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Volume 84, Issue 2, April 1988

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NAVAL FACILITIES, DIEGO GARCIA, BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY: MANAGE MENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
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- pp. 191–215
- Authors: T TUCKER; BT DOUGHTY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.59
- Proc. lnstn Cio. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 191-215 9315 MARITIME ENGINEERING GROUP Naval facilities, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory:management and administration Capt. T. TUCKER* B. T. DOUGHTY, BEng, MICEt This Paper describes the contract management and administration of a US $441 million United States Navy contract to expand facilities on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Following a brief history of the island, details are provided on thefragile ecology of this coral atoll and the steps taken during construction to protect the environment...
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THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL HIGHWAY.
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- pp. 217–234
- Authors: NA WASLIN; JDA WIDDUP
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.60
- Proc. Instn Cio. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 217-234 9325 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING GROUP I Australia 1788-1988 The Australian National Highway N. A. WASLIN, BE, MEngSc, FIEAust* J. D. A. WIDDUP, BE(Hons), MSCE, MIEAust* In 1974 the Commonwealth Government of Australia undertook to find a 16000 km network of roads known as the National Highway. Funds are given to State and territory governments to undertake maintenance and improvement works. Priorities, standards and conditions are applied to the works to be undertaken...
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FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME FOR LOWER RIVER MOLE.
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- pp. 235–263
- Authors: WE FOSTER; WB HARRIS; ICE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.61
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1988.84, Apr., 235-263 9160 GROUP WATER ENGINEERING Flood alleviation scheme for Lower River Mole W. E. FOSTER, FICE, MIWEM* W. B.HARRIS, FICE, FIWEM, FGS, MConsEt Severe rainstorms in September 1968, probably the worst experienced in South East England in the 20th century up to that time, resulted in flood water from the River Mole damaging loo00 properties in Esher and East Molesey. It was decided that the channel should be modified to convey a similar flood with safety...
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THE HUME (MELBOURNE-SYDNEY) FREEWAY IN THE STATE OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALI A.
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- pp. 265–290
- Author: RT UNDERWOOD
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.62
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 265-290 9257 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING GROUP 1 l Australia 1788-1988 The Hume(Melbourne-Sydney) freeway in the State of Victoria, Australia R. T. UNDERWOOD, ME, BCE, FIHT, FCIT, FRAPI, FIEAust* In the early 1970s the main highway link between Melbourne and Sydney was basically a two-lane two-way road, with wider pavements through some of the larger towns along it. Following the National Roads Act 1974, it was declared a National Highway, and since then Federal funds have been allocated for its development to an ultimate freeway (motorway) standard throughout...
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
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- pp. 291–308
- Authors: D MITCHELL BAKER; D M BAKER; MSG CULLIMORE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.63
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 291-308 9216 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING GROUP Operation and maintenance of the Clifton Suspension Bridge D. MITCHELL-BAKER, MICE* M. S . G. CULLIMORE, BSc, PhD, FIStructE, MWeldI The Clifton Suspension Bridge is both an outstanding historic feature of Bristol's landscape and a vital link in the city's road network. This requires a balance to be maintained between maximizing its traffic-carrying potential and its preservation as anhistoric engineering structure. The Paper examines the many factors to be taken into account in maintaining this balance...
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FATIGUE AND FRACTURE INVESTIGATION CARRIED OUT ON THE CLIFTON SUSPENSI ON BRIDGE.
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- pp. 309–329
- Authors: MSG CULLIMORE; PJ MASON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.64
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1, 1988,84, Apr., 309-329 9215 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING GROUP Fatigue and fracture investigation carried out on the Clifton Suspension Bridge M. S . G. CULLIMORE, BSc, PhD, FIStructE, MWeldI* P.J. MASON, BSc(Eng),ACGI, FICEt Following the collapse of the Point Pleasant Bridge in the USA, an appraisal of the risk of fatigue crack initiation, brittle fracture and propagation of preexisting cracks was started on the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Laboratory tests demonstrated that the risk of fatigue failure of the suspender rods and of the longitudinal/cross-girder connection could be discounted...
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COMMONWEALTH ENGINEERS` COUNCIL-ITS PAST AND ITS FUTURE.
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- pp. 331–336
- Authors: DGM ROBERTS; COMMONWEALTH ENGIN; EERS COUNCIL
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.65
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 331-336 9214 ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT GROUP Commonwealth Engineers' Council-its past and its future D. G. M. ROBERTS, CBE, MA,FEng, F E E * Introduction Not all that came out of World War I1 was death and destruction. From it were born the United Nations Organization, the World Health Organization and other progressive organizations. Among the latter was the Commonwealth Engineers' Council (CEC). 2. In the autumn of 1945 the Secretary of The Institution of Civil Engineers suggested to his President and to The Institutionof Mechanical Engineers and to the Institutionof Electrical Engineers that a conference representatives of Comof monwealth Engineering Institutions should be held in London in 1946 to increase collaboration and co-operation between them...
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SHORT-TERM SLIPPING OF A SHALLOW EXCAVATION IN GAULT CLAY.
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- pp. 337–353
- Author: RHG PARRY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.66
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1, 1988,84, Apr., 337-353 PAPER 9276 ENGINEERING GROUP GROUND Short-term slipping a shallow of excavation in gault clay R. H. G. PARRY, MA, ScD, FICE* The Paper describes the geotechnical investigation of slips occurring in an excavated channel in stiff gault clay, with a maximum depth of 3.2 m and gradient of side slopes of 1 : 1. Slipping occurred during excavation and at intervals over the next four years, when the channel was reconstructed...
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WAVE POWER-A CHALLENGE TO ENGINEERS. VERNON HARCOURT LECTURE.
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- pp. 355–374
- Authors: AE LONG; TJT WHITTAKER; VERNON HARCOURT
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.67
- Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 355-374 VERNON HARCOURT LECTURE Wave power-a challenge to engineers A. E. LONG PhD, DSc, FICE, MIStructE T. J. T. WHITTAKER, BSc, PhD The major advances in wave energy conversion techniques which have been made internationally since the mid 197Os, when the cost of fossil fuels increased dramatically, are briefly reviewed and an attempt is made to place the developments in perspective. These range from the complex Salter Duck to the inherently simple oscillating water column systems...
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INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS. SESSION 1. WORLD ECONOMIC INFLUENCES.
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- pp. 375–377
- Authors: LORD YOUNG; G DICKS; LORD LIMERICK; DH TWYFORD; O SIMON; IPG
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.68
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 375-383 CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS Session 1. World economic influences Introducers Lord YOUNG* G. DICKSt Lord LIMERICK$ D. H. TWYFORDS Reporter 0.SimonT Lord Young mentioned that the benefits of international projects business to the home economy included job creation and encouragement to small businesses. All parts of the country shared in this prosperity and it was essential that the UK maintaineditspresenceinthisarea,ready to play a more aggressiverole in conditions of increasing competitiveness if the market revived in the next decade...
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INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS. SESSION 2. THE MARKET.
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- pp. 377–378
- Authors: DH TWYFORD; CB BENJAMIN; GAG SAPSTEAD
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.69
- WORLD ECONOMIC INFLUENCES at the potential instability of world financial markets given the central importance of Japanese savings to global capital flows and the scope for instability should the yendollar rate prove unsustainable precipitating a collapse in the dollar. The findings of some research on trends in international projects business were presented. Data for Africa and the Middle East showed that there was an increasing tendency for UK consulting engineers not to recommend placement of business with UK contractors; analysis of a cross-section of countries over time had revealed a tendency for spending on construction contracts to decline as poor countries developed into middle-income economics and then to rise again...
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INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS. SESSION 3. MARKETING.
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- pp. 378–379
- Authors: RCM RANKIN; RL WOODWORTH; GH COATES; JA ARMITT
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.70
- INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS now entering the scene as competitors and Korea, Brazil, India and China were given as examples. Although there was currently more UK government concessional finance available than ever before, there was a need for UK industries to be more disciplined with each other in their search for work overseas. In order to catch a project early, Mr Benjamin considered that UK industry should be more forceful, should guard new technology sales better and make better use of the market information gathered by UK consultants in their world wide contracts. The investment programmes should be better tailored and the possibility of an overseas edition of the successful Investment in industry should be looked at...
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INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS. SESSION 4. FINANCE.
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- pp. 380–381
- Authors: D SURATGAR; RS MORRIS; TD PIKE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.71
- INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS Session 4. Finance Introducers D. SURATGAR* R. S. MORRIS7 Reporter T. D. Pike, MICE$ Mr Suratgar dealt with the debt crisis and its effects. Oil price rises in the 1970s had produced large surpluses in oil-producing countries, which had been on-lent through commercial banks. The pressure to lend had weakened appraisal disciplines, aided by the existence of export credit guarantees, and the belief that such lending was sovereign guaranteed. The resulting highlevels of debt made the LDCs vulnerable, forcing them to borrow ever more heavily when commodity prices began to fall, until in 1982 postponement of debt repayments first occurred, which quickly changed the lending situation...
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INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS. SESSIONS 5 AND 6. PROJECT PACKAGES AND PROJECT GROUPINGS.
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- pp. 381–382
- Authors: AE WHITE; J ANDERSON; SIR A FRAME; RJ DAVIDSON; AJ LEGGATT
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.72
- FINANCE ways, but pointed out that the investment guarantee agency then had been the Royal Navy with its gunboats. MC Morris dealt with developments in officially supported export credits. He explained a dilemma which existed between OECD consensus rate finance and the ECGD view of risk in particular countries. He defined the various consensus rates for markets of differing prosperity, and explained the need to use a basket of currencies to offset differing rates of interest. The new arrangements for soft loans to countries such as China and Indonesia were outlined, as was the recent agreement with the World Bank for the UK to make loans available to support some ...
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INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS. SESSION 7. NEW STRENGTHS.
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- pp. 383
- Authors: A GOVAN; A AHM; AJ LEGGATT
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.73
- NEW STRENGTHS Session 7. New strengths Introducers A. GOVAN* A. AHMt Reporter A. J. Leggatt Mr Govan reported that one of the greatest difficulties in international contracting was to find the right country in which to develop a business. He had found India rewarding but China not so. Once established it was essential to get to know everyone involved on the client's side from the minister down to the junior clerk. Again, it was emphasized that top quality people are needed to lead the project and he regretted that the UK was suffering from ashortage of innovators, although there was a reasonably good supply of top grade managers...
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LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT`S RAILWAY BRIDGE D29 AT HANGER LANE JUNCTION.
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- pp. 385–393
- Authors: DJ CLARK; BJ WATERMAN; G SABINE; EF HUMPHRIES; DR MEAD; G LINDSEYSMITH; AE NAYLOR; AP DEAN; CF BONNETT; RM BAKER; AC OAKHILL; C PRIOR; P HUMPHREYS
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.74
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1, 1988,84, Apr., 385-393 9155 DISCUSSION TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING GROUP London Regional Transport's railway bridge D29 at Hanger Lane junction D. J. Clark and B. J. Waterman Mr G. Sabine, London Underground Ltd The weather during the roll-in was bad; it was bitterly cold, which created problems particularly when ballast, frozen solid, had to be broken up. The concept of the launch was introduced into the design at an early stage; in fact it is part of the specification for the construction of the bridge...
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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- pp. 395–399
- Authors: SN MUSTOW; PB RONAN; HAE PAGEOT; J FIELD; A TUCKER; JCS MOTT; AC HORRELL; GREEN TJ
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.75
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 395-399 DISCUSSION 8940 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING GROUP The development of Birmingham International Airport S. N. Mustow and P. B. Ronan Mr H. A. E. Pageot, Scottish Airports Limited When the BAA carried out the preliminary study on Birmingham Airport in 1975 it was considered difficult to speak of a need to double capacity. Although demand was running at 1.3 million passengers a year it appeared emotive to think about providing 2.6 million passengers a year capacity...
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RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION: ANGLIA CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS.
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- pp. 401–416
- Authors: WM LEWIS; PJ CLARK; WP CUNNINGHAM; JM JAGGER; RJ CAMPION; JN HOLMES; PB DAVIS; PM HARRIS; DL HEATH; IM CAMPBELL; ML WILLIAMS; AMJ WOOD; P LEECH; P TATLOW; RC MUSSON; AM DONALDSON; DRG KNOWLDEN; HARDY
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.76
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1, 1988,84, Apr., 4 0 1 4 6 9156 DISCUSSION TRANSPORTATION GROUP ENGINEERING Railway electrification Anglia civil engineering : projects W. M. Lewis and P. J. Clark Mr Lewis and Mr Clark Electrically hauled trains, running to Norwich and Cambridge from London to a timetable specially prepared for them, started on 11 May 1987. A new 100min service from London toNorwich was introduced on thesame day. 59. British Rail, in its publicity for the opening of the new service, refers to the E70 million electrification project and the f30 million more in track and signalling modernization...
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GROUND ANCHORAGES. DISCUSSIONS. TNS 489 AND 476.
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- pp. 417–422
- Authors: JM MITCHELL; GS LITTLEJOHN; J MURPHY; R MA; P TATLOW; DJ HOWELLS; KW LEUNG; JW PAPPIN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.77
- Proc. lnstn Cio. Engrs, Part 1, 1988.84, Apr., 4 1 7 4 2 2 TNs 489,476 DISCUSSIONS GROUND ENGINEERING GROUP Ground anchorages J. M. Mitchell G . S. Littlejohn Mr J. Murphy and MrR.Ma, Charles Haswell & Partners As a small but intricate part of the Hong KongMass Transit Railway Island Line, a subway 4.5 m X 3.5 m X 20 m long linked the underground station of Taikoo with the second floor level of a development known as City Plaza...
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THE PORTWORTHY CHINA CLAY TAILINGS DISPOSAL SCHEME. DISCUSSION.
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- pp. 423–428
- Authors: A STREET; P J FORBES; M CAMBRIDGE; R M TELLING; A L LITTLE
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.78
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1988,84, Apr., 423-428 8941 DISCUSSION ENGINEERING GROUP GROUND The Portworthy chinaclay tailings disposal scheme A. Street Mr P. J. Forbes and Mr M. Cambridge, WLPU Consultants Most engineers who have been active in the field of tailings dam design have had to face the vexing question of whether to locate a new tailings dam or an extension of an existing dam on top of previously deposited tailings. The economic benefits of this course of action are often considerable-in some instances it can mean the avoidance of dificult anddeep foundation replacement and in others the provision of additonal storagecapacity at modest cost...
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WINTER CHAOS-CAN WE BUY OUR WAY OUT OF IT?
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- pp. 429–434
- Authors: RD HUNT; J FELLOWS; DT GARDNER; TP WORRALL; JB PITTS; R NEIL; D MCINTYRE; ME BEESLEY; A BUDD; PJ ALLEN
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.79
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1,1988.84, Apr., 429-434 SEMINAR Winter chaos-can we buy our way out of it? Introducers R. D. HUNT* J. FELLOWS, MICE? D. T. GARDNER,MSc, MICE$ T. P. WORRALLg J. B. PITTS, FICEP R. NEILY D. McINTYREII M. E. BEESLEY** A. BUDD** Reporter P. J.Allen, MICEtt Background The severe winter weather in January 1987 brought chaos to the roads of Britain, particularly down the eastern seaboard and in the south east...
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHECKING THE WORK OF OTHERS. WORKSHOP MEETING.
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- pp. 435–438
- Authors: EM OLEARY; JG SMITH
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.80
- Proc. Instn Ciu. Engrs, Part 1, 1988,84, Apr., 435438 WORKSHOP ENGINEERING MEETING MANAGEMENT GROUPiALGS The implications of checking the work of others Introducer E. M. OLEARY, BE, FICE, FIStructE, MIHT, MConsE* Reporter J. G. Smith Mr OLearysaid that, in reality, a check was a quality assurance procedure which if carried out responsibly would reduce if not remove the likelihood of the work not meeting the Employer's expectations. The check may be an internal requirement or it may, as in the case of highway structures, a stated requirementof the be Employer...
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WATER PROBLEMS AND THE RAILWAY CIVIL ENGINEER. INFORMAL DISCUSSION.
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- pp. 439–441
- Authors: MG REYNOLDS; GD JENKINS; MK SUMMERFIELD
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/iicep.1988.81
- Proc. lnstn Cio. Engrs, Part 1, 1988,84, Apr., 4 3 9 4 1 INFORMAL DISCUSSION TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING GROUP Water problems and the railway civil engineer Introducers M. G . REYNOLDS, BSc, MICE* G. D. JENKINS, BSc, MICE? Reporter M. K. Summerfield, BSc, AMICE* Mr Reynolds stated that water was the primary cause of deterioration of railway structures and track. Thesubject of water and therailway engineer covered a wide range, for example track components such as clips holding the rail in position on the sleeper could become seized due to corrosion, particularly in a marine or polluted environment...
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