Sustainability & Resilience
Sustainability and resilience are fundamental to everything civil engineers do.
As longtime ASCE leader and Houston Director of Public Works Carol Haddock, P.E., M.ASCE, said, “It’s not just about having resilient infrastructure. It’s about having resilient communities.�?
The plan re-envisions water supply, built infrastructure in the Gagarin Valley.
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The 33-story building boasts two vertical atria that circulate fresh air.
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To cut carbon emissions, Ithaca, New York, is electrifying all its buildings.
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The mixed-use complex will integrate nature and the built environment.
![Western Kentucky University student chapter, civil engineers help community after deadly tornadoes](/web/20220211053731im_/https://www.asce.org/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2021/12-december/western-kentucky-university-student-chapter-civil-engineers-help-community-after-deadly-tornadoes/wky-tornadoes-1.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=350&ch=245&hash=BE9245B2458EA715B5ED4C79E973CE3A)
Social media feeds filled this week with people helping the affected communities, and ASCE members and civil engineers, as is typically the case in similar post-disaster situations, were front and center helping.
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A new book prepared by the ASCE Task Committee on Future Weather and Climate Extremes, Impacts of Future Weather and Climate Extremes on United States Infrastructure: Assessing and Prioritizing Adaptation Actions, helps civil engineers blend past, present, and future in a practical way.
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The conversations around sustainability, infrastructure, and climate change have taken on a new urgency as 2022 approaches.
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Engineers must learn to leverage sustainable infrastructure to build resilient communities for future uncertainty. Answer this call to action at the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure 2021, Dec. 6-10.
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The EPA and a group of mayors focus on environmental justice and infrastructure.
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The National Academy of Engineering Section 4 is hosting a virtual public symposium for civil and environmental engineers, 3-5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 4.