Interstate Highway System
Eventually to cost nearly $90 billion, the Interstate Highway System will connect all U.S. cities of 50,000 and larger, eventually carry 25% of all highway traffic. The article traces...
British New Towns and the Civil Engineer
Since World War II Britain has built or is building several dozen New Towns. The first, designed to absorb London's growth, pioneered with breakthroughs in housing layouts...
9000 psi Concrete�� Why? Why not�
High strength concrete is being used in many high-rise apartment and office buildings. In this case, high strength means 9000 psi (62.0 MPa). Quality control, aggregate availability and...
Helicopter-Erected Tower Crane Demolishes Buildings
A signigicant logistics and scheduling problem existed for the demolition of these old buildings and the erection of a new one in the middle of an existing plant. Careful construction...
Los Angeles Tackles Freeway Congestion
In some 50 miles of Los Angeles freeway, the California Division of Highways is taking a systematic approach to eliminating traffic congestion. The actions include: changeable message...
Paratransit: How You May Get Around if the Energy Shortage Takes You Out of Your Car
Conventional rail and bus transit play important roles. Para-transit may eventually carry more people. Among the possibilities: priority access to freeways for multi-passenger vehicles;...
New York City's New Town
New York City has taken advantage of a little used island, Roosevelt Island, in the middle of the East River to build a unique residential new town. The large development is connected...
Landmarks in Reinforced Concrete
To properly understand the significance of ASCE'S National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks the instrumental steps in engineering history leading up to the landmarks period...
Lessons from Dam Incidents, USA
This report is primarily concerned with failures, accidents, damage during construction, and major repairs relating to dams in the USA. The purpose of this report is to present available...
Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Bibliography on Tall Buildings
A complete listing of the bibliography available on the tall building data base, entered in and processed by the computer, is presented with the abstracts where available. It is the result...
Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Structural Design of Tall Concrete and Masonry Buildings
The objective of this monograph,
Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Tall Building System and Concepts
Proceedings of the International Conference on Planning and Design of Tall Buildings, held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, August 21-26, 1972. Sponsored by the American...
The Economics of High-Rise Apartment Buildings of Alternate Design Configuration
This is a study of the economic problems of conceptual design of high-rise apartment buildings. Definitions and techniques useful in total cost analysis are developed. The economic of...
Current Research on Tall Buildings
Abstracts
This report summarizes the results of a worldwide survey of current research on tall buildings conducted by the ASCE-IABSE Joint Committee on Tall Buildings. The Survey was conducted over...
Planning and Design of Tall Buildings
Introduction, Conference Record, Indexes
Proceedings of the International Conference on Planning and Design of Tall Buildings, held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, August 21-26, 1972. Sponsored by the American...
Modes of Transportation
Sources of Information on Urban Transportation
This book offers an inventory of modes of urban transportation classified by vehicle types, with subclasses by guideway where applicable. Over 100 vehicles systems which have been demonstrated....
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