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April 2001
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Research Article| April 01 2001

The observational method can be simple Available to Purchase

R. B. Peck
R. B. Peck
Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received: January 02 2000
Accepted: January 23 2000
Online ISSN: 1751-8563
Print ISSN: 1353-2618
© 2001 Thomas Telford Ltd
2001
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering (2001) 149 (2): 71–74.
https://doi.org/10.1680/geng.2001.149.2.71
Article history
Received:
January 02 2000
Accepted:
January 23 2000

This paper describes three examples—the Chicago Subway, the Cleveland Ore Yard and the Newport News Shipway—where quite simple field observations led to substantial improvements. These projects were forerunners in the application of the observational method and they reveal how elemental theory and qualitative predictions form the essence of the observational method.

Keywords:
transport planning, tunnels & tunnelling
© 2001 Thomas Telford Ltd
2001
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