COMING SOON
A Civil Engineer’s Manual of Practice
. . . a culmination of Mr. Weber’s long and extensive career in soils and environmental engineering. The narrative blends his work experiences, business enterprises, and signature jobs (with photos and diagrams). Applying extreme soil mechanics, his signature jobs feature a 55-foot underground excavation and building support for the Harris Building in Atlanta, Georgia; stabilization of a significant landslide affecting upscale homes overlooking Puget Sound in Washington State; and installation of a 25-foot micropile-supported retaining wall to support erosion of the high-bank seawall of a Maui home belonging to a well-known Academy Award winning film editor. The manual details the guiding principles and innovative methods that underscore his overarching goals of preservation and conservation of the earth.
A significant component of the manuscript is “A Civil Engineer’s TOOLBOX” containing a comprehensive list of the tools and innovations he developed or used over his career, along with a retaining wall menu. The manuscript contains approximately 28,000 words, with over 60 photos and diagrams.
Articles
- Weber, Paul R. Electrical Analog Computer Model for Groundwater Problems. Undergraduate research paper, Arizona State University 1964
- Weber, Paul R. Volume Change in Partially Saturated Soils. Graduate research paper, Arizona State University 1965
- Weber, Paul R., and J.L. Lamont, Jr. Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Pit-Slope Stability. Society of Mining Engineers, Seattle 1971
- Clough, G.W., Paul R. Weber, and J.L. Lamont, Jr. Design and Observation of a Tied-Back Wall. ASCE Specialty Conference on Performance of Earth and Earth-Supported Structures. Purdue University 1972
- Weber, Paul R. Landslides of Puget Sound Glacial Sediments. 30th Annual Geotechnical Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 1977 (ASCE)
- Weber, Paul R. Ground Anchors in Atlanta. ASCE Specialty Conference on Soils in Tropical Regions, Honolulu 1982
- Weber, Paul R. Drilled Shafts for Retaining Wall Saves $$$. Foundation Drilling, March/April 1988
- Weber, Paul R. Antoine Goes Home. Civil Engineering Magazine, March 1988. (Winner of First Prize, Journalism Awards, New York Business Press Editors) Dallas, TX
- Weber, Paul R. Drilled Shaft Chair “Bridges” Landslide. Foundation Drilling, February 1996. Vashon Island, Puget Sound
- Weber, Paul R. English/Battan DURABLOC Slope Stabilizing Structures. Foundation Drilling, November 1996. Seattle, WA
- Weber, Paul R. Healing the Earth. University of Texas at Austin Course Material 2006.
- Weber, Paul R. Whole Systems in Environmental Geology, Seminar at Arcosanti given in 1976.
- Weber, Paul R. Those Amazing Polymaths (in process)
- Weber, Paul R. The Man Who Loves the Earth (in process)
- Weber, Paul R. A Civil Engineer’s Manual of Practice (currently out for publication).
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