Me, Myself, and Infrastructure
Private Lives and Public Works in America
By Gregory K. Dreicer

ISBN: 0-7844-0611-1
Softcover, 168 pages
Stock #40611
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"From the crying need for modern transportation, power, water and wastewater systems in the developing world to the explorations and adventures in space, the challenges facing humanity are great. These challenges demand innovative civil engineering solutions. It is essential that civil engineers and the public develop an effective partnership to forge new, creative paths for the near and distant future."

From the Preface
H. Gerard Schwartz, Jr.
President, American Society of Civil Engineers

The companion guide to the ASCE 150th Anniversary museum exhibit, this book is an engaging look at the relationship of the public to the civil engineering networks that define modern life. Each chapter of this highly illustrated book explores a fundamental question behind infrastructure and the role it plays in individual lives. Who's responsible? How safe is it? Why so big? Is it available? How much does it cost? How long will it last?

The answers to these questions define our lives, and this exhibition and book examines the invisible links between our private lives and public works. It shows the exciting engagement between civil engineering and the public!