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March/April 2025 print issue

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Two bridges are shown spanning a body of water. One bridge is grey and the other is orange.

Civil Engineering magazine March/April 2025

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Features

A wide concrete bridge is crowded with people rather than vehicles.
In Bordeaux, France, the Simone Veil Bridge does more than cross a river

The bridge’s wide deck provides a public space for cultural and commercial events.

In Bordeaux, France, the Simone Veil Bridge does more than cross a river
Photograph shows a steel truss bridge under construction on a mountainside.
What did engineers do when a massive landslide blocked a road in Denali National Park?

They decided to build a bridge via an innovative truss-launching method.

What did engineers do when a massive landslide blocked a road in Denali National Park?
In the foreground, a person in full safety gear uses a rope system to inspect the top of a bridge. In the background is a multi-lane highway.
Bridge inspection is paramount to infrastructure resilience

Inspection data help civil engineers maintain and preserve US bridges.

Bridge inspection is paramount to infrastructure resilience
The photograph depicts a large suspension bridge, illuminated at night against an urban skyline, during a lightning storm.
Water infrastructure engineers confront an uncertain, changing climate

An increasingly dynamic climate is forcing civil engineers to rethink and rework water resource projects.

Water infrastructure engineers confront an uncertain, changing climate
Map of the United States made up of icons such as a plane, bus, bridge, and pipes.
Infrastructure’s upward momentum reflected in report card

Money flowing into U.S. infrastructure since 2021 helped bring a C grade on ASCE’s 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, up from a C- four years ago.

Infrastructure’s upward momentum reflected in report card
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Engineering the future: Achievements and challenges

The 2024 Annual Report offers hope for the Society’s future.

Engineering the future: Achievements and challenges

Departments

Photograph of a long concrete bridge over water that has many arches.
HISTORY LESSON

Pennsylvania’s Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge has endured for 95 years

It was once the world’s longest multiple-arch reinforced-concrete highway bridge.

Full color rendering shows a patio with picnic tables, green trees, grass, and bushes, and a wooden structure with glass window.
FAST FORWARD

Project blending architecture, landscape built on protected British lands

High-tech film and television studio can be supported sustainably.

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash
A QUESTION OF ETHICS

Mishandling AI tools puts civil engineers at risk for ethical violations

An IBM health care case study shows the dangers of artificial intelligence.

Six 3-blade while windmills are lined up on a mountainous parcel of land.
TECHNOLOGY

Multiuse sites make renewable energy more efficient and economically viable

MIT research suggests how to maximize renewable energy expansion.

Abstract canyon with water flowing through it.
STAYING SHARP

How to modernize the flow duration curve

The simple methodology expands the FDC into new and useful directions.

Photo of Supreme Court facade by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash
THE LAW

Economic loss doctrine didn’t help geotechnical engineer against claim

An engineer’s best legal defense is accepted in only about half of US states.

Photo by Sara Kurig on Unsplash
WISH I'D KNOWN

The transition to the public sector has been a gamechanger

U.S. Army Corps engineers work on a range of projects.

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PRESIDENT'S NOTE

Resilience in infrastructure

Engineers are problem-solvers, creating structures that make the world safer.

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EDITOR'S NOTE

Bridge design evolves with the times

Bridges are vital pieces of infrastructure.

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