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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019877303321

Autore

Hansen Karen Lee

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2011

ISBN

9786613052261

9780470901649

0470901640

9781283052269

1283052261

9780470950043

0470950048

9780470901618

0470901616

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (746 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZenobiaKent

Disciplina

624.023

Soggetti

Civil engineering

Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributing Authors; Contributing Editors; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Background and History of the Profession; Chapter 3 Ethics; Chapter 4 Professional Engagement; Chapter 5 The Engineer's Role in Project Development; Chapter 6 What Engineers Deliver; Chapter 7 Executing a Professional Commission-Project Management; Chapter 8 Permitting; Chapter 9 The Client Relationship and Business Development; Chapter 10 Leadership; Chapter 11 Legal Aspects of Professional Practice; Chapter 12 Managing the Civil Engineering Enterprise

Chapter 13 Communicating as a Professional EngineerChapter 14 Having a Life; Chapter 15 Globalization; Chapter 16 Sustainability; Chapter 17 Emerging Technologies



Sommario/riassunto

A well-written, hands-on, single-source guide to the professional practice of civil engineering 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 21s