From putting civil engineering on IMAX screens around the world to sending home a report card grading America's infrastructure, ASCE had a big year.
This week, ASCE News is taking a look back at 2017, highlighting the members and moments that made the year memorable.
We begin with a look through the lens of social media. Here is the story of ASCE's 2017 told in 17...
Time and money are two of the most valuable things in your life.
A lack of investment in our nation’s infrastructure is costing you both.
ASCE’s recently released 2017 Infrastructure Report Card graded the nation’s infrastructure with a cumulative D-plus, the same grade issued in the 2013 Report Card. The poor grades are largely attributed to a lack of infrastructure investment.
The Report Card suggests that to...
The new ASCE Infrastructure Report Card got the conversation started last week.
This week, ASCE members from around the country took that talk straight to Capitol Hill in Washington as participants in the Society’s annual Legislative Fly-In.
“The timing of the Report Card being at the forefront of everybody’s minds definitely helps get a foot in the door, makes the conversation a little bit easier,” said...
ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, released Thursday, offers the nation both bad news and good news.
The bad is the average grade, D-plus, has not changed since the last Report Card four years ago, reflecting a continued dire need of overhaul.
The good news is the Report Card says such an overhaul is still attainable, and offers suggested solutions that can make that overhaul happen.
“There are reasons...
The ASCE Board of Direction has endorsed updated strategies to improve the state of America’s infrastructure, transform the profession so that civil infrastructure is more sustainable, and reduce the life-cycle cost of infrastructure by 50 percent by 2025 and foster the optimization of infrastructure investments for society.
At its July 8-9 meeting in San Diego, the Board held strategic discussions on the Society’s Sustainable Infrastructure...
