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Spring/Summer 2008 Issue: Vol. 23, No. 1

Editorial: A Change of Guard
ALI TOURAN

An Innovative Rehabilitation Project at the Cobble Mountain Dam Outlet Works
NEILL J. HAMPTON & JAMES CONSTANTINO
An innovative plugging system provided cost savings and reduced risk on a rehabilitation project for a diversion tunnel high-pressure outlet works facility for a city water supply system.

Managing Human Error in Structural Engineering
DAVID P. BROSNAN
“Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes” — Confucius’s ancient maxim suggests that avoiding future error is the higher form of justice.

Application of the Modified Compression Field Theory for Shear Design in the AASHTO LRFD Code
JASON VARNEY
There are benefits and drawbacks to using the new AASHTO bridge design method to calculate the shear capacity of concrete instead of the traditional design method.

Recognizing Engineering Excellence
EMMA FRANCIS & JULIA CARROLL
A greater awareness of the historic significance of this bridge within the engineering community is integral to its future survival.

Gephyrophobia
BRIAN BRENNER
The innate beauty of bridges — both from design and appearance — should inspire awe and not heart-racing anxiety.