ABSTRACT ONLY:
When designing repairs to a 50-year-old structure that was originally intended to be temporary, it is important to be thorough. But when that structure is a pier located more than a 1,000 km north of the Arctic Circle and serves as the only docking point for ships that supply a military establishment, the stakes are higher.
BIOS:
By Noah J. Elwood, P.E., M.ASCE, a vice president, and John W. Gaythwaite, P.E., M.ASCE, a consulting engineer for Appledore Marine Engineering, Inc., in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.