Volume 8, Number 2 – Fall/Winter 1993

Volume 8

Issue 2

In This Issue

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.

NICHOLAS F. PORELL

The methods of earthquake damage mitigation – including strengthening buildings and reducing earthquake forces – show a high degree of variation from building to building.

CHRIS M. ERIKSON & DAVID A. SCHOENWOLF

The uncertainty associated with predicting groundwater flow through bedrock in a deep excavation requires using a flexible design approach and a monitoring program.

W. SCOTT McNARY & JOHN HARDING

In areas with limited ground access, the use of an overhead launching gantry may offer an economical solution for the construction of segmental concrete bridges.

PHILIP E. EGILSRUD & GARY W. KILE

Safety issues, including the transport of hazardous cargoes, were the primary focus of the design of the mechanical and electrical systems for two highway tunnels.

H. HOBART HOLLY

Converting a foul and hazardous estuary into an urban wonderland attests to the ingenuity, determination and thoroughness of two turn-of-the-century engineers.

TIM FAULKNER & LEONID VELICHANSKY

The key to designing a highway project with regional impacts is the continuous interactive application of traffic modeling, transportation analysis and engineering principles.

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