Civil & Architectural Engineering
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Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | Engineering -- General | Organizations
Civil Engineering
American Institute of Steel Construction FreePubs
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) is a not-for-profit technical
institute and trade association serving the structural steel design community and
construction industry. They are perhaps best known for their comprehensive "Manual
of Steel Construction." This website provides many free publications of the AISC,
including specifications and codes, seismic resources, and revisions to AISC publications.
Some sections, such as the "Technical Library", are free only to members of the
AISC while the rest is free to everybody.
Civil Engineering
Virtual Library
This site, hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, is an extension of the
WWW Virtual Library project specializing in information related to Civil Engineering.
It provides links to numerous free websites, organized into Commercial, Educational,
Organizational, and Journal groups. The database of links is completely searchable
to provide easy viewing.
CodeCheck
Codecheck is a swift way of checking for the most common violations of building
codes. It is not meant to supercede the printed local Codes, but merely to emphasize
the central life-safety principles that underlie building codes throughout the United
States.
iCivilEngineer
iCivilEngineer is a free, advertising supported, information gateway especially
designed for civil engineers. Its main emphasis is in news and current awareness,
with many links to civil engineering news, new civil engineering projects, new journal
articles, and mail and discussion groups. It also includes a career center with
links to PE Exam guides, job openings, and academic programs.
Geotechnical Engineering
GROW: Geotechnical, Rock,
& Water Resources Library
GROW is a collection of electronic resources and news related to geotechnical engineering,
rock mechanics, and water resources.
NISEE: National Information
Service for Earthquake Engineering
A collection of resources on earthquake engineering from the University of California,
Berkeley. Some resources on this site are available only to students and faculty
of UC Berkeley. Freely available sections include the William G. Godden Structural
Engineering Slide Library (http://nisee.berkeley.edu/godden), V.V. Bertero's web-based
Introduction to Earthquake Engineering (http://nisee.berkeley.edu/bertero), and
the Jan T. Kozak Collection of Images of Historical Earthquakes (http://nisee.berkeley.edu/kozak).
Engineering -- General
TechXtra
TechXtra, an initiative of Heriot Watt University in the UK, is a free service that
can help you find articles, books, the best websites, the latest industry news,
job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text e-prints, the latest
research, thesis and dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in
engineering, mathematics and computing.
Organizations
American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE)
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), is dedicated to the advancement
of the individual civil engineer and the advancement of the science and profession
of civil engineering through education. It is the leading representative body for
civil engineers in the United States and is internationally recognized in the civil
engineering profession. This site gives information about the Society, its membership,
departments, and services. Also included is information about ASCE publications
and some job vacancy sections. The Civil Engineering magazine is available online
at this site. The ASCE Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) is available for searching.
The CEDB provides access to over 80,000 bibliographic and abstracted records.
Council of American Building Officials
Commentary on building codes, ANSI standards and Congressional bills of interest
to the building code community.
Institution of Civil Engineers
(ICE)
ICE is the U.K. counterpart of the ASCE. This site gives information about the Institution,
its membership, activities, publications, meetings, and conferences. An electronic
newsletter service, Infoshare, has 15 free weekly newsletters (ranging from ground
engineering, health and safety to transport and highways) and contain a round up
of the news, event listings and ICE announcements.
