UBC engineering researchers are looking for ways to reduce energy use and minimize potential health concerns in community pools. In a study that will examine large-scale indoor pools across British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, researchers will examine how…
BTS Releases the Rail Network Spatial Dataset
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released the rail network and rail nodes portion of the 2016 National Transportation Atlas Database…
Floods and Coastal Erosion May Expose Contents of UK Landfills, Study Finds
The contents of historic coastal landfill sites could pose a significant environmental threat if they erode, according to a new study from Queen Mary…
Oregon’s Clean Water Services Adopts SWMMLive and InfoMaster Technology
Broomfield, Colo., May 3, 2016—Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart water infrastructure, today announced that Clean Water Services (District), Oregon, has chosen the company’s industry-leading…
FHWA Concludes MAP-21 Truck Size and Weight Limits Study
The Federal Highway Administration's truck size and weight limits study was delivered to Congress April 14, concluding more than three years of work on a report that was required by the 2012 MAP-21 surface transportation bill. The issue of truck size and weight…
Bond of Reinforcement in High-Strength Concrete
This paper describes an examination of the development of tension lap splices in high strength concrete and the applicability of the restriction in the ACI 318 code where the values of √fc’ used to calculate development length shall not exceed 100 psi.…
Innovative Mixtures Can Reduce Life Cycle Costs in Concrete Pavement Repair
Many transportation agencies in North America require rapid setting materials for repair of concrete pavement to accelerate opening the road to traffic. While numerous high early-strength cementitious repair materials are commercially available, many of them…
Siemens Launching Denmark’s Largest Energy Performance Contracting Project
Siemens has created a comprehensive energy efficiency upgrade package for a hospital near the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The energy performance contracting (EPC) project for Hvidovre Hospital includes optimizing the technical plants and expanding the hospital's…
Earthquakes Hit Hard in Japan and Ecuador
The April 15, 2016 M 7.0 earthquake north of Kumamoto, on the island of Kyushu in southwest Japan, occurred as the result of strike-slip faulting at shallow depth. The April 15, 2016, M 7.0 event (UTC 16:25:06) occurred one day after a series of foreshocks…
Concrete was Key in Engineering of 432 Park Avenue
Lost in the press of New York’s 432 Park Avenue building is the fact that it brings together decorative and architectural concrete and state-of-the-art engineering. Topped out in 2014, the 1,396 foot tall structure is currently the tallest all-residential…
