scholarly journals Maritime Freight Data Collection Systems and Database to Support Performance Measures and Market Analyses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.S. Sriraj ◽  
◽  
Bo Zou ◽  
Lise Dirks ◽  
Nahid Parvez Farazi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Network Capacity ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Inland Waterways ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The People

The Illinois Marine Transportation System (IMTS) is a key component of the nation’s inland waterway system. IMTS is comprised of 27 locks and dams, 19 port districts, more than 350 active terminals, and 1,118 miles of navigable inland waterways traversing along the borderline or within the state of Illinois. However, the infrastructure of IMTS is aging and its conditions are deteriorating. To monitor the performance of IMTS and guide infrastructure investment to enhance safety, efficiency, and reliability of the system, a comprehensive performance measurement program is needed. To this end, the objective of this project is to create an integrated, comprehensive, and maintainable database that facilitates performance measurement of maritime freight to, from, and through Illinois. To achieve this objective, a review of the literature on maritime freight transportation both in the United States and abroad was performed. To gauge practitioners’ points of view, a series of phone interviews and online surveys of Illinois’ neighboring state DOT officials, officials from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois port district authorities, and carriers operating in Illinois was also conducted. With the findings from the literature review and an understanding of state DOT practices, the needed and available data sources for a maritime freight performance measurement program were identified. Building on all the above efforts, a first-of-its-kind PM database for IMTS was designed and developed, along with a detailed user manual, ready for IDOT’s immediate use and future updates. In addition, opportunities for IDOT to use the database to conduct analysis are discussed. Key programmatic recommendations that outline the role of IDOT as a champion and as a facilitator are further included. The outcome of this project will help IDOT gain much-needed knowledge of and develop programs to improve IMTS performance, increase multimodal transportation network capacity, and expand the transportation and logistics sector of the state, which ultimately benefit the people and economy of Illinois.

The failure of NSW coastal management reform

Shore & Beach ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
A.D. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
Local Council ◽  
High Rise ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Delivery Services

In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, awareness of coastal erosion and shoreline recession had its genesis in the late 1920s when storms damaged houses at Collaroy one of Sydney’s northern beaches (Figure 1). At about the same time the Coogee “Fun” Pier, located on a southern Sydney beach and built between 1924 and 1928, was so damaged by wave attack that the remains had to be removed in 1934. Again in 1945 a new seawall at Cronulla, another southern Sydney beach, was damaged beyond repair and at the same time more houses were lost at Collaroy. This was followed in 1967, 1974, and 1978 by major erosion events that threatened both houses and high-rise buildings at Collaroy, resulted in the loss of houses at Bilgola, a northern Sydney beach and in 1978 the loss of houses at Wamberal, 46 km north of Sydney Harbour (Table 1). Unlike the United States of America (USA) where coastal management comes under both federal and state jurisdictions, in Australia it is the province of the governments of each of the states. The federal government does provide some aspirational guidance, but not significant legislative or financial support. There is also no equivalent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide project delivery services. In Australia, the states devolve delivery down to local councils through Acts of Parliament and formal policies that can also have legislative force. However, the failure of the State of NSW to provide all the legislative tools necessary to effectively manage coastal matters at a local council level results in coastal management being abdicated rather than delegated by the state, particularly in relation to private development.

scholarly journals USACE PREPARATION AND RESPONSE TO 2017 HURRICANES HARVEY, IRMA, AND MARIA

2018 ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Mary A. Cialone ◽  
Jane M. Smith ◽  
Julie D. Rosati ◽  
Michael L. Follum ◽  
Chris Massey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
The People ◽  
Hurricane Season ◽  
Major Hurricane ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S

The year 2017 was an extremely active hurricane season with five hurricanes that reached major hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) on the United States (U.S) or the Caribbean coast. This paper focuses on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) preparation and response to the three most destructive events (Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria). Each of these storms posed unique challenges to the people and infrastructure in its path.

scholarly journals PLANNING, PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND INITIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE NAGS HEAD BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (33) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy W Kana ◽  
Haiqing Liu Kaczkowski
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Beach Nourishment ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Erosion Rates ◽  
Large Gradient ◽  
Million Cubic Meter

A 3.5 million cubic meter beach nourishment project was completed along 16 kilometers of shoreline at Nags Head, North Carolina, 32 kilometers south of the US Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility at Duck. The project is the largest locally-funded nourishment accomplished to date in the United States. Three ocean-certified hopper dredges and one cutterhead suction dredge constructed the project between May and October 2011. This paper discusses the planning, design, and initial performance of the project. Nags Head is exposed to high waves from the northeast which generate net southerly transport over the long term. A key design issue for the project was the large gradient in erosion rates from north to south. Fill sections were varied accordingly based on documented volume erosion rates and model simulations for the area. Permitting involved over five years of environ¬mental reviews because of the need to work during fair-weather summer months in the relatively high-energy setting. The design also built on prior work in connection with a federal nourishment project scheduled for the area if and when funds become available. Two offshore areas strategically located close to south Nags Head were utilized for construction which proceeded efficiently under summer waves until late August when Hurricane Irene impacted the area. The hurricane and fall northeast storms produced rapid adjustment of the construction profile but no net loss of sand from the project area. Post-project surveys show initial profile equilibration was largely confined to the inshore zone inside the 3.7 meter (m) [−12 foot (ft) NAVD] contour. Depth of closure at decadal scales is estimated to be −7.3 m (−24 ft NAVD).

Democracy and Excellence: Concord or Conflict?

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-537
Author(s):  
Laura Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
The People ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
The Relationship

Democracy and Excellence: Concord or Conflict?, Joseph Romance and Neil Reimer, eds., Westport CN: Praeger, 2005, 166, pp. xiv.This volume is the product of a question, asked by Neal Reimer, about the relationship between democracy and excellence. Reimer provides background for this relationship in the first chapter, noting that it can be framed as government by the people versus standards of the good, true and beautiful. Conflict can arise between the two ideas because democracy prioritizes equality of citizens—but excellence depends upon the recognition of differentiating merit. While democracy provides citizens freedom from a limiting class structure, the lack of structure can make citizens indifferent to pursuing a noble vision of the state. Reimer argues, however, that there is a fundamental harmony between democracy and excellence and that examples of excellence in democratic societies (such as the United States) are many. It is possible and likely that democratic societies will attain excellence in practice.

Multiscenario, Spatially Detailed Forecasting of Utility Steam Coal for the Ohio River Navigation System

2005 ◽  
Vol 1909 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Jeff Watkins ◽  
Dale W. Kelz
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Air ◽  
The United States ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Ohio River ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Utility Industry ◽  
National Power ◽  
Economics Model ◽  
Coal Supply ◽  
Economic Analyses

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has pursued continual refinement in the waterway traffic forecasts used in project economic analyses. The multiscenario forecasting of utility steam coal described in this paper, based on the work of Hill & Associates, Inc. (H&A), is a substantial refinement of previous forecasting efforts. H&A prepares 20-year steam coal forecasts on the basis of the interaction of two major linear programming models: the National Power Model (NPM) and the Utility Fuel Economics Model (UFEM). The NPM is a utility industry model that dispatches all electric generating plants in the United States (coal and noncoal), producing forecasts of generation by fuel type within a context of transmission and environmental constraints. The UFEM makes use of highly detailed coal supply data (for approximately 98 coal types) to allocate fuels among plants and units. These two models develop forecasts of coal demand for electricity generation, by type of coal, which were then “mapped” to the waterway. H&A prepared separate forecast scenarios based on three alternative environmental regulatory futures. The first is a continuation of existing law (in this case, the national ambient air quality standards). The second H&A scenario reflects implementation of the administration's Clear Skies Initiative. The final H&A scenario is an implementation of the Clear Skies Initiative without the proposal's severe mercury restrictions.

scholarly journals A Case History Study of the Recycling Efforts from the United States Army Corps of Engineers Hurricane Katrina Debris Removal Mission in Mississippi

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Leroy Brandon ◽  
Victor Frank Medina ◽  
Agnes Belinda Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
United States Army ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
The United States ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Debris Removal

In support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) managed the removal of Hurricane Katrina storm debris in several states. This paper focuses on the debris removal practices in 16 southern Mississippi counties and the recycling efforts. Debris was removed from public and private property. The debris included vegetation, construction material, electronic waste, vehicles, and vessels. The scope of the USACE mission was expanded several times. The scope within the respective counties varied from vegetation only to the removal of every eligible form of debris. The recommendations proposed should enhance recycling efforts during future debris removal missions.

scholarly journals Difficulties Associated with Predicting Depth of Freeze or Thaw

1964 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
W G Brown
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Design Curve ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
The Us ◽  
Frost Penetration ◽  
Small Alteration

Calculations using the Neumann solution (as modified by Aldrich) and thermal properties of soils (obtained by Kersten) show that the frost penetration depth for the same freezing index for essentially all soils with any moisture content and for dry sand and rock varies by a factor of about 2 to 1. The extremes calculated in this way bracket the experimentally determined design curve of the US Army Corps of Engineers and give it theoretical support. The theoretical calculations and additional experimental data are used as a basis for a small alteration in the slope of the design curve. This modified design curve is recommended for field use because of (1) inherent imperfections in existing theory and (2) practical limitations to precise specification of field conditions.

Discovering the Polaris Fault, Martis Creek Dam, Truckee, California

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120
Author(s):  
Lewis E. Hunter ◽  
Ronn S. Rose ◽  
Bruce Hilton ◽  
William McCormick ◽  
Todd Crampton
Keyword(s):  
Flood Control ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Lake Tahoe ◽  
The United States ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Vegetation Canopy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Control Purpose

Abstract Martis Creek Dam, located in the Truckee Basin north of Lake Tahoe, CA, was initially rated as one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ highest risk dams in the United States. While the dam has performed its flood control purpose, a history of excessive seepage during even moderate reservoir levels has prevented it from also fulfilling its potential water storage function. During seepage and seismic studies to assess and mitigate deficiencies, high-resolution light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data were obtained. This imagery provides an unprecedented representation of the ground surface that allows evaluation of geomorphology even in areas with a dense vegetation canopy. At Martis Creek Dam, this geomorphic analysis resulted in the recognition of a previously unknown and through-going lineament between the spillway and dam embankment. This feature extends to the southeast, where several lineament splays are exposed on the East Martis Creek Fan. These lineaments were subsequently explored by paleo-seismic trenching at two locations and confirmed as faults with Late Quaternary to Holocene displacement. Faulting was confirmed in both trenches as unique splays of a fault zone with several feet of apparent normal (vertical) slip and an unknown magnitude, but a potentially significant, strike-slip component. Faulting was observed near the ground surface in both cases, and multiple fault events (a minimum of two) are interpreted as at least latest Pleistocene in age, and probably active in the Holocene.

Concluding Thoughts

2020 ◽  
pp. 186-190
Author(s):  
Mark Walczynski
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Silica Sand ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Army Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Us Army ◽  
State Management ◽  
The Military

This concluding chapter demonstrates that under state management, Starved Rock State Park grew in popularity. The park provided specialists from the US Army Corps of Engineers with a training area to master the military art of pontoon bridge assembly in preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. Equally important, the park was where locals came to work and to relax in the 1950s and 1960s, and it is where today over two million people come to hike, camp, picnic, fish, hunt, and enjoy nature every year. However, the very geologic composition of Starved Rock and its environs has created a new challenge for the twenty-first century. Sand companies now mine silica sand near the park. The challenge is one of balance between protection of the park's fragile natural resources versus the competing interests of local governments and residents desiring new employment opportunities. In addition, the Starved Rock Dam, completed in 1933, raised the level of the Illinois River above the dam about ten feet. Nevertheless, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources employees at Starved Rock State Park are dedicated to preserving and maintaining the park and to serving park visitors.

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