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Ben Walpole
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Director, Civil Engineering Magazine
Ohio, Washington
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By Ben Walpole Verified| American Society of Civil Engineers Verified Brad Kubiak, ASCE’s Region 1 director, was speaking specifically about Society governance reframing options at the March board of direction meeting in Washington, D.C. But in the process, he may as well have been summarizing the key motivator for the ASCE Board of Direction’s actions in the last two-plus years. Beware, Kubiak said, the seven most expensive words in the industry: That’s the way we’ve always done it. The message was clear.
By Ben Walpole Verified| American Society of Civil Engineers Verified A 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar Friday was another sobering reminder of the importance of resilient infrastructure. The earthquake’s epicenter was located just outside the city of Mandalay with deaths and damage throughout Myanmar and extending into neighboring China and Thailand. A high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed. The overall death toll from the quake rose above 1,600 over the weekend.
By Ben Walpole Verified| American Society of Civil Engineers Verified Brad Kubiak, ASCE’s Region 1 director, was speaking specifically about Society governance reframing options at the March board of direction meeting in Washington, D.C. But in the process, he may as well have been summarizing the key motivator for the ASCE Board of Direction’s actions in the last two-plus years. Beware, Kubiak said, the seven most expensive words in the industry: That’s the way we’ve always done it. The message was clear.
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Civil Engineering Magazine
Ohio, Washington, D.C., United States, United States