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Sponsored by the Frozen Ground Committee of the Cold Regions Engineering Division of ASCE

Electrical Phenomena During Freezing of Water and Soils reviews the early observations of the generation of charges and electrical potentials developed during ...

Sponsored by the Electro-Coagulation and Electro-Oxidation in Water and Wastewater Treatment Task Committee of the Technical Committee on Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Engineering of the Environmental ...

Prepared by the Environmental Effects Committee of the Energy Division of ASCE.

This report examines the inextricable link between energy production and reservoir water quality, which poses an ongoing challenge for civil engineers. Energy production ...

Starting, managing, and owning an engineering firm can be a daunting experience. Engineer to Entrepreneur: Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Firm provides practical steps at key career points to reach professional goals in any ...

Public and private sector owners have a wide variety of options when it comes to delivering their capital projects. Selecting the right delivery method for a particular project requires the owner to not only have a deep understanding of the attributes of ...

Prepared by the Committee on Claims Reduction and Management of ASCE

Engineering Agreement Basics is an introduction to contracting for professional engineering services.

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Sponsored by the Task Committee on Lift-Slab Construction of the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering of ASCE.

In 1987, the collapse of Ambiance Plaza in Bridgeport, Connecticut, demonstrated the ...

How do you handle conflicts of interest?

Have you ever been offered a kickback or asked for a “voluntary” contribution to a cause?

Are there cases where we can—and should—act against an important principle to achieve an even-more-important benefit?

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Sponsored by the Committee on Sustainability of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practices is a comprehensive resource for sustainable engineering methods throughout the life cycle of ...

The challenge of improving the daily lives of people in developing communities calls for a new generation of global engineers who can operate in environments vastly different from those in the developed world. Engineers must become creative and innovative ...

Sponsored by the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering and the Technical Council on Wind Engineering of ASCE

After a hurricane or tropical storm strikes, civil engineers are often called upon to investigate the resulting damage to structures. One of ...

In the late 1800s new design opportunities to serve business and transportation abounded, and the civil engineering profession responded with efficient design methods to meet the surging demands.

Engineering Iron and Stone: Understanding Structural ...

Foreword by Henry Petroski, Ph.D., P.E.

Behind every great American civil engineering accomplishment, there is a great American civil engineer. Throughout history civil engineers have made an enormous impact on the progress and development of this nation. ...

Selected papers from the ASCE Workshop on Engineering Methods for Precipitation under a Changing Climate, held in Reston, Virginia, May 30, 2017. Sponsored by the Subcommittee on Hydroclimatology and Engineering Adaptation of the Committee on Adaptation ...

Today, the spreadsheet is an essential tool for engineers. Christy provides the tools needed to quickly apply the powerful analytic capability of Microsoft Excel to structural engineering applications. The book presents more than 50 ready-to-use Excel ...

Prepared by the Transportation & Development Institute of ASCE; North American Chinese Overseas Transportation Association.

English-Chinese and Chinese-English Glossary of Transportation Terms: Highways and Railroads contains an extensive dictionary of ...

Entropy Theory in Hydraulic Engineering: An Introduction is the first book to explain the basic concepts of entropy theory from a hydraulic perspective and demonstrate the theory's application in solving practical engineering problems. In the hydraulic ...

Prepared by the Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies/Remedial Designs Manual Committee of ASCE.

Environmental Site Characterization and Remediation Design and Guidance describes the ...

Michael Kitchens provides insight and practical guidelines regarding the day-to-day processes of construction estimating and project management. He reviews the varied tasks of the estimator, project manager, and ...

Sponsored by the Committee on Evapotranspiration in Irrigation and Hydrology of the Irrigation and Drainage Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE

Evaporation, ...