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If you know of any site that is related to civil, structural and bridge engineering or any site that might be of general interest please submit it. Suggestions can be submitted to Webmaster at email below. We have the following categories:

                                 
GOVERNMENT       ASSOCIATIONS     UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH FACILITIES.

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Government Sites:

Cornell Local Roads Program

General Information on LTAP and T squared Centers. Upcoming events of local interest. Excellent Resource Library facility under the LTAP Clearinghouse. This is the place for links to Local government sites, State and Federal sites.

Federal Highway's Local New York Division Office

Federal Highway's Headquarters Bridge Division

Federal Highway's Turner Fairbanks Research Facility

General information on this National Facility. Excellent write-ups for on-going research on advance materials and advanced bridge applications

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Weather warnings, General information on FEMA activities, Disaster Preparedness.

National Association of County Engineers (NACE)

Legislative Issues

New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)

General information on NYSDOT history and personnel. The place to find the STIP (State Transportation Improvement Plan) and the Governor's Capital Program. Excellent site for finds information on active construction projects Region by Region. Excellent links to other Transportation Agencies within and outside New York State.

New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)

General information on the City of New York Transportation Network. Information on Permitting.

New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA)

General information on Thruway. Information on Trucking, permits, EZpass. Some information on active projects, very nice write-up on the Tappan Zee Bridge.

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Annual Performance Plan addressing Biology, Geology, Mapping and Water Resources. 





Associations:

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

American Consulting Engineers Council

American Galvanizers Association (AGA)

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA)

American Iron and Steel Institute

American Public Works Association (APWA)

Advocacy and Government Affairs

American Road and Transportation Builders Association

American Segmental Bridge Institute

Contractor and Consultant Membership Lists, Bookstore and Calendar of Events

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

General Information, Conferences Conventions, Continuing Education, Bookstore

American Society for Testing and Material (ASTM)

Everything you ever wanted to know about quality of materials, excellent history of first 100 years, Bookstore, Links to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the American Nationals Standards Institute (ANSI)

American Welding Society (AWS)

Associated General Contractors of America

National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)

Licensing and Professional Registration

New York State Covered Bridge Society

All about covered bridge in New York State, photos, locations, society information.

Precast / Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)

The Society for Protective Coatings

The society for Protective Coatings, Materials and Contractor Information, Certification and Education Programs.

The High Performance Concrete Web Page

Information on what is HP concrete, what are the goals of the program, what is the status of the National candidates. 






Universities and Research Facilities:

Center for Infrastructure and Transportation Studies

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Web site.

Civil Engineering Research Foundation and Highway Innovate Evaluation Center (HITEC)

Clarkson University, Civil Engineering Department

Columbia University, Civil Engineering Department

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)

General Information, Publications, Information Library, Calendar of Events

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

State Highway Research Program (SHRP)

General information on the SHRP program. Excellent place to search for publications and SHRP products.

State University at Buffalo Libraries (Science and Engineering)

Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Committee information, Calendar of Events and Bookstore.

Technology Resources

Directory of Technology related websites.



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Last Updated: January 25, 2008
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