Civil Engineering (The Magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers)
October 2009 Vol. 79, No. 10
Contents
Features
42 High Flyer
By Robert L. Reid
54 Setting the Benchmark
By Brad Montgomery,P.E., M. ASCE
62 A Coordinated Effort
By Thomas A. Fisher,P. E.,M. ASCE, Rama Krishnagiri,P. E., Tam L. Sillick,P. E., and George R. Kuhn
72 On Earth and in Space
By Larry Bell,A. M. ASCE
Departments
8 Letters
10 Polity Briefing
14 Civil Engineering News
Straddling the Line
Construction Errors Cause Collapse
You Too Can See U2
Health Crisis in Montana Community
Energy Return
Superior Sand Dune
Assembly Required
Keeping a Low Profile
Well Protected
Tradition Meets Contemporary
Restoring Rivers Makes Sense
Building Blocks
30 News Briefs
34 Technology
38 History Lesson
41 Editor’s Note
78 Books
88 The Law
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