Well this is some great news for us Civil Engineers! U.S. News has ranked Civil Engineering jobs as No. 26 in the Best Jobs of 2012 list. Th...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Ohio River Bridge Imploded
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February 22, 2012
The Fort Steuben Bridge, which is one of the few bridges that crossed the Ohio River, was imploded on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. This 83-ye...
Friday, February 17, 2012
GeoFoam Saves the Project!
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February 17, 2012
Engineers in Florida have saved a substantial amount of time and money in a project that required the construction of embankments at the app...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Funding for Everglades Restoration
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February 15, 2012
Politics aside, it seems like President Obama has been hard at work trying to get funding for civil engineering related projects. One of his...
Friday, February 10, 2012
New Method for Mitigation of Soil Liquefaction
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February 10, 2012
Failures due to soil liquefaction have been a known problem for some time. Fortunately, a new technology developed by Boise State University...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Legal Corner: Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
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February 09, 2012
There are great programs to encourage the participation of small businesses owned and managed by socially and economically disadvantaged ind...
Geotechnical Engineering?
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February 09, 2012
On a previous post , I started to discuss what exactly is the field of Geotechnical Engineering, but did not go into too much depth. Well, w...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Fort Lauderdale Airport Runway Groundbreaking
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February 01, 2012
Finally, after much opposition from local residents, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Broward County officials have broke groun...