Civil Engineering 1996 |
Title | Subject | Authors |
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 technology | Charles R. Heidengren |
Accessible information.(database of environment regulation documents) | Science and technology | William J. Douglas, Izak Maitin |
Accessing Atlantic City. (construction of the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey) | Science and technology | Paul Regenscheid |
Advanced composites build on success.(advanced composite materials versus conventional structural materials)(includes related article) | Science and technology | Frieder Seible, Vistasp Karbhari |
A gatehouse for Johnson. (Philip Johnson's Gatehouse building in New Canaan, Connecticut) | Science and technology | David Harrison, Pedro Sifre |
A landslide of litigation.(landslide management of Stonehill Drive, Southern California) | Science and technology | Walter F. Crampton |
Alluring approach.(East Fork White River Bridge, Columbus, Indiana)(includes related article on public-works and infrastructure program in Columbus) | Science and technology | James 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 technology | Jim Renner |
Anchoring a landfill expansion.(passive soil anchors to stabilize slopes) | Science and technology | Max 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 technology | Paul P. Parmentier, Ronald M. Klemovich |
An interception by Boston.(rehabilitation program for sewer system) | Science and technology | Dennis J. Doherty, Irene McSweeney Woodfall |
An irresistible offer.(private finance for a Florida beltway)(includes related article) | Science and technology | Max D. Crumit |
Are there benefits to continuing professional development? | Science and technology | Russell J. Kehl |
ASCE joins ranks of congressional fellows. | Science and technology | Martin Hight |
ASCE's new paradigm.(American Society of Civil Engineers) | Science and technology | Delon Hampton |
Asphalt update.(applications of Superpave system) | Science and technology | Rita Leahy, R. Gary Hicks, Carl L. Monismith |
Assessing Opal's impact. (Hurricane Opal)(includes related article) | Science and technology | David J. Greenwood, Darryl J. Hatheway |
Back to bacteria: a more natural filtration. | Science and technology | Bruce E. Rittmann |
Bad vibrations.(common engineers' mistakes in vibration-triggered accidents) | Science and technology | Lawrence W. Gubbe |
Balancing on the tides.(widening George P. Coleman Bridge, York town, Virginia) | Science and technology | Joe Klein, Boris Levintov |
Bare bones buildings.(buildings with exposed structural steel systems) | Science and technology | Ronald 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 technology | Paul J. Zofnass |
Blast wall bravura.(carbon can reinforce blast walls) | Science and technology | Pieter J. Van der Weijde, Paul H.L. Groenenboom |
Boston's home run.(Ted Williams Tunnel)(Cover Story) | Science and technology | Rita Robi son |
Bridge over the river Karnali.(Nepal) | Science and technology | George 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 technology | Richard 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 technology | Harry 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 technology | Ron Johnson, William H. Walton, Steven D. Scherer |
Civil engineers need to stay together. | Science and technology | C. Gary Kellogg |
Cleaning up clay.(ground water and soil purification) | Science and technology | Eric C. Lindhult, Daniel A. Kwiecinski |
Coal's clean comeback.(Polk Power Station, Tampa, Florida) | Science and technology | Donald E. Pless, Stephen D. Jenkins |
Communication breakdown. (vulnerability of telecommunications networks to earthquakes) | Science and technology | Felix 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 technology | Richard 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 technology | William 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 technology | Michael P. Bruen, Nicholas Pansic, Marc I. Schwartz |
Decision support.(usefulness of computerized decision support systems) | Science and technology | R.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 technology | Tony Huff |
Do-nothing cleanups.(remediation of polluted soil and ground water) | Science and technology | Randall T. Hicks, Rais Rizvi |
Dynamic duo.(1996 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement merit awards) | Science and technology | John 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 technology | Robert 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 technology | Patrick 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 technology | James 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 technology | Brenda Myers Bohlke |
GIS gains ground as disaster mitigation tool.(geographic information systems) | Science and technology | |
Ground improvement salvation.(underground construction material) | Science and technology | Peter J. Nicholson |
Ground-water treatments gain ground. (water treatment techniques) | Science and technology | Rafat A. Abbasi |
High over Shanghai.(construction of Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai) | Science and technology | Mark Sarkisian, Stan Korista, Ahmad Abdelrazaq |
Honolulu's street relief. | Science and technology | Gregory L. Raines, James K. Honke |
HOV fix on I-66.(high-occupancy-vehicle) | Science and technology | Peter F. Bonaccorsi |
Intelligent transportation education.(dissemination of information on highway technologies) | Science and technology | Steven 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 technology | Gary Gough |
Lining the line. (use of flexible waterproofing membranes to protect subway stations and rehabilitate leaking tunnels) | Science and technology | Walter Mergelsberg, Vojtech Gall, Gerhard Sauer |
Managing a megaproject.(management decisions in a water-delivery improvement project) | Science and technology | David Elvin |
Mapping history.(pipe-line looping project at Bow Corridor, Alberta) | Science and technology | Rebecca Balcom |
Marine borers are back.(mollusks and crustaceans damaging harbors) | Science and technology | Vahan Tanal, Alex Matlin |
Milwaukee's ozone upgrade. | Science and technology | James 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 technology | Robert K. Simons, Daryl B. Simons |
Monitoring prestressed structures. | Science and technology | Jack 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 technology | Luis 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 technology | Jim 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 technology | Scott Greenhaus |
Perfecting bridge inspecting. (use of multimedia technology for data acquisition and storage)(includes related article) | Science and technology | Albert Leung |
Plumbing the quality of a sewer system. (repair of corroded sewer pipes in Phoenix, Arizona)(includes related article) | Science and technology | Robert Webb, Thomas M. Galeziewski, Samuel A. Edmondson |
Portland's light rail goes underground.(construction of twin-tunnel section for light-rail system) | Science and technology | Philip M. Rice, Joseph P. Gildner |
Preserving Williamsburg's cables. (Williamsburg Bridge, New York)(includes related article)(Cover Story) | Science and technology | Maria Grazia Bruschi, Terry L. Koglin |
Privatization: a cure for our ailing infrastructure?(effects of privatization on government) | Science and technology | Charles R. Rendall |
Progress in chemical admixtures: where are we? | Science and technology | Mosongo Moukwa |
Project object. (modeling and management of water systems using PRYSM, an object-oriented software package)(includes related article) | Science and technology | Richard 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 technology | Vladimir Novokshchenov |
Rapid slope monitoring.(time domain reflectometry) | Science and technology | William F. Kane, Timothy J. Beck |
Real-time construction staking.(surveying technique)(contains related article on testing Normandy Bridge's performance) | Science and technology | Don K. Nasland, David Paul Johnson |
Rebound of the bascule bridge. | Science and technology | R. 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 technology | Hans H. Torabi, Harold B. Tennant, A. John Burnell, Thomas C. Benson Jr. |
Reinforced glued laminated timber.(glulam) | Science and technology | Bruce 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 technology | John B. Scalzi |
Restaurants and roadways: food for thought.(government policies affect restaurant industry) | Science and technology | John 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 technology | William Beyer, Charles Baumgartner |
Riddle of the riverbed.(Salt River Bridge construction) | Science and technology | Kenneth D. Walsh, Robert E. Schock, Steven A. Jimenez |
Rooms for nonengineers in the Corps of Engineers. (US Army Corps of Engineers) | Science and technology | John Zirschky |
Rx for risk communication.(pros and cons of public communication)(includes a related article) | Science and technology | Steven D. Perry |
Scour power.(calculating scour of rocks around bridge piers) | Science and technology | George 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 technology | Virginia Kent Dorris |
Seepage stoppers.(seepage within Detroit-Windwor tunnel) | Science and technology | V.J. Herbert, Juan Lelito, A. Naudts |
Shake, rattle and map.(seismic hazards and risk analysis methods) | Science and technology | Stephanie A. King, Anne S. Kiremidjian |
Shear-wall retrofit. (retrofitting of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s San Francisco headquarters) | Science and technology | Mark Jokerst |
Singapore showcase.(innovative design of highway bridge) | Science and technology | T.Y. Lin, Tan See Chee |
Soft-ground subway construction.(Mid-City E-Route, Washington) | Science and technology | Mohammad Irshad, John R.V. Dickson |
Software piracy is theft. | Science and technology | Abbas Aminmansour |
Sound way to save fish. | Science and technology | John Nestler, Gene Ploskey |
Spawning a hydroelectric plant. (McNary Dam hydroelectric plant) | Science and technology | Zbigniew R. Matus, Ronald E. Israelsen |
Spotlight on steel moment frames. (earthquake-resistant connections) | Science and technology | W.F. Chen, E. Yamaguchi |
Start the presses!(conversion of a bleaching plant into a printing plant) | Science and technology | Ramon 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 technology | Peter Salwen |
Storm-water treatment goes underground. | Science and technology | Brian Roberts |
Strategies for remediation managers.(environmental protection managers) | Science and technology | Gary Dunbar, Scot Foster |
Success or failure: a tale of two projects.(building construction) | Science and technology | Dov 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 technology | Larry Quinn |
Swimming in style.(Deerfield Academy's squash facility and Olympic-sized pool) | Science and technology | Gary Steficek |
Tall buildings triumph. (Structures Congress, Chicago, IL, April 1996) | Science and technology | |
Telling Florida's water story. (Florida Aquarium) | Science and technology | David 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 technology | Donald R. Ciandella |
The return of deep soil mixing.(ground treatment technique) | Science and technology | Donald A. Bruce |
Translucent structural beacon. (PUENTE Home Campus Learning Center, Los Angeles, California) | Science and technology | Drew 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 technology | Stephen J. Navin, Jon Y. Kaneshiro, Larry J. Stout, Gregory E. Korbin |
Turnback project moves ahead. (San Francisco's Muni Metro Turnback project) | Science and technology | Ching Wu, David A. Sutter, James P. Connoly |
Underground contracts for the 21st century.(contract for elimination of disputes among tunnel-construction professionals) | Science and technology | Robert 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 technology | Mahadev Raman, Burkhard Bein, Colm Hogan, Dennis Sheldon |
Waste not in Wisconsin.(geosynthetic use for capping landfill) | Science and technology | David A. Rudig |
Water resources legislation. | Science and technology | Martin Hight |
Water wisdom of the ancients. (ancient water conservation systems in Oman and China) | Science and technology | L. 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 technology | Eric Rasmussen |
Worth the risk?(use of risk-assessment methods during construction process) | Science and technology | Charles W. Lockhart, William J. Roberds |
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