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Richard G. Weingardt
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Civil Engineering, Legal, and Political Collaboration: Solving Denver’s Drainage Infrastructure Dilemma
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The archaic infrastructure and disjointed drainage policies in place in the six-county Denver metropolitan area during the 1960s left the growing area in a public health and safety predicament. In 1968, city, county, state, ...
Discussion and Closure: Machu Picchu: Ancient Hydraulic Engineering
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Ancient Machu Picchu Drainage Engineering
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The drainage infrastructure constructed by the Inca at ancient Machu Picchu represents a significant public works achievement. The difficult site constraints associated with the nearly 2,000 mm per year of rainfall, steep ...
Machu Picchu: Ancient Hydraulic Engineering
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Field research of the spring, canal, and fountain system at the ancient Inca site of Machu Picchu defined the site's hydrological and hydraulic characteristics. An analysis of the Machu Picchu water system demonstrated ...
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