Our nation’s infrastructure suffers from a lack of funding, and this jeopardizes the safety of our communities. While civil engineers have the expertise and tools to address major challenges associated with ports, dams, drinking water, inland waterways, levees, and wastewater, solutions to these challenges require investment. Throughout 2018, ASCE members and staff advocated for improvement in all 16 infrastructure categories, including water-related categories. Over 210
Russell G. Ludwig, a California sanitary engineer whose skills were in demand around the world from World War II into the 2000s, has died at 99. Ludwig, P.E., F.ASCE, joined the Society in 1941. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and began his career with the U.S. Public Health Service during World War II. Ludwig
ASCE has announced the finalists for the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award, the Society’s preeminent project honor. All five finalists will be honored at ASCE’s 2019 OPAL Gala, March 14 in Arlington, Virginia, with the OCEA winner revealed at the end of the event. Presenting the 2019 OCEA finalists: 150 North Riverside, Chicago The 54-story office building fills a riverfront lot on Chicago’s burgeoning
ASCE has announced winners of the 2019 Outstanding Projects And Leaders leadership awards. The OPAL leadership awards honor a civil engineer’s career achievements in the five categories of construction, design, education, government, and management. The 2019 honorees: In Construction, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, P.E., M.ASCE, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – for innovation and excellence in construction of civil engineering projects and programs. In Design,
ASCE members elected to Fellow status have made celebrated contributions and developed creative solutions that have enhanced lives. Just 3 percent of Society members hold this prestigious honor. The most recent members elevated to Fellow are: • Panayiotis (Panos) Diplas, Ph.D., F.EWRI, F.ASCE • James J. Johnson, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE • Dennis G. Lambert, P.E., F.ASCE • Anne Smith, P.E.,
I recently provided management training for a civil engineering firm and this question came up multiple times. Civil engineering managers struggle with delegation for many reasons, but when they do actually start to delegate, a huge challenge they face is balance. How do you find the balance between not checking in enough with your staff, and micromanaging them? Here are three specific actions you can
Infrastructure is good. Sustainable infrastructure is better. Rapid urbanization is a growing reality in infrastructure development. According to the Global Environment Facility, it’s estimated that more than two billion additional people will be living in cities by 2050. The need for sustainable infrastructure is more critical than ever. The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, an organization cofounded by ASCE in 2011, has made it easier for
J.A. “Jay” Padgett, a well-respected, devoted ASCE member since 1972 who helped steer changes to the Society’s governance as a member of the Executive Committee’s Governing Documents Committee, has died at 72. Padgett, P.E., F.ASCE, represented the former District 5 on ASCE’s Board of Direction from 1998 to 2000. He was extremely active in the National Capital Section, serving as president in 1986-87. Padgett took great
Ferdinand C. “Fritz” Provini, a native of Baltimore who oversaw many major postwar transportation projects in the Baltimore-Washington region, has died at 91. Provini, P.E., L.S., M.ASCE, began his career in 1949 with Rummel, Klepper and Kahl of Baltimore. He became a member of ASCE in 1958. He joined Greenhorne & O’Mara Inc., of Greenbelt, in 1971, where he rose to vice president and served
Knowledge of sustainable development should be a key requirement for engineers, according to a joint statement of intent signed today by ASCE, the British-based Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. The statement was issued as part of the Global Engineering Congress, hosted in London by ICE and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations in London. More than 2,000 engineers –
