Engineers
Jun 10 2008, AP

Engineers and National Guard teams examined dams across this storm-deluged state Tuesday looking for signs of damage from the high water that led to the major collapse that nearly emptied Lake Delton.The huge breach in an embankment holding back Lake...

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The University of Nevada, Reno placed first in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 21st Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition on June 21, 2008 in Montreal. Their canoe, the Argentum, was a tribute to Silver Mining and weighed in at 160...