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"> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/11/using-ai-to-conquer-complex-costly-infrastructure-problems">Using AI to conquer complex, costly infrastructure problems</a> </h3> <p>Utility asset managers who integrate artificial intelligence tools into their processes will...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2024/11-november-2024/cep-fast-forward-unique-temporary-housing-proposal-allows-inhabitants-to-live-in-dignity/31-fast-forward.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=6AAC5D5C77E30988BC32EDA7C8FEE6DE" alt="Image shows a room with multidimensional walls. There is a chair and a bed in the room. "> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/11/unique-temporary-housing-proposal-allows-inhabitants-to-live-in-dignity">Unique temporary housing proposal allows inhabitants to live in dignity</a> </h3> <p>The hexagon-shaped housing modules offer flexibility and mobility.</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2024/11-november-2024/cep-history-lesson-san-joses-lick-observatory-took-telescopes-to-new-heights/36-history-lesson.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=5E5CA42E3E7EE62D37FAE22ECFB4638C" alt="Image shows a rooftop facility consisting of a multistory building, two domed structures, and housing. A road leads to the top of the mountain. "> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/11/san-joses-lick-observatory-took-telescopes-to-new-heights">San Jose’s Lick Observatory took telescopes to new heights</a> </h3> <p>Getting the main refracting telescope to the facility was an uphill battle. </p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2024/11-november-2024/cep-technology-radiative-cooling-technologies-offer-solutions-to-extreme-heat/26-technology.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=32D981BAE0ABEFA6A0496EBC01D44615" alt="Image shows a cityscape that has been colored to reflect different temperatures. Red/orange is the warmest and blue is the coolest. "> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/11/radiative-cooling-technologies-offer-solutions-to-extreme-heat">Radiative cooling technologies offer solutions to extreme heat</a> </h3> <p>Researchers are developing tech that will keep buildings and humans cool. </p> </div> </div> </div>  <section class="columns-slider"> <div class="columns-slider-intro"> <h2 class="h3">Policy and legislation </h2> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slides" data-images="false" )> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/infrastructure-success-election-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infrastructure-success-election-2024" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">Infrastructure Supported at the Ballot Box</a> </h3> <p>Despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of infrastructure funding in the 119th...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/iija-celebrates-three-year-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iija-celebrates-three-year-anniversary" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">IIJA Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary</a> </h3> <p>Today marks the three-year anniversary of the passage of the Infrastructure Investment...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/mississippis-infrastructure-grade-improves-to-c-minus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mississippis-infrastructure-grade-improves-to-c-minus" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">Mississippi’s infrastructure grade improves to a ‘C-’</a> </h3> <p>Mississippi’s infrastructure now has a ‘C-’ grade according to the 2024 Report...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/congress-returns-to-address-remaining-priorities-in-lame-duck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congress-returns-to-address-remaining-priorities-in-lame-duck" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">Congress Returns to Address Remaining Priorities in “Lame Duck”</a> </h3> <p>This week, Congress returned from its extended recess following a hotly contested...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/wisconsins-infrastructure-grade-improves-in-2024-report-card/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wisconsins-infrastructure-grade-improves-in-2024-report-card" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">Wisconsin’s infrastructure Report Card grade improves in 2024</a> </h3> <p>On September 17th, the Wisconsin Section of ASCE released the 2024 Report...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/infrastructure-is-on-the-ballot-in-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infrastructure-is-on-the-ballot-in-2024" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">Infrastructure Is on the Ballot in 2024</a> </h3> <p>Infrastructure Initiatives in Upcoming State Elections Labor Day weekend traditionally signals the...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/oregons-infrastructure-receives-a-c-on-2024-report-card/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oregons-infrastructure-receives-a-c-on-2024-report-card" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">Oregon Infrastructure Report Card Receives a ‘C-’ in 2024</a> </h3> <p>On Tuesday, August 6th, the Oregon section of the American Society of...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-statement-on-house-passage-of-the-water-resources-development-act-of-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asce-statement-on-house-passage-of-the-water-resources-development-act-of-2024" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">ASCE statement on House passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024</a> </h3> <p>The following is a statement by Marsia Geldert-Murphey, P.E., President of the...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/georgia-earns-c-plus-on-2024-report-card/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=georgia-earns-c-plus-on-2024-report-card" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">Georgia Infrastructure Earns a ‘C+’ on 2024 Report Card</a> </h3> <p>On Monday, July 8th, the Georgia Section of ASCE released the 2024...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <h3 class="h5"> <a href="https://infrastructurereportcard.org/congress-moves-forward-with-wrda-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congress-moves-forward-with-wrda-2024" class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link">Congress Moves Forward With Water Resources Bill (WRDA 2024)</a> </h3> <p>Update: The House of Representatives recently passed the bipartisan Water Resources Development...</p> </div> </div> </section>  <div class="columns-slider "> <div class="columns-slider-intro"> <h2 class="h3">Around ASCE</h2> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slides" data-images=true> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2024/11-november/exit-interview-marsia-geldert-murphey/geldert-murphey-sdsu-award-web-horiz.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=38F204D69A8F2EC3531A22C4B2590FB1" alt=""> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/11/25/exit-interview-marsia-geldert-murphey">Exit interview: Marsia Geldert-Murphey</a> </h3> <p>It may seem like it was just yesterday that Marsia Geldert-Murphey donned...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-magazine/images/2024/11-november-2024/cep-ocea-article-2024-ocea-awards-highlight-top-engineering-projects/18-ocea.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=77E7F5D2D8C11706178B9CD42E24FBD3" alt="A four-lane bridge with arches stands above a Los Angeles highway. The city of LA is in the background, along with an orange sky. "> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/11/2024-ocea-awards-highlight-top-engineering-projects">2024 OCEA awards highlight top engineering projects</a> </h3> <p>A bridge replacement project, a wastewater treatment plant, and a mixed-use center...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/recurring-images/asce-shield-logo.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=CE53CBE9B8B73015E790623B6AB23B87" alt=""> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/09/17/lynch-honored-with-george-w-housner-medal">Lynch honored with George W. Housner Medal</a> </h3> <p>ASCE has honored Jerome P. Lynch with the 2024 George W. Housner...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2022/10-october/work-ramps-up-to-integrate-climate-data-into-asce-codes-and-standards/climate-data-for-standards-web-feat.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=0283B7A73859144EE60007C0DA899B53" alt=""> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2022/10/13/work-ramps-up-to-integrate-climate-data-into-asce-codes-and-standards">Work ramps up to integrate climate data into ASCE codes and standards</a> </h3> <p>ASCE continues to work across multiple fronts to better incorporate climate data...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/publications/images/asce-7-22-stacked--840x590.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=1DD3024B050D793D7454F7DCDCF84E95" alt="ASCE/SEI 7-22 Standard, 2 books stacked"> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2023/06/01/new-asce-7-22-supplement-on-flood-loads-now-available-as-free-download">New ASCE 7-22 supplement on flood loads now available as free download</a> </h3> <p>ASCE’s most widely used standard has a newly released supplement.</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2023/12-december/asce-launches-new-interactive-digital-platform-for-engineering-standards/amplify-logo-web-feat-3.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=D596CEC52D7DC71D31F5DD118D9456BF" alt=""> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2023/12/01/asce-launches-new-interactive-digital-platform-for-engineering-standards">ASCE launches new interactive digital platform for engineering standards</a> </h3> <p>ASCE AMPLIFY is the Society’s new digital platform for standards, featuring interactive...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2024/11-november/innovative-bridge-replacement-in-los-angeles-hailed-as-2024-ocea-winner/sixth-street-viaduct-web-feat.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=C27E06ADA3089609469032512C687485" alt=""> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/11/01/innovative-bridge-replacement-in-los-angeles-hailed-as-2024-ocea-winner">Innovative bridge replacement in Los Angeles hailed as 2024 OCEA winner</a> </h3> <p>ASCE has recognized the Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement in Los Angeles as...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/recurring-images/asce-shield-logo.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=CE53CBE9B8B73015E790623B6AB23B87" alt=""> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/11/01/board-closes-2024-cycle-by-looking-ahead">Board closes 2024 cycle by looking ahead</a> </h3> <p>The good news? The ASCE Board of Direction held its meeting, Oct....</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/recurring-images/asce-shield-logo.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=CE53CBE9B8B73015E790623B6AB23B87" alt=""> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/10/06/asce-2024-convention-cancelled-as-milton-storm-bears-down-on-tampa">ASCE 2024 Convention canceled as Milton storm bears down on Tampa</a> </h3> <p>ASCE has canceled the ASCE 2024 Convention in Tampa ahead of Tropical...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/recurring-images/asce-shield-logo.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=CE53CBE9B8B73015E790623B6AB23B87" alt=""> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/05/01/ellis-honored-as-asce-distinguished-member">Ellis honored as ASCE distinguished member</a> </h3> <p>Anne M. Ellis, P.E., Hon.M.ACI, NAC, Dist.M.ASCE, an important civil engineering trendsetter...</p> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="columns-slider "> <div class="columns-slider-intro"> <h2 class="h3">Technical notes</h2> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slides" data-images=true> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2024/11-november/5-keys-to-consider-when-passing-on-a-two-lane-undivided-road/20241126_te.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=1B4E8BEF90C19706B4A6B0D3601CC4DD" alt="Orange car and truck driving on rural curving road"> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/11/26/5-keys-to-consider-when-passing-on-a-two-lane-undivided-road">5 keys to consider when passing on a two-lane undivided road</a> </h3> <p>Pavement condition is just one issue that engineers need to take into...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2024/11-november/how-effective-are-strongback-braced-frames-for-post-seismic-building-reuse/20241119_st.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=9415592EBB462E7CEF927AB43E7A6E8C" alt="Looking up at tall building edifice and clear blue sky"> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/11/19/how-effective-are-strongback-braced-frames-for-post-seismic-building-reuse">How effective are strongback braced frames for post-seismic building reuse?</a> </h3> <p>For retrofitting highly resilient buildings that can be reused after an earthquake,...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2024/10-octiober/that-sewer-system-rotten-egg-smell-is-corrosive-to-pipes/20241029_ee.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=71F672E579F43811C097EBCE0A5E3D28" alt="Closeup of two new insulated water pipes on city road"> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/10/29/that-sewer-system-rotten-egg-smell-is-corrosive-to-pipes">That sewer system ‘rotten egg’ smell is corrosive to pipes</a> </h3> <p>How much hydrogen sulfide is flowing through sewer pipes and how can...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2024/11-november/clay-soil-rampant-poverty-tackling-wastewater-in-alabamas-black-belt/20241112_sw.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=330FC59BF9D510FF70D727FFE212F26C" alt="Aerial view of small wastewater treatment system"> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" href="/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/11/12/clay-soil-rampant-poverty-tackling-wastewater-in-alabamas-black-belt">Clay soil, rampant poverty: Tackling wastewater in Alabama’s ‘Black Belt’</a> </h3> <p>How to improve wastewater service in a region where hard clay has...</p> </div> <div class="columns-slider-slide js-link-event"> <div class="columns-slider-slide-img"> <img src="/-/media/asce-images-and-files/publications-and-news/source/images/2024/11-november/testing-the-risk-of-danger-that-aging-geomembranes-pose-to-landfills/20241104_gt.jpg?cx=0&cy=0&cw=425&ch=300&hash=5AC1C3EE1A7F0FC5A6A29CC962A4365C" alt="Landfill aerial view"> </div> <h3 class="h5"> <a class="columns-slider-slide-title js-link-event-link" 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