Civil Engineering 1993 - Abstracts

Civil Engineering 1993
TitleSubjectAuthors
Airport expansion on solid ground. (Vancouver International Airport)Science and technology 
A natural cleanup. (bioremedietion) (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyChristopher H. Nelson
ASCE leads plans for 1994 National Engineers Week.Science and technology 
Assignment of arbitration rights.Science and technologyMichael C. Loulakis, William L. Cregger
ATLSS Center to field tests beam-to-column connection. (Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems, Lehigh University)Science and technology 
Australian researchers burn down the house.Science and technology 
Avoiding risk: what the experts are telling the owners. (Special Advertising Section) (risks of construction)Science and technologyRobert J. Smith
Banking on a bridge. (Charter Oak Bridge in Hartford, Connecticut) (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyAlec D. Smith, Dan T. Kinard
Bioremediation beats waste at Texas Superfund site.Science and technology 
Bonded tendon debate. (United Kingdom)Science and technologyMorris Schupack
Boston artery likely first U.S. tunnel jacking. (Boston's Central Artery Project)Science and technology 
Bridge conference spans globe. (1993 annual International Bridge Conference and Exhibition)Science and technology 
Bridge to the future. (Roize Bridge in France)(includes related article) (Special Issue: Infrastructure) (Cover Story)Science and technologyJean M. Muller
Buried culvert stands up as short-span bridge.Science and technology 
Cable-stayed convention center. (Bartle Hall Convention Center, Kansas City,Missouri)Science and technologyBenjamin J. Biller, Robert Setterburg, Cary C. Goodman
Closing the loop. (Cooper River bridge built to withstand forces of nature)Science and technologyRaymond McCabe
Collider construction pace accelerates. (Superconducting Super Collider in Waxahachie, Texas)Science and technology 
Colorado dome. (Jefferson County Government Center, Golden, Colorado)Science and technologyRichard Weingardt
Columbus' Discovery excellent, says FWHA. (Discovery Bridge in Columbus, Ohio; Federal Highway Administration)Science and technology 
Computer-aided liability. (responsibility of software developers for defective software that cause structural failures)(includes related article on standard of care) (Cover Story)Science and technologyLisa Backman
Computer scheduling and construction specs.Science and technologyIrtishad Ahmad, George Navarrete
Computers, creativity and the engineer. (forum)Science and technologyAntonio M. Garcia
Concrete over the Connecticut. (Baldwin Bridge, Connecticut) (Special Issue:Infrastructure)Science and technologyG. Dewey Martin III, Ian Hubbard
Contract documents and liability. (Special Advertising Section)Science and technologyJoseph Liptak
Contractor expands highway from the highway. (Lane Construction of Meriden, Connecticut; Interstate 66 in Fairfax, Virginia)Science and technology 
Copolymers replace concrete under acid tanks.Science and technology 
Covering your liability. (Special Advertising Section)Science and technologyJames J. Canavan
Dam-Rehab conference stresses safety issues. (Dam Rehabilitation conference)Science and technology 
DART'S ASAP EIS. (Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority)(includes related article)Science and technologyDouglas A. Allen, William Kyle Keahey
Data validation practices and risk assessment. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyV. Balasundaram, N. Shashidhara
Design and construction insurance. (Special Advertising Section)Science and technologyRobert A. Rubin
Detecting leaks in geomembranes. (includes related article)Science and technologyDaren L. Laine, Glenn T. Darilek
Driving under a construction site. (Metro Green Line light-rail tansit system extension in Hawthorne, California) (Special Issue: Transportation)Science and technologyRafael Manzanarez, Dennis R. Smith
Engineering: environmental vs. developmental goals. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyDale A. Watson
Engineers get the call from land, sea and air. (Inside Thorofare Bridge reconstruction project)Science and technology 
Environmental engineers strike gold.Science and technology 
Epoxy-coated-rebar debate still going.Science and technology 
Fast foundation for soft clay. (rehabilitation of Ontario Hydro Lambton Generating Station) (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyJoseph R. Hilton Jr., Ronald E. Rager, Richard L. Novotny
Fast-track stadium. (Cairo Stadium Indoor Sports Complex)Science and technologySami Haddad, Dennis R. Smith
FHWA's Jane Garvey endorses HITEC as key to innovation. (Federal Highway Administration)(Highway Innovative Technology Center)Science and technology 
Fiber jackets put the wraps on bridge columns.Science and technology 
Florida Power & Light copes with Andrew. (Florida power plant; Hurricane Andrew)Science and technology 
French road rehab product comes to America. (Novachip)Science and technology 
From sludge to biosolids. (EPA's final sludge-disposal rules)Science and technologyJeffrey L. Beard
Getting along: the geotech and the CM. (Construction Manager)Science and technologyCharles Daugherty
Getting to the nonpoint source with GIS. (geographic information systems analyze nonpoint pollution sources at the Galveston Bay)Science and technologyHanadi S. Rifai, Charles J. Newell, Philip B. Bedient
GIS manages Andrew recovery. (geographic information system; Hurricane Andrew) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
High-tech landfill caps.Science and technologyJoseph C. Barbagallo, Salvatore J. Triano
Historic bridge gets a boost. (swing bridge over Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut)Science and technology 
Illinois DOT ranks risky bridges. (Department of Transportation)Science and technology 
Infrastructure crisis cure: empowerment. (Channel Tunnel project)(a transfrontier venture)Science and technologyJack K. Lemley
Integrated approach key to geosynthetics QA/QC. (geosynthetic materials)Science and technology 
Invasion of the zebra mussels. (includes related article on zebra mussels)Science and technologyRichard San Giacomo, Nicholas G. Randell
Is it ethical to profit from a natural or man-made disaster? (Special Issue:Infrastructure)Science and technologyMendi C. Lowe
Landfill on screen. (designing a sanitary landfill using a computer-aided design system)Science and technologySteven R. Roth, John R. Cummings
Lead is a four-letter word. (lead as a pollutant)Science and technologySteven Roetter
Lifelike model. (computer models accurately predict the response of tall buildings during an earthquake)Science and technologyAbolhassan Astaneh, David Bonowitz, Chen Cheng
Limiting liability. (Special Advertising Section) (engineering firms)Science and technologyPaul Lurie
Local water, local control.Science and technologyLyman S. Willardson, Bruce H. Anderson
London linkage. (Limehouse Link highway)Science and technologyDavid Scott, George Tamaro, Patrick McCreight
Long time coming for long-span girders. (concrete girders)Science and technology 
Machine-friendly facility. (automated air cargo facility at John F. Kennedy Airport)Science and technologyNissim Agassi
Making the leap. (computers as productivity tools)(includes related article)Science and technologyJeanine Tanner
Managing the data explosion. (water-quality data management systems)Science and technologyRichard P. Hooper, Brent T. Aulenbach
Masonry carries the load.Science and technologyDaniel P. Abrams
Massport modernization. (Massachusetts Port Authority) (Special Issue: Transportation)Science and technologyBradley P. Erickson, Thomas J. McCollough, Alexander Surko Jr.
Meshing computer technologies. (computer-aided design) (Special Issue: Infrastructure)Science and technologyKim Plumacher
Motivating technical employees. (includes related article) (Special Issue: Transportation)Science and technologyWillaim F. Peck
MSA for VOC removal. (mechanical surface aeration; volatile organic compounds)(expansion of the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant in Santa Monica, California) (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyCraig W. Lichty, Joseph A. Drago
New products introduced at computing conference. (A/E/C Systems, 1993)Science and technology 
New way out. (Morton Street evacuation shaft in New York, New York) (SpecialIssue: Infrastructure)Science and technologyDaniel M. Hahn
New wells safeguard scenic Tahoe. (Lake Tahoe, CA and NV)Science and technologyWilliam C.B. Gates
New York building is dressed for success. (Barneys New York's clothing storein Manhattan)Science and technology 
No-Dig crowds show industry growth. (No-Dig Conference, 1993)Science and technology 
No-dig project widens the record book. (horizontal directional drilling at the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia)Science and technology 
Now showing: new roof system at Georgia theater.Science and technology 
Nuclear-waste-storage projects progress. (Exploratory Studies Facility, Yucca Mountain, Nevada)Science and technology 
Nylon fibers help design hold water.Science and technology 
Park showcases storm-water management techniques. (Stormwater Management Demonstration Area at Fairland Regional Park, Maryland)Science and technology 
Partnering. (Special Advertising Section) (partnering in contract management)Science and technologyStanley P. Sklar
Partnering tested on BART extension. (Bay Area Rapid Transit)Science and technology 
Pittsburgh goes international. (Pittsburgh International Airport) (Special Issue: Infrastructure)Science and technologyJames A. Moorcroft
Planes to make a clean getaway at Denver Airport. (deicing-fluid-control program at Denver Stapleton International Airport)Science and technology 
Plastic piling. (composite plastic-and-steel piles) (Special Issue: Transportation)Science and technologyRoney Heinz
Political wind threatens housing standard. (US Department of Housing and Urban Development)Science and technologyMichael Charles
Predicting pollution. (JHK & Asscociates' SYSTEM II software system for air-quality analysis) (Special Issue: Transportation)Science and technologyWilliam Loudon, Malcolm Quint
Preparing for global warming. (Forum)Science and technologyAhsan Kareem
Probing the Port of Los Angeles. (geotechnical study) (Special Issue: Infrastructure)Science and technologyThomas W. McNeilan, John E. Foxworthy
Questioning composites. (developing standard specifications for composite materials) (Special Issue: Infrastructure)Science and technologyLawrence C. Bank
RCC: rehab results. (roller-compacted concrete)Science and technologyKenneth D. Hansen, Francis G. McLean
Recession lessons to remember.Science and technologyVincent J. DeSimone
Recycling on the Mississippi. (swing bridge in Hannibal, MO, to be replaced by a vertical lift bridge from Florence, AL)Science and technologyJacob Patnaik
Report evaluates automated construction. (computer-aided construction)Science and technology 
Researcher discusses fallout of epoxy-coated-rebar case. (Engineer Kenneth Clear)Science and technology 
Resolving disputes. (Special Advertising Section) (includes related article on Dispute Review Board)Science and technologyDominick DeSalvo
Rubber dams inflate water supply. (Orange County Water District's dam construction project at the Santa Ana River)Science and technology 
Runway rehab: a case for CADD. (computer-aided design and drafting)Science and technologyStephen M. Benz
Sampling sediment on a complex site. (Marathon Battery Superfund site in Cold Spring, New York) (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyJohnJ. Nocera, Gregory P. Matthews, Thomas M. Simmons
Santa Cruz back in business after earthquake. (Santa Cruz, California)Science and technology 
Scoping out scour. (new underwater bridge inspection methods) (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyThomas J. Fenner
Shelter from the storm. (small municipalities must apply permits for their storm-water systems)Science and technologyStephen P. Chinn, Martha E. Crow
Short-span bridge solutions.Science and technologyM. Zoghi
Sludge under pressure. (San Diego, California's sewage transport pipeline) (Special Issue: Infrastructure)Science and technologyCarl Sepponnen, F. Stuart Seymour
Slurry walls help cut off contaminants. (biopolymer slurry)Science and technology 
Slurry walls pull double duty on Denver underpass. (15th Street underpass)Science and technology 
Spotting specs offenders.Science and technologyBryce Simons
Steel exoskeleton defines architecture.Science and technologyHal Iyengar, John Zils, Robert Sinn
Stop Superfund stagnation. (liability for environmentally dangerous substances) (Forum)Science and technologyNeno Duplancic
Supply-side solutions. (developing innovative repair solutions for bridges) (Special Issue: Transportation)Science and technologyNils Olsson
Taking the pain out of the punch list.Science and technologyMark A. Boyle
Taming the urban underground. (planning excavations)Science and technologyJames P. Gould, George Tamaro, J.P. Powers
Technology and politics mix at TRB meeting. (Transporatation Research Board)Science and technology 
The 'criminalization' of government procurement. (Special Issue: Hazardous Waste)Science and technologyRichard D. Lieberman
The Denver airport: managing a megaproject.Science and technologyGinger S. Evans, Richard L. Haury, Guy M. Stricklin
The proof is in the pavement.Science and technologyRichard M. Weed
Toll plaza to stand on buried columns. (Blue Water Bridge toll plaza in PortHuron, Michigan) (Engineering Applications)Science and technology 
Trench boxes help get to the bottom of this.Science and technology 
Trick plays and traps. (excerpt from 'Win-Win Negotiating: A Professional's Handbook')Science and technologyGary D. Bates, O.C. Tirella
Tunnels not immune to environmental concerns.Science and technology 
Vacuum excavation makes clean sweep of utilities.Science and technology 
Washington water project safeguards environment. (Marysville, Washington water supply pipeline)Science and technology 
Water pipelines: tackling toxics.Science and technologySteven Eng
Way clear (almost) for California toll road. (San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor)Science and technology 
What should engineers think about the SSC? (Superconducting Super Collider)Science and technologyThomas D. O'Rourke, Timothy E. Toohig
Whole greater than parts on Chicago rail project. (Chicago rail project)Science and technology 
Why engineers don't run things.Science and technology 
Wind tunnel takes off. (NASA Ames Research Center tunnel)Science and technology 
Workers raise the roof at Portland airport. (Portland International Airport)Science and technology 
World of Concrete a winner in Vegas. (1993 World of Concrete Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada)Science and technology 
World's largest archival building nears completion. (Archives II built to maintain historical documents)Science and technology 
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