GEOTHECHNICAL INNOVATIONS: WHY SELDOM USED IN HIGHWAYS?

New geotechnical materials and methods often provide a quicker, less costly design alternative. But study of project stages demonstrates that adoption of new geotechnology is slow. Many of the current design methods suffer from one or more shortcomings: technology that has foreign origin; design procedures that the novice does not comprehend easily; design procedures that are largely empirical and/or proprietary; and the emphasis on sales rather than engineering. Project development requires the harmonious meshing of many related activities. The implementation of new technology heightens the need for good coordination since it generally imposes new and sometimes additional activities into an already complex situation.

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  • Accession Number: 00385824
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Engineering Index
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jun 28 1984 12:00AM