Volume 12, Number 2 – Fall/Winter 1997
Moving an Historic Lighthouse PETER PARA VALOS & WAYNE H. KALAYJIAN Using an intricately phased process that required careful planning, this lighthouse structure was moved 450 feet across “soft” terrain and was saved, for the foreseeable future, from the effects of severe coastal erosion Thomas W.H. Moseley & His Bridges FRANCIS E. GRIGGS, JR. Using […]
Volume 12, Number 1 – Spring/Summer 1997
Foreword Lee Marc Wolman, Freeman Fund Committee One More Case in the Big Dam Debate SUSAN MURCOTT The Big Dams Debate: The Environmental Sustainability Challenge for Dam Engineers ROBERT GOODLAND Integrating environmental and social impacts into the planning process is indispensable for large-scale projects The Big Dam Debate – The Engineer’s Role PHILIP B. WILLIAMS […]
Volume 11, Number 2 – Fall/Winter 1996
Streamlining the Public Works Design Process CYNTHIA CHABOT A Taxpayer’s Look at a Sacred Cow: Public Sector Design in Massachusetts Two Decades After the Ward Commission EDWARD MOSCOVITCH Architectural and engineering selection and management procedures for public projects are burdened with red tape and .bureaucracy, and, most important, result in a large waste of taxpayer […]
Volume 11, Number 1 – Spring/Summer 1996
Advancing the Engineering Profession PAUL MOYER Underground Engineering for the Central Artery/funnel Project THOM NEFF Even though most of this monumental project will be built below ground, it will also require the integration of a wide range of engineering disciplines. Geotechnical Instrumentation for the Central Artery/funnel Project: An Overview JOHN DUNNICLIFF, CHARLES DAUGHERTY & THOM […]
Volume 10, Number 2 – Fall/Winter 1995
The Performance of Highway Bridges in the Northridge, California, Earthquake NATIONAL CENTER FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH Bridge seismic retrofit programs exhibited a high degree of success. However, additional requirements for retrofit programs and initial design are needed. Computer-Aided Structural Engineering: Dangers/Ethics/Quality & a Return to Engineering Common Sense LEROY Z. EMKIN The significant benefits that […]
Volume 10, Number 1 – Spring/Summer 1995
Editorial Lee Marc G. Wolman The Estimation of Construction Contract Liquidated Damages RICHARD K. ALLEN Determining the actual cost of the late completion of a construction project to an owner is key to reducing or avoiding disputes between the owner and contractor. The Analysis & Design of the Superconducting Super Collider Underground Structures GORDON T. […]
Volume 9, Number 2 – Fall/Winter 1994
Understanding-Soil-Behavior Runs Through It JAMES K. MITCHELL Understanding what soils are and the principles that govern their geotechnical properties are essential to sound geotechnical engineering practice. Chemically Enhanced Wastewater Treatment: An Alternative & Complement to Biological Wastewater Treatment INGEMAR KARLSSON & SHAWN P. MORRISSEY The addition of metal salts and polymers in the wastewater treatment […]
Volume 9, Number 1 – Spring/Summer 1994
The Scope of the Boston Harbor Project DOMINIQUE N. BROCARD Few projects of its type have the scale of this massive undertaking, nor have past ventures had to contend with as many complicating circumstances. A Perspective: The Boston Harbor Project DOUGLAS B. MACDONALD Even though the extraordinary efforts of many people are now being applied […]
Volume 8, Number 2 – Fall/Winter 1993
Practice Can Make Perfect Brian Brenner The methods of earthquake damage mitigation – including strengthening buildings and reducing earthquake forces – show a high degree of variation from building to building. Seismic Strengthening of Existing Buildings NICHOLAS F. PORELL The methods of earthquake damage mitigation – including strengthening buildings and reducing earthquake forces – show […]
Volume 8, Number 1 – Spring/Summer 1993
An Innovative Design for the Flood Protection System of a Riverside Development GUNARS RICHTERS The use of steel barrier gates raised by cranes, counter- flooding and an early warning system combine to provide reliable and cost-effective flood protection. Deep Well Dewatering for the Greater Cairo Wastewater Project ROBIN B. DILL & MARK M. PETERSEN Pumping […]