Civil Engineering 1998 - Abstracts

Civil Engineering 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
Accounting for the risks. (use of computer technology to assess risks related to engineering projects)Science and technologyIra N. Pierce
A corps chief looks at 'Rising Tide.' (book on 1927 Mississippi Valley flood)(includes review of book)Science and technologyVirginia Fairweather, E.R. III Heiberg
Administration pushes clean water plan.(Clear Water Action Plan)Science and technologyMichael Charles
AEC computing landscape set for shake-up. (American Engineering Council)Science and technology 
Alaska's last link: Upgrading the final segment of Seward Highway in Alaska presented some geotechnical dilemmas. The site originally proposed for a new bridge had to be changed, but the project was completed on time.Science and technologyFlorence Rooney
All decked out. (orthotropic deck at Williamsburg Bridge, New York, New York)Science and technologyDyab Khazem, Kenneth Serzan
Alternative landfill covers pass the test.Science and technologyStephen F. Dwyer
A merger manual. (engineering firms)Science and technologySteve Maxwell
A museum for the heavens. (Frederick Phineas and Sandra Rose Center for Earth and Space at the Hayden Planetarium in New York)Science and technologyMatthys Levy
A new spin on bid sets. (US Army Corps of Engineers' electronic bid set process)Science and technologyMichael S. Watson
Arkansas shifts toward larger water plants.Science and technology 
ASCE gives poor grades to nation's infrastructure. (American Society of Civil Engineers)Science and technology 
A stockholder's story. (engineering firm)Science and technology 
A suggestion to university administrators. (civil engineering education)Science and technologyScott E. Shewbridge
A tale of two bids. (new water reclamation facility in Florida)(includes related article on water discharge area in Florida swamp)Science and technologyDouglas G. Smith, Bernard Dahl, Stephen P. Holcomb, Terrence O. Platz, Thomas A. Cummings
Automatic savings. (automated environmental treatment systems)(includes related article on groundwater treatment system automation)Science and technologyNeno DuPlancic, Steven McEvoy, John Schweizer
Balancing act. (Glebe Island Bridge project)(Cover Story)Science and technologyMan Chung Tang
Below Boston's new bridge: Foundations for the dramatic new Charles River Bridge in Boston had to straddle an active subway line just 9 ft below, and squeeze between other underground obstacles.Science and technologyWilliam A. Davidson, Raymond J. McCabe, Cetin Soydemir
Bottoms up: Dredged materials arn't just for landfills anymore. Engineers have discovered their many hidden benefits.Science and technologyRam . Mohan, Michale R. Palermo
Bridge within a bridge. (Tagus River Bridge, Portugal)(Cover Story)Science and technologyGeorge A. Gesner, Jose Jardim
Brownfields by the book.(includes related articles about redeveloping Superfund sites)Science and technologyJohn McGahren, William S. Hatfield
Burrowing beneath Bangkok. (underground subway system construction in Thailand)(includes related article on Bangkok's mass transit projects)Science and technologyCharles R. Heidengren
Cable-stay conundrum. (includes related article on the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas)Science and technologyRandall W. Poston
California refines design/build transportation scheme.Science and technology 
Can a symbol make you a better engineer?Science and technologyJeffrey I. Enyart
Casting hot and cold.(concrete construction methods)Science and technologyThomas DeHaven
Cellular concrete stops airplanes in their tracks.Science and technology 
Cementing the future: The reconstruction of the Cypress Freeway in Oakland, Calif., required some of the most extensive and innovative uses of soil-cement mixing in the U.S.Science and technologyDavid J. Berti, Demetrious C. Koutsoftas, Eric S. Lindquist
Clearing the air, biologically. (use of biological degradation to treat air discharges)Science and technologyJoseph S. Devinny
Cliffside correction.Science and technologyStephen Keith Davis, Clinton O. Robinson, Rodrigo Caro Cordero
Climate control.Science and technologyMichael J. Adams, Thomas J. Martinelli
Coldhearted building. (chilled water supply)Science and technologyRobert Kulash, Steve Mitts, Mark Shifter
Composite laminate keeps electricity flowing.Science and technology 
Composites becoming viable rebar alternative.Science and technology 
Concrete change.Science and technologyMir M. Ali, David P. Greenwell
Containing the Cold War's hot waste.(radioactive waste)Science and technologyErnest E. Carter
Coordination, change key to water resources future.Science and technology 
Cure for thinning concrete: New, nondestructive technology helps pinpoint sections of thin concrete in the lining of new light-rail tunnels in Portland, Ore.Science and technologyMichael Grodner, Gary McClellan, Len Beystrum
Dealing with DNAPLs.(dense non-aqueous-phase liquids)Science and technologyCarrie J. Carter, William H. DiGuiseppi
Deep mixing method: A global perspective.Science and technologyDonald A. Bruce, Mary Ellen C Bruce , Albert F. DiMilio
Defusing the millenium bomb. (Year 2000 transition problem)(includes related articles)Science and technologyRichard L. Bland
Defying gravity. (vacuum sewers in Englewood, Florida)Science and technologyJonathan H. Cole, Stephen F. Torchia
Design/build propels San Francisco rail service.Science and technology 
Discovering your niche: The key to success for smaller consulting engineering firms is knowing your market focus and controlling your direction.Science and technologyKenneth Gibble
Do coated pipes last longer?Science and technologyCory Allen
Domesticating steel.Science and technologyTimothy J. Waite
Downtown goes uptown in stainless steel. (identity and mobility improvement program in Uptown Houston, Texas)Science and technologyLee Slade, Edwin C. Friedrichs
Efficiency in the bag. (Lassen Volcanic National Park's new water treatment plant)Science and technologyMichael Thalhamer, Elizabeth Dawson
Engineering at a crossroads.Science and technologyGeorge Campbell Jr.
Engineers conquer Jamuna River.(Bangladesh)Science and technology 
Engineers lead Wetlands meeting. (Wetlands and River Restoration Conference)Science and technology 
Environmental exposure. (ways for contractors and engineers to avoid environmental liability)Science and technologyJeffery M. Slivka
Environmental impact statements reach Web. (World Wide Web)Science and technology 
Ethics: A professional concern.Science and technologyRonald R. Mason
Excavation allows peek into Florida landfill.Science and technology 
Express design. (Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin)Science and technologyJohn H. Kissinger
Federal R&D in the 105th Congress. (research and development)Science and technologyMartin Hight
Federal Triangle finale. (Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC)Science and technologyVictoria Arbitrio
Firms stick with Asia despite losses.Science and technology 
Floodplain management.Science and technologyMike Grimm
Framing a work of art. (Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain)(includes related article)Science and technologyHal Iyengar, John Zils, Robert Sinn, Lawrence Novak
Freeway to the future. (managing project design initiatives by civil engineering firms)Science and technologyKeith Bentley
Future fire codes. (includes related article on fires and performance-based codes)Science and technologyMichael A. O'Hara
Getting the GISt of costs. (geographic information systems in environmental remediation)Science and technologyThomas A. Denes, John Maylie
Girder study to unlock curved steel secrets. (curved steel girders)(News)Science and technology 
Ground attack. (barrier coatinngs)Science and technologyCory Allen
Happily ever after? (problems in mergers or acquisitions)Science and technologyHank Harris
Higher ground. (relocation of Pattonsburg, Missouri)Science and technologyAnthony P. O'Malley, Coby C. Crowl
High-performance powder. (reactive powder concrete)Science and technologyEric Dallaire, Pierre-Claude Aitcin, Mohamed Lachemi
High-tech text. (American Society of Civil Engineers' 'Fluid Mechanics: An Interactive Text' CD-ROM)Science and technologyBrian Fortner, Ray Bert
Highway administration promotes bioremediation.Science and technology 
Hovering over the harbor. (sculptured roof of the Convention and Exhibition Center in Hong Kong)Science and technologyRon Johnson, Stan Korista, Leslie Ouyang, Joseph K.M. Mo, T.W. Li
How creative engineers think.Science and technologyTom F. Peters
Identity crisis. (digital signatures)(includes related article on legislative measures related to digital signatures)Science and technologyJoel Orr
Increasing speed helps modeling, virtual reality. (American Engineering Council Systems show)Science and technology 
Inviting trouble downstream. (flood control dams)Science and technologyPhilip Williams
Jet grouting: new directions.Science and technologySeth Pearlman
Keynote speakers address questions for next millennium. (American Engineering Council Systems show)Science and technology 
Light-rail as planned.(light-rail line extension, San Diego)Science and technologyJim Neal
Losing ground.(bridge construction project, New York)Science and technologySusan L. Matthews, James W. Matzat, Stanley E. Walker
Making the grade.(high-performance steel)Science and technologyEdward Wasserman, Atorod Azisinamini, Henry Pate, William Greer
Making way for water. (application of trenchless technology in the Coastal Branch Aqueduct and Extensions of the State Water Project in California)Science and technologyKevin Monroe, Michael H. Matson, Bruce Burnworth
Marketing is everyone's job.Science and technologyDouglas W. Talbot
Mix and match. (fixed and floating bridge technologies)Science and technologyMichael J. Abrahams, Frank McHale, Paul Wolf
Muscle made with carbon fiber.Science and technologyJay Thomas, Peter H. Emmons, Alexander M. Vaysburd
Net gains.(Web sites featuring current project data)Science and technologyMark D. Bucknam, Edward F. Hawkins, Matthew A. Sanfilippo
Newark highway project nears completion. (Newark, New Jersey)Science and technology 
New York overhauls historic arched aqueduct. (Woodland Viaduct in Westchester County, New York)(News)Science and technology 
Nothing wasted. (anoxic gas flotation)Science and technologyDennis A. Burke
Not your father's strain gauge. (new structure soundness measuring tool developed by Strain Monitor Systems Inc.)(includes related article on Strain Monitor Systems Inc.'s strain gauge)Science and technologyPaul E. Grayson, William Law, Larry D. Thompson
Oil in the soil.Science and technologyStewart Mountain, Aaron Hullman, Mario Vardibello, Giorgio Andreotti
Out of sight, out of time. (underground storage tanks; federal regulation compliancy)(includes related articles)Science and technologyWayne Geyer
Overhead gantry long on benefits.Science and technology 
Over the top concrete.Science and technologyGlen McDonald, Douglas M. Yadon
Paradise crossed. (American Society of Civil Engineers assigns its 1998 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award to the Hawaii Interstate H-3 project builders)(Cover Story)Science and technologyRay Bert
Philippines offer remediation technology test site.(News)Science and technology 
Ports desperate for space and dredging options.Science and technology 
Positively not pedestrian. (suspension bridge, Eugene, Oregon)Science and technologyJiri Strasky, Gary Rayor
Pounding the pavement.(treatments to restore pavement)Science and technologyDonald Watson, David Jared
Preparing for Pier A. (engineering concerns on designing a shipping facility at the port of Long Beach, California)(includes related article on the Pier A Container Terminal)(Cover Story)Science and technologyGan Mukhopadhyay
Pulling ahead. (learning about client needs before writing a proposal)Science and technologyMel Lester
Pump-and-treat rescue. (contaminated manufacturing site)Science and technologyAdam H. Hoffman
Putting polystyrene to work. (construction industry)Science and technologyDawit Negussey
Putting wetlands to work. (environmental techniques to clean wastewater)Science and technologyScott D. Wallace
Quarry conversion. (landfill site in Bristol, Virginia)Science and technologyDouglas J. Hermann, Robert K. Twardock
Rapid redecking.(bridge deck replacement construction, Thousands Islands, Ontario)Science and technologyRandy Pickle
Realizing engineer-led design/build.Science and technologyMark C. Friedlander
Rebuilding Bosnia. (postwar reconstruction)Science and technologyRobert Leverington
Rebuilding history. (Canton Viaduct, Massachusetts)Science and technologyVahid Ownjazayeri, David A. Peters
Reclamation project enjoys spoils of Boston's big dig. (Boston, Massachusetts)Science and technology 
Record spans in Japan. (series of bridges to connect Honshu and Shikoku islands)Science and technologyDavid P. Billington, John A. Ochsendorf
Riding the rail. (rail transit systems; revitalisation)(includes related articles)Science and technologyCarter L. Wiecking
Rock dam revitalization. (natural rock V dams)(includes related articles on V-dam projects)Science and technologyDoug Laiho, Paula A. Fitzgerald
Salvaging streams. (environmental preservation of suburban streams)(includes related article on bioengineering)Science and technologyMichele C. Monde, Robert Siegfried
Scheduled departure.(airport terminal construction, Baltimore/Washington International Airport)Science and technologyChirantan Mukhopadhyay, Emory W. Carrigan
Securing the stone.Science and technologyJames H. Larkin
Sell-off.(privatizing utilities)(includes related article on wastewater services)Science and technologyBill Gordon, C.W. Corssmit, Carol F. Streiner, Jeffrey D. Brunsdon
Shadow tolls.(indirect toll system)Science and technologyRaymond Tillman
Simcity of angels. (virtual model of the Los Angeles urban environment)(includes related article on University of California in Los Angeles professor Thomas Harmon)Science and technologyWilliam Jepson, Scott Friedman
Site safety: rights, risks and responsibilities. (includes related article on site safety responsibility)Science and technologyThomas W. Smith III
Sky high. (telecommunications towers)Science and technologyDavid Elvin
Sludge's re-treat.(water recycling technique)Science and technologyVernon Earl Hodge, Lyn B. Irish Jr.
Small firms big advantages. (engineering firms)(includes related article giving management advice)Science and technologyLaurie A. Shuster
Smokestack rescue. (renovation of the Alamo Cement Co plant in San Antonio, Texas)Science and technologyStephen Dial
Software system eases truck permitting. (Geopak-TMS computer product for government-conducted truck permit and routing operations)Science and technology 
Soil bioengineering takes root. (watershed preservation)(includes related article on watershed restoration, rehabilitation and reclamation)Science and technologyRobbin B. Sotir
Soil heating quickly captures contaminants.Science and technology 
Space Web bridge breaks 2 mile barrier. (suspension bridge design innovation)(News)Science and technology 
Stable environmental industry continues consolidation.Science and technology 
Staking your claim. (legal protections for intellectual property)Science and technologyJim Lester
Standing firm: when ethics are challenged.Science and technologyBrian D. Barkdoll
State of the arts. (structural engineering of the Nancy Lee and Perry B. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas)Science and technologyLee Slade, David A. Platten
State public affairs grants: becoming a fall tradition.Science and technologyM. Jordan Connors
Step by step. (efforts to prevent flooding of a town house development in Montgomery County, MD)Science and technologyLynn M. Mayo, Dale A. Lehman, Chandler Brossard
Stretching a landfill. (includes related article on expanding a landfill in Pennsylvania)Science and technologyPaul Whitty, Anthony Eith
Superfund success, superfast: After years of indecision, unprecedented cooperation closed the McColl site in record time and set a new standard for Superfund site closure.Science and technologyPatti Collins, Adam S. Ng, Ram Ramanujam
Targeted freezing tests soil stability.Science and technology 
Test bores expose tunneling troubles. (test tunnel project in California)Science and technology 
The invisible infrastructure. (utility systems; trenchless technologies)(includes related article on directional drilling projects)Science and technologySteven R. Kramer
The membrane treatment. (includes related article on water treatment applications research)Science and technologyShankararaman Chellam, Joseph G. Jacangelo, R. Rhodies Trussell
The new environment for consolidation. (environmental engineering and consulting firms)Science and technologyPaul J. Zofnass
This time with feeling. (redundant buildings; re-use)(includes related article)Science and technologyFred A. Klancnik, Dennis Arbogast
Tough conditions, innovative solutions.(freeway design at Fort Point Channel, Boston, MA)Science and technologyPaul A. Roy, James R. Lambrecht, Derek S. Winsor
UV acceptance. (ultraviolet wastewater treatment)Science and technologyKarl G. Linden
Walls of defense. (bomb blasts; walls of buildings)Science and technologyDonald O. Dusenberry
Wetland wonder: Caught between the conflicting goals of storm-water treatment, flood control and the creation of habitat and recreational space, a Florida county found a compromise that satisfied all stakeholders.Science and technologyBlake C. Guillory, JoAnn J. Macrina, James K. Collins
When the levee inflates.Science and technologyRaymond H. Plaut, Stergios I. Liapis, Demetri P. Telionis
When the taxpayer won't pay to educate the regulator, who will? (civil engineering regulators)(Column)Science and technologyDavid C. Adams
White-topping joints stretch out on I-20. (evaluation of polyolefin fibers from 3M Corp)Science and technology 
Working together to reshape our world.(construction industry attitudes)Science and technologyJohn L. Clearwater
Yankee Stadium falling down? (renovation of the Yankee Stadium)Science and technology 
Year 2000: are you ready? (computer problem)Science and technologyNicholas Albergo
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