Authors:Wayne Lee, Kamyar Mahbou,
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: special, practice, publication, 150th, asce, anniversary, state, future, design, mix, construction, past, present, asphalt
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2006-05-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0784408424
ISBN-13: 9780784408421

Asphalt Mix Design and Construction: Past, Present, and Future is a special publication focusing on the history, development, trends, and evolution of hot mix asphalt (HMA) design and pavement construction. This committee report contains four papers that were presented at a special technical session, "Evaluation of Bituminous Materials Mix-Design & Superpave," of the Conference to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of ASCE in Washington, D.C. on November 3, 2002. These papers discuss bituminous materials in mix-design, the future of asphalt pavements, modified asphalt binders, and quality control

Author: Alok Bhandari; Rao Y. Surampalli; Pascale Champagn
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: groundwater, soils, technologies, remediation
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0784408947
ISBN-13: 9780784408940

Site remediation is a complex and costly process that aims to restore adversely affected land and groundwater resources to environmentally sustainable conditions. Remediation Technologies for Soils and Groundwater provides a comprehensive and thorough overview of conventional engineered processes and technologies used for the remediation of contaminated sites. This committee report s extensive illustrations, tables, and case studies along with it s simple to follow writing style, makes it appropriate for use as a classroom text as well as a reference for practitioners.

Author: Francis T. Hartma
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: contracting, enterprise, effective, smart, value, adding, practical, guide, commandments
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0784406537
ISBN-13: 9780784406533

Ten Commandments of Better Contracting provides a fresh look at management of supply chains with a particular focus on contracting for construction and related goods and services. With the objective of getting more out of contracts, this book draws on recent research, extensive professional and practical experience, and even trial and error in testing contracting innovations. The book explores issues such as games played, proven solutions to common problems, the importance of business relationships, trust, and other issues not typically addressed in books on this topic. In readable style, ever

Author: Eric D. Loucks Conference on Water Resources
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: water, resources, conference, management, annual, planning, proceedings, urban, environment, 25th
Number of Pages: 806
Published: 1998-05-01
List price: $94.00
ISBN-10: 0784403430
ISBN-13: 9780784403433

This proceedings, "Water Resources and the Urban Environment", contains extended abstracts presented at the ASCE 25th Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management held in Chicago, Illinois, June 8-10, 1998. While many of the papers address traditional topics such as hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, protection of drinking supplies, and reservoir operation, more recent issues such as groundwater modeling, water resource problems in the developing world, and water quality of urban runoff are also explored. Some of the major topics discussed include: urban stormwater management; geograp

Author: Richard Weingardt
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: profiles, inspiration, achievement, engineers, civil, legends, american, engineering
Number of Pages: 165
Published: 2005-08-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0784408017
ISBN-13: 9780784408018

Behind every great American civil engineering accomplishment, there is a great American civil engineer. Throughout history civil engineers have made an enormous impact on the progress and development of this nation. While their engineering achievements are regularly recognized, the engineers themselves are rarely discussed. Engineering Legends provides a unique view into the history and progress of 32 great American civil engineers, from the 1700’s to the present. It explores the personal lives and professional accomplishments of these outstanding engineers, providing an in-depth look at

Author: Srinivasa Lingireddy; Gail Brio
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: supply, engineering, water, networks, neural, artificial
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-03-04
List price: $98.00
ISBN-10: 0784407657
ISBN-13: 9780784407653

Artificial Neural Network (ANN) technology is rarely used in water supply engineering. Those who have applied this technology for water supply engineering problems have reported findings that were beyond the capability of traditional statistical/mathematical modeling tools. The purpose of this task committee report is to compile the experiences of those who have successfully applied ANNs for water supply engineering problems and to reduce the perceived mystery of the ANN models. The availability of several diverse applications, along with the basics of neural network modeling, in a concise rep

Authors:Andrew W., Ph.D. Taylor, Takeru, Ph.D. Igusa,
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: isolation, seismic, primer
Number of Pages: 58
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0784407517
ISBN-13: 9780784407516

This primer describes the current state of seismic isolation technology and highlights issues and concerns which are unique to the design of isolated structures. Readers will rapidly gain practical knowledge related to base isolation design from this concise book. Included are the fundamentals of seismic isolation, design of isolated structures, analysis, and testing. Provided are overviews of the topic that are accessible not only to structural engineers who have not been formally trained in base isolation design, but also to architects and students in a first-level engineering course. This b