List of Contributions

My wife's great grandfather, Marshall Pope Robertson, was a member of ASCE and his death in 1917 was noted in a full page in the ASCE proceedings in 1918. The memorium offers a look into the organization and his career over 100 years ago. He was first elected as an associate member in 1902 and four years ...

From a construction prospective, a project failure can result from serious accidents- including fatalities. A designer's education should understand this- especially the need and use of operated construction equipment. Although some are in one place for the duration, most are mobile during the project. ...

The key words are "Design for Construction" and ASCE has a committee working on this. A designer should have some knowledge of construction methods enabling him (or her) to visualize possible problems. Does a welder have to be in an unsafe position to make his column weld? A lattice boom crane with a ...

Some companies have found that four tens work well, but twelves are too much in any format. I frequently worked five tens plus- just to keep up. I am not proud of it, but it had to be done. I was the only person doing what I did in the company In construction, things are constantly changing and ...

Many professions have deadlines and many of the unreasonable deadlines are sometimes set by an individual for their personal agendas. So the tight deadlines for consulting engineers are not unique in any way. I see it in my own family where my son (in a promotional business) and my daughter who is in ...