Verdict rendered
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The article discusses the seismic retrofit construction work aimed at stabilizing an historic courthouse building in the Washington State. The retrofit involved a diagonal structural steel bracing inside the clock tower to support the masonry and to transfer the lateral forces from the dome to the concrete shear walls.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2000
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Blocking the tide
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This article examines the nature calamities that pose a danger for the preservation of the 8th century Venice for posterity. Among the measures discussed to contain tidal flooding, construction of movable gates for three of the inlets of the lagoon is emphasized.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2000
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Professional deja vu? No indeed
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The article chronicles civil engineering standards through 20th century and into the 21st. The coming century will present professional, economic, social and political issues for civil engineers.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1999
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