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David Nicastro examines various types of failure mechanisms, including their causes and identifying characteristics, and provides a comprehensive collection of case histories.

GSP 74 provides guidelines for the use of braces and tiebacks during excavations, focusing particularly on safety issues.

This report presents the results of a planning effort to enhance the entry of building innovation into the marketplace and outlines an action plan for an enhanced national evaluation process.

Standard ACI 530-95 & 530.1-95 / ASCE 5-95 & 6-95 / TMS 402-95 & 602-95 covers the design and construction of masonry structures and the use of masonry materials.

This collection contains 14 papers in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Committee on Social and Environmental Concerns in Construction of ASCE's Construction Division presented at the ASCE National Convention, held in Washington, D.C., November 10-14, 1996.

This report contains 38 prospectuses presented at Engineering and Construction for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, held in Washington, D.C., February 4-8, 1996.

This report presents an international collaborative research agenda for the construction industry to advance innovation in support of sustainable development concepts.

This proceedings contains 185 papers addressing the need to develop the resources of Greater Earth for humankind presented at Space '96, the Fifth International Conference on Space, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 1-6, 1996.

This report presents a summary of some of the key characteristics of 27 leading construction industry technical approval/evaluation organizations in the world.

Combining in-depth research with first-hand interviews of key participants in the project, Thayer engagingly recounts an important aspect of America's race to develop atomic weapons.