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Correction to my earlier post- the bridge onto which the collapsed span landed was reopened in 8 days, the replacement of the collapsed span took 14 days longer - still an enviable result. ------------------------------ Russell Greenlaw P.E., M.ASCE Owner Livermore CA ---------------------- ...

I disagree. Taking 12 days to install a temporary replacement is not enviable: on April 29, 2007 there was a similar fuel truck accident under one of the approach bridges to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, collapsing a portion of Interstate 580 onto a portion of I-880 and closing both. A contractor ...

People need to keep in mind that land rises and falls with respect to other land over time - there are many places on the California coast where land has risen above sea level providing flat plains a hundred or more feet above current sea level, with cliffs between there and the ocean. At other places ...

On the subject of a fuel tax holiday- I am in favor of the holiday for a variety of reasons, and therefore opposed to ASCE opposing such a holiday. My reasons: high fuel taxes, particularly diesel, contribute to general inflation of producer and consumer prices which is harmful to the economy in general, ...

If we are going to say climate change is "settled science" then let us be accurate about that science. Climate is just weather averaged over a period of time, and since weather is always changing, so is our perception of climate. If one uses too short as period of time, such 3 years with respect to rainfall, ...