{"title":"Safety and traffic management for PGA 2006 in Watford, UK","authors":"L. Hejazi, Andy Smith","doi":"10.1680/JCIEI.2008.160677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JCIEI.2008.160677","url":null,"abstract":"This paper sets out the safety and traffic management arrangements for one of the most prestigious events in the sports calendar, the PGA World Golf Championship, held for the first time in the UK in 2006. Hertfordshire Highways was responsible for ensuring that safety was maintained and gridlock avoided during the six-day event. This paper describes the meticulous planning arrangements prior to the event, as well as the coordination between the many organisations responsible for ensuring that traffic could enter and exit the various car parks and that plans were in place in the event of an emergency on site. The paper ends with lessons learned and considers what actions taken might be different if an event of this scale were to be held in Hertfordshire in the future.","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128608635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing differential settlements of approach embankments","authors":"S. Shen, Z. Hong, Yeshuang Xu","doi":"10.1680/JCIEI.2008.161502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JCIEI.2008.161502","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a case history of an approach road remediation project on a low embankment over soft Ariake clay, located in the coastal Saga Plain of Japan. After the road had been opened to traffic for two-and-a-half years, large settlements were observed, and there was significant differential settlement between piled structures and approach road embankments on soft clay. This differential settlement had a significant impact on vehicle ride quality, and necessitated a remediation programme. In the remediation project, a new method called the column approach (CA) method was adopted to support a transitional zone at the interfaces of piled structures and road embankment. With the CA method a transitional zone was designed at these interfaces to be supported by soil-cement columns of varying lengths to smooth out the settlement profile within these zones. Field monitoring was conducted following completion of remediation. The CA method was also compared with two other Japanese code-designated methods:...","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126151179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk management and value management in project appraisal","authors":"A. Doni, N. Smith","doi":"10.1680/jciei.2008.160676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jciei.2008.160676","url":null,"abstract":"The appraisal phase of the project life cycle commences with the inception of the project and ends with the sanction of the project for implementation. During the appraisal phase the key decisions on the viability of the project and the most feasible project option are made in sequence. To enable good ideas and realistic projects to be recognised, both risk management and value management techniques are used, among others. This paper examines current industrial practice in project appraisal and indicates why some practitioners expressed a preference for one of these techniques and some for the other. Those preferring value management prior to risk management stated that the objectives of the project and the definition of options must be examined first, whereas those implementing risk management first considered that assessing the risks of the plan developed to achieve project objectives must take priority over maximising opportunities. Both techniques are important in decision making under uncertainty dur...","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131338971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Safety and cost-effectiveness of clear zones in Iran","authors":"E. Ayati, M. Shahidian","doi":"10.1680/JCIEI.2008.147630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/JCIEI.2008.147630","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines different clear-zone improvement alternatives in rock cuts, and compares the likely effect on safety and construction costs. Where a roadway passes through rock cuts, the construction cost of providing the clear zone is very high. This paper is based on research that demonstrates a method for selecting the appropriate clear zone in rural two-lane highways in Iran based on the site and traffic conditions expected at the site. A method is described for determining the rock-cut width that best balances the cost of construction with the improvements in safety that would result from a wider clear zone in the rock cut. The objective of this study is to quantify the societal cost of rock-face accidents, so that the costs and benefits associated with different clear-zone policies can be explicitly addressed during the preliminary design process. This study shows that the need for extra clear-zone width in steep and bendy routes (specially with external curves of less than 195 m radius) is more...","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123642438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geothermal energy: a major renewable energy resource","authors":"T. Batchelor","doi":"10.1680/CIEN.2005.158.6.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/CIEN.2005.158.6.40","url":null,"abstract":"Geothermal energy—which covers all forms of heat extracted from the earth—has been used on a commercial scale for over 100 years. The resource is available in one form or another in every country and can provide base-load electricity and heat on a continuous and sustained basis. More than 70 countries now exploit geothermal resources, the global scale of which means they do not suffer depletion in the same way as more finite mineral resources. This paper reviews the various forms of geothermal energy production currently in operation and planned around the world. It concludes that geothermal energy has potential for further substantial growth and can make a large contribution to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in developing countries.","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134438531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer analysis: avoiding the ‘black box’ syndrome","authors":"A. R. Lamb","doi":"10.1680/CIEN.2004.157.3.134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/CIEN.2004.157.3.134","url":null,"abstract":"Recent rapid advances in computer software and hardware have provided civil and structural engineers with increasingly powerful means of processing, storing, retrieving and displaying data. Most engineering consultancy firms now rely heavily on computers and software design packages to provide a competitive edge. However, there is a real danger of blind dependence on automated ‘black box’ techniques, the results of which may not be checked against engineering experience and intuition. This paper shows how this can happen and proposes a hierarchy of computer-aided design supervision to avoid potentially fatal errors resulting from flawed computer analysis.","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124485182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Civil engineering career management - : the unwritten rules","authors":"A. Hipkiss","doi":"10.1680/CIEN.2006.159.3.126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/CIEN.2006.159.3.126","url":null,"abstract":"Getting ahead in civil engineering today is, like most other professions, very much down to an individual's own efforts. Based on in-depth interviews with senior civil engineers and human resources managers at five major UK engineering organisations, this paper concludes that the traditional hierarchical, linear and predictable nature of civil engineering career development no longer exists. Promotion today depends very much on how individuals manage their own careers. Civil engineers need to make the best use of the support resources available to them and then follow their passions, be proactive and grasp opportunities. They should also build and share expertise, take considered risks, use positive politics, raise their visibility, promote their profiles, network and find role models and mentors.","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132635722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding novel structures through form-finding","authors":"W. Lewis","doi":"10.1680/CIEN.2005.158.4.178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/CIEN.2005.158.4.178","url":null,"abstract":"Society expects civil engineers to continue to produce exciting and innovative structures, particularly for landmark buildings and bridges. However, recent high-profile failures call for a review o...","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134501836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear fusion power: a bright long-term future","authors":"Chrismond Smith, D. Ward","doi":"10.1680/CIEN.2005.158.6.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/CIEN.2005.158.6.59","url":null,"abstract":"Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, could be a viable commercial power source within 40 years. The Joint European Torus, the world's leading fusion facility in the UK, has produced 16 MW of fusion power. Fusion produces relatively very little waste, is intrinsically safe and has essentially limitless supplies of fuel. There has been substantial progress in recent decades, although significant challenges remain. This paper summarises the basics of nuclear fusion, describes the present state of technology development and outlines the remaining steps needed to develop fusion power as a commercial reality.","PeriodicalId":429763,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Innovation","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125158822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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