Civil Engineering (The Magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers)
December 2008 Vol. 78, No. 12
Contents
Features
38 Crystal Clear
By Andrew Mueller-Lust, P. E., M. ASCE
Designed to achieve the highest possible rating for environmental stewardship, the 55-story Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, in midtown Manhattan, was envisioned as an iconic structure that would serve as a model for the design and construction fo future office building.
48 A Necessary Diversion
By George Slovensky, P. E.,William Taggart, P. E., Alan Stroppini, P. E., and Tony Firenzi, P. E.
A unique multiuse diversion facility on the American River near Auburn, California, affords a reliable water supply, ensures adequate base flows to address environmental concerns, facilitates the passage of fish and boats, and provides white-water recreational opportunities. Concluding a process that began more than 40 years ago with the construction of the ill-fated Auburn Dam, the facility brings flows back to a previously dewatered stretch of the channel.
54 Elegant Efficiency
By Seshadri Srinivasan, Ceng, and Gopal Srinivasan, Ph. D., CEng
The design of the Sungai Prai Bridge, a cable-stayed structure that completes a ring road in Malaysia, uses a precast deck atop a multicellular box girder with precast cantilevers and in doing so shows that stunning beauty need not involve exorbitant costs.
60 Saving a City’s Sewers
By Robert A. Pennington, P. E., Kristie A. Gersley, P. E., Anthony Gagliostro, P. E., M. ASCE, Daniel T. Eagan, Alvin L. Zach, P. E., L. S., M. ASCE, and John T. George, P. E., A. M. ASCE
Nearly half of the 68 mi (109 km) of brick sewers in Newark, New Jersey, some of which are more than 150 years old, have been rehabilitated using cured-in-place pipe. But to make sure the sewers last another cencury, the city required construction crews to pay particular attention to such details as lateral connection cutouts in the lining and the structural rehabilitation of manholes.
Departments
8 Letters
10 Polity Briefing
12 Civil Engineering News
Top-down design
Asymmetrical bridge
Potential wind power
Structures from shipping containers
Context-sensitive museum
Interchange untangled
Miami River dredged
Pivoting bridge
Cable-stayed pedestrian bridge
Outriggers strengthen tower
News Briefs
32 Technology
34 History Lesson
37 Editor’s Note
68 Books
84 The Law
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