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ABOUT THE EDITORS<br />

Frederick S. <strong>Merritt</strong> (deceased) was a consulting engineer for many years, with<br />

experience in building <strong>and</strong> bridge design, structural analysis, <strong>and</strong> construction management.<br />

A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers <strong>and</strong> a Senior Member<br />

of ASTM, he was a former senior editor of Engineering News-Record <strong>and</strong> an<br />

author/editor of many books, including McGraw-Hill’s St<strong>and</strong>ard H<strong>and</strong>book for<br />

Civil Engineers <strong>and</strong> Structural Steel <strong>Design</strong>er’s H<strong>and</strong>book.<br />

Jonathan T. Ricketts is a consulting engineer with broad experience in general<br />

civil engineering environmental design <strong>and</strong> construction management. A registered<br />

engineer in several states, he is an active member of the American Society of Civil<br />

Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the American Water<br />

Works Association, <strong>and</strong> is coeditor of McGraw-Hill’s St<strong>and</strong>ard H<strong>and</strong>book for Civil<br />

Engineers.

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