An ASCE leader has found herself recognized among the best of the best. President Marsha Anderson Bomar was named to the prestigious Forbes "50 over 50" list, honoring women 50 and older who are ...

The completed prototype demonstrates how decommissioned wind turbine blades can be transformed into safe, sustainable infrastructure while extending the useful life of advanced composite materials.

Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles, by Mike Colias. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2025; 320 pages, $32. The global share of electric vehicles sold ...

As most readers know, typical change order clauses in construction contracts contain numerous procedural requirements that contractors must follow to obtain cost and schedule relief. These ...

There is a U.S. city whose reputation has been steadily growing in civil engineering circles this decade. Infrastructure growth left and right. Strong talent base. Appealing climate. “My whole ...

Courtesy of Granite Construction A coastal view of Highway 1 at Paul’s Slide, a 2023 landslide that was one of several recent failures along the route and involved straightforward mitigation. The Big ...

Andrew Adams via Unsplash The average driver in the U.S. sat through 63 hours of travel delays in 2024, a 17% rise from 2019. Traffic congestion has returned to pre-pandemic levels in the U.S., ...

Technology isn’t going to stop evolving. Civil engineers have the opportunity to embrace what’s new, from artificial intelligence to materials that make sustainability even more achievable. And firms ...

A few weeks ago, I was talking with my friend Niamh about Walter Mischel. Niamh is studying for her MCAT, and Mischel’s theory came up as we were taking the Green Line into the North End to get a ...

As this is written, the construction industry is taking a cautious approach to artificial intelligence. While AI offers great potential to improve how projects are planned, executed, and controlled, ...

Each February, ASCE honors a group of specially selected young civil engineers whose accomplishments and expertise are helping people, improving communities, and changing the world. These are the New ...

Correcting construction site work that does not meet specified requirements is referred to as field rework; the need for field rework can result from design errors, client changes, material defects, ...