Civil Engineering 1999 - Abstracts

Civil Engineering 1999
TitleSubjectAuthors
1998 state elections: new players, same challenges.Science and technologyM. Jordan Connors
A better image will attract better students.(improving the public image of civil engineering and increasing student entry into civil engineering programs)Science and technologyRaja M. Govindaswamy
A broader perspective is needed.Science and technologyFrederick W. Evans
Airport facility treats deicing runoff.(Albany International Airport)Science and technology 
A joint effort.(Richmond, VA, eliminates combined sewer overflows and restores historic canal system)(Cover Story)Science and technologyFederico E. Maisch, William R. Newhouse, Ronald E. Bizzarri, Satish K. Sachdev
All eyes on I-15.(new approaches to highway construction)Science and technologyThomas R. Warne, David G. Downs
Aquarium floor shoulders heavy loads.(Civil Engineering News)(Ocean Journey public aquarium)Science and technology 
Artificial reef to benefit surfing, protect shoreline.Science and technology 
ASCE forms wind hazard reduction caucus.(American Society of Civil Engineers)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyMartin Hight
Atlanta bridge project circumvents clean air ruling.(Statistical Data Included)Science and technology 
Autodesk, Bentley update CAD offerings.(AutoCAD 2000 of Autodesk Inc. and Bentley Systems Inc.)Science and technology 
Automated parking garage provides tight fit.Science and technology 
Back from the brink.(relocation of Cape Hatteras light station)(Cover Story)Science and technologyAnne Elizabeth Powell
Bangkok blockbusters.(includes related article on designer-supplied casting machines)(Cover Story)Science and technologyGreg Shafer
Banking on bioengineering.(riverbank stabilization)Science and technologyTodd Hoitsma
Battling concrete corrosion.(includes related articles on various surfaces where electrochemical chloride extraction can be used and cathodic protection)Science and technologyDavid Whitmore, Sean Abbott, Emmanuel Velivasakis
Best of both worlds.(concrete-filled steel tubes)Science and technologyJohn D. Hooper, Charles Roeder, Ron Klemencic, Kurt Nordquist
Biotreatment to neutralize chemical weapons stockpile.Science and technology 
Bridging substance with style.(construction of the Damen Avenue Arch in Chicago, Illinois)Science and technologyPatrick Cassity, Ken Price, Stan Kaderbek
Bring back the beaches.(coastal development)Science and technologyOrville T. Magoon
Brooklyn Bridge deck replaced at night.(Civil Engineering News)Science and technology 
Bureau plans warm water releases at Glen Canyon.(Bureau of Reclamation)Science and technology 
Cable access.(includes related article on testing the attributes of scour as an engineering material)(construction of a cable-stayed steel bridge in Owensboro, Kentucky)Science and technologyRuchu Hsu, Vijay Chandra
Cable-stayed crossing creates road link over Suez Canal.Science and technology 
Cable-stayed skywalk connects university buildings.(Civil Engineering News)Science and technology 
California engineer finds new fault near the San Andreas.Science and technology 
California landowner proposes aquifer storage.Science and technology 
Caltrans reuses steel girders in new overpass.(Statistical Data Included)Science and technology 
Caltrans settlement brings engineering in-house.(California Department of Transportation)Science and technology 
Cap of concrete.(steel and concrete roof of a sports arena in New Orleans, Louisiana)(Cover Story)Science and technologyLawrence G. Griffis
Chemical tempering yields stronger glass.Science and technology 
Chicago group files plans for world's tallest building.(Civil Engineering News)(European American Realty Ltd and Skidmore Owings and Merrill)Science and technology 
Cold-climate solution.(sedimentation basin and wetlands-treatment system for storm-water runoff and snowmelt in Alaska)Science and technologyJ. Brett Jokela, Clinton Pinks
Concrete connections.(repairing reinforced concrete connections using polymer composites)Science and technologyAyman S. Mosallam, P.R. Chackrabarti, Ernie K. Lau
Congress snubs Chicago's Wacker Drive rehab plan.(Illinois)Science and technology 
Conquering the cold.(construction challenges in Alaska)Science and technologyRichard Barnett, Mark Dalton, John McPherson
Conquering the mountain.(highway through the Appalachian Mountains)Science and technologyJohn Lansford
Coronado bridge undergoes second seismic upgrade.Science and technology 
Corps chooses 'in-th-wet' technique for replacement project.(US Army Corps of Engineers)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technology 
Corps recommends increasing depth of Columbia River to improve navigation.(US Army Corps of Engineers)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technology 
Dam breaching: the rest of the story.Science and technologyStephen B. Tatro
Desalination facility tests three membrane technologies.(water treatment facility in Oxnard, California)Science and technology 
Desalination facility to deliver cheapest water yet.(Tampa Bay, Florida)Science and technology 
Detention pond avoids pollution.(In the Field)(US Air Force Jet Fuel Storage Complex at Pittsburgh International Airport)Science and technology 
Early warning system.(new rating system to predict rock slope failure)Science and technologyAndrew F. McKown
Energy unleashed.(construction of the Summersville Hydroelectric Project on Gauley River)Science and technologyPaul E. Cyr, Thomas Duxbury
Engineering doctorate degree bridges research and industry gap.Science and technology 
Engineering testimony may be judged more strictly.Science and technology 
Engineers study bomb vulnerability of flat-slab construction.(Civil Engineering News)Science and technology 
Equalizing wet weather flows.(includes related article on EPA overflow regulations)(flow equalization basins)Science and technologyDavid B. Hobbs, Eva V. Tor, Robert D. Shelton
Erosion-control blanket saves the day during landslide.(Hydro-Blanket bonded fiber matrix produced by Wood Recycling Inc.)Science and technology 
Europeans offer bridge scour and stream instability solutions.Science and technology 
Everybody wins.(US Air Force's Pilot Mentor-Protege Program)Science and technologyLance Larsen, Russell Hamilton
Exacting renovation.(restoration of a historic building in Greenwich Village, New York City, NY)Science and technologyRamon Gilsanz, Sukru Tirnakli, Karl Rubenacker
Experts discuss options for New York City commuter rail tunnel.Science and technology 
FHWA shifts more authority to division level.(Federal Highway Administration)Science and technology 
Finding the right bond.(fiber-reinforced polymer pedestrian bridge in Switzerland)Science and technologyUrs Wyss, Thomas Keller, Otto Kunzle
Five-level interchange unclogs New Mexico's 'Big I.'.Science and technology 
For the duration.(new grouting technique developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers)Science and technologyChristina Plunkett
GIS paves the way.(geographic information system)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyMichael J. Gilbrook
Glass rebar's growing pains.(applications of fiber-reinforced polymers)Science and technologyPhilip J. Childs
Growing pains.(managing rapid expansion in small engineering businesses)Science and technologyLaurie A. Shuster
Holding court.(includes related articles on the materials used at the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse)(structural elements of the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri)Science and technologyJim Roosa, Paul Laskowske
Holding the advantage.(small engineering firms)Science and technologyAndy Quirk
Incentives accelerate interchange work in New Jersey.(Statistical Data Included)Science and technology 
Indianapolis faces $2-billion sewer bill.Science and technology 
Interstate water agreement calls for pipeline under Ohio River.(Civil Engineering News)Science and technology 
Into the fourth dimension.(case study in three-dimensional computer-aided design applications)Science and technologyMartin Fischer, Sheryl Staub, Melody Spradlin
Isolating the arts.(construction of the LG Kangnam Tower in Seoul, South Korea)Science and technologyJohn Gordon, Ahmad Abdelrazaq, B.S. Jeon, Stanley Korista
It's all in the bracing.(expansion of the subway system's Aquarium Station in Cambridge, Massachusetts using a T-panel wall bracing system)Science and technologyMinhaj Kirmani, Steven Highfill, Gorden Chen
Lagging funds delay Las Vegas flood control project.Science and technology 
Landing the big one.(includes related article on the Airbus A3XX-100 aircraft model)(new superjumbo jets will call for expanded, improved air-side facilities and terminal operations)Science and technologyJames Patterson
Learning from disaster.(earthquake damage)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyCraig S. Hunt, Amar A. Chaker, Walter W. Hays
London skyscraper to feature external bracing, natural ventilation.Science and technology 
Maglev demonstration project proposed for Virginia Beach.(magnetically levitated train for public use)Science and technology 
Making the connection.(user of polymer composites and high-strength epoxy adhesives to repair damaged steel connections)Science and technologyMichael Arnold, Ayman S. Mosallam, P.R. Chakrabarti
Managing the megaproject.(construction of Mon/Fayette expressway)Science and technologyDavid K. Williams
Meandering wetlands offer improved runoff treatment.Science and technology 
Metal building systems: a new look.Science and technologyW. Lee Shoemaker
Microtunneling under Honolulu.(includes related article on the types of deposits along the pipe alignment)(Nimitz Highway Reconstructed Project in Hawaii)Science and technologyJames Kwong, Steve Klein, Galen Nagle, Glenn Okita, Steve Duke
NAFTA traffic drives border and corridor transportation grants.Science and technology 
National groups break off SSO talks with EPA.(sanitary sewer overflows)Science and technology 
Neutron accelerator planned for Oak Ridge.(construction of the Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee)Science and technology 
New labs expand seismic testing capabilities.Science and technology 
Newsletters that deliver.Science and technologyKimberly J. Falcone
Notre Dame completes main building renovation.(Civil Engineering News)(university)Science and technology 
NYSDOT races to fix damaged bridge.(New York State Department of Transportation's reconstruction of the approaches to the Goose Creek Bridge)Science and technology 
On-line chatters sued.(Computing)(posting of information considered confidential by Stone and Webster over Yahoo)Science and technology 
On the wild side.(roller coaster engineering)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyDavid Elvin
Oregon governor backs dam removal.(Civil Engineering News)(John Kitzhaber pledges funds to help remove Sandy River basin dams)Science and technology 
Overhead estimates affect design cost comparisons.Science and technologyChester G. Wilmot
Parallel crossing doubles Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.Science and technology 
Passage to 2000.(modernization of the Panama Canal)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyJohn C. Gribar, Jaime A. Bocanegra
Penn Station redevelopment moves above ground.(Pennsylvania Station, New York City, NY)Science and technology 
Pennsylvania boosts incentives for brownfields redevelopment.(undeveloped land not in use)Science and technology 
Perpetual pilots.(water utilities' use of permanent pilot plants)Science and technologyHolly L. Shorney, Robert A. Hulsey, Bruce W. Long
Pipe up.(upgrading the Mokelumne Aqueduct System in California)Science and technologyHoward O. Wilson, David L. Pratt, Christopher F. Dodge, Frederick N. Brovold
Poplar trees soak up treatment plant effluent, biosolids.Science and technology 
Power struggle.(Florida Power and Light Co.'s replacement of deteriorating transmission line over the Tomoko River)Science and technologyJerry Wong
Predicting with precision.(flood warning)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyBrian Hoblit, Baxter Vieux, Anthony Holder, Philip Bedient
Preventing fatal facade failures.(importance of masonry engineering)Science and technologyClayford T. Grimm
Professional deja vu? No indeed.Science and technologyWilliam P. Henry
Program management B.C.(Program/Construction Management in 2550 B.C.: Building the Great Pyramid at Giza)Science and technologyCraig B. Smith
Project management is in the details.Science and technologyBruce W. Berdainer
Project owners need sophisticated business partners.Science and technologyWendi Pelver, Gretchen McComb
Project strengthens and adds tunnels to subway.Science and technology 
Putting down roots.(includes a case study on phytocovers)(phytocovers)Science and technologyTina M. Stack, Scott T. Potter, Suthan S. Suthersan
Putting people first.(Black & Veatch's mentoring program)Science and technology 
Rebuilding a railroad bridge.(Peck Movable Bridge and Bridgeport Viaduct)Science and technologyRichrad Ezyk
Relining a relic.(Boston to rehabilitate its water supply lines)(Cover Story)Science and technologyWilliam A. Kane, David S. Belknap, Ahmad Habibian
Remediation lessons learned.(issues affecting remediation of Superfund sites)Science and technologyLisa R. Blotz, Lizan N. Koerner, Robert B. Gilbert
Report stresses need to modernize marine transportation system.(Statistical Data Included)Science and technology 
Researchers explain concrete damage in tunnel fires.Science and technology 
Researchers subject largest test building to simulated quake.(Statistical Data Included)Science and technology 
Resolution solutions.(includes related article on the need for an industrywide educational program on how to manage disputes)(techniques in settling disputes)Science and technologySteve Pinnell
Restoration to strengthen cantilevers at Fallingwater.(historical building at Mill Run, PA)Science and technology 
Rethinking transportation in L.A.(Forum)(the failure to create a balanced transportation system in Los Angeles, California)Science and technologyIrving Kett
Risky business.(fixed-price construction contracts)Science and technology 
River replication.(micromodeling as a means of solving flow and sedimentation problems)Science and technologyRob Davinroy
Safe passage.(fish bypass systems)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyLance Helwig, Greg Katzenberger, David Stensby
Scaling the monument.(Washington Monument)(Cover Story)Science and technologyMark J. Tamaro, John G. O'Connor
Sealing the subway.(earthquake engineering)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyJames E. Monsees, Amanda Elioff
Seattle solutions.(bridge seismic retrofitting)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyCarole L.B. Mitchell, Maxwell E. Perkins, Thomas M. Gurtowski
Sensing technology nabs Texas polluters who commute.(remote sensing device measures air pollution from vehicles)Science and technology 
Sister bridge to resist maximum credible earthquake.(Benicia-Martinez Bridge)Science and technology 
Site seeing.(project Internet World Wide Web sites)(Cover Story)Science and technologyPaul Doherty
Sizing up seismic bearings.Science and technologyMichael S. Higgins, Hamid Ghasemi
Small-business bookmarks.(Web sites)Science and technologyMadonna Aveni
Speedway looks to new formula for success.(Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana)Science and technology 
Steel or concrete arch likely for Hoover Dam bypass.Science and technology 
Storm-water treatment technologies evaluated for urban use.Science and technology 
Structural surgery.(construction of a common home for four nonprofit organizations in New York City)Science and technologyRamon Gilsanz, Sukru Tirnakli
Subterranean system supports millenium park.Science and technology 
Suspension bridges unplugged.(design of safer suspension bridges)Science and technologyGary Wang, Eric Thorkildsen
Tall order.(seismic reinforcement of earthquake damage prone buildings)Science and technologyNabih Youssef
Tax cut legislation could affect all employees.(Financial Freedom Act)Science and technologyBrian T. Pallasch
TEA-21 cuts highway research.(1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century)(Editorial)Science and technologyElizabeth Clarke
Terrorism expert discuss structural design challenges.Science and technology 
Testing facility simulates attitude, temperature swings.(wind tunnels that simulate the drivability of automobiles)Science and technology 
Texas researchers develop simulators for underground fluids.(Computing)Science and technology 
The arch bridge mystery.(Manayunk railroad bridge, Philadelphia, PA)Science and technologyRafail Veksler, Abhay P. Thorat
The coming boom in pipe projects.(includes related article on pipe rehabilitation)Science and technology 
The cover trials.(erosion-control covers)Science and technologyGeorge R. Koerner, David A. Carson
The new commute.(telecommuting programs)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyLaurie A. Shuster
The race against time.(protection from landslides)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyJulie Mark Cohen
The train to the plane.(includes related article on two tunnels built for the AirTrain project in JFK International Airport)(proposed rail link to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, NY)Science and technologyVirginia Fairweather
The warranty alternative.(includes related article on New Mexico's experience with performance-based warranty in one project)(engineering contracting method in highway construction)Science and technologyJeffrey S. Russell, Robert J. Smith, Awad S. Hanna, Stuart D. Anderson, Patrick W. Wiseley
Tunneling under trains.(includes related article on Singapore's deep tunnel sewerage system)(sewer tunnel construction in Singapore)Science and technologyRichard Flanagan, Birger Schmidt, Tan Boon Tee
Tunnels to control flow, reduce erosion in Utah rivers.Science and technology 
UCLA hospital will meet strict seismic standards.(UCLA Medical Center)Science and technology 
Under pressure.(Inland Feeder water project in California to use a new concrete cylinder pipe to withstand enormous external pressure)Science and technologyDavid J. Berti, Maryam Eshghipour, John Shamma
Unintended consequences.(case study of how Clean Air Act regulations can threaten road safety projects)Science and technologyGeorge W. Black Jr.
US DOT awards $1.6 bil in credit assistance packages.(Department of Transportation)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technology 
Utilities plan largest temporary nuclear fuel storage site.Science and technology 
Virginia begins sorting out mixing bowl interchange.Science and technology 
Warming up to cold calling.Science and technologyMichael J. Sanfilippo
Water Act to fund multiple projects.(Water Resources Development Act)Science and technologyMartin Hight
Water campus ready to begin Arizona aquifer recharge.Science and technology 
Weighing anchors.Science and technologyRichard Wollmershauser
Wetlands treat mine runoff.Science and technologyAnderson, Robert (American businessman and engineer), Frank Sanders, John Rahe, Dan Pastor
Will it happen here?(earthquakes in the US)(Statistical Data Included)Science and technologyJean-Pierre Bardet, Duygu Erten
Woodrow Wilson Bridge design chosen.Science and technology 
Work resumes on stalled Indian Museum project.(National Museum of the American Indian)Science and technology 
World's longest glass span covers botanic garden in Wales.(National Botanic Garden of Wales)Science and technology 
Wyoming DOT nails down roadway project in Snake River Canyon.Science and technology 
Yesterday's data - tomorrow.(storing engineering data in lasting formats)Science and technologyRob Glasier
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