Sustainability in Engineering Design and Construction

Yates and Castro-Lacouture introduce sustainability and sustainable practices to members of the engineering and construction community, and provide insight into how to design and construct sustainable structures. They also address sustainable practices during engineering design and construction operations for all types of engineering and construction projects. They mention the certification rating systems, but focus on actually practicing sustainability rather than passing an inspection. Among the topics are sources of information on sustainability requirements, environmental laws and their implications, life-cycle cost assessment models, project-level sustainability initiatives, and sustainable construction materials. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

J. K. Yates, PhD, BSCE, is a civil and construction engineering consultant, emeritus professor, and former dean, as well as having been the associate editor of the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Journal for 10 years. Dr. Yates has extensive hands-on experience working both domestically and globally for companies such as Bechtel, Williams Companies, CH2M Hill, and URS (formerly Morrison-Knudsen). A former member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, PMI, and the American Association of Cost Engineers International, Dr. Yates has written and had published eight books and over 50 refereed journal articles on civil and construction engineering, project management, and international engineering and construction.

Daniel Castro-Lacouture, Ph.D, PE, is a professor and chair of the School of Building Construction, in the College of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. His overall area of interest consists of defining and deploying evaluation protocols for technology innovations in the built environment, focusing on areas affecting the built environment from both operational and sustainability perspectives. Dr. Castro-Lacouture is a registered professional engineer, associate editor of Automation in Construction, and member of the International Green Builder Certification Board. He was chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2014 Construction Research Congress, and has worked in construction engineering and management in both the public and private sectors.