The 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure graded the nation's critical infrastructure systems a "D" and noted a five-year investment need of $2.2 trillion.
To achieve its vision for civil engineering, ASCE has established these strategic priorities:
Infrastructure
Propose practical solutions to improve America's neglected infrastructure.
Raise the bar
Establish educational and legal standards necessary to prepare professional engineers to address the future's most pressing challenges.
Sustainability
Embrace civil engineers' role as contributors to a sustainable world.
From the statehouse to the White House ... ASCE is a strong advocate for civil engineering and infrastructure-related issues including clean water, math and science education, natural hazards mitigation and infrastructure security, qualifications based selection (QBS) for engineering services, sustainability and transportation infrastructure. ASCE provides tools and training to help civil engineers engage in public policy.
ASCE coordinates the civil engineering profession's response to disasters of national and international signficance, by lending a hand in the recovery and in drawing lessons for the future. As part of its disaster response procedure, ASCE forms technical teams to study infrastructure damage caused by natural or man-made disasters. See the various ways in which you can help.