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OPERATIONS
PLANNING AND SCHEDULING FOREST
RESOURCE
ALGORITHM
USING A RESTRICTED
By
Civil Engineer
Doyle Burke
Ward W. Carson Mechanical Engineer
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range
Experiment Station
J.
plan-ning
INTRODUCTION
timber sale
operations such as timber harvesting
that are not often
construction have unique features
these
As with most large projects
found
in other industries.
and
where
involve
activities
resources
operations
many
overlap.
Logging and road building are generally conducted in
The personnel
which include
a remote and difficult environment.
used may be
full-time
and
the
few
equipment
only
a
key
employees
remain
It
is
that
the
and
seasonal.
personnel
transitory
important
conditions
and
in
site
to
changing
operating
flexible
regards
The scheduling and planning of such forest operations must
Forest
and
road
responsibil-ities
pro-cedures.
include consideration of all
Managers
and
scheduling
the
project
and
characteristics.
these
planners of forest
tool
that
assists
them
operations must have a planning
of
with the two major aspects
for various phases
1.
accountability
2.
determination of whether
of
the
project
and
existing resources are satisfactory
in order to complete
project or how much of the total
be
project program can
accomplished with existing resources.
the
A planning and scheduling tool should be easy to use fast
simple to change and update and inexpensive to implement and operate.
Resource Allocation Program Version 1 REAP1 is such a tool
and is available to Regions using the National Bureau of Standards
It can also be made available.-to
Regions using
UNIVAC 1108 Computer.
CDC
3100
Computers
PECULIARITIES
OF
FOREST
OPERATIONS
Timber harvesting and forest road construction are examples of
operations that are usually restricted by their available resources
are generally working from a limited
rather than by time.
Projects
resource pool.
Working from a limited resource does not mean that
time is of no importance in these
operations but rather that time
is
not
the
controlling
element in planning.
1
The
major time
restriction is the seasonal
nature of the work.
If a delay occurs
an increase in production usually necessitates additional equipment
and manpower that are not ordinarily justified from an economic
standpoint.
In
tool
and
and
restricted
these
that
evaluates
resource operations
a need
exists
for a
a fixed resource
a proposed
project against
pool
optimizes time rather than evaluating a project against time
establishing resource requirements.
avail-able
METHODS
AVAILABLE
Several time-oriented techniques
such
as Critical Path Methods
and
Evaluation
and
Review
CPM
Program
are
Technique
in various computer packages
or modified manual systems.
The
basis
of the resource allocation algorithms is time where the basic
PERT
To adjust for these
restricted
assumption is that time is critical.
resources under a limited time schedule does not provide for optimum
project durations without complicated mathematical programing which
requires specialized input and output interpretation. Under these
conditions acceptance
at the field level has been low.
allo-cation
There are two
methods
1.
Resources are
using
2.
major criticisms of the
The
time
available
simply assigned after the
resource
schedule
is generated
constraints.
input/output
is so
complex that
it
is seldom used.
prob-lems
CHARACTERISTICS
REAP1
which
OF PROGRAM
REAP
is a
computer program that helps
involve projects with restricted
solve scheduling
resources. The basic
to
assumption is that the project or operation being planned is subject
to limited resources.
Due to these
limited resources the time
on
the
will
be
different from one that had a
project
spent
probably
limited
time
schedule.
Resource allocation on restricted resource operations is more
complicated than on projects which must be completed within a given
time.
If the resources are insufficient to mobilize the project to
its full capacity
then
it is necessary to decide which activities
must be delayed and for how long.
The
is to minimize the
object
duration
decide
the
project
or
approximate duration of the project
subject to the resource restrictions.
REAP1 accomplishes this by
identifying a critical resource usage path through the project and
2
with-out
and
scheduling activities
by allocating resources
based
on
this
path.
progress
monitoring
operate on unordered lists of activities those
The priorities of the
precedent or successor relationships.
remain
or can
which
make
the
can
unspecified
activities
project
up
subroutine
calculated
a
administrative
or
by
be assigned by
decision
of REAP1 for optimum allocation of resources.
REAP1
can
ALGORITHM OF REAP1
The
Only the macro-structure of the REAP1 algorithm will be discussed.
details of the micro-structure are beyond the scope of this article.
arranges execution of the algorithm into a main
The main program handles the scheduling
program and two subroutines.
This is supported by a
of activities and assignment of resources.
that
subroutine Priority Determination PRIDET
provides a computation
other
subroutine DATE
The
of priorities if this option is selected.
the calendar
processes the results of a completed schedule and provides
The
REAP1
program
output.
des-criptions
Main ProLram
and print out the information of activity
priorities optional precedent activities
and resource descriptions.
resource requirements
1.
Enter store
es-tablish
durations
2.
Initialize and
call
subroutine PRIDET
if
selected
to
priorities.
3.
Establish the
workday being planned.
Establish a priority to be
is exercised.
4.
5.
Search
activity
the
a.
the
specified
b.
all
its
list
examined
for
one
if
the
priority option
with
priority
precedent activities
necessary resources that
are
complete
if applicable
available
for
and
assignment to
dis-covered
c.
the
6.
activity.
Schedule
in
step
5
a start and
and
assign
finish workday
the
for
all
necessary resources
activities.
3
activities
to
these
If all
7.
if
not
priorities have
returning to step
keep
been
4
continue to step
examined
all priorities have been
until
examined.
8
8.
Test
for completion for all activities.
If complete
then
continue to step
if not complete
search
for the next workday on
which an activity will be completed and resources are available and
then return to step 3 to begin the assigning procedure again.
9
9.
Prepare bar chart and resource assignment report and call
subroutine DATE
if selected to prepare and print the calendar for
the
schedule.
Subroutine PRIDET
1.
Establish activity factors
requirements of each activity.
determine all
Use
3.
activity factors
the
establish priorities for each
resource
and
activity
to
successor information to
activity.
Return to main program.
4.
Subroutine
DATE
Enter store
1.
day
date and
start
the
precedent activity information for each
successors of each activity.
the
Use
2.
which reflect
and
length
print out information describing schedule
of workweek and list of nonproductive
workdays.
Locate
workday in the calendar and sequentially
assign workdays to calendar days while allowing for the workweek
and nonproductive workdays.
length
2.
the
initial
net-work
OUTPUT
FROM
The
This
the
REAPI
network
example
diagram of an
example project is shown in figure 1.
road will be used to illustrate
a section of forest
Some knowledge of project management
output of REAP1.
diagraming will be assumed.
network diagram fig. 1 plus the resource
The output from the program shown in
supplied to REAP1.
The data from the
data
are
and
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is arranged for
upper right
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prior-ity
table
The
title shows
12
there are
34
activities
eight
resource
types
priority of -1 indicating the
If priorities
optimized by the program.
resources
and
containing
assignment is being
were manually assigned this number
number in the project.
The bar chart
schedule
would be
the
largest
priority
is arranged with the activity number and
left-hand
side
The duration
fig. 2.
the
activity description along
for each activity.
The
and priority -0 in the example
are given
numbers
above the bar chart correspond to actual
workdays on which
The bars in the bar chart are
an activity is started or completed.
and
and
continue
until the workday of the
made up of 0s
is
started.
At
that
time its duration is
activity in question
numbers
indicating the time
brought forward with succeeding
A
on any given workday.
zero
on the bar indicates that the
that
workday that resources assigned to
activity will be available
remain-ing
s
000
0
for reassignment.
For example activity
duration of 3 days commences on workday
on workday
available
15
resources
No.
14
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has
2
assigned to this
for reassignment on workday 17.
and
the
0-20 with
a
remaining
activity will be
days
work-day
The resource allocation table is arranged to correspond with
the bar chart
The resource description
on a workday basis fig. 2.
is listed
on the left-hand side followed by two numbers appearing
The
under each workday column.
upper number indicates the activity
and the lower number is the
to which the resource is assigned
The
on which the resource will be available for reassignment.
last number appearing to the extreme
right is the number of days the
For example
resource in question was not used during the project.
shovel
and operator
is not used until workday 5
resource number
3 and will be available
at that time it is assigned to activity No.
On workday
it is reassigned to
for reassignment on workday 8.
This process
activity No. 6 and will be available on workday 9.
The
continues
the table until the completion of the project.
across
number 11 indicates this resource was not used on 11 days during the
5
8
project.
workday calendar provides the calendar day corresponding to
workday taking into account the number of workdays per week and
etc.
nonproductive workdays holidays shutdowns
The
the
USE
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first
resources or resource
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the
types
scheduler can
and
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over-project
Adjustment of activities or resources will in general change
duration.
The bar chart and resource allocation table
all
in
aid the designer
identifying activities and resources which need
be
altered
to
meet
his requirements.
to
accounting for daily
and can be used
resource usage
predicting resource requirements
The
once
costs
are
for cost estimating or cost accounting
assigned.
and
understood
device
for
bar chart is a useful
presenting
easily
The
resource
allocation table
is useful
in
and
and
discussing the
overall
project.
re-source
SUMMARY
offers a planning
REAP1
operations that
accountability
1.
and
provides
for
scheduling
tool
for
restricted
for
various phases of the
project
and
determination of whether existing resources are satisfactory
2.
complete the project or how much of the total project program can
be accomplished with existing resources.
to
REAP1
simple
to
is user-oriented
fast
implement and operate.
MANPOWER
PROGRAMS
By
easy
ANDTHE
to
CARSON
change
and update
NATIONAL
and
FOREST
Faustin B. Padilla Land Surveyor
Carson National
Forest
as an agency of the United States
Department
and
communities
in
committed
individuals
of Agriculture
is
to help
life.
their
of
rural areas
to improve
quality
The
Forest
Service
manpower programs which have been established in recent
Federal agencies offer
years under the administration of several
to implement these
the Forest Service unparalleled opportunities
The
programs.
Northern New Mexico is one rural area in need of help to improve
is
The majority of the population in this area
its quality of life.
for
water grazing
firewood
dependent on the Forest in some way
is striving to help
The Carson National Forest
lumber or employment.
-
the
area
overcome
its
needs
in
following ways.
the
8
To help alleviate the unemployment in this area the Carson
We have found
National Forest has utilized the manpower programs.
that
we
not
the
in utilizing these
only
help
unemployment
programs
skilled
in
we
but
people
gained
training many young
problem
employees.
1971
the
Carson National Forest
persons under
the
following programs
In
host
was
Pram
to and
Number of Enrollees
NYC
64
Youth Opportunity Corps
YOC
4
Operation Mainstream
OMS
14
CEP
2
STEP
2
Neighborhood
Youth
trained 86
Corps
Concentrated Employment
Program
Supplemental Training and
Experimental Program
performed by enrollees is varied.
timber marking distributing mail and
Work
It
includes
typing filing
Main-stream
landline
location
duties.
from Operation
Supplemental Training and Experimental Program Concentrated
combined and
Employment Program and Neighborhood Youth Corps were
used
on survey crews under the title of survey aids.
On landline location
The enrollees who
are
taught
simple
the
use
surveying
of
projects
enrollees
participate in the Landline Location Program
and
safety principles
surveying equipment
computations.
and
concept is taught a step at a time to all enrollees
each has an opportunity to work at the various positions on a survey
Each enrollee becomes acquainted with correct procedures of
crew.
staying on line brushing line and measuring distances by horizontal
The
enrollee is
chaining
slope chaining and using distance meters.
and
clinometer.
hand
the
of
the
level
correct
use
bob
taught
plumb
Each
and
enrollee is taught how to operate transits
Subsequently-the
theodolites and how accuracy can be obtained from each instrument.
the enrollee is
has acquired the basics in field work
to compute his
of
the
fundamental
necessary
taught
calculations
most of his knowledge while
field notes.
The enrollee acquires
Any question that may arise during the
actually doing the work.
will
be answered on the spot or marked down
of
course
a working day
Once
he
some
to be
discussed with all
enrollees
at
9
the next
safety meeting.
Instructions are given on
Safety meetings are held weekly.
sharpening tools and how to carry and use equipment
along with other
discussions
After the safety session
are open
safety information.
from the enrollees
work and questions
are
on the previous weeks
answered.
A quick
summary of the next weeks work is also given.
As
placed or find
date 18 enrollees
enrollees are
other employment
new
enrollees
programs have
been used on the Landline Location Program.
The
Forest
is making a
planned effort to employ these enrollees on regular appointments when
their training ends.
are
To
acquired.
from
the
manpower
On the whole participants work has been satisfactory.
The use
men has accelerated the Forest Landline Location Program.
These
programs have helped to reduce the cost of surveys and allowed
the Forest
to stay within its allotted budget and organizational
of
these
ceiling.
MORE
ON
SURVEYING
LAND
I/
During the past year the Board has had many complaints about
At a recent Board
unqualified people performing land surveying work.
considerable
time
devoted
to
from
was
hearing
practitioners.
meeting
A typical complaint was that unregistered individuals working for
Government Agencies or others were
industry the Highway Department
performing land surveying on weekends holidays and off time.
Many
unlicensed
people performing surveys
explain to
registered and that they could not certify
In spite
of this disavowal of legal status by
nor let it be recorded.
the unregistered surveyors
still in the course
of time their surveys
are accorded some degree of recognition and acceptance.
the
of
these
client that
they
were not
The
that when qualified and licensed
complaint then continues
discover
the
in
surveyors
errors
many instances damage has been done
to the property owners and they are both
confused and angry.
When the
errors
committed by these unlicensed people are discovered part of
the adverse publicity and blame probably ttansfers
to the employer of
these
unlicensed people even though unjustified.
PRO-FESSIONAL
1/
Quoted
1972
from the STATE OF ALABAMA BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR
ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS NEWSBULLETIN
November
Issue
No.
4.
10
15
sur-veyors
We
and land
matter of real concern to the citizens
the
it
to
and for this reason we are bringing
public
owners
attention hoping that employers will discourage their unlicensed
that
or engineers from making land surveys and we would hope
boards
bulletin
this portion of the NEWSBULLETIN will be displayed on
and other appropriate places.
consider
in Alabama
this
11
INDEX OF PUBLISHED FIELD NOTES ARTICLES
MA Y 1969 THR U DECEMBER
1972
Architecture
Architecture
and the Part
Plays
it
by Harry Kevich Architect Region
June 1971 Volume 3 Number 6
of the Administrative
Construction
5
Office for the
MI-WOK
Ranger District
by Harry Kevich
1970 Volume
December
the Handicapped
for
Designing
National
by Gary Marple
November 1971 Volume
Forest
2 Number
Service Unitized
- Some
Forest
in
Agriculture
Construction
Handbook
November 1970 Volume
by Dan
RO
House
July 1970
11
DISTOMAT
of the Wild DI-10
1970 Volume
2
R-8
Surveyor
Number 12
Instrument for an Old Discipline
L.
Reed
Supervisory
July-August 1971 Volume
A New
Number 73 Wood-Frame
Number
Robillard Cadastral
December
A New
2
R-5
Surveys
Field Evaluation
by W.G.
and Harry Kevich
and Reissued
News Item
A
11
Construction
Revised
Cadastral
Unusual Problems
Florida
3 Number
by John Lamb Washington Office
May 1969 Volume 1 Number 1
USDA
12
Slide-Tape
3
Engineer
Numbers
Program Corner
Technician
7
Region
5
and 8
Search
and Rescue California
Style
News Item
March
submitted
1971 Volume
3
by Daniel
Number
M.
McVay
3
12
Washington
Office
A
Sub-Routine for Use with the Monroe Epic 3000 Programmable
Calculator
Printing
by Leroy
Francis
Lewis
E.
Cadastral
Surveyor
Marion-Sumter National
4
January-February 1972 Volume
and Development
Investigation
Daniel
June
McVay
M.
1969 Volume
Managing
Time
the
News Item
1
North Seeking
H.
H.
H.
and Daniel
McVay
3
2
1
St.
Civil
Forest
Engineer
Forest
3 and 4
Surveyor
Eastern
Region
Surveyor
Eastern
Region
1
9
Number
1
Washington
Office
2
Land Surveyor Green
Forest
4 Numbers
9 and 10
Processing in Regions
1969 Volume
3800A
Cadastral
Corners
Butts Registered
Distance
M.
by Daniel
October 1970 Volume
The
Tomm
Cadastral
Number
Number
by Jim Hogan Washington
News Item
Numbers
Staff Engineer
of Tree Land
Remote Computer
D.
4
Regional
October 1972 Volume
H.
by Ed
Gyro Systems
Mountain National
The
article
Region
Hedman
1969 Volume
F.
Office
Washington
Gyro Systems
M.
Preservation
Hogan
2
Regional
Hedman
North Seeking
September
Surveying
Gyro System
January 1970 Volume
by George
Cadastral
Engineer Eldorado National
Forest
Hedman
North Seeking
June
and 2
1
of Survey Crews in the Eldorado National
January 1971 Volume
by Victor
Number
1972 Volume
March-April
by Victor
New
of
and James D.
from an
taken
and Sam Fischer
by Victor
Numbers
and Equipment
Procedures
by
Office
Supervisors
Forest
Joe Cadastral
submitted by Daniel
2
1
Number 4
Meter
McVay
McVay
November 1969 Volume
Washington
Office
Number 10
Engineering
M.
2 3 8 and
Office
1
Program
Washington
Number
6
13
Office
9
Trees
that Bear
Witness
Sumner Regional Cadastral Surveyor Region
November 1969 Volume 1 Number 6
by L. Bruce
5
Computers
Time
Computer
Sharing
Montgomery
February 1970 Volume
by C.
J.
2 Number
2
Contracting
- Construction
Material and Workmanship
Reprinted
1
October 1969 Volume
Network
Number
News Digest
Service
5
Analysis System
by James M.
McCoy
Staff Assistant
Construction
1971 Volume
March
Contracts
from June 1969 Administrative
3
Number
Region
5
3
Environment
A
Quick Cure for Rock Defacements
News Item submitted by Region 10
3 Number
February 1971 Volume
Getting
Involved
in
Environmental
by John Daly Region
January 1970 Volume
People
by R.
2
Planning
8
2
Number
1
and Environment
DArcy
Bonnet
October 1971 Volume
Testimony
at
Number 10
the Environmental
by Robin Harrison
December
3
Denver
1971 Volume
3
Protection
Colorado
Number
Hearing
- October 1
1971
12
Geometronics
A
3-Dimensional
Plotting
System
by
Washington Office
November 1969 Volume 1 Number
Olin Bockes
Combined
Right-of-Way
6
and Road Design
by Max C. Montgomery San Bernardino
May 1971 Volume 3 Number 5
Aerial Photography
National
14
Forest
for Aerial Photography
Contracting
by
Clair L.
Arneson and Richard
1
August 1969 Volume
Hand Held
Platen
L.
Number
for Relative
Orientation
by Richard Brush Engineering
Report on the
4
News Item
July-August
Models
Numbers
1
Forest
and 2
Technology
Satellite
by Ray P. Allison Washington Office
1972 Volume 4 Numbers 7 and 8
System
Stereo Projection
by Larry Huston Region
3
1
September
1969 Volume
Utilization
of 5-Drawer Flat
by Richard G. Harris
1971 Volume
April
Office
Boise National
Resources
Earth
First
of Stereo
Technician
January-February 1972 Volume
Special
Bradley Washington
3
Hearings
Civil
3
Number 4
Map
Cabinets
Engineer Uinta
Number
a Layout Table
as
National
Forest
4
and Laws
House Subcommittee
on the Federal Aid Highway
Hearing
Act of 1970
by
F. J.
Hammond
1970 Volume
June
Testimony
at
Development
by Dave
Denver
1971 Volume
Traffic Regulations
Forest
Number
Protection
Number
Hearing
- October 1
Colorado
3
1971
12
and Law Enforcement
on the National
Road System
Trask Washington
September
6
the Environmental
by Robin Harrison
December
2
1969 Volume
Office
1
Number 4
Miscellaneous
An
Easy Solution to Skylining
News Item
by
C.
D. Swarthout
California Region
July-August 1972 Volume
Development
4
of Maintenance
by John Platt San Bernardino
May 1971 Volume
Division
Numbers
Work
3 Number
7
of Engineering
and 8
Standards
National
Forest
5
15
EDT
-
Report
-
7160-2
Field Maintenance
News Item by Reg Pragnell Washington
May 1970 Volume 2 Number 5
Geology
Engineering
by Thomas K. Collins and
The
2 Number
1970 Volume
Effects of Deicing
News Item
by Byron
Use of a Rotary
S.
Planning
-A
and 8
7
3
Region
Assistant Director Division
2
Multiple
8
Use Coordination
Office
Number
7
by Fran Owsley Editor Washington
3
Letters from Engineering
December 1970
As on
Special
Copyright
Number
1970 Volume
2
Field Notes
Office
3
Retirees
Edition
Christmas
and Public
Domain
by Jeff Sirmon and Boone Richardson
March
of Engineering
General
1971 Volume
of
Office
Note to Authors of the 1970 Engineering
and
Haynes
Teams
Washington
1970 Volume
News Items
Qs
P.
Fable and a Fantasy
by D. C. Turner
March
and John
Number 12
2 Number
Support Through
Projects
A
2
Item by D. C. Turner
August 1970 Volume
July
Numbers
Use
Engineering Washington
Public
Trees
3
Region
Multi-Discipline
News
4
Staff Geologist
1970 Volume
Multiple
Forest
10
Rig for Investigation and Repair
Drilling
Boyd
Staff Engineer
December
and
Foss
E.
Dam
of an Earthfill
by John
9
7
on Coniferous
Salt
1972 Volume
July-August
4jNumbers
Shaped Charges
by James Lott
July
Signs
Region
Klamath National
G. Hicks
1972 Volume
September-October
Lined Cavity
Billie
Wood
Office
Unstable
a Massively
in
of Rotted
Number
Publications
Washington
3
16
Office
Whos Who
in
the
Office Division
Washington
of Engineering
Compiled by Fran Owsley Editor Washington
4
1972 Volume
July-August
Office
Washington
Division
Numbers
7
and 8
of Engineering
by Fran Owsley Editor Washington
August 1969 Volume 1 Number 3
Office
Directive
Progress
Office
Proceedings
- RO Divisions
- October 1
Proceedings
September
27
May June 1972 Volume
4
of Engineering
Meeting
Washington
1971
Numbers
5 and 6
Recreation
Boat Dock
at
Atherton Creek Campground
by Thomas G. Grant
July
1970 Volume
Bryants
Fork
-A
2
7
Temporary Campground
by Richard G. Harris
May 1971 Volume
Number
3
Civil
Engineer Uinta
Number
National
Forest
5
Reservoir
Guidelines
for Evaluation
of Small
Thorn Region 6
by Stanley
February 1971 Volume 3 Number
Reservoir
Sites
A.
2
TIS
Technical
Information System
by Norman Sears Washington Office
August 1969 Volume 1 Number 3
The
Technical
Information System
by Norman G. Sears Washington
May 1969 Volume 1 Number 1
Office
Training Programs
Advanced
Engineering
Technical
Furen Washington
June 1969 Volume 1 Number
by Walter
E.
Specialty Training
Office
2
17
Program
D.
C.
Region
2 Materials Training Conducted
News Item
by Martin
Everitt Materials Engineer
3 Number
May 1971 Volume
A Meter/Recorder
Region
2
5
Roads and
Transportation
Region 4 Materials Laboratory
in
-
Trails
General
Logging Road Roughness
and Cleveland J. Biller
to Measure
by Ross A.
Phillips
September
1971 Volume
A Method
for Elimination
3
Number
of Double
9
Counting by Electronic
Traffic Counters
News Item
by John
2
Appalachian National
by
Tom Fendley
of
Scenic
William
March-April
Blower to
3
Network
F.
Schnelle
Study Program
Trail
Number
1
Analysis to National
Civil
1972 Volume
Assist
USDA
Engineer
4
Numbers
3
Engineer Ottawa
and Road Design
Right-of-Way
by Max
Montgomery San Bernardino
May 1971 Volume
Service
3
National
Forest
Number
Aerial Photography
National
Forest
5
That Survey
by W. H. Boley
Forest
and Carl Fonnesbeck
Engineer Manti-LaSal
Supervisory
January-February 1972 Volume
Economic
1970 Volume
Engineering
Civil
4
Stability
by Mel Dittmer
2
Engineer Region
3
1
4
and 2
Planning
3
Study of a Waste Area
November 1971 Volume
Forest
Office
Number
Preconstruction
National
Numbers
Analysis in Transportation
by David B. Trask Washington
March
Forest
3 and 4
Number 4
Combined
Control
Forest
with Burning During Clearing and Grubbing Operation
1972 Volume
C.
Forest
8
by Thomas Dooley Zone
April
National
8
Problems
Transportation
by
Number
Region
January 1971 Volume
Applications
Willamette
Sessions
August 1970 Volume
Engineer
Number
11
18
in
Steep
Siuslaw
Topography
National
Forest
Forest
by D.
Service
Road
Turner
C.
Highway
3
Volume
March 1971
Safety
Program
Safety
Office
Washington
Number
3
Study
News Item by Del Beedy Washington
May 1970 Volume 2 Number 5
House Subcommittee
by
2 Number
1970 Volume
by D. D. McCarthy Angeles
3
1971 Volume
Methods
Ames
L.
National
Construction
Inspector
4
by
J.
Roadside
by
S. J.
May 1970 Volume
Roadway
1
L.
Jones
1970 Volume
Soil
Section
1970 Volume
Dimas
5
Design Using
2 Number
P
Levels on Class II
Theory
4
- Line
National
2 Number
Elastic
Survey
Forest
3
Compaction Mold Reamer
Recognition
Region
of
5 for his
Roy Chapin
Some
Experience
by Joseph
S.
A.
December
in
Todd
Department
National
Sierra
Forest
suggestion
October 1969 Volume
U.
6
EDC San
Wilcox
by Jon Anderson Kootenai
March
Number
2 Number
Structural
by David
Running
and 2
Ditch Cleaners
News Item
April
1
Office
Washington
November 1969 Volume
Numbers
Methods
by Photogrammetric
Design
M. Cultice
Forest
Number 4
January-February 1972 Volume
Road
Wall
Traffic Counter Reliability
of Improving
by Gerald
Act of 1970
6
Aluminum Bin
of a Prefabricated
Installation
April
on the Federal Aid Highway
Hearing
Hammond
F. J.
June
Office
1
Number
Stepping
Division
5
Slopes
Engineer Bureau of Public
of Transportation
1969 Volume
1
Number
7
19
Roads
Stabilization of Roadside
by Ernest
1970 Volume
July
Cutback
Stepped
2
3
Number
National
The Advanced
Missoula
3
Development
System Planning
Team
1 Number
the Study
November 1969 Volume
Status
of Guardrail Standardization
May 1970 Volume
2
Reprint
Number
Traffic Regulations
and Law Enforcement
Development
Machine
April
Trail
L.
from Highway
Focus
5
on the National
Road System
by Dave Trask Washington
September 1969 Volume
by Harold
Programs of the
6
by Richard A. Richter
Trail
Office
1
Number 4
Cattleguard
Greer
1970 Volume
2
Number 4
Traffic Counter
Deland Missoula Equipment Development
January 1971 Volume 3 Number 1
by Loren
Trail
Center
5
Service
by
Current
Equipment
Number
Transportation
Forest
Submitted
Forest
Forest
6
Traffic Counters
News Item by the
May 1971 Volume
The
7
Slopes
June 1971 Volume
USDA
Number
Peterson Wallowa-Whitman
by Clinton
Testing
Banks with Annual Grasses
K. Ellersick
F.
Traffic Counters and Detectors
by David B. Trask Washington
August 1969 Volume
Transportation
by Conrad
1
Planning
Number
- A New
Mandt and Ross
November 1970 Volume
Transportation
3
Approach
Carter
2
Number
11
System Analysis and Resource
by Victor M. DeKalb
September
Office
1971 Volume
3
Number
9
20
Planning
Center
-
Drainage
of Determining the Construction
Grade
Roads and
Transportation
A
Method
Trails
by Lester M. Pence Jr. George Washington
March 1971 Volume 3 Number 3
Culvert
by
in
a
Road
Dip
Drainage
Band
Sterling
J.
Forest
Tools
Installation
EDC San
Wilcox
National
2
January 1970 Volume
Dimas
Number
1
Culvert Length
Computations
by
Adams
Harwell
2 Number
May 1970 Volume
5
Development
Overside Drain
Report on 24-inch Rectangle
by D. D. McCarthy Angeles National Forest
3
December 1971 Volume
Effect
of Sideslopes
in
by John Host Region
Number 12
Culvert Length and Location
1
July-August 1971 Volume
3
Numbers
7
and 8
Energy Dissipators for Flumes and Culverts
by
Sterling
J.
EDC
Wilcox
1
October 1969 Volume
San
Dimas
Number
5
of a Bottomless Culvert on Glade Creek
Installation
by Thomas G. Grant Teton National
3
February 1971 Volume
Wieland and Greg Watkins
July-August 1971
Transportation
Classification
Volume
Roads and
of Crankcase
Trails
October 1972 Volume
Numbers
of
1969 Volume
1
Number
National
and 8
- Materials
3
9 and 10
Liqui-Road
by Adrian Pelzner Washington
June
7
Oils
Region
4
Six Rivers
3 Numbers
by Thomas W. Stockdale
Evaluation
Forest
2
Subdrain System
Two-Layer
by Walt
Number
Office
2
21
Forest
Trial
Use of
New
and Materials
Products
by Adrian Pelzner Washington
Use of Rubber
Additive
in
Roads and
Transportation
Effects of Rubber
Additives
by Edward Stuart III
August 1970 Volume
Transportation
An
Materials for Surface
Asphalt
2 Number
1970 Volume
2
in
3
-
Trails
Concrete
Asphalt
2 Number
Roads and
Paving
8
-
Trails
Structural
Analysis of the Failure of a Longitudinal
Oswald Region 6
3 Number
February 1971 Volume
Computation
a Slide Rule
by David
Design
Laminated
Deck
Timber Bridge
by Hildegard
Treatments
Focus
Reprint from Highway
March
Office
2 Number
February 1970 Volume
Offsets of a Parabolic
of Vertical
K. Crigger
2
Ashley National
3
July-August 1971 Volume
Timber Crib Retaining
Curve Using
Forest
Numbers
7
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Study
Wall
News Item by Adrian Pelzner Washington Office
7 and 8
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Water
A New
Sanitation
Method
and Solid Waste
for Water and Wastewater
by H. A. Smallwood Washington
September
A
1969 Volume
Nontechnical
by Herbert
Discussion
1
Sampling
Office
Number 4
of Sewage
Smallwood Washington
2 Number
January 1970 Volume
Treatment and Pollution
1
for Aerating
Determining Cost Air and Power Requirements
by H.
A. Smallwood Washington
December 1969 Volume
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Management
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1971 Volume
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Number
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List
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Wilderness
by
J. J.
Wilderness
in
Engineering
Byrne
2
1970 Volume
April
Winter
Sports
Tramways
by Charles F.
Dwyer Washington
3
Volume
October 1971
Chair Lifts
High Capacity
Thruster
2
3
Supplemental Procedures
Despain
November 1970 Volume
Wire Rope
Safety
by
Loading and UnLoading
Considerations
Number 10
Caribou National
Considerations
Charles F.
Forest
Number 10
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in
Load Testing
2
in
Number
of Chair Lifts
the
11
New
American National
Dwyer
Washington
1970 Volume
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November-December
to
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1972
Standard
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Requirements for Aerial Passenger
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October 1971 Volume
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Sheave Liners
Brake Problem
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Gondola
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Kinney
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October 1970 Volume
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Coefficients
by Robert
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