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Infrastructure Innovation Bibliography

Prepared by Renée E. McHenry, former ITI Librarian.

Based on subject search of Northwestern University Transportation Library's online files--NUCAT and TRAN, TRANSPORT CD-ROM and EI*Compendex Plus CD-ROM


Civil Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure Engineering, Construction and Infrastructure

Allen, G.R. and L.D. Evans. 1997. Turning research investments into innovations and cost savings : Virginia transportation research council. TR news 189:10-14.

American Society of Civil Engineers. Emerging technology: a publication of the ASCE and the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. -- Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1994)- New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Anderson, John A., Walter P. Kilareski, and Charles H. Goodspeed. 1997. Enhanced technology transfer through strategic planning, partnering, and model integration. Transportation research record 1580:1-10.

Anonymous. 1987. Innovation on the construction project : a process view. Project management journal 18(5):57-67.

Anonymous. 1988. Major characteristics of constructed products and resulting limitations of construction technology. Construction management & economics 6(2):133-147.

Anonymous. 1989. Managing for increased design and construction innovation. Journal of management in engineering 5(4):385-399.

Anonymous. 1989. Opportunities for innovation in construction equipment and methods. In: Proceedings of Construction Congress I : Excellence in the Constructed Project, 223-231. -- New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Anonymous. 1991. Innovative contracting practices. Transportation research circular 386:1-74.

Anonymous. 1997. Environment for infrastructure innovation. CERF Civil Engineering Research Foundation Report CERF report no. 97-5028:1-7.

Anonymous. 1998. Technology transfer on the world wide web. TR news 195(Mar./Apr. 1998):21.

Arditi, D., S. Kale, and M. Tangkar. 1997. Innovation in construction equipment and its flow into the construction industry. Journal of construction engineering and management 123(4):371-378.

Bennett, Anna K. 1998. One LTAP strategic plan implemented 57 ways : the local technology assistance program (LTAP) has provided training, technical assistance, and technology transfer products to local transportation agencies for the past 15 years. Public roads 61(4):12-15.

Bernstein, Harvey M. 1992. Tearing down roadblocks to innovation. APWA reporter 59(2):8-12.

Bernstein, Harvey M. and Andrew C. Lerner. 1996. Solving the innovation puzzle : challenges facing the U.S. design and construction industry. -- Washington, DC : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Berwick, Ben C. 1990. Implementing construction research. Journal of construction engineering and management 116(4):556-563.

Bransby, Peter. 1994. Competing through innovation. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Civil engineering 102(3): 95-96.

Chang, Luh-Maan, ed. 1991. Preparing for Construction in the 21st Century : proceedings of Construction Congress '91 / sponsored by the Construction Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers ... , Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 13-16, 1991. -- New York, NY : ASCE.

Civil Engineering Research Foundation. 1994. Materials for tomorrow's infrastructure : a ten-year plan for deploying high-performance construction materials and systems. -- Washington, DC : CERF.

De La Garza, Jesus M. and Panagiotis Mitropoulos. 1991. Technology transfer (T2) model for expert systems. Journal of construction engineering and management 117(4):736-755.

DeMott, John S. 1992. Making progress in transportation. Nation's business 80(5):43-48.

Dulaimi, Mohammed. 1995. Challenge of innovation in construction. Building research and information 23(2):106-109.

Eberhard, John P. and Abram B. Bernstein, eds. 1985. Technological alternatives for urban infrastructure : five papers associated with a workshop held at Lake Morey Inn, Fairlee, Vermont on August 12-16, 1984. -- Washington, DC : Building Research Board, National Research Council : Urban Land Institute.

Ellis, R.D. Jr. and Z.J. Herbsman. 1990. Cost-time bidding concept: an innovative approach. Transportation research record 1282:89-94.

Esveld, C. 1997. Innovation for the control of infrastructure maintenance. Rail international 28(2):23-27.

Fisher, John W. and William D. Michalerya. 1990. Building blocks for the future. Civil engineering 60(10):82-84.

Fredlund, Donald J., Stephen J. Fortney and Stan A. Christopher. 1989. Innovative contract documents and progressive project management yields success. In: Transactions of the American Association of Cost Engineers, H.5.1-H.5.7. -- Morgantown, WV : AACE.

Gerwick, Ben Jr. 1989. Transferring construction innovation into practice : lessons learned. In: Proceedings of Construction Congress I : Excellence in the Constructed Project, 530-533. -- New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Handa, V. K. 1996. Construction engineers driving into the 21st century. Journal of construction engineering and management 122(1):2-6.

Hansen, Karen Lee and C.B. Tatum. 1989. Technology and strategic management in construction. Journal of management in engineering 5(1):67-83.

Harp, D.W. 1990. Innovative contracting practices - the new way to undertake public works projects. HMAT/Hot mix asphalt technology Winter:6-10.

Hendrickson, Chris and Kumares Sinha, eds. 1989. First International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, San Diego, California, February 5-8, 1989 : summary papers. -- West Lafayette, IN : AATT Secretariat, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University.

Herbsman, Zohar and Ralph Ellis. 1992. Multiparameter bidding system : innovation in contract administration. Journal of construction engineering and management 118(1):142-150.

Jenkins, Steven V. Technology transfer in western rural areas. Transportation research record 1565:10-15.

Kim, Moonja P., Diego Echeverry and Guruprasad N. Rao. 1993. Challenges and opportunities for innovation in the public works infrastructure. -- Fort Belvoir, VA : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Support Center, Institute for Water Resources. IWR report 93-FIS-2, 93-FIS-3.

Kim, Moonja P. and Guruprasad. 1993. Barriers for innovation and technology transfer in the public works infrastructure R&D. In: Infrastructure planning and management : proceedings of two parallel conferences sponsored by the Committee on Facilities Management and the Committee on Urban Transportation Economics of the Urban Transportation Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, in cooperation with American Association of State Highway ... , June 21-23, 1993, Denver, Colorado, 51-55. -- New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Kissinger, J. Peter and Scott Edwards. 1997. CERF innovation centers : collaborative evaluation services for the design and construction community. In: Managing Engineered Construction in Expanding Global Markets ASCE Construction Congress Proceedings 1997 / Proceedings of the 1997 5th ASCE Construction Congress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, p. 348-355. -- New York, NY : American Soceity of Civil Engineers.

Lockwood, William D. and Melville Hensey. 1990. Managing civil engineering innovation : interview. Journal of management in engineering 6(3):313-322.

Lozar, Charles, Thomas Napier, and Richard Lampo. 1993. Risk analysis methodology for life cycle benefit analysis of innovative construction technologies. In: Infrastructure planning and management : proceedings of two parallel conferences sponsored by the Committee on Facilities Management and the Committee on Urban Transportation Economics of the Urban Transportation Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, in cooperation with American Association of State Highway ... , June 21-23, 1993, Denver, Colorado, 489-501. -- New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Menza, T. 1996. Creating incentives for highway innovation : new report from TRB -- building momentum for change : creating a strategic forum for innovation in highway infrastructure. TR news 187:26-27.

Nam, C.H. and C.B. Tatum. 1992. Strategies for technology push: lessons from construction innovations. Journal of construction engineering and management 118(3):507-524.

National Research Council. 1987. Infrastructure for the 21st century : framework for a research agenda / Committee on Infrastructure Innovation, National Research Council. -- Washington, DC : National Academy Press.

National Research Council and Transportation Research Board. 1997. Partnerships for effective technology transfer. Transportation research record 1580.

O'Connor, James T. and Victoria S. Davis. 1988. Constructability improvement during field operations. Journal of construction engineering and management 114(4):548-564.

Rohlf, J.G. 1994. Innovative contracting practices. TR news 175:5.

Sanders, Steve R. and W. Frank Eskridge. 1993. Managing implementation of change. Journal of management in engineering 9(4):365-381.

Scheinberg, P.F. 1997. Surface transportation : prospects for innovation through research, intelligent transportation systems, state infrastructure banks, and design-build contracting -- testimony. GAO report no. GAO/T-RCED-97-83

Shami, Manar and Mustapha Janneh. 1997. Innovative infrastructure innovation : a vision for the 21st century. In: Transactions of the Annual Meeting 1997 / Proceedings of the 1997 41st Annual Meeting of AACE International, Dallas, Texas. -- Morgantown, WV : American Association of Cost Engineers.

Sterling, R.L. 1992. Underground research: here and there. Civil engineering 62(12):56-58.

Stern, Adolf. 1990. Bridging the gap. Batiment international/ Building research & practice 18(5):309-313.

Tassey, Gregory. 1991. The functions of technology infrastructure in a competitive economy. Research policy 20(4):345-361.

Tatum, C.B., ed. 1986. Construction innovation : demands, successes, and lessons : proceedings of a session / sponsored by the Construction Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers in conjunction with the ASCE Convention in Seattle, Washington, April 8, 1986. -- New York, NY : The Society.

Tatum, C.B., M.F. Bauer and A.W. Meade. 1989. Process of innovation for up/down construction at Rowes Wharf. Journal of construction engineering and management 115(2):179-195.

U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment Panel on Technical Change and the U.S. Building Construction Industry. 1986. Technology and the future of the U.S. construction industry : proceedings of the Panel on Technical Change and the U.S. Building Construction Industry. -- Washington, DC : American Institute of Architects.

Veshosky, D. 1998. Managing innovation information in engineering and construction firms. Journal of management in engineering 14(1):58-66.

Weiss, Andrew R. and Philip H. Birnbaum. Technological infrastructure and the implementation of technological strategies. Management science 35(8):1014-1026.

West, G. 1988. Innovation and the rise of the tunnelling industry. -- Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press Syndicate.

Witheford, David K. 1995. Implementation of technology from abroad. -- Washington, DC : National Academy Press.

Wright, Richard N. 1993. Infratechnologies : tools for innovation. Civil engineering 63(11):68-69.

Yamazaki, Yusuke and Junichiro Maeda. 1994. Construction process innovation through SMART system. Computing in civil engineering 2:1583-1590.

Concrete Materials and Structures

Altobelli, Frank Robert. 1991. An innovative technology in concrete construction : semi-automated rebar tying. -- Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program for Advanced Construction Technology. Report no. CCRE-PACT 91-2.

Anonymous. 1997. Cost and performance of concrete. Roads and bridges 35(4):41.

Ghafoori, Nader, ed. 1993. Innovation in repair techniques of concrete structures : proceedings of a session sponsored by the Materials Engineering Division in conjunction with the ASCE National Convention, Dallas, Texas, October 24-28, 1993 / sponsored by the Materials Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers in cooperation with the Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. -- New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Indian Concrete Institute. 1993. International Symposium on Innovative World of Concrete (ICI-IWC-93), August 30-September 3, 1993, Bangalore, India : proceedings / organised by Indian Concrete Institute (Karnataka Centre) ; sponsored by Indian Concrete Institute, Madras. -- New Delhi : Oxford & IBH Pub. Co. 2 v.

Malhotra, V.M., ed. 1992. Evaluation and rehabilitation of concrete structures and innovations in design : proceedings ACI International Conference, Hong Kong, 1991. -- Detroit, MI : American Concrete Institute. 2 v.

Nam, C.H., J.G. Gasiorowski and C.B. Tatum. 1991. Microlevel study of integration in high-strength concrete innovation. Journal of construction engineering and management 117(2):294-309.

Ramme, B.W. 1997. Progress in CLSM : continuing innovation. Concrete international 19(5)32-33.

RILEM. 1995. Concrete technology : new trends, industrial applications / International Workshop on Technology Transfer of the new trends in concrete -- Barcelona, Spain.

Tay, J.H. and K.Y. Show. 1994. Innovative civil engineering material from sewage sludge: biocement and its use as blended cement material. Journal of materials in civil engineering 6(1):23-33.

Roads and Bridges

Angelo, W.J. 1997. Highways : states bid for innovation. ENR 238(26):31-33.

Anonymous. 1987. A look at what some states are doing. AASHTO quarterly 66(3):14-19.

Anonymous. 1994. HITEC -- working to rekindle highway innovation. Transportation builder 6(3)25-29.

Anonymous. 1996. Building Momentum for change : creating a strategic forum for innovation in highway infrastructure / Committee for the Study of Approaches for Increasing Private- Sector Involvement in the Highway Innovation Process. -- Washington, DC : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. TRB special report no. 249.

Bakht, B. and J. Schaefer. 1997. Steel-free bridge decks : Canadian innovation. World highways / routes du monde. 6(4):109-112.

Bennett, D. 1997. The architecture of bridge esign. -- London, UK : Thomas Telford Publishing.

Burroughs, D., J. Lockwood, and K. Price. 1997. Innovative prestressed steel composite short- to medium-span bridges. Transportation research record 1594:21-33.

Byrd, L.G. 1989. Partnerships for innovation : private-sector contributions to innovation in the highway industry. -- Washington, DC : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.

Chargros, Yves, Yves Guidoux, and Pierre Dupont. 1996. Innovation in the field of road engineering. Routes 292:20-26.

Civil Engineering Research Foundation. 1994. Summary of highway product evaluation practices and HITEC needs survey / prepared by the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), a service center of the Civil Engineering Research Foundation. -- New York, NY : Joint publication of the Civil Engineering Research Foundation and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Colwill, Douglas M. 1994. Innovations in road design, construction and maintenance in Europe. In: Proceedings of the 17th ARRB Conference 17(1):99-108. -- Nunawading, Australia : Australian Road Research Board.

Cox, B.E. 1993. European equipment research. Transportation research circular 418:53-54.

Davio, R. 1997. Road to recycling : new roads feature waste glass, roof shingles. Texas transportation researcher 32(4):2.

Decker, Raymond and Don Kelly. 1996. Highway research and innovation -- role of the public sector. TR news 186:8-10.

Del Vecchio. 1997. How small roads stretch m/w dollars. Railway age 198(4):65-68.

DiMillio, Albert F. 1986. Highway infrastructure : opportunities for innovation : proceedings of a conference / sponsored by the Highway Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Xerox International Center for Training and Management Development, Leesburg, Virginia, July 17-18, 1985. -- New York, NY : ASCE.

Durkee, J. 1982. Bridge structural innovation: a firsthand report. Engineering issues: journal of professional activities 108:190-201.

Green, Peter. 1993. State builds road to last 50 years. ENR 231(12):53.

Hall, Jim W., ed. 1993. Airport pavement innovations--theory to practice : proceedings of the conference / sponsored by the Airfield Pavement Committee, Air Transport Division, American Society of Civil Engineers ; hosted by the Pavement Systems Division, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, September 8-10, 1993 -- New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Hall, Thomas OAA., ed. 1989. Engineering 21st century highways : proceedings of a conference / sponsored by the Highway Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, California Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Transportation Research Board, Highway Users Federation, San Francisco, California April 24-26, 1988. -- New York, NY : American Society of Civil Engineers.

Hyman, W.A. 1987. Fostering innovation in the strategic highway research program. Transportation research record 1127:1-8.

Kuhlmann, U. 1997. Steel bridges. Progress in structural engineering and materials 1(1):42-49.

Levy, Norman J. 1992. Next exit, the 21st century : will New York's roads and bridges survive the journey? : a study of innovation technologies designed to preserve and enhance the system's infrastructure. -- : New York State Legislative Commission on Critical Transportation Choices.

Nemmers, C. and G. Ostensen. 1997. Improved technology paves way to better roads and bridges : federal highway administration. TR news 190:5.

OECD/Road Transport Research Programme. 1991. Expert Meeting and Symposium on the Seminar on Future Road Transport Systems and Infrastructures in Urban Areas. --

Olsson, Nils. 1993. Supply-side solutions. Civil engineering 63(4):57-59.

Patel, A., M. Thompson, E. Harm, and W. Sheftick. 1997. Developing qc/qa specifications for hot mix asphalt concrete in Illinois. Transportation research record 1575:66-74.

Point, G. 1988. Two major innovations in current maintenance: the multipurpose vehicle and the integrated surface patcher. Transportation research record 1183:68-77.

Reckard, M.K. 1985. Experimental features in highway construction : program description and project summaries. -- Fairbanks, AK : Alaska Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities. Report no. AK-RD-86-14.

Till, R., D. Smiley and R. VanPortfliet. 1994. Demonstrating innovative concrete pavement concepts in Michigan. TR news 174:14-18.

Transportation Research Board. 1994. Emerging concepts and products for highway systems. -- : IDEA Program, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1988. Highways : how state agencies adopt new pavement technologies. -- Washington, DC : GAO. Report no. GAO/PEMD-88/19.

Youdale, Geoff. 1994. Australian innovations in road pavement, design, construction and maintenance. In: Proceedings of the 17th ARRB Conference 17(1):121-142. -- Nunawading, Australia : Australian Road Research Board.

Zuk, William. 1988. 1988. Bridges of the 21st century. -- Charlottesville, VA : Virginia Transportation Research Council.

 

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