Engineering Writing

Kristin

Dispenza

Architecture & Design Writer

Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

Engineers Do Their Best to Battle Earthquakes, March 1994

By Kristin E. Mingus [Dispenza]

In response to the frequent seismic activity along the west coast, engineers have invested a great deal of effort into developing techniques that enable both new and retrofitted structures to better resist seismic forces. Implementation efforts have been underway in cities that are vulnerable to tectonic motion, including Seattle.

Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

Alternative to Traditional Blasting Techniques, January 1994

By Kristin E. Mingus [Dispenza]

Over the past two decades, products known as Soundless Chemical Demolition Agents, or SCDAs (alternatively called expansive agents, soundless cracking agents, and other variations on the terminology) have attained increased usage in this country for the demolition of rock and concrete structures. Although fairly specialized in their application, these products offer an alternative to traditional blasting techniques.

Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

Ferry Terminals: Steel Pile Wingwalls Installed, June 1993

By Kristin E. Mingus [Dispenza]

By midsummer, landing structures at several Washington State Ferry (WSF) terminals will have undergone extensive renovation. The traditional timber wingwalls - piles lashed and bolted together to form walls which absorb impact and hold the ferry in place as it docks - will be replaced with steel pipe structures.

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