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RISDiscussion of “<i>Design of Wave Barriers for Reduction of Horizontal Ground Vibration</i>” by Tahmeed H. Al‐Hussaini and Shahid Ahmad (April 1991, Vol. 117, No. 4)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Engineering and Leadership in American Politics
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: As the world hurtles forward toward a globalized economy, there is concern regarding the competitiveness of America and Americans especially when compared to up-and-coming technical and economic powerhouses like China and ...
Enhancing Ethics and the Competitive Environment by Accounting for Conflict of Interest in Project Procurement
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Conflicts of interest, whether actual, potential, or simply a situation having the appearance thereof, occur often in the global facilities and infrastructure design and construction industry, of which engineers are an ...
Top Ten Qualities of Project Manager Heroes: An Interview with David B. Perini
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: David B. Perini is commissioner of the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a position he assumed in May 2000. DCAM is the agency that is responsible for major public building ...
Discussion of “Reconsideration of Initiation of Liquefaction in Sandy Soils” by Catherine E. Fear and Edward C. McRoberts
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Simple Services, Inc.: A Project Management Case Study
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This hypothetical case study provides a vehicle for illustrating typical project cash flows and the day-to-day events that can influence these flows. The case study also shows the interaction between project cash flows and ...
Liquefaction Resistance of Soils: Summary Report from the 1996 NCEER and 1998 NCEER/NSF Workshops on Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance of Soils
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Following disastrous earthquakes in Alaska and in Niigata, Japan in 1964, Professors H. B. Seed and I. M. Idriss developed and published a methodology termed the “simplified procedure” for evaluating liquefaction resistance ...