Funding

Mass transit, aviation, water and wastewater receive early attention in Congress

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As President Joe Biden’s cabinet begins to take shape, Congress takes steps to address early infrastructure priorities of the new administration.
Community Outreach

ASCE members #Engineer4Tomorrow during Engineers Week

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Though Engineers Week 2021 celebrations looked a little different due to COVID-19 restrictions, ASCE members were still able to share their passion for the profession with the next generation of STEM enthusiasts.
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Society News

ASCE recognizes 2021 New Faces of Civil Engineering–Professionals

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Meet the 2021 ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering–Professionals.
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History and Preservation

Then and now: NYC rebuilds iconic Fountain of the Fairs as a fog garden

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Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the city’s borough of Queens has rebuilt the historical 1964 set of fountains, which will open when the weather warms.
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Business

Regenerative design, the salvage economy, and one building’s quest to ‘live’ sustainably

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The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta is not like other buildings.
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Business

The Law: Think twice about taking on a duty to defend

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Lawyers Michael C. Loulakis and Lauren P. McLaughlin explain how design firms can protect themselves from contractual liability related to “duty to defend” statutes.
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Funding

Mass transit, aviation, water and wastewater receive early attention in Congress

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As President Joe Biden’s cabinet begins to take shape, Congress takes steps to address early infrastructure priorities of the new administration.
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Community Outreach

ASCE members #Engineer4Tomorrow during Engineers Week

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Though Engineers Week 2021 celebrations looked a little different due to COVID-19 restrictions, ASCE members were still able to share their passion for the profession with the next generation of STEM enthusiasts.
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History and Preservation

Medieval structure reworked to make acoustics sing

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Engineers enlarged a former medieval hospital in Ghent, Belgium, and fine-tuned a host of its site features to improve the acoustic performance of the building as a modern concert hall.
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History and Preservation

5 things you didn’t know about … the Ward House

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Designated as a National Historic Civil and Concrete Engineering Landmark by ASCE and the American Concrete Institute in 1977, the Ward House in Rye Brook, New York, is a landmark that many people have never heard about.
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History and Preservation

Medieval structure reworked to make acoustics sing

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Engineers enlarged a former medieval hospital in Ghent, Belgium, and fine-tuned a host of its site features to improve the acoustic performance of the building as a modern concert hall.
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Projects

Slideshow: Zaha Hadid Architects-designed art center in China underway

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The art center will be located within a lake with a tunneled road extending underneath it. A four-pronged latticed canopy will visually unify the art center’s distinct venues.
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Resilience

Airports at risk from sea level rise could more than double by 2100, study finds

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Researchers examining the threat to coastal airports from future sea level rise estimate that at least 10% of air routes could be disrupted.
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Innovation

University of California, San Diego shake table to be upgraded

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The world’s largest high-performance outdoor shake table, a backbone of seismic studies, will be upgraded to move in six directions by October.
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Policy and legislation

Licensure Bills Picking Up Steam in Statehouses
State legislatures across the country are in full swing and many are turning their attention to how they regulate professional licensure. The licensure reform movement... Read more
Civil Engineers Give Ohio’s Infrastructure a “C-” in 2021 Infrastructure Report Card
On Thursday, the Ohio Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its 2021 Report Card for Ohio’s Infrastructure, the Section’s first report... Read more
Congress Moves on COVID-19 Relief Through Budget Reconciliation Process
Before taking the oath of office, President Biden announced an extensive response to the COVID-19 pandemic known as the American Rescue Plan – a $1.9... Read more
Texas Civil Engineers Give the State’s Infrastructure a “C” Grade
On Wednesday, the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released preliminary findings – including grades – from its 2021 Texas Infrastructure... Read more
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Community Outreach

ASCE members #Engineer4Tomorrow during Engineers Week

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Though Engineers Week 2021 celebrations looked a little different due to COVID-19 restrictions, ASCE members were still able to share their passion for the profession with the next generation of STEM enthusiasts.
Read more
History and Preservation

5 things you didn’t know about … the Ward House

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Designated as a National Historic Civil and Concrete Engineering Landmark by ASCE and the American Concrete Institute in 1977, the Ward House in Rye Brook, New York, is a landmark that many people have never heard about.
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Society News

Trailblazing New Face strives to rebuild Puerto Rico’s infrastructure

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Growing up, Hector Colón De La Cruz recognized Puerto Rico’s expanding infrastructure concerns. This led him to spearhead the first Puerto Rico Infrastructure Report Card. His goal – to rebuild and improve the communities.
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Society News

New Face serves as the voice of underrepresented civil engineers

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A love for rollercoasters put Jayvon Garth on the ride toward a career in civil engineering and architecture. But specific life experiences further pushed him to focus on projects that foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Technical notes

Resilience

What are the costs of life-cycle distributed stormwater control measures?

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A new paper in the "Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment" presents a module that advances understanding of stormwater cost profiles using a process-based tool.
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Sustainability

Setting proper rate pricing to ensure water system sustainability

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A new study, “Setting Future Water Rates for Sustainability of a Water Distribution System” in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, introduces a model to quantify investment needs.
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Innovation

Using reclaimed asphalt for pervious concrete pavement mixes

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A new paper in the "Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering" explores using reclaimed asphalt pavement as a substitute to natural course aggregate in sustainable pervious concrete pavement mixes.
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Business

Help with managing COVID-19’s impact on construction projects

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A new book, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Construction Projects, seeks to help engineering and construction practitioners in managing constructions projects during a pandemic.
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ASCE Plot Points Season 4 Episode 8: Are civil engineers doing enough to combat climate change? It's a simple question with a complicated answer. Or maybe...
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