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ASCE-NOAA Summer Workshop 2025 Success
ASCE-NOAA Task Force Newsletter. (2025, July). ASCE-NOAA Summer Workshop 2025 Success.
The ASCE-NOAA Summer Workshop 2025 brought together leaders from engineering, climate
science, policy, and infrastructure to explore collaborative strategies for advancing resilient,
sustainable development. Grounded in the shared goal of harmonizing built and natural
environments, participants focused on aligning hazard data with infrastructure standards, expanding
outreach to decision-makers, and identifying emerging priorities in climate resilience.
ASCE highlighted its evolving Codes & Standards and Manuals of Practice, including the newly
endorsed ASCE 24-24 standard for designing infrastructure with a 75–100 year horizon. A key theme
was the desire to integrate NOAA's localized data into engineering practices and planning tools.
Participants discussed implementing a user cycle modeled on NOAA’s Industry Proving Grounds to
improve feedback loops between data providers and end users.
Advocacy remained a major point of discussion, with ASCE and partner organizations underscoring
the importance of defending federal science funding and engaging with Congress and the O昀케ce of
Management and Budget. The workshop also stressed the economic and social value of resilient
infrastructure, with several speakers emphasizing return on investment, resilience dividends, and the
need for new 昀椀nancing models and public-private partnerships.
Speakers addressed the importance of training the next generation of engineers, integrating AI
ethically into the profession, and improving accessibility of engineering content. There was broad
agreement on the urgency of translating historic climate data into forward-looking models and tools
that support decision-making.
Finally, the group acknowledged the critical role of cross-sector partnerships in addressing compound
hazards, re昀椀ning modeling techniques, and simplifying complex data for use by engineers, builders,
and policymakers. Participants emphasized continuing to build a coalition of standard-setting bodies,
advocates, and practitioners to push for actionable, equitable, and future-ready resilience e昀昀orts.
Read the article published in ASCE Source.
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