Civil Engineering for the Community

ASCE Press

Abstract

  • Civil Engineering for the Community provides a rich collection of tips and recommendations on how to approach and solve the questions most commonly encountered by engineers at the local government level. Randolph explores the uniqueness of the "human equation" and the difficulties that it presents for the engineer serving the public sector.

    By presenting a variety of ideas with examples to illustrate them, this book is a valuable resource for both novice and more experienced civil engineers.

    This title is not available for download by the chapter.

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Chapter 1 Ideas, Communication, and Change
5–10
Chapter 2 The Forms of Public Administration
11–17
Chapter 3 Doing Our Work Better
18–22
Chapter 4 Constituencies, Communication, and Civil Engineers
23–28
Chapter 5 Managing Problems Associated with Using Computer Programs
29–36
Chapter 6 Managing Managers
37–40
Chapter 7 Managing Work
41–44
Chapter 8 Citizens
45–51
Chapter 9 Elected Officials
52–58
Chapter 10 Skills for Local Government
59–62
Chapter 11 Technician or Manager
63–68
Chapter 12 Infrastructure and Our Values (or How to Build for the Next 2000 Years)
69–72
Chapter 13 Society
73–78
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81–86