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Project Management for Company Growth and Success
Many skills are not included in the technical training of an engineer; thus, it is not surprising that technical managers may not be good project managers. Activities outside one's...

Total Construction Project Delivery Systems
The challenge for the construction industry is for firms to provide total project packages including the design and construction services. The current trend in industry is towards firms...

Engineering?The Initial Years
Many young engineers will choose lifelong rewarding careers in engineering. Others will choose to move into fulfilling management careers. Still others will become victims of 'career...

Specialization Vs. Diversification ? Relevant Considerations
The health, well-being, and growth of consulting engineering firms demand a successful strategy covering specialization vs. diversification. A discussion of the pros and cons and some...

Competitive Strategies for Growth
A discussion is given on the approach of Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. to the question of specialization versus diversification in a consulting engineering firm. It was easy to opt...

Specialization or Diversification: The Role of Strategic Planning
The question faced by many consultants and constructors as they plan for the future is: Should we specialize or diversify in order to survive, grow and prosper? This paper proposes that...

Functional Specifications of a Distributed Engineering Data Management System
The development of a large-scale engineering data management system is outlined for AEC industries. Described are the outline specifications and basic design decisions used to implement...

Database Management
Computer aided design systems have found widespread acceptance from Engineering companies as drafting/detailing/drawing tools. While this has brought a dramatic productivity improvement...

ASCE Salary Survey 1983
This is the seventeenth report in a series of biennial salary surveys conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Salary data is reported on seven major categories for civil...

Managing Today's Craftsmen
Labor is better than it was in the past, and managers must adopt new techniques in the quest for productivity improvement. Management's responsibility has six parts: (1) Be...

Repairing New York's Historic Bridges
The Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges are just two of New York City's venerable structures that are undergoing rehabilitation. Current work on the Brooklyn involves enlarging...

Charlotte Harbor Beach Nourishment
The project consisted of dredging approximately 300,000 cubic yards (229, 380 cubic meters) of material, utilizing a seagoing hopper dredge, from the entrance channel of Charlotte Harbor,...

Management Plan for Dredged Maintenance Material
The Mobile District Corps of Engineers is responsible for the maintenance of an authorized Federal deep-draft navigation project at Pascagoula Harbor, Mississippi. The development of the...

Offshore Dredging - Is it still Cost Effective for Beach Restoration?
Offshore dredging has been the source of sand for beach restoration in southeast Florida since Broward County constructed the first project in Pompano Beach in 1970. However, with increasing...

Long-Term Planning for Dredged Material Disposal
The dredged material produced from maintenance of the channel in Upper Mobile Harbor (UMH) is disposed into confined upland disposal areas provided by the project's local...

Long-Term Maintenance Dredging PermIts--Florida's New Approach to Regulation and Its Implications for Federal, State, and Local Reforms
Florida has developed a long-term maintenance dredging permit process to reduce problems in obtaining regulatory approvals. Under Florida's new program, the term of the permit...

Engineering for Beach Restoration Dredging
Beach restoration utilizing offshore dredging has proven to be the most economical way to restore beaches in Florida. There have been over a dozen projects constructed using this method...

Dredging for a new Port - Puerto Bolivar, Colombia
A major coal export terminal at Bahia Portete, Colombia, is being developed as part of the Cerrejon Coal Project - North Zone, where one of the world's largest coal mines...

Selection of Dredged Material Disposal Sites
Federal and state legislation regulating dredging of navigation channels along Maryland's Eastern Shore requires that local governing bodies provide the dredged material disposal...

Environmental Considerations of Thalweg Disposal
Disposal of dredged material in the thalweg or deepest portion of the Upper Mississippi River is one of several disposal alternatives that can be utilized. Aside from the mechanical/cost...

 

 

 

 

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