Policy Briefing: Bills would protect utilities from Superfund PFAS liability
Water and wastewater systems, landfills, and airports benefit from the bills.
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Field finalized for first ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships
The 2023 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships will feature the 36th annual Concrete Canoe Competition finals, along with the Society-wide finals of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute Surveying Competition and the Sustainable Solutions Competition: Envisioning a New Downtown.
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Policy Briefing: Bills would protect utilities from Superfund PFAS liability
Water and wastewater systems, landfills, and airports benefit from the bills.
Federal plan outlines post-earthquake road map to ‘functional recovery’
A federal program’s aim expands beyond life-safety seismic design.
Project Highlight: Layered, light-filled design unveiled for Maryland library
Undulating terraces will offer panoramic lake views.
Advanced manufacturing and materials could benefit hydropower
Novel manufacturing processes and materials could help hydropower, report says.
Book explores the potential of nondisruptive creation
Ray Bert reviews W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne’s “Beyond Disruption.”
Policy Briefing: House, Senate bills promote energy production and infrastructure
Streamlined environmental permitting requirements would boost energy projects.
May/June 2023 print issue
Check out the May/June 2023 print issue of Civil Engineering magazine for...
New rolling bridge concept opens in east London
The bridge boasts vertical square hoops and is powered by hand.
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ASCE continues to wield influence on infrastructure investment
“We’re beating a path from Reston to the White House,” ASCE President...
New ASCE 7-22 supplement on flood loads now available as free download
ASCE’s most widely used standard has a newly released supplement.
Field finalized for first ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships
The 2023 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships will feature the 36th annual...
Thornton Tomasetti vice president honored as ASCE fellow
Zhengyu “Alex” Hu has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
ASCE investigative team in Turkey views earthquake damage extremes
Last week, an ASCE Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute field investigation...
Rising civil engineering star Thatikonda dies at 26
Aishwarya Thatikonda, a project manager at Perfect General Contractors LLC, in Frisco,...
ASCE election voting open through June 1
The 2023 ASCE election remains open, with votes accepted through 8 p.m....
Eyewitnesses to earthquake aftermath, COPRI team probes damage to Turkey’s ports and facilities
We have now completed our first and second days of travel in...
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Official in India suspended after draining reservoir to find phone he dropped during selfie
The water was enough to irrigate at least 1,500 acres of land during India’s scorching summer.
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'Dramatic change': Free supplement on flood loads available for ASCE's most widely used standard
ASCE/SEI 7-22 has been updated with flood load provisions protecting against 500-year flood events. How will it "help residents and businesses feel secure despite weather-driven challenges?"
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There's a deal to conserve the Colorado River; now comes the hard part
After two decades of an ongoing megadrought in the West, there are a variety of water conservation efforts to choose from. But one idea in California sticks out.
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Lower emissions during pandemic caused climate warming effect, study finds
While reducing air pollution emissions leads to better air quality, it also enables stronger climate warming effects, scientists in Sweden say.
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400 chunks of concrete may explain what caused the deadly Florida condominium collapse
Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology will begin testing concrete cores and reinforcing steel in a search for answers from the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse.
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Bills in Congress would protect utilities from liability for 'forever chemicals'
The Senate plans would shield “passive receivers” of PFAS contamination, including drinking water, wastewater treatment, solid waste, recycling, and compost facilities, from Superfund liability.
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