House Passes Bill Aimed at Streamlining Hydropower Licensing Process
Legislation recently passed by the House would modify the licensing process for hydropower facilities in a bid to promote development of this renewable energy source....
Listen and Learn
Kara McKenzie Beaudoin, P.E., M.ASCE, project manager at CDM Smith, advises young engineers to listen and learn....
One Book, Four Subjects
At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, instructors in the civil and environmental engineering department are using one book to teach four branches of civil engineering. It�s a �novel� approach...
Towering Views
A proposed observation tower for New York City�s Central Park would comprise the world�s tallest temporary wooden structure and include a wind-powered system to filter water from the reservoir it would...
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Jury Award to Engineering Firm
An owner's appeal of a ruling that favored a design firm failed because the appeal cited a defense that had never been originally litigated....
ASCE News at a Glance
Highlights of articles from the current issue of ASCE News, which is now published only online at www.asce.org/ascenews....
Subcontractor Alleges Fraud for Scope Reduction on DOT Contract
A contractor that reduces a subcontractor's scope of work is well within its rights if the contract explicitly allows the change....
Annual Report 2010: Executive Summary: Moving the Vision Forward
As we head into a new decade, ASCE is operating from a position of strength. In 2010, as the nation and our organization continued to adjust to a new economic reality, focusing on priorities...
A Rocky Road Ahead
Companies that offer business consulting services to engineering, architecture, and construction firms-and some of those firms themselves-foresee a difficult year ahead as the economy...
Why Did I Get This? I'm Already a Member!
(Reprinted from ASCE News, 2005)...
2006 OPAL Awards Gala
Photography by David Hathcox...
Strong Diagonals
Exterior Diagonal Systems that carry both gravity and lateral loads in building structures � known as exodiagonals or diagrids � are increasingly being used worldwide to provide freedom...
Flooded With Amenities
An extensive, well-orchestrated predesign process paved the way for community acceptance of a flood control project disguised as a multiuse recreational facility in Arizona's...
River Renaissance
Once dismissed as radical, dam removal is increasingly being viewed as a viable option for resolving the safety and aging dams. By participating in a growing number of dam removal projects,...
Recycling Bridges
Faced with the statistics showing that more than half of our bridges have fallen into a state of disrepair, bridge engineers have coined a phrase from the lexicon of conservationists to...
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