Initiatives of the ASCE IRD Risk and Resilience Measurements Committee include: research projects to develop theory and technology; working groups to solve specific challenges; industrial collaborations and show cases; working with authorities towards regulatory documents; contributions to codes and workshops; contributions to conferences; and, publications as technical reports and books. Further, special issues focus on the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems.
During the international committee meeting, Emin Aktan and Hiba Baroud review the Workshop on Resilience Research with NIST (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology). Further, Michael Beer and Yongbo Peng provide an update on conference activities, including ISRERM: International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management and ICVRAM: International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD) develops resources for improving the resilience of civil infrastructure and lifeline systems to all hazards. The IRD was established in 2014 to develop a unified approach to advancing the concepts of resilience within lifeline and infrastructure systems. Technical committee membership carries with it an obligation to participate actively in committee work through contribution of technical information.
Initiatives of the ASCE IRD Risk and Resilience Measurements Committee include: research projects to develop theory and technology; working groups to solve specific challenges; industrial collaborations and show cases; working with authorities towards regulatory documents; contributions to codes and workshops; contributions to conferences; and, publications as technical reports and books. Further, special issues focus on the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems.
During the international committee meeting, Emin Aktan and Hiba Baroud review the Workshop on Resilience Research with NIST (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology). Further, Michael Beer and Yongbo Peng provide an update on conference activities, including ISRERM: International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management and ICVRAM: International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD) develops resources for improving the resilience of civil infrastructure and lifeline systems to all hazards. The IRD was established in 2014 to develop a unified approach to advancing the concepts of resilience within lifeline and infrastructure systems. Technical committee membership carries with it an obligation to participate actively in committee work through contribution of technical information.
In order to confront our current climate crisis, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Board of Direction encourages all ASCE standards committees to review current versions of industry standards, such as ASCE/SEI 7-22 – Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, with respect to climate readiness and resilience. The ASCE Board of Direction is comprised of three Presidential Officers and fifteen Directors. Further, the Board suggests that the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) take the following actions:
Supplement ASCE 7* to update the flood information;
Develop an interim guideline to address climate impacts on environmental hazards, before the publication of ASCE 7-28;
Conduct outreach to federal agencies to ensure new grant programs under IIJA include standards with criteria or eligibility;
And, identify ways to standardize, codify, and address embodied cardon reductions and climate change impacts.
* ASCE 7 is the Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE/SEI 7-22). An integral part of building codes in the United States, ASCE/SEI 7, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures describes the means for determining design loads including dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, seismic, and wind loads and combinations for general structural design. Structural engineers, architects, and building code officials find the structural load requirements essential to professional practice.
About ASCE
The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society. ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) announces the Future Weather & Climate Extreme Series — the third series of virtual events continue to explore the 2021 ASCE publication “Impacts of Future Weather and Climate Extremes on United States Infrastructure: Assessing and Prioritizing Adaptation Actions.” Prepared by the Task Committee on Future Weather and Climate Extremes of the Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate of the ASCE, the publication was authored by Mari R. Tye and Jason P. Giovannettone, with contributions by Amir AghaKouchak, R. Edward Beighley, and many other subject matter experts. The three sessions of the upcoming series feature: Coastal Adaptation & Resilience in Virginia; Climate Change Adaptation for New York City Structures and Infrastructures; and, Climate Change Adaptation for Canadian Core Public Structures and Infrastructures. For more information, “Impacts of Future Weather and Climate Extremes on United States Infrastructure: Assessing and Prioritizing Adaptation Actions” is available for digital download in the ASCE Library. (https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784415863, Published online: September 03, 2021)
September 8, 2022: Coastal Adaptation & Resilience in Virginia
September 15, 2022: Climate Change Adaptation for New York City Structures and Infrastructures
September 22, 2022: Climate Change Adaptation for Canadian Core Public Structures and Infrastructures
