Books published by American Society of Civil Engineers

Introduces valuable techniques for weighing and evaluating alternatives in decision making with a focus on risk analysis for identifying, quantifying, and mitigating risks associated with construction projects. Intended for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students, each topic is accompanied by numerous examples, drawings, and exercises to illustrate and reinforce concepts.

A manual of practice covering the design and installation of utility pipelines of various types under roads, railroads, constructed and natural structures, and other surface obstacles using pilot tubes and other guided boring methods. MOP 133 provides a detailed description of the pilot tube and guided boring methods.

Provides the accurate, authoritative explanations and recommendations required by civil engineers who are building and maintaining the structures used to berth, moor, and repair ocean-going vessels. John Gaythwaite provides comprehensive technical discussions on a variety of loads and design issues relevant to ports and harbours.

Aims to describe the approach and process involved in a program designed to assist faculty in acquiring technology skills and to apply these skills in constructing meaningful learning-centered applications. This book is intended for educators who are working to lead the integration of technology into higher education and K-12 environments.

Ravina High is seen as a ""good school"" largely because of its comfortable middle-class catchment. This book talks about how class interests shape not only this school, but the whole education system around it, public and private. It shows the massive influence of social class inequalities in Australian society.

Provides water utilities with an appropriate path for determining the structural status of an individual pipeline or pipeline system. This manual focuses on the larger diameter transmission pipelines of water utilities. It provides technical information and recommendations to set priorities and obtain an accurate determination of the condition of the individual pipelines and pipeline systems.

Provides common-sense management practices that are easy to implement to avoid events leading to productivity and schedule degradation. With more than 70 years of combined experience, Thomas and Ellis have monitored more than 200 active construction projects measuring labour productivity, calculating losses of productivity, and documenting the events leading to those losses.

Establishes guidelines for controlling accelerated erosion caused by human activities at construction sites. Uncontrolled erosion is costly and accompanied by a host of financial, legal, and environmental problems. This Standard provides tools to ensure that the discharge of sediment does not significantly increase at a construction site compared with preconstruction conditions.

Offers a comprehensive reference to estimating the water quantities needed for irrigation of crops based on the physics of evaporation and evapotranspiration (ET). This new edition of MOP 70, which updates and expands the 1990 original, provides improved and standardized methods to estimate evaporation and ET and to apply and evaluate calculations.

Presents 35 serious but entertaining experiments that teach the fundamentals of soil mechanics to budding scientists and engineering students in an exciting and novel way. In this sequel to the popular Soils Magic, Elton has assembled a wealth of fascinating new experiments to illustrate the dynamics of how soils behave and how they can be manipulated.

Provides guidance for reducing risks from safety hazards at facilities managing urban stormwater. Although it is impractical to achieve zero risk at stormwater management facilities, steps can be taken to promote public safety. This guidance provides a framework for integrating protection of the public into the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of stormwater facililites.

Describes a HITEC evaluation designed to determine the basic capabilities and limitations of VISTAWALL MSE Structural Wall Systems for use as a technically viable, precast, mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall system. The evaluation was conducted based on material, design, construction, performance, and quality assurance information outlined in the HITEC Protocol.

Gathered into a single volume, these three standards establish guidelines for the design, installation, and operation and maintenance of stormwater impoundments. The standards focus on local and regional impoundments to manage, treat, and attenuate stormwater runoff, thus reducing the impact of stormwater on downstream areas.

John A Roebling was trained as an engineer in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1831. His early engineering work involved the design and construction of aqueducts for the expanding canal system. This biography describes his life, character, career, and achievements.

Consists of papers presented at sessions of the 1993 ASCE National Convention and Exposition held in Dallas, Texas, October 24-28, 1993. These papers include both practice and research in the analysis and design of geotechnical engineering and geo-environmental works in unsaturated soils.

Contains the papers presented at Coastal Zone 93, the Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management held in 1993. This volume covers topics, such as: environmental considerations, engineering and science; data gathering and monitoring; legal, regulatory, and political aspects of coastal management; and planning, conservation, and development.

Provides a policy-oriented summary of the findings detailed in its companion volume, ""Technical Report"". This report is intended for Administration of Congress, other national policy makers, and government and industry leaders. It builds a case for a national program aimed at exploiting the potential of high-performance concrete and steel.

Contains papers presented at the 1993 National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering held in San Francisco, California, July 25-30, 1993. This work aims to reduce man-made and natural disasters through hydraulic engineering. It is useful for engineers who are involved with hydraulic engineering issues.

Contains papers presented at the conference held in Seattle, Washington, July 26-28, 1993. In identifying the trends of multinational dependence, and the experience from the countries in the Pacific Rim, this book provides the foundation to continue building an international approach toward shaping the future of surface transportation systems.

Represents the consensus of the ASCE Committee on Oxygen Transfer Standards. Here, various components of power consumption are defined; methods for measurement of gas rate and power consumption by oxygenation devices are given; computer programs for nonlinear regression analysis are presented; and the preparation of data analysis is discussed.

Organized around the theme ""Networking in Engineering Colleges"", the conference deals with the trends in computer-aided engineering applications of computer-aided design, manufacturing automation, and networking. It provides a forum for leaders from education and government to focus on issues related to the automation of engineering practice.