Abstract: Pontesei Dam is a major concrete dam built after World War II across the canyon of Maè Creek (Valle di Zoldo) in the Italian Eastern Alps. Just upstream from the dam, a gully discharges water from steep mountains. The only ...

Abstract: The paper describes the geotechnical and structural, reliability-based design of micropile foundations for a factory in Costa Rica, along with its construction issues. The chaotic nature of the very loose soil led the ...

Abstract: In the 17th century the town of Chioggia, located in the Italian Venetian Lagoon, was connected to the mainland by an unreinforced masonry bridge called Ponte Lungo (long bridge) composed of an elegant sequence of masonry ...