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This assignment focuses on contemporary issues in civil engineering as a double homework grade you are to identify ten contemporary issues in civil engineering. Please see the list below of contemporary issues topics for an introduction to possible broad topics for consideration. Typically, these issues may have some controversy associated with them where the profession may be undecided on a stance or the public may not be convinced that the recommended policy from an engineering perspective is correct. There is no strict requirement on how you select these issues; however, their quality will be graded. You can identify and describe these issues based on personal experience, previous classes, interviews with other engineers or newspaper or professional articles. Your discussion of the issues impact on civil engineering and the public plus any supporting documentation will be submitted as the first part of the assignment.
Air Quality
Bridge Maintenance
Brownfields
Coastal Flooding (levees)
Concrete and other engineering materials
Construction Safety
Emerging Structural Concerns
Eminent Domain
Energy
Environmental Regulation/Needs vs. Development and Economy
Environmental/Social Justice
Flood Mitigation/Floodplain Management
Globalization
Global Warming/Climate Change
Green Buildings
Health Monitoring
Infrastructure Management
Low Impact Development
Maintaining Deteriorating Infrastructure
Political Impacts
Professional Issues
Public Finance and Declining Public Budgets
Regional, national and global economies
Recycled Materials
Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Solid Waste and Legacy Landfills
Stream Restoration
Sustainable Development
Tolls and Roadway Pricing vs. Gas Taxes
Traffic Congestion
Transportation Safety
Water supply/wastewater treatment and reuse
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