the financial side of the project, which was a very innovative solution that provided federal revenue not only for the Bridge Redecking Project, but more importantly...
Legislating for Infrastructure Investment
It is apparent that today's infrastructure problems require innovative solutions reflecting national spending trends, the size of the federal budget deficit, and individual...
Carrier Selection under the Airline Deregulation Act
The two major segments of the domestic airline system in the United States, the trunklines and the local service airlines, have, over the years, been regulated by the federal government;...
Micros Go Afield
Taking microcomputers into the field is boosting productivity at construction sites and other field offices. Four examples presented in this article include an owner calculating payments...
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