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Sponsored by the Pipelines Division of ASCE Renewal of Potable Water Pipes provides a detailed resource on planning, design, and construction of trenchless rehabilitation technologies for pipelines carrying drinking water. Trenchless renewal, rather than open-cut pipe replacement, offers a variety of benefits, including lower risk of damage to surrounding area, fewer traffic disruptions, better public safety, and shorter completion times. Renewal of Potable Water Pipes provides a detailed resource on planning, design, and construction of trenchless rehabilitation technologies for pipelines carrying drinking water. Trenchless renewal, rather than open-cut pipe replacement, offers a variety of benefits, including lower risk of damage to surrounding area, fewer traffic disruptions, better public safety, and shorter completion times. This Manual of Practice focuses on trenchless renewal of existing pipelines, rather than pipe bursting or replacement. Topics include: planning phase; preconstruction phase; construction and cleaning; pipeline renewal methods; and post-lining and close-out phase. It provides updated and comprehensive coverage of trenchless renewal methods, including fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) linings; cured-in-place pipe (CIPP); cement mortar lining; spray-in-place methods for polymer linings; close-fit pipe (CFP); and sliplining (SL). Appendixes provide a chart comparing trenchless renewal methods, a glossary, and a list of abbreviations and acronyms. MOP 132 will be helpful to engineers, water pipeline owners, consultants, technicians, and operators who are considering or implementing a water pipeline renewal project.

Water-pipes --- Pipes --- Drinking water --- Trenchless technology --- Pipelines --- Construction methods --- Water pipelines --- Traffic safety --- Public health and safety --- Flushing.

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Prepared by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil EngineersPrestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design presents recommended alternatives to the prescriptive procedures for wind design of buildings contained in the nationally adopted standard Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7) and in the International Building Code (IBC). Developed as a response to increasing interest in performance-based design (PBD), this prestandard aids in resolving conflicts in performance objectives that exist when using prescriptive procedures for the wind design and performance-based procedures for seismic design of individual buildings. It facilitatesdesign of more efficient buildings thatadhere todesired building functionality requirements and reduce property damage from wind while meeting public safety and performance requirements. Major innovations introduced include nonlinear dynamic analysis for wind design, limited inelasticity in the Main Wind Force Resisting System elements, system-based performance criteria, and enhanced design criteria for the building envelope.This document will be of benefit tostructural engineers, architects, building component and cladding specifiers/designers, and building officials engaged in the wind design and review of buildings. The prestandard also benefits building owners and developers, as wellas the general public.

Tall buildings  --- Tall buildings --- Wind-pressure. --- Building design --- Wind engineering --- Performance-based design --- Building codes --- Seismic design --- Buildings --- Standards and codes --- Public health and safety --- Aerodynamics --- Standards. --- Standards

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Foreword by G. Wayne Clough, Ph.D., P.E., President, Georgia Institute of Technology Once, civil engineers were esteemed by the public as both visionaries and leaders in a noble profession essential to the welfare of humankind. Today, though, civil engineers are often seen as mere advisors and technicians. The 21st-Century Engineer argues that this situation must change and that the means to do so are in the hands of engineers themselves. In this groundbreaking manifesto, Galloway vividly paints the new global landscape where megaprojects, sustainability, infrastructure security, and multicultural work teams pose challenges for which engineers may be unprepared. With businesslike brevity, she lays out nontechnical areas in which engineers must become proficient: globalization, communication, ethics and professionalism, diversity, and leadership. Galloway contends that the existing system for educating engineers must change, and she proposes a new master's degree in professional engineering management. A must-read for all thoughtful engineers involved in educating, hiring, and managing, The 21st-Century Engineer is a clarion call to reform the way today's engineers prepare for tomorrow.

Engineering --- Engineers --- Engineering education --- Engineering profession --- Workplace diversity --- Professional development --- Ethics --- Leadership --- Developing countries --- Public health and safety --- Study and teaching --- Training of

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The 2013 Report Card for America's Infrastructure seeks to inform the public and policy makers about the condition of U.S. infrastructure and how best to improve it. The report card evaluates 16 categories of infrastructure.in energy, public facilities, transportation, and water and the environment.by assigning letter grades that are based on physical condition and needed fiscal investments for improvement. Each category is graded on eight criteria: capacity, condition, funding, future need, operations and maintenance, public safety, resilience, and innovation. With a cumulative grade of D+, the 2013 Report Card finds that six infrastructure sectors benefited from an increase in private investment, targeted state and local efforts to make upgrades or repairs, or a one-time boost in federal funding. This is the first year since the report card began in 1988 that the grades have improved. Topics include: dams, drinking water, hazardous waste, levees, solid waste, wastewater, aviation, bridges, inland waterways, ports, rail, roads, transit, public parks and recreation, schools, and energy.

Infrastructure (Economics) --- Civil engineering --- Public works --- Public works --- Infrastructure --- Public health and safety --- Public transportation --- Hydro power --- Public buildings --- Investments --- Financing --- Water-based recreation --- Evaluation. --- Maintenance and repair.

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These standards offer guidelines that apply to the physical security of facilities with potable water source, treatment, and distribution systems, as well as with wastewater collection and treatment systems and stormwater systems. Taken together, these standards can provide direction for utilities as they design or retrofit their infrastructure to ensure the physical security of water and wastewater/stormwater systems. Recommendations include the use of physical and electronic security measures to protect against various design-basis threats that could otherwise defeat the mission of the utility. Other considerations for utilities applying specific security technologies and methods is included. Additional physical security for water and wastewater/stormwater facilities is beneficial for continuity of business, protection of water quality, provision of sufficient water quantity, ensuring public confidence, and protection of public health and safety. These new standard guidelines, based on draft guidelines prepared by ASCE and the American Water Works Association, with technical input from the Water Environment Federation, will be valuable to anyone involved with the physical security of water, wastewater, or stormwater utilities.

Water treatment plants --- Storm sewers --- Water treatment plants --- Public health and safety --- Structural safety --- Utilities --- Water supply systems --- Wastewater treatment plants --- Wastewater treatment --- Water storage --- Security measures --- Standards. --- Security measures --- Standards.