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Experts Critique the Olympic Structures of Montreal
At a panel discussion held recently in Montreal, a number of prominent architects and engineers critiqued the Montreal Olympic structures. Unlike some previous press reports, the blame...

Employee Benefits
Innovative emplovers are re-designing their employee benefits so as not only to keep up their competition, but also as employee-motivation tools that benefit both employee and employer....

Discs Reduce Manhole Infiltration
The Department of Public Works for New Castle County, Del., conducted a study of infiltration at their over 30,000 sanitary sewer manholes. The study indicated that up to 60% of their...

An Engineer Rebuts a Contractor's Charges of Unfair Contracts
An engineer responds to the article, Are Construction Contracts Fair, (CE, May, 1975) by contractor George A. Fox and lawyer Max E. Greenberg. Engineers should not be given additional...

Citizen Participation: Assessing Public Attitudes
One of a short series of articles how to achieve effective citizen participation. A case history approach is used focusing on a proposed highway relocation in Ottowa, Canada. Techniques...

Will Industry Meet Water-Quality Goals�
What impact will the 1972 Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (PL 92-500) have on American industry? Able to cope with 1977 requirement to install best practicable technology (BPT)?...

Field Test Sections, Save Cost in Tunnel Support
This report is intended to stimulate improvements in underground works and their adoption by industry. It covers a broad range of topics, including promising concepts for tunnel support,...

Port Structure Costs
The purpose of this report is to share various types of port structures, with particular attention to such economic considerations as construction costs, maintenance costs, and useful...

Financing and Charges for Wastewater Systems
This joint committee report covers a broad range of relevant issues in financing charges for wastewater systems. Topics include elements and functions of wastewater systems, administrative...

Engineering Economy
It is a self-instructional course in the principles and techniques used in making choices between alternative plans on the basis of which is more economical. Performance objectives for...

Cost Control and Accounting for Civil Engineers
The purpose of this manual, Cost Control and Accounting for Civil Engineers, is to furnish information on accounting practice with sufficient...

Job Evaluation and Salary Surveys
Job Evaluation and Salary Surveys answers many questions about job evaluation, like what is job evaluation? Why is job evaluation performed?...

Surveys of Highway Engineering Positions and Salaries
The purpose of this manual, Surveys of Highway Engineering Positions and Salaries, is to outline a set of procedure and documents that may...

Charges for Engineering Services
An Epitome of the Report on Charges and Method of Making Charges for Professional Services
The basis of compensation of Consulting Engineers is the employment of skilled, experienced talent, and the value to the Client of honest, unbiased opinions and service. Charges...

 

 

 

 

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