Riddle of the riverbed
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The load-test program developed by the Arizona Department of Transportation successfully profiled the strength characteristics of the variably cemented clay layer below the riverbed for laying the foundation of the Salt River Bridge. The riverbed consists of two soil types, stratum A consisting of stratified sand, gravel and cobbles; and stratum B, consisting of stratified silty clays. Design, analysis and construction of the test program cost $757,000 and it reduced the costs of the bridge foundation by $4.5 mil.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1996
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Do civil engineers have an ethical responsibility to their client at the expense of the environment?
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The effect on environment is generally compromised while designing a building or other big structures. The problem lies not in the methodology of designing but in the ethical values that an engineer attaches to the various aspects of designing. The cost of incorporating the question of environmental degradation in a design is always made up by partially compromising over the question itself. The situation can reverse only when the ethical aspect of designing rises above other considerations.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1995
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Sustainable development: a natural responsibility
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The 1997 winner of the Daniel W. Mead prize for Students strongly believes that sustainable development is every civil engineers' ethical obligation. He claims that engineers are now better equipped to achieve sustainable development and ensure its continuation. Research and development, maintaining high professional standards, attending in educational seminars and reading technical publications are some of the ways that civil engineers can ensure sustainability.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1997
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