Hoover Dam: First joint venture and construction milestones in excavation, geology, materials handling, and aggregates

Hoover Dam: 75th Anniversary History Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 124-162

  Rogers, J David ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH PLANTS; CONSTRUCTION CLAIM; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES; FULLY AUTOMATED; JOINT VENTURES; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; UNDERGROUND WORKING;

CONCRETES; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84890953635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41141(390)8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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