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American Society of Civil Engineers

January 19, 2024

"ASCE" redirects here. For other uses, see ASCE (disambiguation).
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, it is the oldest national engineering society in the United States.[3] Its constitution was based on the older Boston Society of Civil Engineers from 1848.[4]

American Society of Civil Engineers
AbbreviationASCE
FoundedNovember 5, 1852; 171 years ago (1852-11-05)
TypeEngineering society
FocusPurpose of the group is the advancement of the science and profession of Civil engineering and the enhancement of human welfare through the activities of society members.[1]
Location
Area served
Worldwide
MethodIndustry standards, conferences, publications
Members
143,189 (2021 ASCE Official Register)
Official language
English
President
Maria C. Lehman, P.E. (2023)
Past President
Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E. (2022)
President-elect
Marsia Geldert-Murphey, P.E. (2024)
Secretary and Executive Director
Thomas W. Smith III
Revenue
US $49.4 million (2022)[2]
EndowmentUS $29.2 million (2022)[2]
Employees
250
Websiteasce.org

ASCE is dedicated to the advancement of the science and profession of civil engineering and the enhancement of human welfare through the activities of society members.[1] It has more than 143,000 members in 177 countries. Its mission is to provide essential value to members, their careers, partners, and the public; facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession; develop and support civil engineers.[1]

History edit

The first serious and documented attempts to organize civil engineers as a professional society in the newly created United States were in the early 19th century.[5][6] In 1828, John Kilbourn of Ohio, managed a short-lived "Civil Engineering Journal", editorializing about the recent incorporation of the Institution of Civil Engineers in Great Britain that same year, Kilbourn suggested that the American corps of engineers could constitute an American society of civil engineers.[6][5] Later, in 1834, an American trade periodical, the "American Railroad Journal" advocated for similar national organization of civil engineers.[6]

Institution of American Civil Engineers edit

On December 17, 1838, a petition started circulating asking civil engineers to meet in 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland to organize a permanent society of civil engineers.[6] Prior to that, thirteen notable civil engineers largely identifiable as being from New York, Pennsylvania, or Maryland met in Philadelphia. This group presented the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia with a formal proposal that an Institution of American Civil Engineers be established as an adjunct of the Franklin..."[6] Some of them were:[6]

  • Benjamin Wright. In 1969, the American Society of Civil Engineers declared Wright to be the 'Father of American Civil Engineering'.[7]
  • William Strickland
  • Pennsylvanians Edward Miller and Solomon. W. Roberts, the latter being Chief Engineer for the Allegheny Portage railroad, the first crossing of the Allegheny mountains (1831–1834)

Forty engineers actually appeared at the February 1839 meeting Baltimore including J. Edgar Thomson (Future Chief Engineer and later President of the Pennsylvania Railroad), Wright, Roberts, Edward Miller, and the Maryland engineers Isaac Trimble and architect Benjamin H. Latrobe and attendees from as far as Massachusetts, Illinois, and Louisiana.[6] Subsequently, a group met again in Philadelphia, led by its Secretary, Edward Miller to take steps to formalize the society, participants now included such other notable engineers as:[6]

Miller drafted up a proposed constitution which gave the society's purpose as "the collection and diffusion of professional knowledge, the advancement of mechanical philosophy, and the elevation of the character and standing of the Civil Engineers of the United States."[6] Membership in the new society restricted membership to engineers and "architects and eminent machinists were to be admitted only as Associates."[8] The proposed constitution failed, and no further attempts were made to form another society.[6] Miller later ascribed the failure due to the difficulties of assembling members due available means for traveling in the country at time.[6] One of the other difficulties members would have to contend with was the requirement to produce each year, one previously unpublished paper or "...present a scientific book, map, plan or model, not already in the possession of the Society, under the penalty of $10."[8] In that same period, the editor of the American Railroad Journal commented that effort had failed in part due to certain jealousies which arose due to the proposed affiliation with the Franklin Institute.[6] That journal continued discussion on forming an engineers' organization from 1839 thru 1843 serving its own self interests in advocating its journal as a replacement for a professional society but to no avail.

The American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects edit

During the 1840s, professional organizations continued to develop and organize in the United States. The organizers motives were largely to "improve common standards, foster research, and disseminate knowledge through meetings and publications."[9] Unlike earlier associations such as the American Philosophical Society, these newer associations were not seeking to limit membership as much as pursue "more specialized interests."[9] Examples of this surge in new professional organizations in America were the American Statistical Association (1839), American Ethnological Society (1842), American Medical Association (1847), American Association for the Advancement of Science, (1848) and National Education Association (1852).[9]

During this same period of association incorporations on the 1840s, attempts were again made at organizing an American engineer association. They succeeded at first with the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, organized in 1848 and then in October 1852, with an effort to organize a Society of Civil Engineers and Architects in New York.[6][8] Led by Alfred W. Craven, Chief Engineer of the Croton Aqueduct and future ASCE president, the meeting resolved to incorporate the society under the name "American Society of Civil Engineers And Architects".[8] Membership eligibility was restricted to "civil, geological, mining and mechanical Engineers, architects, and other persons who, by profession, are interested in the advancement of science."[8] James Laurie was elected the society's first president. At an early meeting of the Board of Direction in 1852, instructions were given for the incorporation of the "American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects" but this was the proper steps were never taken, and therefore this name never legally belonged to the association.[8] The ASCE held its first meetings at the Croton Aqueduct Department building in City Hall Park, Manhattan.[10]: 2  The meetings only went through 1855 and with the advent of the American Civil War, the society suspended its activities.[8]

Late 19th century edit

 
1888 American Society of Civil Engineers at their 20th annual meeting at the Athenaeum building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The next meeting was more than twelve years later in 1867.[8] A number of the original founders such as James Laurie, J.W. Adams, C. W. Copeland and W. H. Talcott were at this meeting and were dedicated to the objective of resuscitating the society. They also planned to put the society on a more permanent footing as well as electing fifty-four new members to the society.[8] With success in that effort, the young engineering society passed a resolution noting that its preservation was mainly due to the persevering efforts of its first president, James Laurie.[8] The address of President James Pugh Kirkwood delivered at that meeting in 1867 was the first publication of the society, appearing in Volume 1 of "Transactions", bearing date of 1872.[8]

On March 4, 1868, by a vote of 17 to 4, the name was changed to "American Society of Civil Engineers", but it was not until April 17, 1877, that the lack of incorporation was discovered and the proper steps taken to remedy the defect.[8] The society was then chartered and incorporated in New York state.[11]

The reconvened ASCE met at the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York until 1875, when the society moved to 4 East 23rd Street. The ASCE moved again in 1877 to 104 East 20th Street and in 1881 to 127 East 23rd Street.[10]: 2–3 [8] The ASCE commissioned a new headquarters at 220 West 57th Street in 1895.[10]: 3  The building was completed in 1897 and served as the society's headquarters until 1917, when the ASCE moved to the Engineering Societies' Building.[10]: 6 

 
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney 1921

20th century edit

Nora Stanton Barney was among the first women in the United States to earn a civil engineering degree, graduating from Cornell University in 1905. In the same year, she was accepted as a junior member of the organization and began work for the New York City Board of Water Supply.[12][13] She was the first female member of ASCE, where she was allowed to be a junior member, but was denied advancement to associate member in 1916 because of her gender. In 2015, she was posthumously advanced to ASCE Fellow status.[14]

 
U.S. stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ASCE in 1952

In 1999, the ASCE elected the top-ten "civil engineering achievements that had the greatest positive impact on life in the 20th century" in "broad categories". Monuments of the Millennium were a "combination of technical engineering achievement, courage and inspiration, and a dramatic influence on the development of [their] communities".[15] The achievements and monuments that best exemplified them included:

Overview edit

ASCE's mission is to deliver essential value to "its members, their careers, our partners, and the public" as well as enable "the advancement of technology, encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning, promote professionalism and the profession."[16][17] The society also seeks to "develop and support civil engineer leaders, and advocate infrastructure and environmental stewardship."[16] The society as an exempt organization in the United States (Section 501(c)(3)) was required to reported its program service accomplishments and related expenses and revenues.[16]

Publications edit

Main article: List of American Society of Civil Engineers academic journals

ASCE stated that dissemination of technical and professional information to the civil engineering profession was a major goal of the society.[16] This is accomplished through a variety of publications and information products, including 35 technical and professional journals amongst them:

They also publish an online bibliographic database, conference proceedings, standards, manuals of practice, and technical reports.[16]

The ASCE Library contains 470+ E-books and standards, some with chapter-level access and no restrictive DRM, and 600+ online proceedings.

Conferences, meetings, and education edit

Each year, more than 55,000 engineers earn continuing education units (CEUs) and/or professional development hours (PDHs) by participating in ASCE's continuing education programs. ASCE hosts more than 15 annual and specialty conferences, over 200 continuing education seminars and more than 300 live web seminars.[16] Meetings include "...committees, task forces, focus groups, workshops and seminars designed to bring together civil engineering experts either from specific fields or those with a broad range of experience and skills. These meetings deal with specific topics and issues facing civil engineers such as America's failing infrastructure, sustainability, earthquakes, and bridge collapses."[16]

Engineering programs edit

The engineering programs division directly advances the science of engineering by delivering technical content for ASCE's publications, conferences and continuing education programs. It consists of eight discipline specific institutes, four technical divisions and six technical councils. The work is accomplished by over 600 technical committees with editorial responsibility for 28 of ASCE's 33 journals. On an annual basis, the division conducts more than twelve congresses and specialty conferences.[16] As a founding society of ANSI and accredited standards development organization, ASCE committees use an established and audited process to produce consensus standards under a program supervised by the society's Codes and Standards Committee.[18]

Civil Engineering Certification Inc. (CEC), affiliated with ASCE, has been established to support specialty certification academies for civil engineering specialties and is accredited by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB). CEC also handles safety certification for state, municipal, and federal buildings, formerly the province of the now-defunct Building Security Council. The Committee on Critical Infrastructure (CCI) provides vision and guidance on ASCE activities related to critical infrastructure resilience, including planning, design, construction, O&M, and event mitigation, response and recovery.

Certification is the recognition of attaining advanced knowledge and skills in a specialty area of civil engineering. ASCE offers certifications for engineers who demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in their area of engineering.

  • American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE)
  • Academy of Geo-Professionals (AGP)
  • Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port & Navigation Engineers (ACOPNE)

Institutes edit

ASCE also has nine full-service institutes created to serve working professionals working within specialized fields of civil engineering:[19]

  • Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI)
  • Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI)
  • Construction Institute (CI)
  • Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI)
  • Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
  • Geo-Institute (G-I)
  • Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI)
  • Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)
  • Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI)

Advocacy edit

To advance its policy mission, ASCE "...identifies legislation to improve the nation's infrastructure, and advance the profession of engineering specifically, ASCE lobbied on legislation at the Federal, State and local levels.[16] In 2015, ASCE's Lobbying at the Federal level was focused primarily upon:[16]

Lobbying at the state and local level focused primarily upon licensure of civil engineers, procurement of engineering services, continuing education, and the financing of infrastructure improvements as well as lobbying at the state level to raise the minimum requirements for licensure as a professional engineer as part of ASCE's Raise the Bar (RTB) and Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBoK) initiatives.[16]

For 2018, ASCE identified Federal advocacy priorities as follows:[21]

The State advocacy priorities in 2018 are as follows:[21]

Strategic issues and initiatives edit

To promote the society's objectives and address key issues facing the civil engineering profession, ASCE developed three strategic initiatives: Sustainable Infrastructure, the ASCE Grand Challenge, and Raise the Bar.[22]

Awards and designations edit

 
ASCE Historical Marker at Philadelphia City Hall.

ASCE honors civil engineers through many Society Awards including the Norman medal (1874), Wellington prize (1921), Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, the Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) awards in the categories of construction, design, education, government and management,[23] the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) for projects, the Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research and the Charles Pankow Award for innovation, 12 scholarships and fellowships for student members. Created in 1968 by ASCE's Sanitary Engineering Division, the Wesley W. Horner award is named after former ASCE President Wesley W. Horner, and given to a recently peer reviewed published paper in the fields of hydrology, urban drainage, or sewerage. Special consideration is given to private practice engineering work that is recognized as a valuable contribution to the field of environmental engineering.[24] The Lifetime Achievement Award has been presented annually since 1999 and recognizes five different individual leaders. One award is present in each category of design, construction, government, education, and management.[25]

Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize edit

Main article: Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize

In July 1946, the Board of Direction authorized annual awards on recommendation by the society's Committee on Research to stimulate research in civil engineering. In October 1964, Mrs. Alberta Reed Huber endowed these prizes in honor of her husband, Walter L. Huber, past president, ASCE.[26] The Huber Prize is considered the highest level mid-career research prize in civil engineering and is awarded for outstanding achievements and contributions in research with respect to all disciplines of civil engineering.

LTPP International Data Analysis Contest Award edit

Main article: LTPP International Data Analysis Contest

The LTPP International Data Analysis Contest is an annual data analysis contest held by the ASCE in collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The participants are supposed to use the LTPP data.[27]

ASCE Foundation edit

The ASCE Foundation is a charitable foundation established in 1994 to support and promote civil engineering programs that "... enhance quality of life, promote the profession, advance technical practices, and prepare civil engineers for tomorrow." It is incorporated separately from the ASCE, although it has a close relationship to it and all the foundation's personnel are employees of ASCE.[16] The foundation board of directors has seven persons and its bylaws require that four of the seven directors must be ASCE officers as well and the ASCE executive director and chief financial officer must also be ASCE employees.[16] The foundation's support is most often to ASCE's charitable, educational and scientific programs.[16] The foundation's largest program is supporting three strategic areas; lifelong learning and leadership, advocacy for infrastructure investment and the role of civil engineers in sustainable practices.[16] In 2014, this foundation's support in these areas was almost US$4 million.[16]

Criticisms and historical controversies edit

Controversies in New Orleans levee investigations edit

Press release of expert review panel 2007 edit

ASCE provides peer reviews at the request of public agencies and projects as a "means to improve the management and quality of [public agency] services and thus better protect the public health and safety with which they are entrusted".[28][29] After the 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans, the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Lt Gen Carl Strock P.E., M.ASCE) requested that ASCE create an expert review panel to peer review the corps-sponsored Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, the body commissioned by the corps to assess the performance of the hurricane protection system in metro New Orleans. Lawrence Roth, deputy executive director of the ASCE led the ERP development, served as the panel's chief of staff and facilitated its interaction with IPET.[30] The expert panel's role was to provide an independent technical review of the IPET's activities and findings, as stated at a National Research Council meeting in New Orleans: "an independent review panel ensure[s] that the outcome is a robust, credible and defensible performance evaluation".[31] On February 12, 2007, Lt. Gen Strock gave all expert review panel members an Outstanding Civilian Service Medals.[30]

On June 1, 2007, the ASCE issued its expert review panel report,[32] and an accompanying press release.[33] The press release was considered controversial because it contained information not present in the report, conflicting with the report, and minimized the Army Corps' involvement in the catastrophe: "Even without breaching, Hurricane Katrina's rainfall and surge overtopping would have caused extensive and severe flooding—and the worst loss of life and property loss ever experienced in New Orleans." The report stated that had levees and pump stations not failed, "far less property loss would have occurred and nearly two-thirds of deaths could have been avoided."[32] : 39  The ASCE administration was criticized by the Times-Picayune for an attempt to minimize and understate the role of the Army Corps in the flooding.[34]

Ethics complaint edit

In October 2007, Raymond Seed, a University of California-Berkeley civil engineering professor and ASCE member, submitted a 42-page ethics complaint to the ASCE alleging that the corps of engineers with ASCE's help sought to minimize the corps' mistakes in the flooding, intimidate anyone who tried to intervene, and delay the final results until the public's attention had turned elsewhere.[35] The corps acknowledged receiving a copy of the letter and refused to comment until the ASCE's Committee on Professional Conduct (CPC) had commented on the complaint.[36] It took over a year for the ASCE to announce the results of the CPC.[37] The ASCE self-study panel did not file charges of ethical misconduct and blamed errors on "staff" and not review panel members having created the June press release."[38]

Review panels to examine alleged ethics breaches edit

On November 14, 2007, ASCE announced that U.S. Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, R‑N.Y. (ret), would lead an independent task force of outside experts to review how ASCE participated in engineering studies of national significance.[39] ASCE President David Mongan said the review was to address criticism of ASCE´s role in assisting the Army Corps of Engineers-sponsored investigation of Katrina failures. Mongan assured citizens of metro New Orleans in a letter to the Times Picayune, that ASCE took "this matter very seriously and that appropriate actions are being taken".[40]

The panel recommended in results released on September 12, 2008, that ASCE should immediately take steps to remove the potential for conflict of interest in its participation in post-disaster engineering studies.[41] The most important recommendations were that peer review funds over $1 million should come from a separate source, like the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), that ASCE should facilitate but not control the assessment teams, and that information to the public and press should be disseminated not under the extremely tight controls that Ray Seed and his team experienced. It concluded that ASCE should draw up an ethics policy to eliminate questions of possible conflicts of interest.[41]

On April 6, 2009, an internal probe with the ASCE issued a report that ordered a retraction of the ASCE's June 1, 2007, press release.[38] The panel determined that the press release had "inadvertently conveyed a misleading impression regarding the role of engineering failures in the devastation of New Orleans", that it incorrectly said that surge levels along Mississippi's coastline were higher than water levels caused by a tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, and that it had incorrectly repeated estimates of deaths and property damage in New Orleans that might have occurred if levees and floodwalls had not been breached.

Grassroots group spoof of ASCE - USACE relationship edit

On November 5, 2007, New Orleans-based grassroots group Levees.org led by Sandy Rosenthal criticized the ASCE's close relationship with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in a spoof online public service announcement.[42] On November 12, 2007, the ASCE asked Levees.org to remove the video from the internet, threatening the organization with legal action if it did not comply.[43] On November 13, the Times-Picayune posted the video on its website.[44] Flanked by lawyers with Adams and Reese in the presence of extensive media coverage, the group ignored the threat and posted the video to YouTube citing Louisiana's Anti-SLAPP statute, a "strategic lawsuit against public participation", which allows courts to weed out lawsuits designed to chill public participation on matters of public significance.[45] In a response for comment, ASCE President Mongan replied, "Since the video has already been widely reposted by other organizations, moving forward, we feel our time and expertise are best utilized working to help protect the residents of New Orleans from future storms and flooding."[45]

USACE grant money for disinformation, 2008 edit

In March 2008, Levees.org announced that records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that as early October 2005, the Army Corps of Engineers had directed and later paid the ASCE more than $1.1 million for its peer review (Grant Number: W912HZ-06-1-0001). The grant also paid for a series of misleading ASCE presentations attempting to shift blame away from the corps and onto local levee officials.[46] Members of the ASCE are forbidden from making false or exaggerated statements and also from making statements for an interested party unless this is disclosed. Levees.org claimed the records showed how the external peer review would be done in four phases: Phase 1 was research and analysis on the performance of the levees, floodwalls and other important structures. Phase 2 was provision of information on the current system to prevent future flooding. Phase 3 was provision of information to evaluate alternative approaches to flood protection. Phase 4 was transfer information and knowledge gained to a broader audience within Corps and its consultancy community to communicate lessons learned. The group claimed that these records[47] were proof that ASCE's routine powerpoint presentation from 2007 and 2008 were a public relations campaign to repair the corps' reputation.[48] ASCE officials responded that ASCE paid for the powerpoint presentations itself and had not used USACE grant money for that purpose.

See also edit

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External links edit

  • Official website  
  • Works by American Society of Civil Engineers at Project Gutenberg
  • Works by or about American Society of Civil Engineers at Internet Archive
  • "Centennial of Engineering" – A 3¢ commemorative US postage stamp issued in 1952

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ASCE redirects here For other uses see ASCE disambiguation Civil Engineering magazine redirects here Not to be confused with Civil Engineering ISSN 1021 2000 published by the Cape Society of Civil Engineers South African Institution of Civil Engineering This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article contains too many or overly lengthy quotations Please help summarize the quotations Consider transferring direct quotations to Wikiquote or excerpts to Wikisource May 2019 This article may be too technical for most readers to understand Please help improve it to make it understandable to non experts without removing the technical details May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE is a tax exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide Headquartered in Reston Virginia it is the oldest national engineering society in the United States 3 Its constitution was based on the older Boston Society of Civil Engineers from 1848 4 American Society of Civil EngineersAbbreviationASCEFoundedNovember 5 1852 171 years ago 1852 11 05 TypeEngineering societyFocusPurpose of the group is the advancement of the science and profession of Civil engineering and the enhancement of human welfare through the activities of society members 1 LocationReston Virginia United StatesArea servedWorldwideMethodIndustry standards conferences publicationsMembers143 189 2021 ASCE Official Register Official languageEnglishPresidentMaria C Lehman P E 2023 Past PresidentDennis D Truax Ph D P E 2022 President electMarsia Geldert Murphey P E 2024 Secretary and Executive DirectorThomas W Smith IIIRevenueUS 49 4 million 2022 2 EndowmentUS 29 2 million 2022 2 Employees250Websiteasce wbr orgASCE is dedicated to the advancement of the science and profession of civil engineering and the enhancement of human welfare through the activities of society members 1 It has more than 143 000 members in 177 countries Its mission is to provide essential value to members their careers partners and the public facilitate the advancement of technology encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning promote professionalism and the profession develop and support civil engineers 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 Institution of American Civil Engineers 1 2 The American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects 1 3 Late 19th century 1 4 20th century 2 Overview 2 1 Publications 2 2 Conferences meetings and education 2 3 Engineering programs 3 Institutes 4 Advocacy 4 1 Strategic issues and initiatives 5 Awards and designations 5 1 Walter L Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize 5 1 1 LTPP International Data Analysis Contest Award 6 ASCE Foundation 7 Criticisms and historical controversies 7 1 Controversies in New Orleans levee investigations 7 1 1 Press release of expert review panel 2007 7 1 2 Ethics complaint 7 1 3 Review panels to examine alleged ethics breaches 7 1 4 Grassroots group spoof of ASCE USACE relationship 7 1 5 USACE grant money for disinformation 2008 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory editThe first serious and documented attempts to organize civil engineers as a professional society in the newly created United States were in the early 19th century 5 6 In 1828 John Kilbourn of Ohio managed a short lived Civil Engineering Journal editorializing about the recent incorporation of the Institution of Civil Engineers in Great Britain that same year Kilbourn suggested that the American corps of engineers could constitute an American society of civil engineers 6 5 Later in 1834 an American trade periodical the American Railroad Journal advocated for similar national organization of civil engineers 6 Institution of American Civil Engineers edit On December 17 1838 a petition started circulating asking civil engineers to meet in 1839 in Baltimore Maryland to organize a permanent society of civil engineers 6 Prior to that thirteen notable civil engineers largely identifiable as being from New York Pennsylvania or Maryland met in Philadelphia This group presented the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia with a formal proposal that an Institution of American Civil Engineers be established as an adjunct of the Franklin 6 Some of them were 6 Benjamin Wright In 1969 the American Society of Civil Engineers declared Wright to be the Father of American Civil Engineering 7 William Strickland Pennsylvanians Edward Miller and Solomon W Roberts the latter being Chief Engineer for the Allegheny Portage railroad the first crossing of the Allegheny mountains 1831 1834 Forty engineers actually appeared at the February 1839 meeting Baltimore including J Edgar Thomson Future Chief Engineer and later President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Wright Roberts Edward Miller and the Maryland engineers Isaac Trimble and architect Benjamin H Latrobe and attendees from as far as Massachusetts Illinois and Louisiana 6 Subsequently a group met again in Philadelphia led by its Secretary Edward Miller to take steps to formalize the society participants now included such other notable engineers as 6 John B Jervis Claudius Crozet William Gibbs McNeill George Washington Whistler Walter Gwynn J Edgar Thompson Sylvester Welch brother of future ASCE president Ashbel Welch Other members included Jonathan Knight and Moncure Robinson Miller drafted up a proposed constitution which gave the society s purpose as the collection and diffusion of professional knowledge the advancement of mechanical philosophy and the elevation of the character and standing of the Civil Engineers of the United States 6 Membership in the new society restricted membership to engineers and architects and eminent machinists were to be admitted only as Associates 8 The proposed constitution failed and no further attempts were made to form another society 6 Miller later ascribed the failure due to the difficulties of assembling members due available means for traveling in the country at time 6 One of the other difficulties members would have to contend with was the requirement to produce each year one previously unpublished paper or present a scientific book map plan or model not already in the possession of the Society under the penalty of 10 8 In that same period the editor of the American Railroad Journal commented that effort had failed in part due to certain jealousies which arose due to the proposed affiliation with the Franklin Institute 6 That journal continued discussion on forming an engineers organization from 1839 thru 1843 serving its own self interests in advocating its journal as a replacement for a professional society but to no avail The American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects edit During the 1840s professional organizations continued to develop and organize in the United States The organizers motives were largely to improve common standards foster research and disseminate knowledge through meetings and publications 9 Unlike earlier associations such as the American Philosophical Society these newer associations were not seeking to limit membership as much as pursue more specialized interests 9 Examples of this surge in new professional organizations in America were the American Statistical Association 1839 American Ethnological Society 1842 American Medical Association 1847 American Association for the Advancement of Science 1848 and National Education Association 1852 9 During this same period of association incorporations on the 1840s attempts were again made at organizing an American engineer association They succeeded at first with the Boston Society of Civil Engineers organized in 1848 and then in October 1852 with an effort to organize a Society of Civil Engineers and Architects in New York 6 8 Led by Alfred W Craven Chief Engineer of the Croton Aqueduct and future ASCE president the meeting resolved to incorporate the society under the name American Society of Civil Engineers And Architects 8 Membership eligibility was restricted to civil geological mining and mechanical Engineers architects and other persons who by profession are interested in the advancement of science 8 James Laurie was elected the society s first president At an early meeting of the Board of Direction in 1852 instructions were given for the incorporation of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects but this was the proper steps were never taken and therefore this name never legally belonged to the association 8 The ASCE held its first meetings at the Croton Aqueduct Department building in City Hall Park Manhattan 10 2 The meetings only went through 1855 and with the advent of the American Civil War the society suspended its activities 8 Late 19th century edit nbsp 1888 American Society of Civil Engineers at their 20th annual meeting at the Athenaeum building in Milwaukee WisconsinThe next meeting was more than twelve years later in 1867 8 A number of the original founders such as James Laurie J W Adams C W Copeland and W H Talcott were at this meeting and were dedicated to the objective of resuscitating the society They also planned to put the society on a more permanent footing as well as electing fifty four new members to the society 8 With success in that effort the young engineering society passed a resolution noting that its preservation was mainly due to the persevering efforts of its first president James Laurie 8 The address of President James Pugh Kirkwood delivered at that meeting in 1867 was the first publication of the society appearing in Volume 1 of Transactions bearing date of 1872 8 On March 4 1868 by a vote of 17 to 4 the name was changed to American Society of Civil Engineers but it was not until April 17 1877 that the lack of incorporation was discovered and the proper steps taken to remedy the defect 8 The society was then chartered and incorporated in New York state 11 The reconvened ASCE met at the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York until 1875 when the society moved to 4 East 23rd Street The ASCE moved again in 1877 to 104 East 20th Street and in 1881 to 127 East 23rd Street 10 2 3 8 The ASCE commissioned a new headquarters at 220 West 57th Street in 1895 10 3 The building was completed in 1897 and served as the society s headquarters until 1917 when the ASCE moved to the Engineering Societies Building 10 6 nbsp Nora Stanton Blatch Barney 192120th century edit Nora Stanton Barney was among the first women in the United States to earn a civil engineering degree graduating from Cornell University in 1905 In the same year she was accepted as a junior member of the organization and began work for the New York City Board of Water Supply 12 13 She was the first female member of ASCE where she was allowed to be a junior member but was denied advancement to associate member in 1916 because of her gender In 2015 she was posthumously advanced to ASCE Fellow status 14 nbsp U S stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ASCE in 1952In 1999 the ASCE elected the top ten civil engineering achievements that had the greatest positive impact on life in the 20th century in broad categories Monuments of the Millennium were a combination of technical engineering achievement courage and inspiration and a dramatic influence on the development of their communities 15 The achievements and monuments that best exemplified them included Airport design and development the Kansai International Airport in Osaka Japan Dams the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the United States Interstate Highway System the system overall 15 Long span bridges like the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco California Rail transportation as exemplified by the Eurotunnel rail system connecting the UK and France Sanitary landfills and solid waste disposal sanitary waste disposal advances overall 15 Skyscrapers the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan New York City Wastewater treatment the Chicago wastewater system Water supply and distribution the California State Water Project Water transportation the Panama CanalOverview editASCE s mission is to deliver essential value to its members their careers our partners and the public as well as enable the advancement of technology encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning promote professionalism and the profession 16 17 The society also seeks to develop and support civil engineer leaders and advocate infrastructure and environmental stewardship 16 The society as an exempt organization in the United States Section 501 c 3 was required to reported its program service accomplishments and related expenses and revenues 16 Publications edit Main article List of American Society of Civil Engineers academic journals ASCE stated that dissemination of technical and professional information to the civil engineering profession was a major goal of the society 16 This is accomplished through a variety of publications and information products including 35 technical and professional journals amongst them ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering Journal of Environmental Engineering Journal of Hydraulic Engineering Journal of Hydrologic Engineering Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A SystemsJournal of Transportation Engineering Part B PavementsJournal of Water Resources Planning and Management Civil Engineering the society s monthly magazineThey also publish an online bibliographic database conference proceedings standards manuals of practice and technical reports 16 The ASCE Library contains 470 E books and standards some with chapter level access and no restrictive DRM and 600 online proceedings Conferences meetings and education edit Each year more than 55 000 engineers earn continuing education units CEUs and or professional development hours PDHs by participating in ASCE s continuing education programs ASCE hosts more than 15 annual and specialty conferences over 200 continuing education seminars and more than 300 live web seminars 16 Meetings include committees task forces focus groups workshops and seminars designed to bring together civil engineering experts either from specific fields or those with a broad range of experience and skills These meetings deal with specific topics and issues facing civil engineers such as America s failing infrastructure sustainability earthquakes and bridge collapses 16 Engineering programs edit The engineering programs division directly advances the science of engineering by delivering technical content for ASCE s publications conferences and continuing education programs It consists of eight discipline specific institutes four technical divisions and six technical councils The work is accomplished by over 600 technical committees with editorial responsibility for 28 of ASCE s 33 journals On an annual basis the division conducts more than twelve congresses and specialty conferences 16 As a founding society of ANSI and accredited standards development organization ASCE committees use an established and audited process to produce consensus standards under a program supervised by the society s Codes and Standards Committee 18 Civil Engineering Certification Inc CEC affiliated with ASCE has been established to support specialty certification academies for civil engineering specialties and is accredited by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards CESB CEC also handles safety certification for state municipal and federal buildings formerly the province of the now defunct Building Security Council The Committee on Critical Infrastructure CCI provides vision and guidance on ASCE activities related to critical infrastructure resilience including planning design construction O amp M and event mitigation response and recovery Certification is the recognition of attaining advanced knowledge and skills in a specialty area of civil engineering ASCE offers certifications for engineers who demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in their area of engineering American Academy of Water Resources Engineers AAWRE Academy of Geo Professionals AGP Academy of Coastal Ocean Port amp Navigation Engineers ACOPNE Institutes editASCE also has nine full service institutes created to serve working professionals working within specialized fields of civil engineering 19 Architectural Engineering Institute AEI Coasts Oceans Ports and Rivers Institute COPRI Construction Institute CI Engineering Mechanics Institute EMI Environmental and Water Resources Institute EWRI Geo Institute G I Transportation and Development Institute T amp DI Structural Engineering Institute SEI Utility Engineering amp Surveying Institute UESI Advocacy editTo advance its policy mission ASCE identifies legislation to improve the nation s infrastructure and advance the profession of engineering specifically ASCE lobbied on legislation at the Federal State and local levels 16 In 2015 ASCE s Lobbying at the Federal level was focused primarily upon 16 Reauthorization of the federal surface transportation programs such as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act MAP 21 Reauthorization of the brownfields revitalization and environmental restoration act Reauthorization of the national dam safety program and creation of a national levee safety program due to National Levee Safety Act Of 2007 WRDA Title IX Section 9000 20 Reauthorization of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program Reauthorization of the drinking water state revolving fund program Water resources development act funding for stem education programs Reauthorization of the 1977 national earthquake hazards reduction program Reauthorization of the national windstorm impact reduction act Safe building code incentive act Appropriations for federal programs relating to civil engineering including surface transportation aviation water resources environment education homeland security and research and development Lobbying at the state and local level focused primarily upon licensure of civil engineers procurement of engineering services continuing education and the financing of infrastructure improvements as well as lobbying at the state level to raise the minimum requirements for licensure as a professional engineer as part of ASCE s Raise the Bar RTB and Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge CEBoK initiatives 16 For 2018 ASCE identified Federal advocacy priorities as follows 21 Civil engineering education higher education Clean water drinking water and wastewater issues Natural hazards mitigation amp infrastructure security Qualifications Based Selection for engineering services Research and Development Funding Science technology engineering and math STEM education amp support K 12 Sustainability implicitly sustainable engineering Transportation infrastructureThe State advocacy priorities in 2018 are as follows 21 Licensing Natural Hazards Impact Mitigation Science Technology Engineering and Math STEM education amp support K 12 State support for civil engineering higher education Sustainability implicitly sustainable engineering Tort reform amp indemnification for pro bono services Transportation infrastructure financingStrategic issues and initiatives edit To promote the society s objectives and address key issues facing the civil engineering profession ASCE developed three strategic initiatives Sustainable Infrastructure the ASCE Grand Challenge and Raise the Bar 22 Awards and designations edit nbsp ASCE Historical Marker at Philadelphia City Hall ASCE honors civil engineers through many Society Awards including the Norman medal 1874 Wellington prize 1921 Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize the Outstanding Projects and Leaders OPAL awards in the categories of construction design education government and management 23 the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement OCEA for projects the Henry L Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research and the Charles Pankow Award for innovation 12 scholarships and fellowships for student members Created in 1968 by ASCE s Sanitary Engineering Division the Wesley W Horner award is named after former ASCE President Wesley W Horner and given to a recently peer reviewed published paper in the fields of hydrology urban drainage or sewerage Special consideration is given to private practice engineering work that is recognized as a valuable contribution to the field of environmental engineering 24 The Lifetime Achievement Award has been presented annually since 1999 and recognizes five different individual leaders One award is present in each category of design construction government education and management 25 Walter L Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize edit Main article Walter L Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize In July 1946 the Board of Direction authorized annual awards on recommendation by the society s Committee on Research to stimulate research in civil engineering In October 1964 Mrs Alberta Reed Huber endowed these prizes in honor of her husband Walter L Huber past president ASCE 26 The Huber Prize is considered the highest level mid career research prize in civil engineering and is awarded for outstanding achievements and contributions in research with respect to all disciplines of civil engineering LTPP International Data Analysis Contest Award edit Main article LTPP International Data Analysis Contest The LTPP International Data Analysis Contest is an annual data analysis contest held by the ASCE in collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration FHWA The participants are supposed to use the LTPP data 27 ASCE Foundation editThe ASCE Foundation is a charitable foundation established in 1994 to support and promote civil engineering programs that enhance quality of life promote the profession advance technical practices and prepare civil engineers for tomorrow It is incorporated separately from the ASCE although it has a close relationship to it and all the foundation s personnel are employees of ASCE 16 The foundation board of directors has seven persons and its bylaws require that four of the seven directors must be ASCE officers as well and the ASCE executive director and chief financial officer must also be ASCE employees 16 The foundation s support is most often to ASCE s charitable educational and scientific programs 16 The foundation s largest program is supporting three strategic areas lifelong learning and leadership advocacy for infrastructure investment and the role of civil engineers in sustainable practices 16 In 2014 this foundation s support in these areas was almost US 4 million 16 Criticisms and historical controversies editControversies in New Orleans levee investigations edit Press release of expert review panel 2007 edit ASCE provides peer reviews at the request of public agencies and projects as a means to improve the management and quality of public agency services and thus better protect the public health and safety with which they are entrusted 28 29 After the 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans the commander of the U S Army Corps of Engineers Lt Gen Carl Strock P E M ASCE requested that ASCE create an expert review panel to peer review the corps sponsored Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force the body commissioned by the corps to assess the performance of the hurricane protection system in metro New Orleans Lawrence Roth deputy executive director of the ASCE led the ERP development served as the panel s chief of staff and facilitated its interaction with IPET 30 The expert panel s role was to provide an independent technical review of the IPET s activities and findings as stated at a National Research Council meeting in New Orleans an independent review panel ensure s that the outcome is a robust credible and defensible performance evaluation 31 On February 12 2007 Lt Gen Strock gave all expert review panel members an Outstanding Civilian Service Medals 30 On June 1 2007 the ASCE issued its expert review panel report 32 and an accompanying press release 33 The press release was considered controversial because it contained information not present in the report conflicting with the report and minimized the Army Corps involvement in the catastrophe Even without breaching Hurricane Katrina s rainfall and surge overtopping would have caused extensive and severe flooding and the worst loss of life and property loss ever experienced in New Orleans The report stated that had levees and pump stations not failed far less property loss would have occurred and nearly two thirds of deaths could have been avoided 32 39 The ASCE administration was criticized by the Times Picayune for an attempt to minimize and understate the role of the Army Corps in the flooding 34 Ethics complaint edit In October 2007 Raymond Seed a University of California Berkeley civil engineering professor and ASCE member submitted a 42 page ethics complaint to the ASCE alleging that the corps of engineers with ASCE s help sought to minimize the corps mistakes in the flooding intimidate anyone who tried to intervene and delay the final results until the public s attention had turned elsewhere 35 The corps acknowledged receiving a copy of the letter and refused to comment until the ASCE s Committee on Professional Conduct CPC had commented on the complaint 36 It took over a year for the ASCE to announce the results of the CPC 37 The ASCE self study panel did not file charges of ethical misconduct and blamed errors on staff and not review panel members having created the June press release 38 Review panels to examine alleged ethics breaches edit On November 14 2007 ASCE announced that U S Congressman Sherwood Boehlert R N Y ret would lead an independent task force of outside experts to review how ASCE participated in engineering studies of national significance 39 ASCE President David Mongan said the review was to address criticism of ASCE s role in assisting the Army Corps of Engineers sponsored investigation of Katrina failures Mongan assured citizens of metro New Orleans in a letter to the Times Picayune that ASCE took this matter very seriously and that appropriate actions are being taken 40 The panel recommended in results released on September 12 2008 that ASCE should immediately take steps to remove the potential for conflict of interest in its participation in post disaster engineering studies 41 The most important recommendations were that peer review funds over 1 million should come from a separate source like the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST that ASCE should facilitate but not control the assessment teams and that information to the public and press should be disseminated not under the extremely tight controls that Ray Seed and his team experienced It concluded that ASCE should draw up an ethics policy to eliminate questions of possible conflicts of interest 41 On April 6 2009 an internal probe with the ASCE issued a report that ordered a retraction of the ASCE s June 1 2007 press release 38 The panel determined that the press release had inadvertently conveyed a misleading impression regarding the role of engineering failures in the devastation of New Orleans that it incorrectly said that surge levels along Mississippi s coastline were higher than water levels caused by a tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and that it had incorrectly repeated estimates of deaths and property damage in New Orleans that might have occurred if levees and floodwalls had not been breached Grassroots group spoof of ASCE USACE relationship edit On November 5 2007 New Orleans based grassroots group Levees org led by Sandy Rosenthal criticized the ASCE s close relationship with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in a spoof online public service announcement 42 On November 12 2007 the ASCE asked Levees org to remove the video from the internet threatening the organization with legal action if it did not comply 43 On November 13 the Times Picayune posted the video on its website 44 Flanked by lawyers with Adams and Reese in the presence of extensive media coverage the group ignored the threat and posted the video to YouTube citing Louisiana s Anti SLAPP statute a strategic lawsuit against public participation which allows courts to weed out lawsuits designed to chill public participation on matters of public significance 45 In a response for comment ASCE President Mongan replied Since the video has already been widely reposted by other organizations moving forward we feel our time and expertise are best utilized working to help protect the residents of New Orleans from future storms and flooding 45 USACE grant money for disinformation 2008 edit In March 2008 Levees org announced that records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that as early October 2005 the Army Corps of Engineers had directed and later paid the ASCE more than 1 1 million for its peer review Grant Number W912HZ 06 1 0001 The grant also paid for a series of misleading ASCE presentations attempting to shift blame away from the corps and onto local levee officials 46 Members of the ASCE are forbidden from making false or exaggerated statements and also from making statements for an interested party unless this is disclosed Levees org claimed the records showed how the external peer review would be done in four phases Phase 1 was research and analysis on the performance of the levees floodwalls and other important structures Phase 2 was provision of information on the current system to prevent future flooding Phase 3 was provision of information to evaluate alternative approaches to flood protection Phase 4 was transfer information and knowledge gained to a broader audience within Corps and its consultancy community to communicate lessons learned The group claimed that these records 47 were proof that ASCE s routine powerpoint presentation from 2007 and 2008 were a public relations campaign to repair the corps reputation 48 ASCE officials responded that ASCE paid for the powerpoint presentations itself and had not used USACE grant money for that purpose See also editASCE LibraryReferences edit a b c nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain IRS Form 990 for American Society Of Civil Engineers Group 510202274 for 09 2008 from CitizenAudit org PDF Citizen Audit Retrieved November 7 2017 a b Annual Report 2022 American Society of Civil Engineers Retrieved March 21 2023 ASCE Founders Plaque Metropolitan Section American Society of Civil Engineers Retrieved November 12 2016 Perspectives in Civil Engineering Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Society of Civil Engineers Jeffrey S Russell ASCE Publications January 1 2003 392 pages page 129 They used the constitution of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers founded four years 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Charpentier Colley November 19 2007 Critic Corps tried to thwart inquirty Times Picayune Archived from the original on July 25 2011 Retrieved November 16 2015 Levee group slams ASCE investigation PDF NOLA com August 6 2008 Retrieved January 27 2017 a b Schleifstein Mark April 6 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers finds no ethical violations in its own Katrina levee review Times Picayune Retrieved November 16 2015 Task force will review engineers studies The Times Picayune December 8 2007 ASCE is investigating The Times Picayune December 2 2007 a b Sherwood L Boehlert Joseph Bordogna September 12 2008 Report on Engineering Reviews Recommendations to the American Society of Civil Engineers PDF Archived from the original PDF on March 4 2016 Retrieved January 27 2017 Levees Org November 5 2007 New Orleans Levee Spin 101 Youtube Video New Orleans LA Levees org Baquet Terry November 13 2007 Engineer group not amused by online spoof of levee review Times Picayune Retrieved November 16 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