Research guides: CIVL: Civil Engineering: Selected Websites

Report writing & communicating

Report writing & communication

Engineering Communication by David Ingre; Robert Basil
Call Number: TA 158.5 I53 2017

Engineering technical reports
From Colorado State University
Communicating as an engineer
Working in a term, doing presentations, etc.
Writing guidelines for engineering & science students
These guidelines contain advice, examples, and exercises for common writing and speaking assignments in engineering.
Online handbook - from the Engineering Communication Program
From the U of Toronto. Includes types/parts of reports, oral communication, etc.
Civil engineering lab reports
Both external & internal reports that cover format, data and more.

Canadian Government Sites

Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
Transport Canada
National Research Council Canada: Publications
Search for full text reports in: energy sources, environmental technologies, water technologies, and more.

Associations & Organizations

Engineers Canada Exam Syllabi
Examination syllabi represent the body of knowledge typically covered
in similar accredited engineering programs in Canada in a particular discipline of engineering.
APEGBC - Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of BC
APEGBC "has created several resources to assist you as a student and ease the transition to professional membership."
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
Engineers Without Borders - Canada
Transportation Association of Canada
Provides free access to some of their research.
National Institute of Standards & Technology - Publications
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
American Concrete Association
Produce technical documents, reports, guides, etc. on the best use of concrete.
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Establish standards for materials, systems and services.
ASEE.org - ASEE - Conferences - Conference Proceedings Search
Full text papers of ASEE conference proceedings from 1996 to present.
Civil Engineering Database
An index to ASCE's publications - abstracts, but no fulltext. If you see something you want, check the library databases or order via interlibrary loan.
National Center for Pavement Preservation
NCPP was established by Michigan State University & the Foundation for Pavement Preservation to lead in the advancement of pavement preservation. A lot of the research is available fulltext.

American Society for Engineering Education

ASEE Annual Conference paper repository, with papers going back to 1995, facilitates the archiving, searching, and citing of papers within the ASEE conference. ASEE will be assigning a digital object identifier to each paper presented at the 2015 annual conference and is examining options for doing so for all papers going back to 1995

Advanced Search option https://peer.asee.org/advanced_search?visible=true

CIVL: Civil Engineering

BC Building Codes Online

Magazines & Trade journals

Staying up-to-date

Web Resources

Report writing & communicating

Canadian Government Sites

Associations & Organizations

American Society for Engineering Education