Civil Engineering 1997 - Abstracts

Civil Engineering 1997
TitleSubjectAuthors
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 technologyRoss W. Dembling, Frank K. Peterson, Christopher R. Yukins
Above par storm-water management. (benefits from storm-water-treatment wetlands)Science and technologyKevin D. White, Amy L. Meyers
A bridge along the same lines.(reconstruction strategy)Science and technologyBala Sivakumar
A bridge for the 21st century.Science and technologyBlair Birdsall, Jose Celis
A bumpy road. (overhaul of Wisconsin Department of Transportation's pavement management system)Science and technologyDavid 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 technologyMichael 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 technologyEd. D. Smith, Hany Zachloul, James I. Arnold, Louis Kanaras
A new look at old man river. (mapping the Mississippi River)Science and technologyWilliam G. Fry, John T. Dozzi
A sure ride.(software for enhancing acceptable quality assurance practices for construction of highways)Science and technologyRichard M. Weed
A turnaround for hangar design.Science and technologyJames 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 technologyBarry K. Myers, Jill M. Marilley
Barricades on the roads. (build-operate-and-transfer schemes in developing economies)Science and technologyDonald D. Liou
BART on a roll. (San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District)Science and technologyKathleen Mayo
Beating swords into slot machines. (Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut)Science and technologyVincent DeSimone
Better salt storage. (road salt)Science and technologyCharles 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 technologyLinda 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 technologySteven W. Eng, James K. Lake
Building tension in Buffalo. (National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres Marine Midland Arena)Science and technologyWesley 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 technologyLeo Spaans
Bump at the end of the bridge. (interface bumps between bridge abutments and embankments)Science and technologyStephen F. Maher, Jean-Louis Briaud, Ray W. James
Catchy culverts. (installation of box culverts in Franklin County, OH)Science and technologyJeffrey 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 technologyFranz K. Safford, Tejav J. DeGanyar
Clinton and Congress reach budget agreement.Science and technologyElizabeth Clarke
Clinton unveils transportation spending bill.Science and technologyElizabeth Clarke
Close enough for highway work? (highway construction standards)Science and technologyRichard M. Weed
Compensation grouting.(control of ground movement during tunneling of sewer)Science and technologyStorer J. Boone, Doug Heenan
Concrete colossus. (tension-leg offshore oil platform)Science and technologyJ.L. Mitcha Jr., C.E. Morrison, Joao G. de Oliveira
Corrosion control.Science and technologyRobert E. Colson, Norman J. Moriber
Cutting off water in Queens. (subway construction project)Science and technologyPhilip M. Rice, Richard F. Flanagan
Dam engineers go over the top.(design of overtopping project to protect Alvin Wirtz Dam)Science and technologyJohn R. King, Richard K. Frithiof, Lewis B. Yates Jr.
Defusing delay claims.Science and technologyLee Schumacher
Delivered into providence.(directional-drilling of Providence River)Science and technologyDavid 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 technologyKris R. Nielsen
Design/build goes light.(progress in rail line extension project)(includes related article on design/build transit development)Science and technologyDavid G. Mongan
Design/build insurance: filling in the gaps. (innovative insurance policies)Science and technologyCandace Port-Hull
Design/build meets hazardous waste: The game plan for successful, timely hazardous waste cleanup requires a team approach.Science and technologyMichael 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 technologyCraig 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 technologyArnold I. Rosenberg
Everything old is new again. (overhaul of the Chicago, Illinois Green Line)Science and technologyThomas Krug
Factories for the information age. (designing computer chip manufacturing facilities)Science and technologyClifford R. Paul
Financing infrastructure interest-free.Science and technologyRobert E. Whiteside, Richard D. Distelhoist
For whom the bugs toil. (technique in soil disinfection)Science and technologyJohn W. Ratz, Douglas C. Downey, Edward G. Marchand
Fran-spotting. (Hurricane Fran)Science and technologyDarryl 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 technologyRalph B. Peck
Getting into the act: Successful presentations can be the key to securing contracts.Science and technologyMarjorie Burren, Peter Bubriski
Grand gusset failure. (damaged bridge gusset plates' repair project)Science and technologyArthur A. Huckelbridge Jr., Dean A. Palmer, Richard E. Snyder
Grouting to great depths. (repair of Logan Martin Dam in Birmingham, Alabama)Science and technologyBobby 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 technologyMark 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 technologyT.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 technologyScott S. Pickard
Job security is an oxymoron.(strategies for civil engineers to ensure job security in changing world)Science and technologyStuart G. Walesh
Making a map of public health hazards.Science and technologyRobert C. Williams, Morris L. Maslia
Managing mobilization costs.Science and technologyWilliam W. Edgerton, John T. MacDermott
Manhole rehab. (trenchless repair of manholes)Science and technologyJohn J. Struzziery, Arthur A. Spruch
Manufactured gas plants: Yesterday's pride, today's liability.Science and technologyAllen W. Hatheway
Mapping convergence GIS joins the enterprise. (geographic information systems)Science and technologyHarry Goldstein
Mapping with a differential.Science and technologyCharles M. Fralinger, Joyce P. Maxwell
Modern day environmental enigma: walking a fine line?Science and technologyJoseph E. Odencrantz
Monumental restorations.(techniques for preserving historical structures)Science and technologyPaolo Angeloni, P.P. Rossi, M. Vavassori
Net results.(neural networks for detecting buried armaments)Science and technologyScott Millhouse, Matthew Gifford
Newport news: brackish water gets fresh. (Newport News Waterworks reverse osmosis treatment of brackish water)Science and technologyWilliam B. Suratt, Gary A. St. John, Ronald E. Harris
New uses for old bridges.Science and technologyJoseph J. Pullaro, Bala Sivakumar
Northumberland's ice breaker.(construction of Confederation Bridge over strait)(contains a related article)Science and technologyJames D. Lockwood, Ross Gilmour, Gerard Sauvageot, Daniel Tassin
Observations from ASCE's first congressional fellow. (American Society of Civil Engineering)Science and technologyJohn Hemphill
Old Aswan Dam: standing the test of time.Science and technologyVladimir Novokshchenov
On scour's frontier. (repairing the Bonner Bridge in North Carolina)Science and technologyMichael A. Ports, Peggy Johnson, Conor Shea, Abdul Rahmani
On the Texas fast track.(construction of Texas International Raceway)Science and technologyTor Amble, Marc T. Miller, Scott M. Pettit
Optimal fiber optics.Science and technologyKen-An Lou, Phil Schaefer
Overflow control. (flood control facilities)Science and technologyMichael 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 technologyMichael E. Barrett, Peter Smith, Joseph F. Malina Jr.
Public water in private hands.(privatization of water utilities)Science and technologyMonica Maldonado
Pumped-up pumping stations. (reevaluation of pumping station design standards)Science and technologySteven Collins, Bayard Bosserman, Alan Will
Putting on your safety cap.(development of landfill closure caps)Science and technologyMark E. Smith
Putting the wraps on quakes. (retrofitting bridges for earthquake protection)Science and technologyLarry Cercone, James Korff
Recycling Penn Forest Dam.(Cover Story)Science and technologyBill Bingham, Rod Holderbaum, Wendell Sherman
Reengineering the profession. (professionalizing the design and construction industry)(Column)Science and technologyHarvey 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 technologyKevin 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 technologyJames 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 technologyJames E. Alleman, Patrick J. Fox, David G. Mast, Barry K Partirdge
Saving a sinking city.(rehabilitation project for Co-op city)Science and technologyDavid E. Puza, Robert J. Breslin
Saving face. (restoration of the cladding of the University of Washington Medical Center's East Wing)Science and technologyTom Harrison
Seismic in St. Louis. (seismic evaluation and retrofit plans for the Cypress Viaduct in Missouri)Science and technologyMark R. Capron
Small town, high-tech solution.(reverse osmosis treatment for producing potable water in Toluca, Illinois)Science and technologyG. Richard Spencer
Smooth take-off.(software package to remove roughness of runway pavements for aircrafts)Science and technologyHarry 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 technologyThomas J. Tuozzolo
Stressing masonry's future.(application of post-tensioning techniques in masonry)Science and technologyHanz Rudolf Ganz, Gerry Shaw
Sustainable development: a natural responsibility.Science and technologyKeith Steurer
Swedish success. (Hoga Kusten Bridge construction)Science and technologyClaus Pedersen
Taking in the river. (dewatering aging dams for repair)Science and technologyRichard K. Frithiof, Frederick Lux III, Richard M. Rudolph
Taking the plunge. (purification of waste water for potable use)Science and technologyTom Richardson, Rhodes Trussell
Thai water mark. (Thailand's water pollution problems)Science and technologySureerut Anne Kochaon, Nisakorn Kositratana, Anupan Ittnaratana
The art of the deal. (engineering firms)Science and technologyJeffrey Groob
The ethics of remediation.Science and technologyStanley W. Hole
The evolution of geosynthetics.Science and technologyRobert 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 technologyWilliam H. III Parker
Timber! (use of timber in three Midwestern construction projects)Science and technologyDonald Jaenickie
Toward a healthy harbor. (wastewater treatment plants in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts)Science and technologyThomas C. McMonagle, Robert M. Otoski
Tracking seismic hazards. (Union Station in Portland, OR)Science and technologyDouglas Sarkkinen
Underwater magic. (underwater geomembrane installation on dams) (includes related article about testing underwater installation)Science and technologyJames 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 technologyPatrick 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 technologyJeffrey Caudill
Who's surfing? We're working. (industrial design using the Internet)Science and technologyJames Denning
Will the real ISO 14001 please stand up: While some hail environmental management standards, others see them as a management nonevent.Science and technologyRobert J. Kloepfer
Wind endurance. (commercial buildings wind-resistance classification system)Science and technologyPaul A. Devlin
Wonderwall. (remediation of Queen City Farms Superfund site)Science and technologyNiel F. Thompson, Robert L. Stamnes, Mark A. Koelling
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