Publisher's Synopsis
This volume includes papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering - ""The Cold Regions Infrastructure: An International Imperative for the 21st Century"". The conference, sponsored by the Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering (TCCRE) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), was held in Fairbanks, Alaska on August 12-16, 1996. The conference papers, all related to cold regions engineering concerns, include material on geotechnical thermal considerations, environmental remediation, materials, pipelines, cold regions research, foundations and piles, buildings and utilities, soil properties, water and wastewater, ice hydraulics, transportation management, embankments, environmental management, hydrology, ice mechanics and pavements.
