Design of Sheet Pile Walls
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 15 From foundation exploration and testing procedures...
Engineered Contaminated Soils and Interaction of Soil Geomembranes
Due to liability issues, landfills are no longer considered the best method of waste disposal. Innovative, safe disposal methods for large quantities of contaminated soils and waste are...
Evaluation of the Troxler Model 4430 Water-Cement Gauge
Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center, a CERF Service Center. This report describes a HITEC evaluation designed to determine...
Materials for the New Millennium
This proceedings,
Measuring and Modeling Time Dependent Soil Behavior
This proceedings presents a series of papers on both laboratory and field investigations, as well as constitutive modeling efforts, that all deal with the time dependence of soils and...
The Return of Deep Soil Mixing
Deep soil mixing, a technique originally developed in the U.S. in the 1970s but virtually ignored because for cost reasons, is regaining acceptance here due in large part to mechanical...
On Target: The Arrowhead East and West Tunnels
Two new water tunnels in Southern California will feature continuous impermeable linings, extensive probing and grouting, and unique seismic sections to minimize damage in fault zones...
Evaluation Findings of the Troxler Model 4430 Water/Cement Gauge
HITEC Report 96-03-TA: Technical Appendix
This technical appendix documents the details of the work (e.g. test data, mix designs, statistical analyses)....
Base Isolation Gets Its Day in Court
After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the 1905 U.S. Court of Appeals and Post Office Building in San Francisco was closed. The owner, General Services Administration Pacific Rim Region,...
Touchdown for O-Cell Test
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was badly damaged by the Northridge earthquake. There was seven months to complete 3 years of work to be ready in time for football season. The project...
Guidelines for Evaluating Aging Penstocks
Restructuring
America and Beyond
This proceedings,
NDE for Steel Bridges
Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) is the only way to detect fatigue cracks hidden by the paint on steel bridges, and FHWA-sponsored research into the problem has been given highest priority....
Guidelines for Field Evaluations of Pothole Repairs
Prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center, a CERF Service Center. This report describes the HITEC evaluation plan for Bondade,...
Standard Practice for Shotcrete
This manual,
A Safer Earthquake Design Code After NorthRidge
Three recent killer California earthquakes have demonstrated serious deficiencies in our current building codes. As they do after all such events, officials in California and other states...
Guarding Against Scour
An overview of the magnitude of the bridge scour problem in the United States is presented, using recent bridge failures to illustrate the problem. Procedures and results from the ongoing...
Turning Down the Power
Traditionally, utilities have responded to demands for more power by simply increasing the energy supply. But this results in higher costs for both the supplier (in the form permitting,...
Demolishing NAPLs
Dynamic Underground Stripping is a combination of
Construction with Large Stone
Technical Engineering and Design Guides, as adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 13 This manual provides guidance on effective and economical...
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