Hydraulic Engineering
These proceedings,
Precepts of Project Management
Considering the importance of project management to the practice of consulting engineering and the fact that most engineers are expected to be able to manage projects at some point in...
The Engineer As Preservationist
Engineers in the U.S. have been involved in historic preservation at least since 1966, the year ASCE's Committee on the History and Heritage of Civil Engineering designated...
The Art of Infrastructure
Phoenix' capital improvement plan is subtitled Our Share Environment. It requires that one percent of the capital budget go toward artistic input on all infrastructure projects:...
Environmental Campus for EPA
Green design, fiscal responsibility and a new Corps of Engineers value engineering program come together in EPA's $240 million new central research campus to be built in North...
Offshore Rescue
Restoration of wastewater ocean outfalls can be difficult, dangerous and environmentally challenging. Two recent projects, however, serve as examples of innovative outfall rehab. The first...
ISTEA Enhances Transportation
The aim of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 was to integrate communities with transportation programs. Engineering professionals now have the responsibility...
Constructed Civil Infrastructure Systems R&D
A European Perspective
This report,
Fracture Mechanics Applied to Geotechnical Engineering
This proceedings,
Geo-engineering
a Vision for the 21st Century
This report,
Computer Control of CSOs
Like many older cities, St. Louis has a combined sewer system and is faced with the difficulties of dealing with combined sewer overflows (CSOs). The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District...
Vietnam: Firsthand Feedback
Impressions and advice on doing business in Vietnam. Black & Veatch was the first U.S. engineering firm in Vietnam. Wayne West, BV's man in Hanoi, and James Patton,...
Information, Global-Style
The quality, timeliness and accuracy of information can give an international architectural, engineering and consulting firm a distinct competitive advantage, and the wrong system can...
Geotechnical Baseline Reports
The greatest percentage of disputes in underground construction results from subsurface conditions that are different than from what is indicated in the contract. Adding geotechnical baseline...
Standard Practice for Concrete for Civil Works Structures
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 8 This manual provides guidance for the investigation...
Materials for Tomorrow's Infrastructure
A Ten Year Plan for Deploying High Performance Construction Materials and Systems (Executive Report)
Prepared by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. This executive report presents a high-level, policy-oriented summary of the High-Performance...
Materials for Tomorrow's Infrastructure
A Ten Year Plan for Deploying High Performance Construction Materials and Systems (Technical Report)
Prepared by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. This report presents a detailed program to transform our nation's infrastructure....
Calendar: Bridges 1995
Featured bridges are: Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge (WA); Waco Suspension Bridge (TX); Rexleigh Bridge (NY); Hernando Bridge (AK & YN); Third Street Bridge (PA); Klamath River...
Questioning Composites
Steel, concrete and timber are, of course, the most commonly used construction materials. Composites, or fiber reinforced plastics, have been used in specialty applications in construction...
Network Management Using GIS
This paper is concerned with the opportunities that arise from combining digital highway networks, relational databases, GIS technology, specialist application software, and workstation...
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