Civil engineers are problem solvers.
However, the biggest pitfall that civil engineers face during the problem-solving process is working within self-imposed constraints. To inspire a-ha moments, they must disrupt conventional ways of thinking and take on a more human-centered approach.
In this episode of the ASCE Interchange, Brent Darnell, owner and president of Brent Darnell International and an emotional intelligence expert, discusses how design thinking can...
There's a great, big world out there waiting for you to explore.
Travel can be a game-changer for the perspectives that shape your work as a civil engineer.
ASCE 2018 President Kristina Swallow discusses her experiences traveling the world and the way those trips have expanded her horizons ().
In this week's Career Minded segment, Clark Nexsen CEO Chris Stone talks about the skills and traits he...
Doug Taylor, P.E., M.ASCE, Region 9 disaster preparedness chair, has been rallying ASCE members to help assess and tag structures in Paradise, CA, site of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history. Taylor provided ASCE News with the following update on the group's work:
We just completed Day 5, and it's been a fascinating and wearying experience. Roughly 30 volunteers started on Thursday morning (11...
Ron Klemencic is having a good year.
Engineering News-Record named him its 2018 Award of Excellence winner, followed by a cover feature highlighting Klemencic’s remarkable career of innovation and collaboration.
Far from resting on his laurels, though, Klemencic’s relentless drive to push the industry into the future continues. The chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates and director of the Charles Pankow Foundation used the platform...
What's your inventive infrastructure idea? The ASCE Innovation Contest can help it become a reality.
The fourth annual ASCE Innovation Contest is accepting submittals through March 4.
Enter in any of five categories:
• improvements in clean water
• Internet of Things
• new construction materials
• next-generation transportation
• sustainable engineering
“Innovation is how we lead change that improves the build environment, reduces life-cycle costs, and moves to a resilient future.,”...
As California continues to contend with the deadliest wildfires in the state’s history, Doug Taylor is rallying ASCE members to help.
Taylor, P.E., M.ASCE, the ASCE Region 9 disaster preparedness chair, has worked year-round to get more ASCE members in the state trained as Safety Assessment Evaluators.
“We’ve tried to get more and more people certified so they can respond when disasters like this happen,” Taylor...
For civil engineers climate change is more than a social obligation, it's a matter of business.
As Terry Neimeyer, CEO of KCI Technologies, said at the 2018 ASCE Industry Leaders Forum, "In my own company, we're being asked by our clients to design projects and facilities that are resilient and sustainable – and to account for future climate change."
Neimeyer hosted the ILF panel discussion, "From Disasters to...
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 West Loop that...
