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METRICS AND METHODS TO QUANTIFY AND COMMUNICATE TROPICAL CYCLONE RAINFALL HAZARD
(2021-03-05)CHAPTER 1 | INTRODUCTION 1.1 | TROPICAL CYCLONE RAINFALL HAZARD The intense rainfall associated with tropical cyclones (TC) is a significant hazard to human life and property. From 1963 to 2012, extreme rainfall was the ... -
Development of a Benchmarking and Metrics Model for Electrical Contracting Firms
(2020-08)Despite its noticeable growth and positive future expectations, the electrical contracting industry is facing a number of unique and complex challenges that are creating fierce competition and driving major change. In ... -
An Integrated Framework to Evaluate the Impact of Preconstruction Planning on Out-of-Sequence Work
(2020-08)For decades, the construction industry has faced a well-documented, persistent decline in its productivity levels. The reasons behind the declining productivity rates have been tackled by extensive research; however, some ... -
Evaluation of Terminal Electron Accepting Processes for the Hells Canyon Complex: Gaining Information on Dominant Processes Controlling Mercury Methylation
(2020-06)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The biogeochemical processes associated with methylmercury (MeHg) production remain poorly understood. Biogeochemical conditions affecting the availability of terminal electron acceptors (TEAs) and ... -
An Integrated Framework to Quantify the Impact of Competency factors on Project Performance
(2020-05)Construction companies measure their performance by how well a construction project delivers relative to their goals. The performance of construction projects is governed by merging many events and interactions with different ... -
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING TECHNIQUES OF HIGHWAY GUARDRAIL POSTS: STRESS-WAVE PROPAGATION AND MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION
(2020-05)The number of highway guardrail systems with posts of unvalidated depth is unknown to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. These guardrail posts provide the support for barrier systems designed to protect motorists ... -
Correlating the Impact of Project Oversight on U.S. Navy Construction Projects
(2019)ABSTRACT Limited analysis has been conducted to quantify the effects of Owner project oversight† on construction projects, particularly in the public sector. The intent of this research project is to correlate project ... -
Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Electrodialysis, Denitrification, and Anammox for Nitrogen Removal in Municipal Wastewater Treatment
(2019)Technologies to remove nitrogen from wastewater are employed to preserve drinking water and prevent environmental damage. Nitrification/denitrification and partial nitrification-anammox are two accepted wastewater ... -
Comparative Performance Assessment of the Wisconsin State Capital Projects
(2019)The Engineering and Construction (E&C) sector of the global economy accounts for $10 trillion in expenditures annually and creates more than 100 million jobs around the world. In the United States alone, $1.25 trillion ... -
EVALUATION OF INDUCED LATERAL STRESSES FROM NOISE WALL LOADING ONTO FLEXIBLE RETAINING WALLS
(2019)While the effects of uniform vertical surcharges have been studied extensively (e.g., Spangler 1956; Jarquio 1981; Georgiadis and Anagnostopoulos 1998; Greco 2006), the induced lateral pressures from horizontal (shearing) ... -
OPTIMIZATION OF PUMPING RELATED ENERGY USE AND COST IN A MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER SYSTEM
(2019)In terms of water production, Madison Water Utility (MWU) is the largest groundwater-sourced utility in the state of Wisconsin (Bohnert, 2012). In 2017 alone, MWU pumped 9.42 billion gallons of water while consuming 20.3 ... -
Accounting for Satellite Precipitation Uncertainty: The Development of a Probabilistic Landslide Hazard Nowcasting System
(2019)Satellite multisensor precipitation products (SMPPs) provide valuable precipitation information for hydrological modeling, water resources management, natural disaster assessment, and other applications on a global scale ... -
Environmental Impacts and Economic Implications of Phosphorus Recovery
(2019)The impact of excessive nutrient loading from phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) is one of the most pervasive and challenging environmental issues in the United States. However, with growing concern for the longevity of global ... -
EFFICIENCY EVALUATION OF PASSING LANE CONFIGURATIONS ON DEDICATED LANE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LEVEL 3
(2019)A dedicated lane for autonomous vehicles (AVs) is considered as an efficient method for achieving AV’s feature the most. However, slow-moving vehicles on dedicated lane might cause delaying and decrease the tailing vehicle’s ... -
AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR MEASURING PERMANENT DEFORMATION OF HOT MIX ASPHALT MIXTURES
(2018)More than twenty Department of Transportations are currently using a wheel tracking test to measure rutting resistance of mixtures that already meet volumetric properties (Buchanan, 2016). With the expansion of using ... -
Wisconsin’s Central Sands Hydroclimatology: Characterization, Forecasting, and Impacts on Real Estate
(2019)Hydroclimatological variability often stresses resource and economic conditions locally and globally. The Wisconsin Central Sands, a region in the upper Midwest, has many interests with strong connections to local water ... -
AGING SUSCEPTIBILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF OIL MODIFIED ASPHALT BINDERS
(2018)As oils are becoming more popular additives in asphalt binders as low temperature modifiers, there has been interest in the performance, especially the long-term aging, of oil modified asphalts. Research studies have ... -
Competency Assessment for State Highway Agency Project Managers
(2018)Project Managers (PMs) play a key role in the successful completion and smooth delivery of construction projects. PM competencies have been studied thoroughly over the past few decades to identify the skills, traits, ... -
IMPACT OF LEVEL 3 HIGHLY AUTOMATED VEHICLE ON WEAVING SEGMENT
(2018)Weaving Segment plays a key role of mobility in the state and county highway systems. It is also discovered that around 10% capacity drop occurs within the weaving segment. The reduced discharged flow rate produces ... -
IMPACT OF LEVEL 3 HIGHLY AUTOMATED HEAVY VEHICLES ON FREEWAY CAPACITY
(2018)Over the last few years, the applications of Autonomous Vehicles in the Freeway network have attracted increased attention both in practice and in the research field. However, the detection of the effect of the Autonomous ...
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