Volume 13, Number 2 – Fall/Winter 1998

Volume 13

Issue 2

In This Issue

Brian Brenner

S. TRENT PARKHILL

{Developments in underground engineering and construction have been driven by the combination of advances in science, new materials and sources of power, and societal demands.

CLAY SCHOFIELD

Ever since the settlement of Boston, mass transit has played a significant role in the development of the area and in its viability as an economic and cultural center.

Anni H. Autio

The advancement of any profession requires the exchange of practical information in. a timely, interesting, concise and knowledgeable manner.

KARL TERZAGHI

This timeless article, reprinted from the January 1958 issue of the BSCE Journal and written by a pioneer in soil mechanics, shows what it truly takes to excel at engineering practice

CRANSTON R. ROGERS

Bringing together the Boston Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers has strengthened and streamlined the voice of civil engineering in the Northeast.

CRANSTON R. ROGERS

First conceived as part of the rail system, Boston’s Central Artery shifted to being the key link in an area-wide system of highways.

KATHERINE R. WEEKS

Not relying on “cut and try” methods, Francis brought a scientific mind to bear on a variety of problems in hydraulics and structural engineering.

PAUL F. HARRINGTON

Through careful planning and modeling, actual structural behavior can be accurately predicted for a project that has to maintain an existing structure during construction.

EDWARD W. DUGGAN, HOWARD GOLDBERG, IRENE MCSWEENEY WOODFALL, & DENNIS J. DOHERTY

Using a variety of construction methods reduced negative impacts on groundwater levels, abutters, maintaining service, and vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

A.J. POWDERHAM

An incremental approach to implementing the observational method can overcome technical and contractual constraints to provide cost and time savings without sacrificing safety

STEPHEN M. BENZ

One civil engineer casts himself twenty-five years into the future to see what directions new technologies might take the profession

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