What civil engineers are reading this week

• Giving spirit: Civil engineering, community service go together like turkey, stuffing

  Like so many of her peers nationwide, Aleesha Toteja, a project manager in Austin, Texas, devotes countless hours to helping those in need. Catch a Thanksgiving week episode of the ASCE Plot Points podcast.

• Amazon closes Arkansas warehouse over earthquake-related design flaw

  The retail juggernaut confirmed in a statement that the distribution center, located at Little Rock’s inland port complex, didn’t comply with regulations for withstanding seismic activity.

• World’s largest wildlife crossing nears completion in Southern California

  The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing will span U.S. Highway 101 to connect the Santa Monica Mountains along the Pacific Ocean with the Sierra Madre Range to the north. 

• ASCE’s new AI tools will help you shape the future

  With Eaves, you’ll get answers for project work from ASCE standards, while CORI draws from the collective advice of fellow pros in the ASCE Collaborate community. Here’s how to tap these tools.

• Prayer-inducing, ‘temporary’ Massachusetts bridge will be replaced after 4 decades

  A wider, more pedestrian-friendly crossing will replace the one installed in 1983 that has long brought trepidation to Lowell drivers, including a member of Congress who navigated it as a new driver decades ago.

• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey proposes 10-year, $45B capital plan

  Authority officials say the plan will complete major initiatives started in the 2017-2025 capital plan and advance a new generation of projects.