July/August 2022
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Civil Engineering magazine July/August 2022
Features
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Rope access systems help engineers keep a giant radio telescope scanning the skies within a protected zone in Green Bank, West Virginia.
Telescope inspectors reach for the stars in West Virginia![red train moves along tracks amidst a city scape in San Diego](/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2022/07-july/cep-feature-san-diego-trolley-extension-improves-light-rail-service-reduces-vehicle-traffic/38-trolley_for_promo_grid.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=623&ch=440&hash=D1455D38EF78175F54AC2290ABDA88DD)
The $2 billion Mid-Coast Trolley light rail extension project was an exercise in meticulous planning and collaborative stakeholder participation.
San Diego trolley extension improves light rail service, reduces vehicle traffic![Landscape on fire at night.](/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2022/07-july/cep-feature-how-engineers-combat-conditions-within-the-red-zone-of-global-warming/46-redzone_for_promo_grid.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=623&ch=440&hash=2F390E04D8CA9BD884607740DE0F6980)
As the world grows warmer, engineers strive to protect and preserve our threatened infrastructure from wildfires and heat waves.
How engineers combat conditions within the ‘red zone’ of global warming![Exterior of a building with an undulating roof.](/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2022/07-july/cep-feature-big-bet-pays-off-for-las-vegas/54-conventioncenter_for_promo_grid.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=623&ch=440&hash=841D420664933F47646528DCC43936AC)
Tasked with completing the Las Vegas Convention Center’s 1.4 million sq ft expansion in record time, the project team developed tailored structural solutions.
Big bet pays off for Las Vegas![Photograph shows scour protection features installed at the base of the bridge.](/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2022/07-july/cep-feature-bridge-scour-protections-bolster-flood-prevention-efforts-in-southern-california/62-scourpower_for_promo_grid.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=623&ch=440&hash=CA033FEDCBD242BCF2151DF3A098660C)
The project was one of the final steps in a multidecade program to protect the critical infrastructure surrounding the Santa Ana River.
Bridge scour protections bolster flood prevention efforts in Southern California