Base course modification through stabilization using cement and bitumen.
INTRODUCTION A huge amount of investments are used for maintenance, construction and extending roads and freeways in many countries. Statistics shows that during last fifty years, the most investments are used on roads in compare to other general infrastructures (1). The roads built with conventional...

Sensitivity analysis of an optimal access road location in hillyforest area: a GIS approach.
INTRODUCTION There are various models for establishing the efficient forest road alignment and evaluating optimum density of forest roads network for the transport of timber commodity through a combined use of tractor and truck. Most of them are based on the calculation of common timber transport costs...

A critical review of global wind power generation.
INTRODUCTION Wind turbine is a non-polluting means of generating electricity. Large-scale modern wind turbines are presently able to produce electricity in the United States at economically competitive rates in a significant portion of the country, depending upon the average wind speed of the location of the turbine....

Hurricane damage assessment for residential coastal structures.
ABSTRACT Tropical storms and hurricanes are some of the costliest natural disasters in the United States. Post-Katrina damage assessment revealed $200 billion worth of damage in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. Dozens of bridges and thousands of residential structures were damaged as a result of Hurricane Katrina....

Editorial.
The present issue is second in the series of IJED special issues on Coastal Environment and has the sub-theme 'Coastal Structures'. Coastal structures are important assets built in the coastal zones for the economic health of coastal communities such as beach and shoreline stability control, stabilization of navigation channels,...

Tonle Sap ecosystem fish species biological groups and hydroecological index.
ABSTRACT The Tonle Sap ecosystem in the lower part of the Mekong River basin is influenced by hydrological regimes of the river. It is considered that the drastic seasonal changes of lake water level from 1 to 14 m strongly influenced the hatching and feeding grounds of...

Digging for knowledge; Campuses a beehive of construction activity.
Byline: Brian Lee The following correction was published June 19, 2008: Gilbane Building Co. is based in Providence. The company's headquarters was incorrect in a story in yesterday's Telegram & Gazette about campus construction in Central Massachusetts. -------------------------------- Colleges and universities...

WindConnect Completes Construction of Harvest Wind Farm.
ENERGY RESOURCE-27 May 2008-WindConnect Completes Construction of Harvest Wind Farm(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com WindConnect today announced that it has completed construction of the Harvest Wind Farm, located on 3,200 acres in Huron County, Michigan, and the first utility-scale wind facility to operate in the state of Michigan....

Speciality compound yarn with core-sheath construction for ropes.
Kuraray Co Ltd, Japan, has developed a specialized compound yarn made with a proprietary core-sheath construction for use in making rope. Sale of the new product were due to begin at the beginning of May 2008. The product possesses a proprietary core-sheath construction created through a speciality...

Ice idea? Construction bumps summer events.
Byline: Shaun Sutner WORCESTER - Take a stroll around the city Common these days, which is in the midsummer throes of a renovation that will end up producing a new ice skating rink and event oval. Besides the rumble of earth movers and dirt mounds...