What civil engineers are reading this week

• Many paths can lead you to the top in civil engineering, veteran executive says

  Longtime industry leader Jerry Paz outlines three key nontechnical skills civil engineers need to advance, along with lessons on leadership and career paths, in our latest View from the C‑suite.

• America’s aging water systems trigger a surge in billion-dollar fixes

  As investments in wastewater and water treatment infrastructure ramp up, federal data indicates more than $630 billion in water infrastructure improvements will be needed over the next two decades.

• 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.

• 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.