Highway Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition - Hardcover

Brockenbrough,Roger; Boedecker, Jr.,Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 007140080X ISBN 13: 9780071400800

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003

Synopsis

Compiles all the data necessary for efficient and cost-effective highway design, building, rehabilitation, and maintenance. Includes metric units and the latest AASHTO design codes. Previous edition c1996.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Based on the latest AASHTO Design Codes!.

. RAMP UP YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERING!.

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. As Americas infrastructure ages, this carefully designed system of highways and byways demands greater renovations and repairs. And with state and federal regulations continually changing, engineers require up-do-date guidance on the environmental regulations and design codes governing highway construction along with comprehensive coverage of contemporary highway design. Heres just the resource they need!.

. Written with authority by a group of renowned civil engineering experts, Highway Engineering Handbook delivers the full scope of information necessary for effective and cost-conscious highway design. Through the books focus on the processes of planning, design, construction, and maintenance rehabilitation, you will:.
* Understand the latest AASHTO design codes.
* Gain a working knowledge of recent breakthroughs in materials and of applications for material construction and paving processes.
* Benefit from a wealth of illustrations, maps, graphs, and tables.
* And much, much more!.

. No matter if youre a member of the civil engineering consulting community or an engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining highways, Highway Engineering Handbook will keep your work in the fast lane!. . . .

About the Author:

Roger L. Brockenbrough, P.E. has served as a senior consultant with U.S. Steel and is a contributor to Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers and co-editor of Structural Steel Designer's Handbook, both published by McGraw-Hill. A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he maintains his own consulting business, specializing in product development and various applications of steel. He serves on the specifications committees of both AISC and AISI (chair)..

. Kenneth J. Boedecker, Jr., P.E. (deceased), was specifications engineer for W. R. Grace And Company at the end of his long and distinguished career. He also held positions in highway marketing management and civil engineering, as well as the chairmanship of various professional committees. He was honored with the prestigious ASTM Award of Merit in 1994..

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 007140080X
• ISBN 13: 9780071400800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 850