The January/February 2022 issue of Civil Engineering, The Magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers, cover “Making Infrastructure Resilient to Climate Change” and article “Responding to Code Red” by Robert L. Reid warns of “a code red for humanity.” Reid highlights how civil engineers are working to limit the emission of greenhouse gases, preserve resources, and promote resiliency. Mission critical goals aim to future-proof today’s infrastructure for tomorrow’s environment.
“Responding to Code Red” is the first in a series of articles on infrastructure resilience planned to be published in Civil Engineering magazine, with future articles addressing specific climate threats, damage mitigation strategies, and critical infrastructure operations. “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis” confirms that climate change “…is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe… in the atmosphere, in the oceans, (in) ice floes, and on land.”
As one of many examples, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) report highlights heightened risks to coastal areas. Continued sea-level rise will cause more frequent and severe coastal flooding and erosion. By the end of this century, extreme weather events that now occur once in a hundred years will most probably occur annually. In summary, “Responding to Code Red” is a call to action for future-proofing our infrastructure now and for future generations.
(Source: Civil Engineering, The Magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers)
The 2021 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2021) is from September 12th to September 14th. Hosted by the University of Florida, the i3CE 2021 conference is at the Embassy Suites Lake Buena Vista South, nearby Walt Disney World.
The theme of this year’s conference is IT for Smart Infrastructure and Communities, featuring sessions on visualization, information modeling and digital twin technology, simulation and process modeling, reality capture technologies (LIDAR, RGB-D, vision), big data and sensing, and numerous other topics.
Further, the i3CE 2021 conference invites scientific contributions from all emerging areas of computing across the architecture-engineering-construction-owner (AECO) industry. i3CE 2021 committees include the University of Florida Local Organizing Committee and The International Scientific Committee.
During the conference, computing themes and topics address the following computing technical areas and computing application contexts:
Computing Technical Areas
Visualization (nD,VR, AR)
Information modeling and Digital Twin Technology (BIM, BrIM, CIM, GIS)
BOSTON, MA, August 9, 2021 — ClimaTwin™, Infrastructure Digital Twin for Climate Risk Analysis™, is proud to join the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE Task Committee on Future Weather & Climate Extremes (FWCX), a part of the Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate. Formed in 2011, the committee evaluates technical requirements and engineering challenges for adapting to a changing climate.
Activities of the committee include research and development related to a changing climate and its effects on the safety, health, and welfare of the public as it interfaces with civil engineering infrastructure. This research may lead to the establishment of appropriate standards, loading criteria, and evaluation and design procedures for:
BOSTON, MA, August 2, 2021 — ClimaTwin™, Infrastructure Digital Twin for Climate Risk Analysis™, is proud to join the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate. Formed in 2011, the committee evaluates technical requirements and engineering challenges for adapting to a changing climate. Activities of the committee include research and development related to a changing climate and its effects on the safety, health, and welfare of the public as it interfaces with civil engineering infrastructure. This research may lead to the establishment of appropriate standards, loading criteria, and evaluation and design procedures for:
