The Great Civil Engineering Overhaul details the effects that climate change has had and will continue to have on civil infrastructure and what alterations are required to enable civil engineers to work under changing climate conditions, resulting in what amounts to an "overhaul" in the civil engineering discipline.
Topics include
- Importance of civil infrastructure in economic development and national competitiveness;
- Sustainability, climate change, and infrastructure resilience: how they are all connected;
- Effects of a changing climate on civil infrastructure design and operation;
- Defining conditions of sustainability: the sustainability quadrant;
- The race to net zero carbon emissions and the role of civil engineers;
- Why climate-related civil engineering design standards are no longer reliable;
- How to talk to your clients about climate change and why you need to;
- Risks and liabilities for NOT considering climate change in infrastructure design;
- Methodologies for making civil infrastructure sustainable and climate resilient;
- Managing climate uncertainty in civil infrastructure design: the Robustness Matrix; and
- Preparing for an uncertain future: how civil engineers can make a difference.
Author Bill Wallace has compiled this book as a resource for all civil engineers interested in sustainability, regardless of subdiscipline, providing a sound understanding, new ideas, and a path forward to designing and delivering projects that can operate reliably, safely, and effectively under changing climate conditions.
Bill Wallace has more than 40 years of professional experience, including 30 years in environmental engineering and management. He is the author of Becoming Part of the Solution: The Engineer’s Guide to Sustainable Development, published by the American Council of Engineering Companies. He has served as a liaison delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, president and member of the governing board of Engineers Without Borders – USA, and chair of ASCE’s first International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure in 2014. He is the inventor and lead designer of the Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system, recipient of the Engineering News-Record’s 2013 Award of Excellence, and the ASCE President’s Medal in 2014. Currently, he teaches a course with the University of Florida titled, "Principles of Sustainable Engineering Design."