Geotechnical Requirements in the Design–Build Selection Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 2408 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas D. Gransberg ◽  
Ghada M. Gad
Keyword(s):  
Selection Process ◽  
Design Build

Maine Builds Longest-Span Precast Segmental Bridge with Unique Design-Build Selection Process

2000 ◽  
Vol 1696 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan R. Phipps
Keyword(s):  
Selection Process ◽  
Precast Concrete ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Box Girders ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Design Build ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Segmental Bridge ◽  
Score Point

The Bath-Woolwich Bridge in Maine will have the longest precast balanced cantilever concrete segmental span in America—128 m (420 ft)—when completed. It carries U.S. Route 1 over the Kennebec River between the city of Bath and the town of Woolwich. The bridge is scheduled for completion in July 2000. The bridge designed by the design-build team has a total length of 906 m, with 12 spans at lengths of 56-56-56-80-128-116-101-101-62-50-50-50 m. The 56- and 50-m end spans are cast-in-place concrete box girders. The center spans are precast concrete segmental erected in balanced cantilever. The two-cell box girder superstructure segments vary in depth from 6 m at the piers to 2.8 m at midspan. The Maine Department of Transportation developed a unique procedure to select a design-build team for this project, which included prequalifying four design-build teams to submit proposals; scoring of technical proposals by a diverse group of 19 individuals; and combining scores with price by dividing the price by the score, with the lowest price per score point winning. The Maine Department of Transportation’s design-build selection process assured Maine of the best value for this important project.

scholarly journals The Capacity of Discrete Parts to Form Continuous Assemblages

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kory Bieg ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Selection Process ◽  
Cultural Responsiveness ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
Structural Scheme ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Local Manifestation ◽  
New Type ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
The Relationship

Watney is a design-build, mobile installation composed of an assemblage of discrete parts. Each parthas its own logic and properties and each combines to form a whole that both affects and is affected by the parts. The project represents a new type of machine; it is a continuous assemblage in which formal continuity is the constraint that ties otherwise independent parts into a collective as opposed to an aggregation of self-similar units or a hierarchically bound composite in which the whole is somehow greater than the parts. The project as a whole engages the site through formal and cultural relations that are both familiar and unfamiliar to the place, eliciting new revelations of both site and object. Watney is one local manifestation of a fully parametric digital model which includes other potential manifestations. A particular iteration was selected based on its ability to be fabricated using CNC processes, the effect of each part’s properties on the whole, and the constraints imposed by the whole on each part in order to achieve a continuous assemblage. The selection process was guided by the relationship between parts and whole and by contextual cues that promoted some versions over others. Watney also provides a new take on the waffle ribstructure system. By treating each part as an independent, self-structuring, uniquely formal object, Watney disentangles the parts from a top-down structural scheme. The resultant assembly of multi directional waffles contained by the surface of each part produces a whole that is much stronger than one created using a conventional rib system. Furthermore, the manifestation of each part’s particular structural solution is, like the object itself, guided by an internal logic that relates to other properties of the part in which it is contained. Each part is guided by conditions imposed by the whole and by contextual cues, such as occupation, view, and environmental and cultural responsiveness.

A comparison of the United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UK-CAT) with a traditional admission selection process

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishan Fernando ◽  
Gordon Prescott ◽  
Jennifer Cleland ◽  
Kathryn Greaves ◽  
Hamish McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Aptitude Test ◽  
The United Kingdom

Two Short Tests Fail to Detect Vigilance Decrements

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Botella ◽  
María José Contreras ◽  
Pei-Chun Shih ◽  
Víctor Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Vigilance Task ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
Job Selection ◽  
Performance Deterioration ◽  
Short Test ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

Summary: Deterioration in performance associated with decreased ability to sustain attention may be found in long and tedious task sessions. The necessity for assessing a number of psychological dimensions in a single session often demands “short” tests capable of assessing individual differences in abilities such as vigilance and maintenance of high performance levels. In the present paper two tasks were selected as candidates for playing this role, the Abbreviated Vigilance Task (AVT) by Temple, Warm, Dember, LaGrange and Matthews (1996) and the Continuous Attention Test (CAT) by Tiplady (1992) . However, when applied to a sample of 829 candidates in a job-selection process for air-traffic controllers, neither of them showed discriminative capacity. In a second study, an extended version of the CAT was applied to a similar sample of 667 subjects, but also proved incapable of properly detecting individual differences. In short, at least in a selection context such as that studied here, neither of the tasks appeared appropriate for playing the role of a “short” test for discriminating individual differences in performance deterioration in sustained attention.

Investigating the Unified Motive Scales

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Martin Bettschart ◽  
Marcel Herrmann ◽  
Benjamin M. Wolf ◽  
Veronika Brandstätter
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Longitudinal Field ◽  
Explicit Motives ◽  
Achievement Motive

Abstract. Explicit motives are well-studied in the field of personality and motivation psychology. However, the statistical overlap of different explicit motive measures is only moderate. As a consequence, the Unified Motive Scales (UMS; Schönbrodt & Gerstenberg, 2012 ) were developed to improve the measurement of explicit motives. The present longitudinal field study examined the predictive validity of the UMS achievement motive subscale. Applicants of a police department ( n = 168, Mage = 25.11, 53 females and 115 males) completed the UMS and their performance in the selection process was assessed. As expected, UMS achievement predicted success in the selection process. The findings provide first evidence for the predictive validity of UMS achievement in an applied setting.

Microsurgery Fellowship Website and Social Media Presence: Are Programs Optimizing Recruitment Strategy?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Atia ◽  
Hannah C. Langdell ◽  
Andrew Hollins ◽  
Ronnie L. Shammas ◽  
Adam Glener ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Recruitment Strategy ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Social Media Presence ◽  
Eligibility Requirements ◽  
Program Description

Abstract Background Microsurgery fellowship applicants make decisions for future training based on information obtained from colleagues, mentors, and microsurgery fellowship program Websites (MFWs). In this study, we sought to evaluate the accessibility and quality of available information by microsurgery programs by analyzing the most commonly used web resources and social media outlets for applicants. Methods The San Francisco (SF) Match and American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Websites were queried in April 2020 for microsurgery fellowship programs (MFPs) participating in the SF Match. Twenty-two independent variables of information were assessed on MFWs based on previously published data. Social media presence was also assessed by querying Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for official hospital, plastic surgery residency, and microsurgery fellowship accounts. Results All 24 MFWs participating in the SF Match had a webpage. Program description, faculty listing, operative volume, and eligibility requirements were listed for all programs (100%). The majority of MFWs listed affiliated hospitals (75%), provided a link to the fellowship application (66.7%), listed interview dates (66.7%), and highlighted research interests (50%). A minority of MFWs provided information on conference schedule (37.5%), current fellow listing (25%), previous fellow listing (16.67%), and positions held by previous fellows (8.33%). No MFWs (0%) presented information on selection process, or rotation schedule.All hospitals with an MFP had a Facebook page and nearly all had Instagram (83.3%) and Twitter accounts (95.8%). Plastic surgery residency programs at the same institution of an MFP had social media presence on Facebook (38.9%), Twitter (38.9%), and Instagram (66.7%). Only three MFPs had Facebook accounts (12.5%) and none had Instagram or Twitter accounts. Conclusion As the field of microsurgery continues to grow, the need for effective recruitment and training of microsurgeons continues to be essential. Overall, we conclude that both the accessibility and quality of information available to applicants are limited, which is a missed opportunity for recruitment.

Design–Build Project Administration Practices for the Water Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 04020068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Feghaly ◽  
Mounir El Asmar ◽  
Samuel Ariaratnam ◽  
Wylie Bearup
Keyword(s):  
Water Industry ◽  
Design Build

Hybrid Design/Build Approach for Quaywall 729

Ports 2010 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Galloway ◽  
Matt Butler
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Design ◽  
Design Build
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