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Piracy in the China marketplace
January 1, 1970
…music CDs, computer software and movies cost U.S. companies alone $2.6 billion in lost sales. It is crucial to know that Chinese companies pirate one another’s products all the time….
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It was 1961 and I was in Wilmington, Delaware
January 1, 1970
…was introductory and never got to the point of doing stability analysis but it did leave me a very good textbook written by Professor Donald Taylor of MIT. The Columbia…
First artificial surf reef in Europe
January 1, 1970
…is designed to double the size of the waves at Boscombe, Bournemouth, to 4m (13ft) as well as greatly increase the number of good surfing days. Kerry Black, from ASR…
Mn/DOT receives Highways for LIFE grant
January 1, 1970
…Mn/DOT Metro District NorthArea Manager. “Not having to work around traffic will allow us to complete work 60-75% faster, reduce construction costs, and minimize safety hazards.” That message echoed the…
Measuring puncture resistance
January 1, 1970
…effects of slower pressurization rates. For commercial labs that perform the test go to: www.geosynthetic-institute.org/gai/method.htm. You will find a list of five of them. Bob Koerner | GMA Techline…
Geotextiles in unpaved roads: A 35-year case history
January 1, 1970
…geotextiles are still performing the function as originally intended 35 years ago, even though the site was grossly under-designed. Unquestionably, good performance is predicated on adequate soil burial. All geotextiles…
The benefits of GRS bridges
January 1, 1970
…that could weaken a GRS structure is unlikely to occur. Here are some of the benefits of using GRS technology in appropriate settings. Bridges constructed with GRS can cost between…
Toronto’s example of green roofs
January 1, 1970
…$300 million in initial cost savings in areas such as storm water management, sewer overflow reduction, energy savings in buildings, and temperature reductions in the urban heat island. Specific operational…
Using expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam in road and bridge projects
January 1, 1970
…as a lightweight fill, engineers at the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) have realized significant time and cost savings for a number of small and moderate sized roadway embankment projects…
Project Angostura
January 1, 1970
…high-strength concrete wall that would be removed before hydroelectric operations started. At the time, there were not considerations regarding work inside the tunnel and that its level of water would…