2018 Azbee Awards of Excellence

Category

Print > Regular Department > Mid Atlantic

Awarded to

Catherine A. Cardno, Ph.D., senior editor

Entry details

Technology

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Publication name: Civil Engineering
Publishing company: American Society of Civil Engineers
Website home page: www.asce.org/cemagazine

Please describe the publication's mission and readership:

Civil Engineering’s 90,000 readers are civil engineers working for engineering firms or local, state, or federal governments or authorities. The mission of Civil Engineering is to provide a deeper understanding of the wide variety of issues, challenges, and achievements of the civil engineering profession and of its practitioners and leaders. Civil Engineering is edited for an intelligent, well-educated, and well-read readership—a readership that is also sophisticated in terms of the use of photography and graphics. With respect to the graphic design of the magazine, the layout of each article is developed to strengthen—or reinforce—the editorial focus of the article. The objectives of the magazine as a whole are to strengthen the readers’ understanding of civil engineering, to showcase civil engineering projects in ways that enhance the creators’ pride in the projects, and to make the magazine a pleasure to read.

Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:

The Technology department focuses on new devices, equipment, software, and applications aimed at advancing the practice of civil engineering that are either currently being tested or that have recently been introduced. The department focuses on how the new technology is being used in the field to solve a problem. The inflatable plug featured in September, which can prevent flooding in tunnels due to storm surges or other sudden weather events, is particularly timely as sea level increases continue to be predicted to have drastic effects on coastal cities. New types of elevators such as the one featured in the October issue, which moves both horizontally and vertically, are critical to moving architects' ever-more fanciful skyscraper designs from drawing board to reality. And the 3-D printed concrete building featured in the November issue is just one example of how a new technology can be deployed by military engineers to help house troops in the field or civilians in need after a disaster.

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