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• Case study: Engineer optimizes 25-foot gravity wall with Redi-Rock PMBs

  When a hangar excavation at John C. Tune Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, opened up a geotechnical can of worms, Clint Hines, P.E., designed a 25-foot gravity wall using Redi-Rock PMBs as a solution.

• NASA beach project requires the right stuff — even for Florida sand

  A recent dune restoration demonstrated that NASA's exacting standards don't apply exclusively to the people, equipment, and facilities that constitute America’s space program.

• How to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 — but there is a cost

  To expand the global use of clean energy technology, the International Energy Agency road map lays out milestones that would cost an estimated $5 trillion and create tens of millions of jobs.

• Got used face masks? Pave a road with them

  Australian university researchers have been experimenting with how to recycle single-use, disposable face masks into road pavement. The resulting blend is even stronger than traditional pavement.

• Conveying message critical in land development engineering

  When trying to convince the public of a project's importance, “it’s really the soft skills that matter”, says David Johnson, a land development industry veteran and author of a book on the topic.

• 5 things you didn’t know about the St. Francis Dam failure

  The 1928 St. Francis Dam failure ranks as the worst U.S. human-made disaster of the 20th century. So, with the idea that we learn from failures, here are some facts you didn’t know about the failure.

• So you’re returning to the civil engineering office, but what should you wear?

  Civil engineers are returning to in-person work this year, which means renewed questions about appropriate dress codeThe post So you’re returning to the civil engineering office, but what should you wear? appeared first on Civil Engineering Source.

• Denver rebuilds historical downtown pedestrian hub

  Pedestrian malls took off across the U.S. in the 1960s and ’70s, perhaps none more so than the 13-block 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. Now it’s about to be entirely rebuilt from the ground up.

• Senate's bipartisan passage of water and wastewater bill bodes well

  The focus now shifts to the House, where members have been slower to develop bipartisan bills to reauthorize the critical state revolving fund programs and address community needs regarding water.

• Surviving high winds: Enhancing the durability of residential construction

  Review recommendations for improving structural strength and resiliency in a new ASCE paper, “Structural Observations and Tornado Damage Mitigation Concepts: March 2020 Tennessee Tornadoes.”