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May/June 2025 print issue

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Civil Engineering magazine May/June 2025

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Features

A tsunami caused a ferry to land on a pier. The pier is strewn with other debris as well.
Meeting rising needs: Seismic design standards for piers and wharves

Standards, such as ASCE 61-25, enable these structures to be resilient, standing firm in the face of multiple hazards.

Meeting rising needs: Seismic design standards for piers and wharves
The ocean splashes around concrete piers.
Engineers take a deep dive into inspecting waterfront infrastructure

The proper working of these facilities is vital to economic growth, national security, and recreation.

Engineers take a deep dive into inspecting waterfront infrastructure
A full-color rendering shows the finished concourse exterior with white airplanes at several gates.
New LA airport terminal celebrates construction, engineering ‘firsts’

An innovative off-site construction and relocation method saves time and money and limits site interruptions.

New LA airport terminal celebrates construction, engineering ‘firsts’
Smoke from wildfires rises above the palm trees and skyline of Los Angeles.
After the wildfires: Rebuilding and protecting Los Angeles

It will take a concerted, multidisciplinary effort to recover from the devastation of the wildfires.

After the wildfires: Rebuilding and protecting Los Angeles
A smiling young woman, in safety vest and Atlas cap, stands atop the roof of a building.
My eventful, insightful summer at a North Carolina engineering firm

Internships provide invaluable experiences for civil engineering students and firms.

My eventful, insightful summer at a North Carolina engineering firm

Departments

Photograph shows a multiple-arch dam set amidst trees and hills.
HISTORY LESSON

The Mountain Dell Dam in Salt Lake City turned around an engineer’s career

Building it helped John S. Eastwood prove an engineering concept — and himself.

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A QUESTION OF ETHICS

Clear, truthful bylines protect the Society’s technical content

An ASCE member complains someone is crediting his work: his former professor.

A whale surfaces and breaches, throwing its body into the ocean.
TECHNOLOGY

New Jersey project inspires AI model for wind farming

The algorithm blends responsible wind farm development with ocean conservation.

A colorful rendering shows a person with binoculars and a painter looking at birds in the foreground. A blue stream, lined with green trees and shrubbery, is in the background.
FAST FORWARD

China supports biodiversity through bird-watching project

It will bring economic and environmental value to an unused island.

Photo of Supreme Court facade by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash
THE LAW

Measurement miscommunication lands glass supplier in costly liability

In construction, even the smallest dimensions mean money.

Photo by Sara Kurig on Unsplash
WISH I'D KNOWN

Public speaking is a critical skill civil engineers need to learn

Civil engineers do not sit in cubes all day designing and doing calculations.

Hands hold up a ball that has the continents on it.
PRESIDENT'S NOTE

The urgent need for energy infrastructure improvements

The energy ecosystem must work to expand its capacities and meet needs.

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EDITOR'S NOTE

A medley of civil engineering

We cover a range of topics from piers and wharves to the LA wildfires.

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