The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge: Supporting ASCE’s Grand Challenge

Abstract

With five decades of construction and project management experience as a civil engineer, split equally between the public and private sectors involving projects with a total value of several hundred billion (US$s); my goal has always been to deliver solutions that are customer focused and performance that adds value.

An Integrated Vision of Management and Leadership for Delivering 21st-century Civil Infrastructure

“…[27] Civil engineering projects and programs are the predominant vehicles for infrastructure delivery in the 21 st century. [5] Civil engineers as individuals practice in an environment characterized by economic scarcity. [5] It implies more than limits on the availability of resources, or "scarce means," but also limits to the profession's knowledge and methods for reliably delivering projects ("limited methods").…”

“…[5] Civil engineers as individuals practice in an environment characterized by economic scarcity. [5] It implies more than limits on the availability of resources, or "scarce means," but also limits to the profession's knowledge and methods for reliably delivering projects ("limited methods"). The methods with limits could be civil engineering practices applied to solve design problems as part of technical competency and the solution of management problems as a part of management controls or management capacity.…”

Integration of Public Policy into Civil Engineering Undergraduate Curricula: Review of Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Course Application

“…All four of these themes influence, as well as are influenced by, the field of civil engineering. Engineering programs throughout the country have adopted the Grand Challenges program to infuse public policy-related topics into real world problem solving [16].…”

Department Head Perspectives on the Current CEPC and the BOK3

“…For example, inclusion of sustainability and consideration of risk and uncertainty in the current CEPC were directly responsive to ASCE's strategic goals at the time, namely, promoting sustainability, and safe and resilient infrastructure. Hains and O'Connor [8] present a case for using the BOK3 to support ASCE's "Grand Challenge" of enhancing the performance and value of infrastructure projects over their life cycles [9].…”