Juniper Publishers Journal Of Civil Engineering

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Abstract Law education of civil engineers always is a hard-discussed topic. This short paper shows its importance and recommends, at a German example, the educational level, the contents and the extent of law topics in higher and further education of civil engineers. Keywords:  Civil Engineering Education; Further Training; Legal Education; Construction Law Go to Introduction As demanding the job of a civil engineer is, as challenging are the today’s legal requirements on construction projects. Nevertheless, there is widespread opinion that civil engineering is a profession where legal knowledge and skills are not necessary at all. But construction projects normally touch many different legal aspects, such as of civil and public construction law, neighbor law, environmental law, professional rules of engineers and sometimes criminal law as well. Of course, architects and construction managers are more involved in l...

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers Abstract Recently, some comments about Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) appeared in journals, online press and lobby documents that highlighted “inconsistencies” of the product when it comes to its fire safe use. The actual document summarizes relevant fire characteristics of CLT, which were brought up, and addresses them accordingly with respect to common understanding, established experience, European standardization and available design guidance. This document shows that currently fire design is not fully covered by codes, but safe design is possible using additional sources as guideline and state of the art documents. The authors of this document share the opinion with CEN/TC 250/SC5/WG4 that fire safe design of CLT is achieved when actual state of the art guidance is followed. Go to General Currently, the most important European fire design code for timber structures, Eurocode 5 (EN 1995-1-2 [1]) is under revision and the nex...

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Abstract Surface settlement is a natural phenomenon of ground disturbance in subway tunnel construction. Dissymmetrical surface settlement profiles are observed when shielding in a curved tunnel, but these observations are quite different from the predictions of typical formulae which indicate a symmetrical surface settlement profile in straight tunnels. Based on the field measurements from shielding subway tunnels in soft ground located in Southeast Asia, the relation of the uneven distribution of jacking thrust and the mechanics of dissymmetrical settlement are discussed, and the method of calculating the dissymmetrical settlement profile is proposed in this study. The methods proposed in this article can be used to properly predict the surface settlement induced by a single curved tunnel in similar geological and construction conditions. The results also provide a reference set of shield construction parameters. Keyw...

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Introduction PMOs emerged as entities dedicated to support management in organizations which run large and/or complex projects. PMOs have been used in several companies and have a wide variety of roles. Hobbs & Aubry [1] describe a study with 500 Canadian, American and Australian PMOs designed to analyze their functions and operations profile. From the 50’s, when project management became a topic not only related to engineering practice, but also regarded as a scientific research theme, comprising the systematization of techniques and methods, the discussion evolved to an environment where project, programs and portfolios are dealt with jointly [2]. Analysis of the literature shows that the presence of certain factors, either in the organization or in PMO procedures, influences the success of the PMO and, therefore, the impacts of its activities within the company. These factors are: A. the results achieved from inc...