Civil Engineering 1997 |
Title | Subject | Authors |
2000 management problems: Much more than just a computer problem, the year 2000 bug will cause managerial, legal and financial headaches of every strip in the next few years. | Science and technology | Ross W. Dembling, Frank K. Peterson, Christopher R. Yukins |
Above par storm-water management. (benefits from storm-water-treatment wetlands) | Science and technology | Kevin D. White, Amy L. Meyers |
A bridge along the same lines.(reconstruction strategy) | Science and technology | Bala Sivakumar |
A bridge for the 21st century. | Science and technology | Blair Birdsall, Jose Celis |
A bumpy road. (overhaul of Wisconsin Department of Transportation's pavement management system) | Science and technology | David A. Friedrichs, Stephen F. Shober, William D. Duckert |
A/E liability and design/build.(conflicts between general contractors and A/E's on design build projects) | Science and technology | Michael C. Loulakis, William L. Cregger |
All fired up: Plasma arc technology, which generates intense heat to vitrify waste material, can provide a viable waste reduction alternative to standard incineration or landfilling. | Science and technology | Ed. D. Smith, Hany Zachloul, James I. Arnold, Louis Kanaras |
A new look at old man river. (mapping the Mississippi River) | Science and technology | William G. Fry, John T. Dozzi |
A sure ride.(software for enhancing acceptable quality assurance practices for construction of highways) | Science and technology | Richard M. Weed |
A turnaround for hangar design. | Science and technology | James O'Kon |
AutoCAD's fast 14 earns user kudos. (Release 14 of the AutoCAD software) | Science and technology | |
Automated monitoring at Tolt Dam. (safety monitoring equipment for dams) | Science and technology | Barry K. Myers, Jill M. Marilley |
Barricades on the roads. (build-operate-and-transfer schemes in developing economies) | Science and technology | Donald D. Liou |
BART on a roll. (San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District) | Science and technology | Kathleen Mayo |
Beating swords into slot machines. (Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut) | Science and technology | Vincent DeSimone |
Better salt storage. (road salt) | Science and technology | Charles H. Goodspeed, Derek Cronin, Robert M. Henry, Kevin Thibodeau |
Biosolids plants get phase-lift. (biosolid treatment plants) | Science and technology | |
Bridge bashing. (bridge-boat collisions) | Science and technology | Linda Mastaglio |
Bringing low-flow to Eskimos: To improve sanitation services for remote Alaskan villagers, engineers designed modular bathrooms featuring low-flow fixtures and built a boardwalk to truck water and wastewater over difficult terrain. | Science and technology | Steven W. Eng, James K. Lake |
Building tension in Buffalo. (National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres Marine Midland Arena) | Science and technology | Wesley R. Terry, Gary A. Storm, Karen M. Houghton, W. Steven Hofmeister |
Bulb-tees make more efficient long-span bridges. (prestressed bulb-tee girder) | Science and technology | Leo Spaans |
Bump at the end of the bridge. (interface bumps between bridge abutments and embankments) | Science and technology | Stephen F. Maher, Jean-Louis Briaud, Ray W. James |
Catchy culverts. (installation of box culverts in Franklin County, OH) | Science and technology | Jeffrey Kerr |
Central Artery project dominates Geo-Institute debut. (Central Artery/Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts) | Science and technology | |
Clear sailing. (structures using glass-wall technology) | Science and technology | Franz K. Safford, Tejav J. DeGanyar |
Clinton and Congress reach budget agreement. | Science and technology | Elizabeth Clarke |
Clinton unveils transportation spending bill. | Science and technology | Elizabeth Clarke |
Close enough for highway work? (highway construction standards) | Science and technology | Richard M. Weed |
Compensation grouting.(control of ground movement during tunneling of sewer) | Science and technology | Storer J. Boone, Doug Heenan |
Concrete colossus. (tension-leg offshore oil platform) | Science and technology | J.L. Mitcha Jr., C.E. Morrison, Joao G. de Oliveira |
Corrosion control. | Science and technology | Robert E. Colson, Norman J. Moriber |
Cutting off water in Queens. (subway construction project) | Science and technology | Philip M. Rice, Richard F. Flanagan |
Dam engineers go over the top.(design of overtopping project to protect Alvin Wirtz Dam) | Science and technology | John R. King, Richard K. Frithiof, Lewis B. Yates Jr. |
Defusing delay claims. | Science and technology | Lee Schumacher |
Delivered into providence.(directional-drilling of Providence River) | Science and technology | David E. Hairston, Pasquale DeLise, William Skerpan Jr. |
Denmark debut for composite bridge. | Science and technology | |
Design-build & co.: a brave new world. (construction project delivery systems) | Science and technology | Kris R. Nielsen |
Design/build goes light.(progress in rail line extension project)(includes related article on design/build transit development) | Science and technology | David G. Mongan |
Design/build insurance: filling in the gaps. (innovative insurance policies) | Science and technology | Candace Port-Hull |
Design/build meets hazardous waste: The game plan for successful, timely hazardous waste cleanup requires a team approach. | Science and technology | Michael J. Taylor |
Different spokes for different folks. (American Society of Civil Engineers' four concurrent specialty conferences in Minneapolis) | Science and technology | |
Dredging up toxic sediments. | Science and technology | Craig P. Schellbach, Walter van Veen |
English lock-up devices may solve retrofit riddle. | Science and technology | |
ETA: 1999. (conversion of a military base in Austin, TX into an international airport) | Science and technology | Arnold I. Rosenberg |
Everything old is new again. (overhaul of the Chicago, Illinois Green Line) | Science and technology | Thomas Krug |
Factories for the information age. (designing computer chip manufacturing facilities) | Science and technology | Clifford R. Paul |
Financing infrastructure interest-free. | Science and technology | Robert E. Whiteside, Richard D. Distelhoist |
For whom the bugs toil. (technique in soil disinfection) | Science and technology | John W. Ratz, Douglas C. Downey, Edward G. Marchand |
Fran-spotting. (Hurricane Fran) | Science and technology | Darryl J. Hatheway, Patricia W. McDermott |
Futurists and engineers meet in Orlando to discuss transportation's future. | Science and technology | |
Gaining ground. (the future of geotechnical engineering) | Science and technology | Ralph B. Peck |
Getting into the act: Successful presentations can be the key to securing contracts. | Science and technology | Marjorie Burren, Peter Bubriski |
Grand gusset failure. (damaged bridge gusset plates' repair project) | Science and technology | Arthur A. Huckelbridge Jr., Dean A. Palmer, Richard E. Snyder |
Grouting to great depths. (repair of Logan Martin Dam in Birmingham, Alabama) | Science and technology | Bobby E. Williams, Ronald L. Robinson |
High-performance steel cuts costs on bridge project. | Science and technology | |
Historic upgrades in San Francisco. (restoration and rehabilitation projects for historical landmarks in California) | Science and technology | Mark Jokerst, Eric Elsesser, Simin Naaseh |
Indoor mapping. (computer software for seismic activity application) | Science and technology | |
Infrastructure visionaries. (sewer rehabilitation in Indinapolis, IN)(includes related article on privitization) | Science and technology | T.J. Short |
Inner-city cleanup breaks ground for school site. (Hartford, Connecticut) | Science and technology | |
Innovative channel bridges debut in US. | Science and technology | |
Integrated spreadsheets. | Science and technology | Scott S. Pickard |
Job security is an oxymoron.(strategies for civil engineers to ensure job security in changing world) | Science and technology | Stuart G. Walesh |
Making a map of public health hazards. | Science and technology | Robert C. Williams, Morris L. Maslia |
Managing mobilization costs. | Science and technology | William W. Edgerton, John T. MacDermott |
Manhole rehab. (trenchless repair of manholes) | Science and technology | John J. Struzziery, Arthur A. Spruch |
Manufactured gas plants: Yesterday's pride, today's liability. | Science and technology | Allen W. Hatheway |
Mapping convergence GIS joins the enterprise. (geographic information systems) | Science and technology | Harry Goldstein |
Mapping with a differential. | Science and technology | Charles M. Fralinger, Joyce P. Maxwell |
Modern day environmental enigma: walking a fine line? | Science and technology | Joseph E. Odencrantz |
Monumental restorations.(techniques for preserving historical structures) | Science and technology | Paolo Angeloni, P.P. Rossi, M. Vavassori |
Net results.(neural networks for detecting buried armaments) | Science and technology | Scott Millhouse, Matthew Gifford |
Newport news: brackish water gets fresh. (Newport News Waterworks reverse osmosis treatment of brackish water) | Science and technology | William B. Suratt, Gary A. St. John, Ronald E. Harris |
New uses for old bridges. | Science and technology | Joseph J. Pullaro, Bala Sivakumar |
Northumberland's ice breaker.(construction of Confederation Bridge over strait)(contains a related article) | Science and technology | James D. Lockwood, Ross Gilmour, Gerard Sauvageot, Daniel Tassin |
Observations from ASCE's first congressional fellow. (American Society of Civil Engineering) | Science and technology | John Hemphill |
Old Aswan Dam: standing the test of time. | Science and technology | Vladimir Novokshchenov |
On scour's frontier. (repairing the Bonner Bridge in North Carolina) | Science and technology | Michael A. Ports, Peggy Johnson, Conor Shea, Abdul Rahmani |
On the Texas fast track.(construction of Texas International Raceway) | Science and technology | Tor Amble, Marc T. Miller, Scott M. Pettit |
Optimal fiber optics. | Science and technology | Ken-An Lou, Phil Schaefer |
Overflow control. (flood control facilities) | Science and technology | Michael Bagstad |
Palau files suit in bridge collapse. (Republic of Palau; Koror-Babeldaob bridge) | Science and technology | |
Penstock gets landslide relief. (Camino Penstock in Pollock Pines, California) | Science and technology | |
Permanent runoff controls. (permanent highway runoff control design) | Science and technology | Michael E. Barrett, Peter Smith, Joseph F. Malina Jr. |
Public water in private hands.(privatization of water utilities) | Science and technology | Monica Maldonado |
Pumped-up pumping stations. (reevaluation of pumping station design standards) | Science and technology | Steven Collins, Bayard Bosserman, Alan Will |
Putting on your safety cap.(development of landfill closure caps) | Science and technology | Mark E. Smith |
Putting the wraps on quakes. (retrofitting bridges for earthquake protection) | Science and technology | Larry Cercone, James Korff |
Recycling Penn Forest Dam.(Cover Story) | Science and technology | Bill Bingham, Rod Holderbaum, Wendell Sherman |
Reengineering the profession. (professionalizing the design and construction industry)(Column) | Science and technology | Harvey M. Bernstein, William R. Spillers |
Rerouting Boston's utilities. (design and construction of utility projects during the construction of the Central Artery/Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts) | Science and technology | Kevin R. Krawiec, Russel J. Ross, Ronald C. Strand |
Richmond revitalizes canals. (Richmond, Virginia) | Science and technology | |
Road to the future. (construction of the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor in California) | Science and technology | |
Rubber meets the road in Maine. (utilizing rubber tires in construction projects) | Science and technology | James Weaver, Nathan Whetten, Dana Humphrey, Thomas Sandford |
Salvaged sand: An Indiana road contractor finds an economic use for waste foundry sand, discarded until recently as environmentally unsafe. | Science and technology | James E. Alleman, Patrick J. Fox, David G. Mast, Barry K Partirdge |
Saving a sinking city.(rehabilitation project for Co-op city) | Science and technology | David E. Puza, Robert J. Breslin |
Saving face. (restoration of the cladding of the University of Washington Medical Center's East Wing) | Science and technology | Tom Harrison |
Seismic in St. Louis. (seismic evaluation and retrofit plans for the Cypress Viaduct in Missouri) | Science and technology | Mark R. Capron |
Small town, high-tech solution.(reverse osmosis treatment for producing potable water in Toluca, Illinois) | Science and technology | G. Richard Spencer |
Smooth take-off.(software package to remove roughness of runway pavements for aircrafts) | Science and technology | Harry Schmerl, Raymond Zee |
Software helps new designers make grade. | Science and technology | |
Stabilizing the stacks. (construction of an underground addition to the Thomas Hall Library's West Wing) | Science and technology | Thomas J. Tuozzolo |
Stressing masonry's future.(application of post-tensioning techniques in masonry) | Science and technology | Hanz Rudolf Ganz, Gerry Shaw |
Sustainable development: a natural responsibility. | Science and technology | Keith Steurer |
Swedish success. (Hoga Kusten Bridge construction) | Science and technology | Claus Pedersen |
Taking in the river. (dewatering aging dams for repair) | Science and technology | Richard K. Frithiof, Frederick Lux III, Richard M. Rudolph |
Taking the plunge. (purification of waste water for potable use) | Science and technology | Tom Richardson, Rhodes Trussell |
Thai water mark. (Thailand's water pollution problems) | Science and technology | Sureerut Anne Kochaon, Nisakorn Kositratana, Anupan Ittnaratana |
The art of the deal. (engineering firms) | Science and technology | Jeffrey Groob |
The ethics of remediation. | Science and technology | Stanley W. Hole |
The evolution of geosynthetics. | Science and technology | Robert M. Koerner, Te-Yang Soong |
The outstanding others. (nominees for the 1997 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Awards) | Science and technology | |
The right Tooele for the job: The U.S. will destroy its entire chemical weapons stockpile by 2006. | Science and technology | William H. III Parker |
Timber! (use of timber in three Midwestern construction projects) | Science and technology | Donald Jaenickie |
Toward a healthy harbor. (wastewater treatment plants in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts) | Science and technology | Thomas C. McMonagle, Robert M. Otoski |
Tracking seismic hazards. (Union Station in Portland, OR) | Science and technology | Douglas Sarkkinen |
Underwater magic. (underwater geomembrane installation on dams) (includes related article about testing underwater installation) | Science and technology | James E. McDonald, Alberto Scuero, Matthew A. Marcy |
Virtual combat in actual lab. (construction of a facility for military training) | Science and technology | |
Watching under Boston. (Boston Central Artery/Ted William Tunnel) | Science and technology | Patrick J. McGarry |
Weighing a new hospital against health risks: The 1997 winner of the Daniel W. Mead Prize for best essay by a younger ASCE member describes how a hypothetical design firm decides when to draw the line. | Science and technology | Jeffrey Caudill |
Who's surfing? We're working. (industrial design using the Internet) | Science and technology | James Denning |
Will the real ISO 14001 please stand up: While some hail environmental management standards, others see them as a management nonevent. | Science and technology | Robert J. Kloepfer |
Wind endurance. (commercial buildings wind-resistance classification system) | Science and technology | Paul A. Devlin |
Wonderwall. (remediation of Queen City Farms Superfund site) | Science and technology | Niel F. Thompson, Robert L. Stamnes, Mark A. Koelling |
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