Introduction to the Twenty-Sixth Terzaghi Lecture
1995; American Society of Civil Engineers; Volume: 121; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1061/(asce)0733-9410(1995)121
ISSN1944-8368
Autores Tópico(s)Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
ResumoDr. James P. Gould delivered the Terzaghi Lecture Innovative Changed Conditions Claims, at the San Francisco Convention of ASCE in November 1990. It was my great pleasure to introduce him. ASCE President John Focht presented the certificate and honorarium. In his lecture, Gould discussed case histories that illustrated his somewhat tonguein-cheek promise to deliver a solemn message that the adversarial climate of construction and engineering is costing us. The evening provided an instructive and captivating view of battles fought on projects fraught with difficulties, through the eyes of a most experienced consulting engineer. The lecture material has since been condensed and supplemented for the paper presented here, which illustrates the continuing problems faced by those who would resolve the disputes that all too frequently arise in heavy underground construction. Jim Gould was raised in Seattle, and graduated with a BSCE from the University of Washington in 1944. He was an active student politician, and was well known for his individuality, a trait that has persisted throughout his career. His yearbook photo with an honorary group shows Jim in civilian clothes, and 48 others in uniform! But graduation was followed directly by a hitch in the Army Engineers. Those who know Jim recall that he often wears his Army belt buckle from those days. After World War II, Jim studied at MIT, where he received his MSCE in 1946, and at Harvard, where he earned the ScD in 1949, working under Arthur Casagrande. Following his studies, Gould went to work for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, where for four years he was involved with earth dam projects. In 1953 he left the Bureau to work for Moran, Proctor, Mueser & Rutledge in New York. The firm, started in 1910 by Daniel E. Moran, later became Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, where Jim still works today. It is the oldest foundation-engineering firm practicing in the United States. In his early years at Mueser Rutledge, Jim was known as the office liberal, but his inherent conservatism won out. He became a partner in the firm in 1973. Jim Gould has had an amazingly productive career, with a long list of landmark projects to his credit. Included have been geotechnical work on the U.S. Capitol, The Throgs
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