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Cleanup complete at Love Canal

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The 350-acre, Love Canal site, located in Niagara Falls, New York, ha s been removed from the National Priorities List, a compilation of major sites contaminated with hazardous waste that is maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The cleanup activity at the site was achieved at a cost of $250 million and had commenced in the 1970s.

Author: Binns, Jessica
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2004
Refuse systems, Solid Waste Landfill, Environmental aspects, Sanitary landfills, Niagara Falls, New York

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Passive devices monitor bridges, buildings

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A research is conducted at the Advanced Design Consulting, Lansing, New York, to examine the microelectromechanical systems technology. This technology is being used in a silicon based device, which will be inserted in a structure to transmit information regarding the condition of the structure.

Author: Binns, Jessica
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2004
Microelectromechanical systems

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Laser-based sensing technique applied to bridge construction

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The implementation of laser sensing technologies for estimating cable vibration is discussed. This technique is being implemented in construction is Maumee River Crossing at Toledo, Ohio.

Author: Hansen, Brett
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2007
Ohio, All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing, Lasers, Lasers & Related Equip, Measurement, Vibration, Vibration (Physics), Bridges, Cable-stayed, Cable-stayed bridges, Laser

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Subjects list: New York, Usage, Technology application, Bridge construction
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