Every year, ASCE looks back on the year’s trending titles in the ASCE Library – the best books and the most popular journal articles.
Here’s the 2020 list:
Top books
Wind Loads: Guide to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-16
Wind Loads: Guide to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-16 provides a comprehensive overview of the wind-load provisions found in ASCE 7-16: Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.
Subsurface Utility Engineering for Municipalities
Subsurface Utility Engineering for Municipalities: Prequalification Criteria and Scope of Work Guide is a resource for understanding subsurface utility engineering and bringing up-to-date practices to the application of SUE for public works projects.
Becoming Leaders
In its second edition, the book is intended for people interested in the advancement of their own careers or in the development of human resources in their organization.
Seismic Loads: Guide to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-16
Seismic Loads: Guide to the Seismic Load Provisions of ASCE 7-16 provides explanations of the seismic design provisions contained in ASCE 7-16: Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.
Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structures (48-19)
Design of Steel Transmission Pole Structures provides a uniform basis for the design, detailing, fabrication, testing, assembly, and erection of steel tubular structures for electrical transmission poles.
Top journal articles
Miami Pedestrian Bridge Collapse: Computational Forensic Analysis
Journal of Bridge Engineering
Traffic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Statewide Analysis of Social Separation and Activity Restriction
Natural Hazards Review
Lean Methodologies and Techniques for Modular Construction: Chronological and Critical Review
Journal of Construction Management and Engineering
Vision-Based Modal Survey of Civil Infrastructure Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Journal of Structural Engineering
Smart City Digital Twin-Enabled Energy Management: Toward Real-Time Urban Building Energy Benchmarking
Journal of Management in Engineering
