Civil Engineering 1992 - Abstracts

Civil Engineering 1992
TitleSubjectAuthors
A case of the shakes. (reinforcing New York, New York's Terrace on the Park)(includes related article) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyAnthony C. Webster, Matthys P. Levy
Advancing anchorage technology. (includes related article)Science and technologyStuart Littlejohn
A face-lift for Lincoln. (rehabilitation of New York-New Jersey Lincoln Tunnel) (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyPeter L. Rinaldi, Andrea Giorgi Bocker
AGC presents 20th annual Build America Awards. (Associated General Contractors of America)Science and technology 
A monumental task. (construction of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.)Science and technologyVictor Omelchenko, Thad Bergling, David J. Oleynik, Satish B. Shah
A new fast track for public works. (construction management/general contracting system)(includes related article) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyBill Hirsh
Appropriate technology for flood warnings. (includes related article)Science and technologyMark E. Nelson
Better cover-ups. (selection standards for sanitary landfill cover materials)Science and technologyRobert M. Koerner, David E. Daniel
Beyond push-button GPS. (Global Positioning System)Science and technologyAlfred Leick
Bridge barges into New York. (pedestrian walkway over Manhattan's West Side Highway) (News)Science and technology 
Broward getting the most from its wastewater. (North Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant in Broward County, Florida)Science and technology 
Bugs vacuum dirty soil. (bacterial cultures) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Cables support skylight roof at Morgan Library. (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City)Science and technology 
CAD and the Corps. (computer-aided design; Corps of Engineers)(includes related article)Science and technologyB. Ray Summerell, Kevin Carrigan, Jamie B. Wrenn
Caltrans to retrofit double-deck bridges. (California Department of Transportation)Science and technology 
Capturing capital. (financing sources for environmental engineering and consulting firms)Science and technologyPaul J. Zofnass
Chrysler takes the bad road to make better cars. (Chrysler Technology Center, Auburn Hills, Michigan)Science and technology 
Cleaning up chromium. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste )Science and technologyW. Scott McKinley, Randy C. Pratt, Loren C. McPhillips
Cleanup efforts continue at Oakland fire site. (Oakland Hills, California)Science and technology 
Coal-gas conundrum. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyDeborah English, Carol Whitlock, Dean Hargens
Columbus discovers traffic management. (Columbus, Ohio's information and assistance campaign to help commuters during highway reconstruction) (News)Science and technology 
Computer analysis helps lower cost. (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Computer model aids water planning. (Central Valley Ground-Surface Water Simulation Model)Science and technology 
Conference promotes polymer concrete rehab. (highlights of two-day international conference held March 1992 in New Jersey)Science and technology 
Contractor watches clock on bridge rehab. (McLean Contracting; Riva Road Bridge, Annapolis, Maryland)Science and technology 
Controlling nitrogen in coastal waters. (includes related article) (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyRosemary Monahan, Susan Beede, Joseph Costa, Bruce Rosinoff
Cooper Union aids ex-Soviet engineers. (Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art)Science and technology 
Corps chooses precast panels for lock rehab. (US Army Corps of Engineers uses precast concrete in the Troy Lock and Dam repair project)Science and technology 
Creating wetlands. (Special Issue: Water Resources)Science and technologyLaurence J. Purcell, Thomas D. Johnson
Dallas goes trenchless. (Dallas Water Utilties' microtunneling applications) (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyA.V. Almeida
Dallas light-rail tunnel breaks new ground.Science and technology 
Dams going safely over the top. (use of cellular concrete mats to upgrade dams)Science and technologyR. Lee Wooten, George R. Powledge, Stephen L. Whiteside
Deck modules speed work, cut bridge rehab cost. (value engineering and modular repair work on an old New York state bridge)Science and technology 
Defensive engineering can be dangerous. (Forum)Science and technologyNicholas Albergo
Designing reinforced rock. (tunneling and excavating method)Science and technologyJohn A. Bischoff, Stephen J. Klein, Thomas A. Lang
Despite study, questions surround Yucca Mountain. (National Research Council report on the proposed underground storage of nuclear waste in Nevada)Science and technology 
Diamond blades ease the road-repair grind. (industrial-diamond saw blades) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Distant look at pollution. (remote pollution sensing devices compared to standard point-samplers) (News)Science and technology 
Double diamonds: new brand for a Texas bridge. (structural support system for the Fred Hartman Bridge between Baytown and LaPorte, Texas)Science and technologyThomas G. Lovett, Dennis W. Warren
Dual system cleanup. (treatment of contaminated ground water) (Special Issue: Water Resources)Science and technologyChien D. Ngo, Gary M. Carlton, Philip J. Mitchell, John T. Su
Dynamic compaction of nuclear wastes. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyCliff Schexnayder, Robert G. Lukas
Earthquakes: a new look at cracked masonry. (Special Issue: Structures/Instrumentation)Science and technologyRandolph Langenbach
Educating engineers for the future: two views. (Forum)Science and technologyRichard H. McCuen, Andrew Olmstead
Electrokinetic cleanups. (Special Issue : Environmental)Science and technologyYalcin B. Acar
Engineering a monument, evoking a nightmare. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyLeo Argiris, Khosrow Namdar, Trevor Adams
Engineering pre-engineered buildings. (metal buildings)(includes related article) (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyAlexander Newman
Environmental projects garner academy's awards. (American Academy of Environmental Engineers awards)Science and technology 
Evaluating spillway adequacy. (incremental-hazard evaluation as an approach to identifying inflow design flood, with a case study of its application)Science and technologyJohn K. Hawk
Fiber: good for the concrete diet? (comparative analysis of fibers used for reinforcing concrete) (Cover Story)Science and technologyWilliam C. Panarese
Fifth time around, as California pier reappears. (reconstruction of the Huntington Beach Pier)Science and technology 
Gabions and geogrids. (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyAlfred H. Brand
Geotechs revisit slopes, embankments. (American Society of Civil Engineers' Stability and Performance of Slopes and Embankments conference in Berkeley, California; geotechnical engineers)Science and technology 
Geotextile helps tailor old rail bed for new use. (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
GIS conference highlights broadly focused systems. (geographic information systems)Science and technology 
GIS: New York's pipe dream. (geographic information system) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyHarvey P. Moutal, David R. Bowen, Wendy Dorf
Grouting against hazwaste. (case study on the use of grouting to isolate hazardous waste in an industrial landfill)Science and technologyKen Weaver, R.M. Coad, K.R. McIntosh
High-strength concrete tested in bridge girders.Science and technology 
Highway design in 3-D.Science and technologyRichard D. Sullivan
HOV lessons. (high-occupancy vehicle lanes)(includes related article) (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyKatherine F. Turnbull, Dennis Christiansen
Hydraulic demolition preserves historic bridge. (Yaquina Bay Bridge) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Improving specifications. (construction and engineering specifications) (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyJoseph Goldbloom
Infrastructure investment builds economic muscle. (Forum)Science and technologyNeil S. Grigg
Innovative reregulation weirs. (enviromentally-safe weir design by the Tennessee Valley Authority)Science and technologyGary E. Hauser, Richard M. Shane, James A. Niznik, W. Gary Brock
Instrumenting theScience and technologyCarin L. Roberts, John E. Breen, Patrick M. Bachman
In too deep. (problems in urban excavations) (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyRobert A. Rubin, Jeannette L. Molina
JFK airport cargo system will be US first.Science and technology 
L.A. Metro Rail Red Line motoring toward start-up.Science and technology 
Landfills: anatomy of automated design. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyJuan C. Vargas, David B. Porter
Learning to love NDT. (nondestructive testing for concrete)Science and technologyBernard H. Hertlein
Life-cycle cost analysis doesn't work for bridges. (Forum)Science and technologyDavid Veshosky, Carl R. Beidleman
Life in the fast track. (Oklahoma's four new turnpikes)Science and technologyRichard L. Ridings, Stephen B. Quinn
Lightweight grout eases sewer rehab. (LDB 662)Science and technology 
Livermore lab installs sewer diversion facility. (Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California)Science and technology 
Making teamwork work. (includes related article) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyMel Hensey
Mammoth cleanup for Kuwait's contaminated soil.Science and technology 
Managing for profit. (financial management of engineers and architects) (Special Issue: Structures/Instrumentation)Science and technologyChester A. Shuman
Manhattan post office engulfs a whole city block. (General Mail Facility, Manhattan)Science and technology 
Manholes and microtunneling. (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyEvarett Jr. Cruz
Measured to the max. (maximum testing of building behavior) (Special Issue: Structures/Instrumentation)Science and technologyRobert Mark, Robert Nigbor, Ahmet Cakmak
Metro nearing completion of prototype tunnel. (Metro Fort Totten, Washington, D.C.; New Austrian Tunneling Method)Science and technology 
Microbiologically induced corrosion. (case study of the Cary Farber Sherman Hall at the State University of New York)Science and technologyMichael Davies, P.J.B. Scott
Mining for building expansion. (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyJohn Booth, Richard M. Croswell, Robin B. Dill
Minipile milestone in Memphis. (Memphis, Tennessee) (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyLoren D. Flick, Nigel B.R. Osborn, A.E. 'Ted' Graham, Michael J. Marasa, Frank T. Tobey III
Minority, women and small contractors boosted in NYC. (Regional Alliance of Small Contractors and the Brooklyn borough president's office help minority- and women-owned construction firms)Science and technology 
National Endowment of the Arts honors engineering projects.Science and technology 
New cable-stayed bridge will span Mississippi. (Clark Bridge)Science and technology 
New York water-tunnel section finished after 22 years.Science and technology 
'Northeast' conference has national implications. (construction industry conference held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Science and technology 
Norway's Olympic cavern. (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyRajinder Bhasin, Fredrik Loset
Oakland fire fighters guided by satellites. (Global Positioning System) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Offshore challenge. (offshore mining in Mexico) (Special Issue : Environmental)Science and technologyGordon H. Moore, Juan J. Campo
Out with the old. (demolition of Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, Florida)(includes related article) (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyMichael Irwin, Thomas B. Terpening
Overhead and profit on change orders. (Special Issue: Water Resources)Science and technologyHamid Sarvi
Peaches and concrete. (One Peachtree Center, Atlanta) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyHoush Rahimzadeh, Mark B. Haselton
Piles over problem sites. (ecological impact of pile foundations)Science and technologyIssa S. Oweis, Edward M. Zamiskie Jr.
Pipe runs from prison, welcomed by town. (high-density polyethylene wastewater pipeline from Branchville Training Center in Indiana) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Plastic pipe takes sewer under creek. (Big Dry Creek Interceptor uses polyethyline pipeline) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Play ball: Oriole Park at Camden Yards set to open. (Maryland's new baseball stadium) (News)Science and technology 
Predicting sediment loads. (Special Issue : Environmental)Science and technologyKrishan P. Singh, Ali Durgunoglu
Principles of holistic medicine applied to infrastructure maintenance: a test case. (analyzing Williamsburg Bridge's infrastructure problems)Science and technologyFred Catapano
Project management: keys to success. (factors that add up to a successful construction project)Science and technologyDavid Bentley, Gary Rafferty
Put to the test. (corrosion inhibitor tests) (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyPaul Tourney, Neal Berke
RCC at 10. (roller compacted concrete) (Special Issue : Environmental)Science and technologyJohn R. Prendergast
Reassessing the risk assessment. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyWayne K. Tusa
Rehabbing the rails. (rehabilitation of Philadelphia's commuter railroad) (Special Issue: Rehabilitation)Science and technologyStewart D. Winn Jr.
Rehab helps Columbus celebrate anniversary. (renovation and expansion of the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio)Science and technology 
Removing incentives for conflict. (government regulations on waste management) (Forum)Science and technologyR. Wane Schneiter
Responding to disasters. (Forum)Science and technologyJames S. Cohen
Restricting rockfalls. (Special Issue : Environmental)Science and technologyRichard D. Andrew
Retrofitting a landmark. (the Citadel, Los Angeles) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyDavid L. Houghton
Return of the master builders. (Washington)Science and technology 
Reuse rules. (wastewater treatment methods)(includes related article)Science and technologyHerman Bouwer
Rubber dam holds water. (Alameda County Water District dam) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Seattle plays it safe. (upgrading Seattle's water supply system) (Special Issue: Water Resources)Science and technologyWalter F. Anton, Ronald M. Polivka, Laurel Harrington
Seismically safe, spectator-friendly. (Anaheim Arena, California) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyCharles H. Thornton, Thomas Z. Scarangello, Chris Christoforou
Seismic assessment of tailings dams. (icludes related article) (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyThomas G. Harper, Harvey N. McLeod, Michael P. Davies
Seismic fuse does double duty in Arizona. (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Seismic guidelines impact Los Angeles wharf design. (Port of Los Angeles Pier 300)Science and technology 
Settling down easy. (airport construction on a floating island) (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyCharles R. Heidengren
Sizing up segmentals. (evaluation of concrete segmental bridges) (Building Better Bridges: Concrete vs. Steel.)Science and technologyClifford L. Freyermuth
Small utility GIS. (geographic information system) (Special Issue: Structures/Instrumentation)Science and technologyDidier Goubert, Robert Newton
Spin-fin piles gain in application.Science and technology 
Staffing up for a major program. (advantages of using in-house work force in construction management projects)Science and technologyEdward H. McCormick, David L. Pratt, Kurt B. Haunschild, Jean S. Hegdal
Steel weighs in. (evaluation of steel bridges) (Building Better Bridges: Concrete vs. Steel.)Science and technologyAndy Johnson
Steering clear of tort claims. (implications of tort liabilities on highway construction)(includes related article)Science and technologyDaniel S. Turner, Joseph D. Blaschke
Storm-water permits, trickle become torrents. (General Storm Water Permits program) (Washington)Science and technologyJeffrey Beard
Surplus promotes price competition. (Forum)Science and technologyTore O. Arnesen
Systeme international yes, newton no. (replacing the newton and pascal as units of force in Sir Isaac Newton's law of motion) (Forum)Science and technologyDouglas W. Barr
Tackling trapped sediments. (restoring beaches through crater-sink fluidization) (Special Issue: Buildings)Science and technologyScott A. Jenkins, Joseph Wasyl, David W. Skelly
Taking the lean out of the Leaning Tower of Pisa?Science and technology 
Taming environmental data. (environmental management) (Special Issue: Water Resources)Science and technologyNeno Duplancic, Gregory Buckle
Taming Tornado Alley. (design and construction for tornado-safe structures)Science and technologyHarold W. Harris, Kishor C. Mehta, James R. McDonald
Tapered insulation builds up new roof. (for new El Paso courthouse in Texas) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Tensile terminal. (Denver International Airport terminal structure) (Special Issue: Structures/Instrumentation)Science and technologyHorst Berger, Edward M. De Paola
The caisson solution. (method of shaft construction as foundation) (includesrelated article) (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyBennie L. Benjamin, Thomas L. Weber, Jose A. Ramos
The crown and the curtain wall. (spectacular skycraper tops) (Special Issue: Water Resources)Science and technologyDudley G. McFarquhar
The engineer's role in sustainable development. (Forum )Science and technologyV. Rajagopalan
The evolution of an environmental monitor. (KCI Technologies Inc.)Science and technologyPeter J. Dodds, R. Scott Sternberger
The great Chicago flood of 1992. (Special Issue: Structures/Instrumentation)Science and technologyRandall R. Inouye, Joseph D. Jacobazzi
The greening of greens. (golf courses) (Special Issue : Environmental)Science and technologyR. Todd Borden
The heartbeat of the artery. (Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project)Science and technologyDavid L. Druss, Burton P. Kassap
The last freeway. (California Century Freeway, or Interstate 105)Science and technologyJack Hallin
Tomorrow's school. (Jefferson County Public School, Louisville, Kentucky)Science and technologySocrates Ioannides, Robert P. Beall
Tort liability: limiting US innovation. (Forum)Science and technologyHarvey M. Bernstein
TRB reports little future airport construction. (Transportation Research Board)Science and technology 
TRB reports weigh new transport technologies. (Transportation Research Board)Science and technology 
Trenchless repair keeps sewage and business flowing. (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
True costs of underground construction assessed at No-Dig '92. (No-Dig '92 conference in Washington, D.C.)Science and technology 
Tunnel grouting record pumped up in Los Angeles. (Los Angeles North Outfall Replacement Sewer project) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Tunnel takes cathodic protection. (Special Issue: Structures/Instrumentation)Science and technologyGuang-Nan Fanjiang, Michael Mazzuca, Lin Nathan, Robin Pawson
Turning on the waterworks (water supply project in Lake Michigan) (Special Issue: Water Resources)Science and technologyDonald E. Eckman
Tying back a landslide. (includes related article) (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyStephen J. Klein
Underground research: here and there. (includes related article) (Special Issue: Geotechnical)Science and technologyRaymond L. Sterling
User fees: who pays and how much? (discrepancies between transportation users' fees and service and maintenance costs)Science and technology 
Value engineering at a superfund site. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyVirendra Singh, Amy Monti
Wall system makes the cut. (composite wall system for road widening) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Wastewater under home plate. (Special Issue : Environmental)Science and technologyWalter A. Bishop Jr., John S. Fraser
Waterfall aeration works. (Special Issue : Environmental)Science and technologyRenso Gasparotto
Water's new world. (automation in the water agencies)Science and technologyLaura Lang
Wildlife, water shortage affect airport project. (Grand Canyon National Airport)Science and technology 
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