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Capitol Hill Bills
With Congress coming back in session after their August recess, some significant federal funding bills are set to potentially pass...
Staff Writer
Sep 19, 20191 min read


Construction Safety Improvements
Residents in many cities likely notice (and complain about) what seems like constant construction on their streets, from small pothole...
Staff Writer
Aug 21, 20192 min read


The Future of Driverless Cars
You might have noticed more and more mention of autonomous cars recently—big companies like Tesla and Google are working on taking...
Staff Writer
Aug 6, 20192 min read


How Earthquakes Are Shaping Civil Engineering
Earthquakes like this month’s 7.1 magnitude quake can be devastating. But new ways of planning and building now exist to take into...
Staff Writer
Jul 16, 20191 min read


Civil Engineering in Our Developing World
The American Society of Civil Engineer’s new effort, Future World Vision: Infrastructure Reimagined , asks civil engineers to consider...
Staff Writer
Jun 27, 20191 min read


School Architecture as Community
A school district in Rockford, Illinois has recently debuted a school designed to imitate a town hall with an open, pragmatic spatial...
Staff Writer
Jun 12, 20191 min read


U.S. Infrastructure and Neglect
A recent NPR interview with Tom Smith, the executive director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, discusses the United States’ D+...
Staff Writer
May 28, 20191 min read


Styrofoam Alternatives
Researchers at Washington State University have recently developed a plant-based insulation alternative to Styrofoam, according to this...
Staff Writer
May 14, 20191 min read


Cascading Natural Disasters on the Rise
With rising global temperatures, natural disasters have become more frequent and intense in recent years—costing over $1.5 trillion and...
Staff Writer
May 1, 20191 min read


Wastewater Recycling in Los Angeles
The April issue of the ASCE magazine features a short article on Los Angeles’s Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant (WRP). The plant is among...
Staff Writer
Apr 16, 20191 min read
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