What civil engineers are reading this week

• Hurricane Melissa live updates: Mass evacuations as Cuba hit; severe damage in Jamaica

  A downgraded Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early this morning after ripping a path of destruction across Jamaica, which authorities have designated a “disaster area.”

• ASCE members of 2006 offered a Vision 2025 for engineering: How close did they come?

  Take a look back at the predictions and aspirations for the profession written 19 years ago with some of the original experts. What did they expect? What did they miss, and what can still be built upon? 

• Scottish airport powered by hydrogen

  Hydrogen is being used to power Kirkwall Airport in a United Kingdom-first demonstration.

• Beware ‘scope gaps’; one subcontractor found out the hard way with court loss

  The term generally refers to situations where an item of work specified in the plans and specifications is not included in any trade contractor’s scope of work. What does it mean from a legal standpoint?

• Energy resilience, independence overtake climate confidence, study reveals

  As world leaders prepare for COP30, a study shows geopolitics reshaping infrastructure strategy, with national energy security passing global climate cooperation as primary driver of the energy transition.

• Hurricane Melissa on verge of historic Jamaica landfall as conditions worsen

  Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet this year. Follow live updates.