Pipe-jacked: the Northern Pipeline Interconnector The Northern Network Alliance is completing one of the final links in the South East Queensland Water Grid – Stage 2 of the Northern Pipeline Interconnector. Involving the longest single pipe-jacked microtunnel in the southern hemisphere, the project has posed numerous challenges. The Northern Pipeline Interconnector (NPI) – Stage 2 [...]
Now you can get a single compilation of all essential civil engineering formulas and equations in one easy-to-use portable reference. More than three-quarters of the material in Tyler Hicks Civil Engineering Formulas Pocket Guide is in the form of formulas, tables, and graphs, presented in SI and USCS formats. Each chapter,… »


The ALA has developed three new guidelines to provide utility system owners and operators with guidance on defining the scope of actions necessary to assess system performance… »
This guideline presents design provisions for use in evaluating the integrity of buried pipelines for a range of applied loads. Both new and existing welded buried pipe… »
The guide addresses the seismic design of piping systems or the retrofit of existing piping systems. The purpose of seismic design or retrofit is to assure that in case of… »
This Risk Management Standard is the result of work by a team drawn from the major risk management organisations in
the UK – The Institute of Risk Management (IRM),The Association of
Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC) and ALARM The National Forum for
Risk Management in the Public Sector.
In addition, the team sought the views and opinions… »
There are a number of very real risks to information systems, but they are not absolute. There is a chance of any system being subject to attack, but it isn’t certain. You are not subject to the whims of the attacker or of nature, there… »
Foundation Requirements, which must be established by the engineer, will vary with site conditions, height of gabion structure, etc. Generally, the top layer of soil is stripped until a layer of the required bearing soil strength is reached. In some cases, the foundation may consist of suitable fill material compacted to a minimum of 95… »
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