ASCE sponsored an industry summit in December to identify content for a guidance document outlining key attributes required for successful, safe, resilient, and sustainable critical infrastructure systems.
Interested in disaster relief and recovery? Learn how you can contribute and volunteer your technical knowledge to help protect public safety and welfare.
Faced with the daunting responsibility of building and repairing the infrastructure of devastated communities, civil engineers are at the forefront of efforts to minimize loss to life and property through preparedness and mitigation. ASCE provides a range of resources to help civil engineers, related professionals and the public contribute to this important effort.
Most people know that levees are built near rivers and lakes to reduce flooding risk, but what does it mean to live behind one? Are your home and loved ones safe from floods? How much protection does the levee really provide? What do you need to know to be safe? Download a free copy of ASCE's public education booklet, So, You Live Behind a Levee!, created to answer those questions and more.
Click the play button to watch a video about how engineers are devising earthquake-resistant houses.To view more civil engineering videos, visit Discoveries and Breakthroughs in Science.