Before I dive into an answer to this question, let’s take it one step at a time for those civil engineering professionals who aren’t clear on what advocacy means.
From a basic level, we find the Dictionary.com definition of advocacy being the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal.
Wikipedia gives a more complete definition, related to politics:
Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group which aims to...
The Midwest has been battered by the aftermath of last week's “bomb cyclone” snowstorms. The resulting combination of fast-melting snow and additional rains has led to significant flooding across several states.
Unfortunately, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and other affected states may not see the unprecedented flooding levels recede until May, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast.
In Nebraska alone, 74 cities have declared states...
And the winner is …
The 150 North Riverside project in Chicago earned the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award, announced Thursday night at ASCE’s 20th annual Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Gala.
The OCEA award, established in 1960, recognizes the project that best illustrates superior civil engineering skills and represents a significant contribution to civil engineering progress and society.
"It's amazing to be recognized by all...
Infrastructure when? Infrastructure now.
ASCE members from all 50 states and Puerto Rico brought their message – and the #InfrastructureNow hashtag – to over 310 Members of Congress Wednesday afternoon, advocating for a variety of infrastructure solutions at the annual Legislative Fly-In.
The key piece of ASCE’s advocacy argument is the Highway Trust Fund. The HTF is the main funding source for federal investment in highway...
On Jan. 15, 2017, a 100-year-old “visual wound” was healed on a vacant lot in Chicago’s burgeoning West Loop.
Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), in collaboration with the design team, had successfully erected a 54-story office building with the smallest of footprints, on a site they transformed from barren to beautiful.
150 North Riverside, in Chicago, has been honored by ASCE as a finalist for the 2019...
John Barton, P.E., M.ASCE, serves as HNTB Corporation's national DOT market sector leader and senior vice president. Barton's experience includes nearly 30 years at the Texas Department of Transportation, including his most recent role as deputy executive director.
Today, he shares some of the wisdom born of that experience to outline how he thinks DOTs across the country can streamline their practices.
Defining streamlining
The term streamlining...
Dilip Khatri didn’t tell a soul. Not at first, anyway.
It’s not that he wasn’t excited. It’s just that sometimes pursuing your dreams can be a little … “embarrassing,” Khatri says. “Yeah, it’s kind of embarrassing.
“Here I was, 44 years old, I have a doctorate, I’d been working in the engineering industry for 26 years. I had a nice career going, and then people look...
Last year “The Highway of Death” came to its own end. Today in Greece, after a decade of Herculean efforts, a motorway with no such epithet traverses the highly seismic northern coastline of the Peloponnese, and all who ride there can do so safely and rapidly.
The Olympia Odos Motorway has been honored by ASCE as a finalist for the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement...
Everything purposeful about the new United States Courthouse is right there in its shape. Resembling a floating, translucent cube, it might give the statement “see you in court” a whole new meaning.
Meeting ambitious energy goals, matching function to form, and harnessing the strong sunlight of Southern California, the Courthouse, in downtown Los Angeles, has been honored by ASCE as a finalist for the 2019...
Below everything in Columbus, Ohio, there is the tunnel. Beneath buildings, bridges, interstate highways, railroads, and even below the Scioto River. And it is making a huge difference.
The new OARS-OSIS Augmentation & Relief Sewer has been honored by ASCE as a finalist for the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award, the Society’s preeminent project honor.
All five OCEA finalists will be recognized at ASCE’s 2019...
