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    Civil engineer's handbook of professional practice / Karen Lee Hansen and Kent E. Zenobia.

    By: Hansen, Karen LeeContributor(s): Zenobia, KentMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011Description: xxx, 714 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780470438411; 047043841XSubject(s): Civil engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Civil engineeringGenre/Form: Handbooks and manuals.DDC classification: 624.023 LOC classification: TA151 | .H295 2011
    Contents:
    Introduction -- Background and history of the profession -- Ethics -- Professional engagement -- The engineer's role in project development -- What engineers deliver -- Executing a professional commission -- project management -- Permitting -- The client relationship and business development -- Leadership -- Legal aspects of professional practice -- Managing the civil engineering enterprise -- Communicating as a professional engineer -- Having a life -- Globalization -- Sustainability -- Emerging technologies.
    Summary: There is a growing understanding that to be competitive at an international level, civil engineers not only must build on their traditional strengths in technology and science but also must acquire greater mastery of the business of civil engineering. Project management, teamwork, ethics, leadership, and communication have been defined as essential to the successful practice of civil engineering by the ASCE in the 2008 landmark publication, Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century (BOK2). This single-source guide is the first to take the practical skills defined by the ASCE BOK2 and provide illuminating techniques, quotes, case examples, problems, and information to assist the reader in addressing the many challenges facing civil engineers in the real world. -- Book Description.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    There is a growing understanding that to be competitive at an international level, civil engineers not only must build on their traditional strengths in technology and science but also must acquire greater mastery of the business of civil engineering. Project management, teamwork, ethics, leadership, and communication have been defined as essential to the successful practice of civil engineering by the ASCE in the 2008 landmark publication, Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century (BOK2). This single-source guide is the first to take the practical skills defined by the ASCE BOK2 and provide illuminating techniques, quotes, case examples, problems, and information to assist the reader in addressing the many challenges facing civil engineers in the real world. -- Book Description.

    Introduction -- Background and history of the profession -- Ethics -- Professional engagement -- The engineer's role in project development -- What engineers deliver -- Executing a professional commission -- project management -- Permitting -- The client relationship and business development -- Leadership -- Legal aspects of professional practice -- Managing the civil engineering enterprise -- Communicating as a professional engineer -- Having a life -- Globalization -- Sustainability -- Emerging technologies.

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