What civil engineers are reading this week

• Maintain your credibility: Expert witnesses should always be honest and knowledgeable

  If you are called to testify in court, your obligation as a civil engineer is to provide a trustworthy, sound, and rigorous assessment. Anything less and you risk dishonoring the profession.

• 7 ways cities are hardwiring climate action

  Embedding climate into procurement, zoning, and infrastructure decisions while reframing it as a quality-of-life issue is unlocking support for resilience in Cleveland, Miami, and Boise, Idaho.

• Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show

  Mexico City is one of the fastest subsiding cities in the world, dropping by up to 14 inches every year.

• Scientist stumbles into shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half

  A new study suggests early asteroid trajectory data could help design faster Mars missions, potentially cutting round-trip travel time to under a year.

• How smaller and mid-sized cities can better build enduring and resilient infrastructure

  A new white paper provides a strategic framework for cities to balance limited budgets with long-term durability. Two of the authors discuss key life-cycle findings in the latest ASCE Plot Points podcast episode.

• Washington, DC, grants over $600,000 to 3 firms to integrate EV charging into city infrastructure

  The city is splitting the grants among the companies, including one that retrofits electric vehicle chargers into existing infrastructure and was previously awarded Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grants.