The Hackensack Meadowlands Project
The Hackensack Meadowlands Project, which includes a stadium and a racetrack, has reclaimed from the ravages of man and nature a portion of an undevelopable marshland that is larger than...

Tocks Island Project�� Resolving a Classic in Dam Controversies
The study provided the information and perspectives required to decide whether the Tocks Island Lake project should proceed or be deauthorized. Major elements analyzed included eutrophication,...

Fabric Roofs Feel the Pressure
Plastic-coated fabric roofs have been growing in popularity with uses ranging from covering a football stadium in Michigan to housing satellite-tracking stations. Article takes a look...

502-ft Diameter Laminated-Timber Dome Provides Fast, Low-Cost Cover for Arizona Stadium
Varex Dome, a 502-ft diameter engineering marveel of glue laminated timber, was built in record six months erection time. This dome shell structure forms both walls and roof for the new...

California's Food Industry: Wastewater Management Challenge
The demand for food products throughout the United States and the world has been partially responsible for the continuous growth of agriculture and food processing in California. This...

Technical pioneering by design-construct firms
U.S. industry leads the world, in good part because of our engineering creativity. Key partners in U.S. industrial innovation are design/construct firms that build many or most U.S. industrial...

New Gravity/Pressure Unit Cuts Sludge Dewatering Costs
A new device for dewatering sludges from either industrial or municipal waste treatment plants promises to cut both initial capital and operating costs over more traditional methods such...

La Guardia Airport Parking and Terminal Frontage Structure
One of the world's largest parking structures, at New York City's La Guardia Airport, is of special interest because the structural steel has no fireproofing....

Pioneer Offshore LNG Terminal
Among the new offshore structures along the east coast of the United States is a terminal facility about one mile off Cove Point, Md., in Chesapeake Bay. This terminal will take deliver...

University of Idaho Barrel-Arch Roof Wins Outstanding Structural Engineering Award
The world's longest span wood structure now covers the football stadium at the Univ. of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. The trussed arch consists of an upper and lower wood deck connected...

Olympic Construction for Olympic Games
Montreal is preparing at full speed for the Olympic Games. The precast, post-tensioned concrete velodrome will seat 10,000. It will be available for conventions, public meetings, exhibits,...

The Recycling of a River
After a century of neglect and degradation, the South Platte River is undergoing a process of transformation to become the most significant recreational resource in the Denver area�� a...

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...

Keowee-Toxaway Power Project�� OUTSTANDING
The Keowee-Toxaway Power Project located in North and South Carolina received the 1975 OCEA Award. The many facets of this project appear overwhelming, yet this contributes to the remarkable...

Washington Metro Access Facilities
The 98 mi (158 km) Metro system will have 82 stations. There will be an off-street bus terminal at 54 of the stations with an average of six modified saw-tooth off-street bus bays at each...

Bailey's Crossroads: A/E Liability Test
In March 1973, a 24-story reinforced concrete building under construction at Bailey's Crossroads, Va., partially collapsed causing a total collapse of an adjoining parking...

Largest and Lightest Fabric Roof to Date
A dome concept that could change roof design throughout the world is being used on the new Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium in Michigan. The roof is a cable restrained air supported fiberglass...

Converting Existing Hydro-Electric Dams and Reservoirs into Pumped Storage Facilities
Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference on Converting Existing Hydro-Electric Dams and Reservoirs into Pumped Storage Facilities, held at Franklin Pierce College, Rindge,...

Transportation Facilities Workshop
Passenger, Freight and Parking
Proceedings of the Transportation Facilities Workshop, held at Carnegie-Mellon University, New York, New York, May 22-24, 1974. Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers Urban...

The Constructed Environment with Man as the Measure as Part of the Quality System in Construction
Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference held at Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, November 3-8, 1974. Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers....

 

 

 

 

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