Civil Engineering Magazine

Extensive interactions between civil engineers and CGI artists helped make Cities of the Future a fascinating and realistic destination for IMAX audiences.

Vigor Shipyards has completed a 3-acre aquatic habitat restoration at its Harbor Island facility in Seattle. The $40 million project reintroduces a vital salmon habitat to an industrial waterfront and will serve as a blueprint for future efforts to boost marine habitats in urban estuaries.

A Sunnyvale, California, wastewater treatment plant has protected the San Francisco Bay from pollution for decades. Now, a multiphase improvement plan will also transform how it generates and uses its own energy.

Dams have been with humankind since antiquity. As a relatively simple means of turning flood- and drought-prone rivers into reliable water supplies, dams are one of our earliest ways of harnessing and controlling water, making them essential elements of society. However, sediment buildup within reservoirs is a growing concern that civil engineers are working to resolve.

Data centers are increasing in number and in their environmental footprint — especially in terms of water demand. This primer explores how such facilities present new opportunities and challenges for civil engineers.