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Text for Senior Seminar, CE-401, at the University of Kentucky, Department of Civil Engineering. An excellent desktop reference for civil engineers in practice regarding the non-technical aspects of engineering practice. Get more details including the Table of Contents at: http://richardcheeks.com/professor/Semester%20Information/Table-of-Contents.pdf

This manual has been prepared to assist water utility management and operation personnel in developing and implementing a distribution main flushing and cleaning program. The Distribution Main Flushing & Cleaning Handbook speaks directly to drinking water distribution system operators and supervisors who are most likely to plan and implement a flushing program. As such, the authors write in “second person,” commonly using “you” and “your” to directly address the reader. While this practice strays from “proper English” third-person writing style, our desire is to connect in a personal way to the system operators who may get the most benefit from this field manual. This field guide i ...

The Equity Guide for Green Stormwater Infrastructure Practitioners is a resource developed by and for green infrastructure program managers representing local public sector stormwater management organizations across the United States and Canada. It offers an action and evaluation roadmap that defines: 1. Our industry’s shared long-term equity goals, 2. Best practices that will move the needle, and 3. Sample metrics that help us track progress toward those goals over time. It also offers a variety of tools to support practitioners in customizing community-informed equity work plans and evaluation plans to local contexts.

Project Management Essentials, The Beginners Guide, was written for the project management curious. The descriptions and explanations in each chapter are broken down to help those that are interested in becoming a Project Manager but aren't sure where to begin. The book gives you an inside look at how a project manager operates day-to-day. With the assistance of QR-codes like the one posted on the back cover of the book; the reader is transported to the most up-to-date information regarding that section. Whether you are completely new to project management or interested in the possibilities of becoming a Project Manager, this is the book for you.

I just sat down one day and decided to write about something random. After I tried it once, I decided to do it four more times. This book is a synthesis of the outcome of my 52 years of knowledge, wisdom, and expressive thoughts. The subjects ended up being: Vietnam, NFL Football, Cookbook for Italy Travel, My List of Greatest Inventions, and Manhattan. I hope you enjoy reading it!

I hope anyone who reads this book will gain something he/she didn’t know before reading it. The book contains 5 sub-books about the following explorations: 1). NFL and Capitalism, 2). My list of the greatest inventions, 3). Manhattan being the greatest city in the world, 4). How I feel about Vietnam, in light of 70,000 American lives lost, 5) Russian relations, and 7)my USA cookbook for Italy. My personal feelings about the book are that of fulfilling the desire of emptying out my head of wisdom and feelings about certain subjects while I am able to recall.