Macro-Engineering
MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure

F P Davidson (Author), E G Frankl (Author), C L Meador (Author)

9781898563334, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 1 June 1997

210 pages
24 x 16.5 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg

This volume makes available a reflection on large-scale engineering for building a better world. International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service, and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed, implemented and put to use. Here are records and commentaries about some of the world's significant engineering achievements, including the planning and design of Nigeria's new capital city, and the use of software by the US military to clean up the Exxon-Valdez oil spill pollution in Alaska.

The Suez canal revisited: 19th century global infrastructure
Operation Mulberry: A floating transportable harbour for World-war II normandy invasion
Financial engineering for the channel tunnel
Old cities and new towns for tomorrow’s infrastructure
Inland transport in Europe
Lessons learnt from major projects
Guided transport systems: Low-impact, high volume fail-safe transport
Prefabricated and relocatable artificial island technology
Command tactical information system: Military software for macro-engineering projects
Prospects for the next century: Survey and suggestions.

Subject Areas: Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN]