What Does the Case Law Say? Geotechnical Risk on Design-Build Projects
The growth of design-build (DB) contracting, particularly on public-sector civil projects, has generated a great deal of industry discussion over the age-old question of who should bear the risk of unforeseen...
Geotechnical Delivery on Mega Transportation Projects: Challenges of Accelerated Delivery
Transportation projects have traditionally been delivered through the design-bid-build (DBB) delivery model, which continues to be the preferred method of delivering the majority of smaller and more traditional...
Biogeotechnical Mitigation of Earthquake-Induced Soil Liquefaction
Three biogeotechnologies currently under development show promise for cost-effective remediation of liquefaction under existing facilities....
Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
The Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment presents activity and research developments in water issues, challenges, and opportunities throughout the developed landscape. The scope covers...
Seven Questions: Wisdom and Guidance for Successful Career Building: An interview with Patrick Cassity, P.E., on engineering ethics
Views of Calais, a picturesque port city in northern France, will be available all around the circular, glass-enclosed conference center that has been designed by Paris-based Arte Charpentier Architectes, along with ABCISS-Architectes, of Calais...
Study: Solar Power Within The Built Environment Could Exceed California's Energy Needs
Combining Architectural styles from the two neighborhoods it joins, the new World Trade Center 2 (WTC 2) design, by the New York City office of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), will meld low- and high-rise elements...
Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Civil engineers have responsibilities for the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of physical infrastructures. These infrastructures include all types of buildings,...
Ready for Restoration, the U.S. Capitol dome has been encircled in 52 mi of scaffolding that can be lit by 750 light-emitting diodes (LEDs)...
Before Wallenda Walked Tightropes, Engineers Studied Chicago Skyscrapers
It's not a flying saucer but a 360-degree viewing platform that will hover over Chicago once the construction of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by the movie director and producer George Lucas, of
Seven Questions: Wisdom and Guidance for Successful Career Building; An interview with Dennis R. Martenson, P.E., BCEE, Pres.06.ASCE, on volunteering
Structural Gymnastics Restore Chicago Athletic Building
The new Algerian parliament complex, designed by the French architecture firm Bureau Archiecture Méditerranée, was designed to encourage openness, dialogue, and debate and thus draws on the concept of open Mediterranean plazas...
Boldly going where no tower has gone before – at least in Sacramento, California – Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP, of New York City, has designed a 26-story tower that will be the largest corporate headquarters in the city, a nod to the rebirth of the region's business district...
Openness and accessibility are the themes embodied in the design of the new home of the National Library of Israel, conceived by the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron...
Introduction
Many institutions and private industry organizations have prepared guidance documents with the latest scientific and engineering information on proper design, installation, maintenance,...
Switched Sites Made Design of 'Green Infrastructure' College Building More Challenging
On the heels of its design for a radical sports and leisure venue on the edge of Las Vegas, the Los Angeles-based architecture firm M-Rad has designed a unique tower for downtown Las Vegas that is meant to integrate working and living spaces in circular fashion...
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