Railways: GSAS Design Guidelines (GSAS PUBLICATIONS SERIES)

Intended to be used as a practical resource to supplement the GSAS rail design assessment v2.0 manual, Alhorr and Elsarrag introduce design and construction professionals with the descriptive information for consideration to help attain the specific credit for each criterion in the GSAS categories. These suggestions are in the form of recommended methods, strategies, and technologies. GSAS Rail: Design Guidelines v2.0 provides guidance and recommendations on how to approach the design issues within each criterion to meet the sustainable goals of the GSAS rail design assessment v2.0 manual. GSAS Rail: Design Guidelines v2.0 covers the design issues for each criterion in the following categories: URBAN CONNECTIVITY SITE ENERGY WATER MATERIALS INDOOR ENVIRONMENT CULTURAL & ECONOMIC VALUES MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS