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ASCE ( American Society of Civil Engineers )
Description: The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society. ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment.
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Discussion of “Influence of Surface Finish on Sorptivity of Concrete” by W. J. McCarter (February, 1993, Vol. 5, No. 1)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Condition Assessment of a Deteriorated Cement Works
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper describes the condition assessment of a 30 year old cement works, where some of the structures were clearly deteriorated. It was carried out for the purpose of obtaining material properties needed for evaluating ...
Circular Organizational Structure for Project Teams
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A project team, working on a short contract research assignment and with a large number of professionals, is led by a project manager, who is on a peer level with many coworkers but hierarchically below others. This ...
Distress in Prestressed Concrete Roof Girders at Cement Plant
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: An investigation was made into the causes of the collapse of one prestressed concrete roof girder and the cracking of many others at a cement plant. Visual inspection, measurement of cracking and deflection, assessment of ...
Multidisciplinary Product Modeling of Buildings
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A building entity is decomposed into systems (containing subsystems and elements), which correspond to the various disciplines associated with it. A set of exhaustive, nonintersecting primary elements are identified for ...
Deterioration Rates of Building Component Groups Using Nominal Replacement Costs of Components
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Predictive modeling of deterioration is typically done based on visually inspected condition ratings of building components. This paper presents the concept of a cumulative lost value ratio (CLVR) for component groups to ...
Using Snapshot Data of Deficiency and Generic Deterioration to Predict the Degradation of Building Elements
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The typical approach to modeling building degradation is based on consecutive visual inspections using generic deterioration ratings to characterize the conditions of elements. Our research used snapshot data to capture a ...
The Relative Influence of Environmental Factors Compared to Age on Building Element Degradation
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Age has often been the only factor considered in predictive models of degradation. This study, however, assesses the influence on degradation of coastal exposure for concrete beams, level of utilization for rendered cement ...