Civil Engineering 1996 - Abstracts

Civil Engineering 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
19 tough acts to follow.(nominees for the 1996 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Awards)Science and technology 
A boom in Thailand.(construction of infrastructure)Science and technologyCharles R. Heidengren
Accessible information.(database of environment regulation documents)Science and technologyWilliam J. Douglas, Izak Maitin
Accessing Atlantic City. (construction of the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey)Science and technologyPaul Regenscheid
Advanced composites build on success.(advanced composite materials versus conventional structural materials)(includes related article)Science and technologyFrieder Seible, Vistasp Karbhari
A gatehouse for Johnson. (Philip Johnson's Gatehouse building in New Canaan, Connecticut)Science and technologyDavid Harrison, Pedro Sifre
A landslide of litigation.(landslide management of Stonehill Drive, Southern California)Science and technologyWalter F. Crampton
Alluring approach.(East Fork White River Bridge, Columbus, Indiana)(includes related article on public-works and infrastructure program in Columbus)Science and technologyJames D. Lockwood, John R. Hillman
A modified dam for fish up the river.(changes to Little Fish Dam)Science and technology 
Anatomy of a wetland. (constructed wetland in Georgia)Science and technologyJim Renner
Anchoring a landfill expansion.(passive soil anchors to stabilize slopes)Science and technologyMax Kroschel, Michael S. Snow, Thomas A. Williamson
A new direction in remediation.(usage of horizontal drilling technology for soil and ground-water remediation)Science and technologyPaul P. Parmentier, Ronald M. Klemovich
An interception by Boston.(rehabilitation program for sewer system)Science and technologyDennis J. Doherty, Irene McSweeney Woodfall
An irresistible offer.(private finance for a Florida beltway)(includes related article)Science and technologyMax D. Crumit
Are there benefits to continuing professional development?Science and technologyRussell J. Kehl
ASCE joins ranks of congressional fellows.Science and technologyMartin Hight
ASCE's new paradigm.(American Society of Civil Engineers)Science and technologyDelon Hampton
Asphalt update.(applications of Superpave system)Science and technologyRita Leahy, R. Gary Hicks, Carl L. Monismith
Assessing Opal's impact. (Hurricane Opal)(includes related article)Science and technologyDavid J. Greenwood, Darryl J. Hatheway
Back to bacteria: a more natural filtration.Science and technologyBruce E. Rittmann
Bad vibrations.(common engineers' mistakes in vibration-triggered accidents)Science and technologyLawrence W. Gubbe
Balancing on the tides.(widening George P. Coleman Bridge, York town, Virginia)Science and technologyJoe Klein, Boris Levintov
Bare bones buildings.(buildings with exposed structural steel systems)Science and technologyRonald Johnson, Hal Iyengar, Robert Sinn, William (British bibliographer) Baker
Big business.(environmental engineering consulting firms)(contains related article on the sale of Earth Tech, California, to Tyco International)Science and technologyPaul J. Zofnass
Blast wall bravura.(carbon can reinforce blast walls)Science and technologyPieter J. Van der Weijde, Paul H.L. Groenenboom
Boston's home run.(Ted Williams Tunnel)(Cover Story)Science and technologyRita Robi son
Bridge over the river Karnali.(Nepal)Science and technologyGeorge Gesner, Selva Selvaratnam
Capital facelift takes flight.(airport terminal renovation projects at Washington Dulles International Airport and Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.)Science and technologyRichard Cullerton, Albert J. Gravallese
Case studies of deep mixing.(applications of deep soil mixing)Science and technology 
Catching up on composites. (use of composite materials in the US construction industry)Science and technologyHarry Goldstein
Cellular confinement system helps hold slope.(reinstatement of preserve slope through integral high-strength tendons)Science and technology 
Chicago's micropile debut.(micropiles strengthen Orchestra Hall's foundation)Science and technologyRon Johnson, William H. Walton, Steven D. Scherer
Civil engineers need to stay together.Science and technologyC. Gary Kellogg
Cleaning up clay.(ground water and soil purification)Science and technologyEric C. Lindhult, Daniel A. Kwiecinski
Coal's clean comeback.(Polk Power Station, Tampa, Florida)Science and technologyDonald E. Pless, Stephen D. Jenkins
Communication breakdown. (vulnerability of telecommunications networks to earthquakes)Science and technologyFelix S. Wong, Jeremy Isenberg
Composite materials edge into mainstream construction. (First International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure)Science and technology 
Conference tracks progress of trenchless technologies. (International No-Dig '96)Science and technology 
Construction through crude oil. (shaft construction through oil-saturated sandstone)(includes related article)Science and technologyRichard J. Switalski, Kyle R. Ott, Dale J. Sadowski
Containing spills and fire. (application of codes for wastewater treatment plants to fuel storage systems)Science and technologyWilliam E. Wiley
Corps begins work on California dam. (US Army Corps; Seven Oaks Dam)Science and technology 
Cost containment, cost recovery.(watching costs in megaprojects)Science and technology 
Creeping suspicion.(dam construction)Science and technologyMichael P. Bruen, Nicholas Pansic, Marc I. Schwartz
Decision support.(usefulness of computerized decision support systems)Science and technologyR.B. Allen
Design-build continues to grow in U.S..(construction delivery method)Science and technology 
Does ASCE have a responsibility to mandate continuing education?(American Society of Civil Engineers)Science and technologyTony Huff
Do-nothing cleanups.(remediation of polluted soil and ground water)Science and technologyRandall T. Hicks, Rais Rizvi
Dynamic duo.(1996 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement merit awards)Science and technologyJohn Prendergast
Eight is a magic number.(use of number eight in construction of Jin Mao Building in Shanghai)Science and technology 
Engineering education goes digital with World Wide Web database.Science and technology 
Engineering ethics.Science and technologyRobert A. Rubin, Stanley H. Goldstein
Engineers outfox nature to bury sewer line.(sewer line burial and endangered San Joaquin kit fox dens)Science and technology 
EPA in limelight at WEFTEC meeting. (Environmental Protection Agency, Water Environment Federation's 69th annual meeting and exposition)Science and technology 
Financing the future of storm water. (storm water drainage)(includes related article)Science and technologyPatrick S. Collins
Forecaster makes concrete prognostication.(Portland Cement Assn chief economist Bill Toal's forecast on commercial and public construction sectors)Science and technology 
From sediment to solid.(pollutants treatment)Science and technologyJames R. Donnelly, William C. Webster
From wasteland to paradise. (waste disposal ponds in Montana)Science and technology 
Geotech design reports get a litmus test.(perception of geotechnical design reports)Science and technologyBrenda Myers Bohlke
GIS gains ground as disaster mitigation tool.(geographic information systems)Science and technology 
Ground improvement salvation.(underground construction material)Science and technologyPeter J. Nicholson
Ground-water treatments gain ground. (water treatment techniques)Science and technologyRafat A. Abbasi
High over Shanghai.(construction of Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai)Science and technologyMark Sarkisian, Stan Korista, Ahmad Abdelrazaq
Honolulu's street relief.Science and technologyGregory L. Raines, James K. Honke
HOV fix on I-66.(high-occupancy-vehicle)Science and technologyPeter F. Bonaccorsi
Intelligent transportation education.(dissemination of information on highway technologies)Science and technologySteven P. Scalici
Japan shows the way with aramids. (aramid fibers as concrete reinforcement)Science and technology 
Kentucky researchers complete composite foot bridge.(plastic composite foot bridge)Science and technology 
Let the buyer (and seller) beware.(acquisitions and mergers of firms)Science and technologyGary Gough
Lining the line. (use of flexible waterproofing membranes to protect subway stations and rehabilitate leaking tunnels)Science and technologyWalter Mergelsberg, Vojtech Gall, Gerhard Sauer
Managing a megaproject.(management decisions in a water-delivery improvement project)Science and technologyDavid Elvin
Mapping history.(pipe-line looping project at Bow Corridor, Alberta)Science and technologyRebecca Balcom
Marine borers are back.(mollusks and crustaceans damaging harbors)Science and technologyVahan Tanal, Alex Matlin
Milwaukee's ozone upgrade.Science and technologyJames C. Kaminski, Paul W. Prendiville
Minnesota DOT pursues privatization projects. (road privatization projects of Minnesota's Dept. of Transportation)Science and technology 
Modeling contaminated sediments.Science and technologyRobert K. Simons, Daryl B. Simons
Monitoring prestressed structures.Science and technologyJack F. Elliott
Nevada test site on track. (WesTrack experimental road test facility)Science and technology 
New aluminum decks cut loads, add life.Science and technology 
No-dig gains ground.(trenchless repairs in sewer system)Science and technologyLuis Aguiar, Thomas G. Scheller, James T. Cowgill, Iqbal Noor
No more bullish predictions.(environmental engineering industry)Science and technology 
No more flapping in the wind.(dampers steady the air-traffic control tower)Science and technology 
On target: the arrowhead east and west tunnels.(water tunnels in Southern California that will minimize earthquake effect)Science and technologyJim Gallanes, Victor Romero, Tobin Tellers
Paris spreads its western wing.(urban renewal project in Paris, France)Science and technology 
Parking lot corrosion cure.(replacement of damaged tendons in a parking lot)Science and technologyScott Greenhaus
Perfecting bridge inspecting. (use of multimedia technology for data acquisition and storage)(includes related article)Science and technologyAlbert Leung
Plumbing the quality of a sewer system. (repair of corroded sewer pipes in Phoenix, Arizona)(includes related article)Science and technologyRobert Webb, Thomas M. Galeziewski, Samuel A. Edmondson
Portland's light rail goes underground.(construction of twin-tunnel section for light-rail system)Science and technologyPhilip M. Rice, Joseph P. Gildner
Preserving Williamsburg's cables. (Williamsburg Bridge, New York)(includes related article)(Cover Story)Science and technologyMaria Grazia Bruschi, Terry L. Koglin
Privatization: a cure for our ailing infrastructure?(effects of privatization on government)Science and technologyCharles R. Rendall
Progress in chemical admixtures: where are we?Science and technologyMosongo Moukwa
Project object. (modeling and management of water systems using PRYSM, an object-oriented software package)(includes related article)Science and technologyRichard M. Shane, Edith A. Zagona, Dave McIntosh, Terrance J. Fulp, H. Morgan Goranflo
Pyramid power.(construction techniques of the pyramids in Giza, Egypt)Science and technologyVladimir Novokshchenov
Rapid slope monitoring.(time domain reflectometry)Science and technologyWilliam F. Kane, Timothy J. Beck
Real-time construction staking.(surveying technique)(contains related article on testing Normandy Bridge's performance)Science and technologyDon K. Nasland, David Paul Johnson
Rebound of the bascule bridge.Science and technologyR. Shankar Nair, Patrick A. Cassity, Vinod C. Patel
Rehab by helicopter. (restoration of the Dulzura Conduit in San Diego County, California)(includes related article)Science and technologyHans H. Torabi, Harold B. Tennant, A. John Burnell, Thomas C. Benson Jr.
Reinforced glued laminated timber.(glulam)Science and technologyBruce D. Pooley
Representing the city.(engineering firms contracted with city)Science and technology 
Research conclave takes aim at global sustainable development.(Civil Engineering Research Foundation)Science and technology 
Research relevance: communication is key.Science and technologyJohn B. Scalzi
Restaurants and roadways: food for thought.(government policies affect restaurant industry)Science and technologyJohn E. Abraham
Retrofitting a nuclear lab.(upgrading Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building)Science and technology 
Returning veteran.(rehabilitation of Veterans Memorial Bridge, Cleveland, OH)Science and technologyWilliam Beyer, Charles Baumgartner
Riddle of the riverbed.(Salt River Bridge construction)Science and technologyKenneth D. Walsh, Robert E. Schock, Steven A. Jimenez
Rooms for nonengineers in the Corps of Engineers. (US Army Corps of Engineers)Science and technologyJohn Zirschky
Rx for risk communication.(pros and cons of public communication)(includes a related article)Science and technologySteven D. Perry
Scour power.(calculating scour of rocks around bridge piers)Science and technologyGeorge W. Annandale, Steven P. Smith, Robert Nairns, J. Sterling Jones
Seattle's Kingdome receives rigorous seismic study.(multipurpose stadium Kingdome, Seattle, WA)Science and technology 
Seeking structural solutions.(Santiago Calatrava, architect and structural engineer)Science and technologyVirginia Kent Dorris
Seepage stoppers.(seepage within Detroit-Windwor tunnel)Science and technologyV.J. Herbert, Juan Lelito, A. Naudts
Shake, rattle and map.(seismic hazards and risk analysis methods)Science and technologyStephanie A. King, Anne S. Kiremidjian
Shear-wall retrofit. (retrofitting of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s San Francisco headquarters)Science and technologyMark Jokerst
Singapore showcase.(innovative design of highway bridge)Science and technologyT.Y. Lin, Tan See Chee
Soft-ground subway construction.(Mid-City E-Route, Washington)Science and technologyMohammad Irshad, John R.V. Dickson
Software piracy is theft.Science and technologyAbbas Aminmansour
Sound way to save fish.Science and technologyJohn Nestler, Gene Ploskey
Spawning a hydroelectric plant. (McNary Dam hydroelectric plant)Science and technologyZbigniew R. Matus, Ronald E. Israelsen
Spotlight on steel moment frames. (earthquake-resistant connections)Science and technologyW.F. Chen, E. Yamaguchi
Start the presses!(conversion of a bleaching plant into a printing plant)Science and technologyRamon Gilsanz
Sticking with the Web.(World Wide Web sites)(contains related articles on creating a Web site and American Society of Civil Engineers' Web site)(Cover Story)Science and technologyPeter Salwen
Storm-water treatment goes underground.Science and technologyBrian Roberts
Strategies for remediation managers.(environmental protection managers)Science and technologyGary Dunbar, Scot Foster
Success or failure: a tale of two projects.(building construction)Science and technologyDov Kaminetzky, Benjamin Lavon
Superpave implementation: full speed ahead, or go slow?Science and technology 
Sustainability: another new paradigm.(code of ethics for civil engineers)Science and technologyLarry Quinn
Swimming in style.(Deerfield Academy's squash facility and Olympic-sized pool)Science and technologyGary Steficek
Tall buildings triumph. (Structures Congress, Chicago, IL, April 1996)Science and technology 
Telling Florida's water story. (Florida Aquarium)Science and technologyDavid W. Landis, Blair K. Hanuschak
The human side of L.A. Metro.(photographer's perception of construction site for L.A. Metro rail project)Science and technologyDonald R. Ciandella
The return of deep soil mixing.(ground treatment technique)Science and technologyDonald A. Bruce
Translucent structural beacon. (PUENTE Home Campus Learning Center, Los Angeles, California)Science and technologyDrew A. Norman
Tunnelers probe policy ponder baseline reports.(American Underground Association's conference on underground transport)Science and technology 
Tunneling under pressure. (South Bay Ocean Outfall, San Diego, California)Science and technologyStephen J. Navin, Jon Y. Kaneshiro, Larry J. Stout, Gregory E. Korbin
Turnback project moves ahead. (San Francisco's Muni Metro Turnback project)Science and technologyChing Wu, David A. Sutter, James P. Connoly
Underground contracts for the 21st century.(contract for elimination of disputes among tunnel-construction professionals)Science and technologyRobert A. Pond
Unique pile combination supports new tennis complex.(construction of tennis stadium for U.S. Open)Science and technology 
Visualizing the flow.(computer-aided design of passive air cooling)Science and technologyMahadev Raman, Burkhard Bein, Colm Hogan, Dennis Sheldon
Waste not in Wisconsin.(geosynthetic use for capping landfill)Science and technologyDavid A. Rudig
Water resources legislation.Science and technologyMartin Hight
Water wisdom of the ancients. (ancient water conservation systems in Oman and China)Science and technologyL. Michael Trapasso
Wetlands score at Coors Field.(artificial wetlands to clean runoff from Coors Field, Denver, CO)Science and technology 
Who springs for water?(standards in drinking water quality)Science and technologyEric Rasmussen
Worth the risk?(use of risk-assessment methods during construction process)Science and technologyCharles W. Lockhart, William J. Roberds
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