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As the construction industry more frequently uses alternative project delivery methods and performance specifications, implementation, and continuous improvement of quality programs–including those associated with quality management, quality assurance, ...

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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Prepared by the Committee on Practice to Reduce Failures of the Forensics Engineering Division of ASCE

Steel Structures: Considerations to Reduce Failures Due to Instability provides a detailed overview of the issues associated with the instability of ...

Prepared by the Committee on Forensic Investigations of the Forensic Engineering Division of ASCE

Investigation of Constructed Facilities: Sampling Methodologies provides an in-depth review and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of sampling ...

Prepared by the Pipeline Infrastructure Committee of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute of ASCE

Design of Close-Fit Liners for the Rehabilitation of Gravity Pipes, MOP 145, provides a comprehensive source of information on the design of ...

Prepared by the Task Committee on Future Weather and Climate Extremes of the Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate of ASCE

Impacts of Future Weather and Climate Extremes on United States Infrastructure: Assessing and Prioritizing Adaptation Actions ...

Excavation in the United States happens thousands of times every day.

Underground Utilities for Construction Practitioners and Homeowners discusses the use of utility location services for the millions of miles of underground utilities and how to protect ...

Prepared by the Embankments, Dams, and Slopes Committee of the Geo-Institute of ASCE

Following heavy rain over 2 days, the Edenville Dam experienced a slope instability on May 19, 2020, and failed catastrophically. Waters released by the breach of the ...

Prepared by the Task Committee on the Development of Prestandards for Concentrate Management Case Studies of the Desalination and Water Reuse Technical Committee of the Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Council of the Environmental and Water Resources ...

Prepared by the Task Committee on Structural Design for Physical Security of the Blast, Shock, and Impact Committee of the Dynamic Effects Technical Administration Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

Structural Design for Physical ...

Sponsored by the Infrastructure Resilience Division of ASCE

A large portion of the world’s population, infrastructure, and wealth is concentrated in locations prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms, so infrastructure ...

Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season produced seventeen named storms, ten hurricanes, and six major hurricanes, leading to catastrophic damages from high winds, rainfall, and storm surges. Two of the ...

Sponsored by the Embankments, Dams, and Slopes Technical Committee of the Geo-Institute of ASCE

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Embankments, Dams, and Slopes: Recent Advances, GSP 322, provides ...

Sponsored by the Claims Avoidance and Resolution Committee of the Construction Institute of ASCE

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Construction Projects provides a concise overview of the immediate response of the construction industry to the challenges created ...

The development of raw land into buildable lots can be filled with opportunities as well as pitfalls.

In Residential Land Development Practices, Fourth Edition, Johnson draws on more than 40 years of ...

Prepared by the Task Committee for the Design and Performance of Tall Buildings of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

Design and Performance of Tall Buildings for Wind, MOP 143, provides a ...

Prepared by the ASCE Task Committee on Wind-Induced Forces of the Oil and Gas Committee of the Energy Division of ASCE

Wind Load Design for Petrochemical and Other Industrial Facilities, Second Edition, provides general guidelines for the computation of ...

The early nineteenth century was a time of great change as the United States transitioned from the colonial era to the industrial age. Benjamin Wright’s engineering career spanned the better part of that time from 1790 to 1840.

In Benjamin Wright: Father ...

Prepared by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Performance-Based Structural Fire Design presents recommended alternatives to the prescriptive procedures for structural fire design of buildings as described ...

The devastating tsunamis that struck Chile and Japan in 2010 and 2011 underscored the critical need for new structural design criteria to improve building resilience and safeguard human life. They also provided a wealth of information that could form the ...