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

Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design presents recommended ...

Sponsored by the Utility Risk Management Division of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute of ASCE

Subsurface Utility Engineering for Municipalities: Prequalification Criteria and Scope of Work Guide is a resource for understanding subsurface ...

Prepared by the Computational Fluid Dynamics Task Committee of the Water Supply, Treatment and Distribution Engineering Committee of the Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society ...

Prepared by the Task Committee on Statistical Applications in Hydrology of the Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute

Statistical Analysis of Hydrologic Variables: Methods and Applications provides a ...

Prepared by the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge 3 Task Committee of the Committee on Education of the American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCE defines the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge as the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes required of ...

Prepared by the Risk and Resilience Measurement Committee of the Infrastructure Resilience Division of ASCE

Resilience-Based Performance: Next Generation Guidelines for Buildings and Lifeline ...

Prepared by the Task Committee on Wood Pole Structures for Electrical Transmission Lines of the Committee on Electrical Transmission Structures of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

Wood Pole Structures for Electrical Transmission Lines: ...

Sponsored by the River Basin Planning, Policy, and Operations Technical Committee of the Planning and Management Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE

Adventures in Managing Water: Real-World Engineering Experiences is a ...

Prepared by the Shallow Foundations Committee of the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers

So Your Home is Built on Expansive Soils: A Discussion on How Expansive Soils Affect Buildings, Second Edition, is written for the layperson in ...

Co-published by ASCE Press and the Society of Women Engineers

If you think this is just another book about women’s issues, think again. This one is different. Becoming Leaders: A Practical Handbook for Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology, Second ...

Prepared by the Task Committee on Inland Navigation: Environmental Sustainability of the Waterways Committee of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI) of ASCE

Inland Navigation: Environmental Sustainability provides the current state of ...

Prepared by the Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE

Radar Rainfall Data Estimation and Use, MOP 139, provides a detailed look at the ...

Prepared by the Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Civil infrastructure systems traditionally have been designed for appropriate functionality, durability, and safety for climate and weather extremes ...

Prepared by the Fire Protection Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

Structural Fire Engineering provides best practices for the field of performance-based structural fire engineering design. When structural systems are heated by fire, ...

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

Forensic engineering involves a wide range of services, from the investigation of failures and performance problems to participation in the legal proceedings ...

Prepared by the WBLCA Guide Special Project Working Group of the Sustainability Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE.

Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment: Reference Building Structure and Strategies serves as a guide for the project ...

Monitoring Dam Performance: Instrumentation and Measurements presents the fundamentals and current state of practice of instrumented measurements for monitoring dam performance. Dam performance monitoring ...

Sponsored by the Energy Division of ASCE

The design of turbine-generator foundations requires advanced technical expertise in structural engineering and soil dynamics, as well as close collaboration with manufacturers, mechanical and electrical engineers, ...

Sponsored by the Education Committee of the Computing Division of ASCE.

Transforming Engineering Education: Innovative Computer-Mediated Learning Technologies brings together 10 contributions on new approaches to research in the use of computer-mediated ...

Sponsored by the Subcommittee on Wind-borne Debris of the Environmental Wind Engineering Committee of the Wind Engineering Division of ASCE

Wind-Borne Debris Hazards provides a concise summary of the current state of knowledge on all aspects of wind-borne ...