What civil engineers are reading this week

• Readiness, risk, and returns: Understanding AI’s impact on the AEC industry

  Mark Coates, a longtime driver of digital innovation in infrastructure development at Bentley Systems, shares what he has found in a survey about AI’s effects in a new ASCE Plot Points podcast.

• In a first, 8 spacecraft are docked to the International Space Station

  All eight of the space station's docking ports are currently occupied by visiting spacecraft, marking a milestone for crewed spaceflight.

• Walmart to 3D-print more than 12 projects

  The retail giant will partner with a 3D-printing firm to leverage the technology, starting at store No. 338 in Lamar, Missouri.

• Cities would love to invest in infrastructure, but resources are lagging, according to report

  Local leaders list water, wastewater, and/or stormwater systems as priorities. Roads and bridges come in second place. What are the top two problems on the list that are unrelated to money?

• Civil engineer’s side-gig work on his firm’s project lands him in legal, ethical hot water

  When does a potential conflict of interest cross the line? In this case, an engineer is hit with charges of double-billing. Was his project work as a consultant or for his firm? Here’s what happened.

• Studies reveal how denizens of Easter Island made and moved the giant statues

  An archaeologist who has been studying Rapa Nui for more than two decades claims his team has solved the baffling mystery of the nearly 1,000 megaliths found around the island, each weighing 70 tons.