Planning a pipeline
March 17th, 2008
By PATRICE ST. GERMAIN
patrices@thespectrum.com
HURRICANE- Following a crooked path from Sand Hollow Reservoir to the Kanab Creek, a helicopter travels along the proposed route for the Lake Powell Pipeline.
Stretching for 120 miles, the pipeline, if built, will bring 100,000 acre feet of water p... [read more]
Wireless Sensors May Help Governments Monitor Health of Aging Infrastructure
March 17th, 2008
By Chandler Harris
When the Minneapolis Interstate 35W bridge collapsed on Aug. 1, 2007, sending 88 vehicles and hundreds of people into the Mississippi River - 13 were killed and 100 injured - nobody, including state bridge inspectors, foresaw such a catastrophic event.
The collapse was a sad r... [read more]
Engineering Industry scrambles to find a 'greener' concrete
March 17th, 2008
It takes a lot of energy to make it, and the world is using billions of tons of it. Makers are finding better ways to do it.
We drive our cars on it, we build skyscrapers with it. But concrete, one of the most common building materials in the world, has an ugly secret: It's a major source of carbon... [read more]
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