Life at the End of the Tunnel
Deadly tunnel fires in Europe have raised new concerns about tunnel fire safety around the world. Modifications to structures, mechanical systems, and operating procedures can make new...
Tornado Safety Bill Passes House of Representatives
Tunnel Safety: Underground Testing Facility Builds Fire-Training Tunnels
Transit: Accident Derails Bridge Construction for New Jersey Light-Rail
Court Defines Substantially Complete as Ready for Safe Start-Up
Traffic Management: Intelligent In-road Signals Could Make Street Safer
Court Decisions: OSHA Provision Dose Nor Assign Liability for Injured Worker
Good Vibrations
As advances in material technology and structural efficiency find reflection in structures that are lighter, more slender, and more daring architecturally, design teams must focus more...
Energy Policy Shifts from Supply to Safety
Bridges: Georgia's Longest Span Opens River to Safer Navigation
Special Sessions Examine Civil Engineering's Critical Role in Public Safety
Rain and Gray Water Reuse Systems: The Hazard of Legionaries Disease
The Legionaries Disease is being more and more diagnosed. This infectious disease occurs when humans come in contact with the aerosol of contaminated water. The body of knowledge is growing...
Safeguarding Bixby Bridge
The two-lane arch bridge over Bixby Creek—in Big Sur, California—reflects the Art Deco style popular in the early 1930s, when the crossing was built. Its slender deck and arch ribs appear...
The Ethics of Contributions
Whether or not it is ethical for a consulting firm to contribute money to a political campaign or cause depends on the motive. If the purpose is to curry favor with a candidate and gain...
Ethics: A Design Responsibility
The design/build method of project delivery, because it largely removes the client from the quality control and assurance process, can lend itself to unethical behavior on the part of...
Traffic Safety concerns
Do OSHA Construction Standards Apply to Designers?
Safety in a Designer's Hands
Although contractors face safety issues every day, engineers and architects have traditionally not addressed construction site safety in project designs. But there are design practices...
Into the Tunnel
Technological advances in wind tunnel testing and computer-aided design programs are enabling engineers to create taller and more aesthetically interesting buildings than ever before....
Traffic Speed and Safety
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