What civil engineers are reading this week

• What were you reading in 2024? Popular stories reflect civil engineering trends

  From a relevant movie to the new format of a key exam, the subjects of the rankings on the Source website provide a quick portrait of the year that was in the profession.

• Tech companies want to capture carbon at paper mills and sewage plants

  Google and other big names have turned to unlikely allies to help them clean up their carbon pollution by signing multimillion-dollar deals.

• Legislation would revitalize US shipbuilding

  A bipartisan group of Senators say the bill will fuel the U.S. economy and strengthen national security by responding to the threat China poses on the oceans. 

• The top 10 climate tech stories of 2024

  In 2024, technologies to combat climate change soared above the clouds in electricity-generating kites, traveled the oceans sequestering carbon, and permeated the Earth to power agritech in a new way. 

• Dozens of luxury condos and hotels in Florida are sinking, study finds

  The study found 35 buildings from Golden Beach to Miami Beach sank as much as 3 inches between 2016 and 2023. 

• Bridge collapse in Brazil leaves at least 2 dead and a dozen others missing

  Footage obtained by local residents showed cars and trucks were crossing the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge when large sections crumbled into a river over the weekend.