civil engineering magazines

lowendnewbie · 05-20-2008, 10:50 AM

Hi,

I'm thinking of suscribing to a civil engineering magazine as a gift for a friend. I'm located in Canada. Does anyone have any recommendations? Hes especially interested in structural engineering.

thanks

aibarr · 05-20-2008, 12:41 PM

Most civil engineering magazines (particularly structural) are received as a result of membership in a particular organization.

I'm a member of AISC (Amer. Inst. of Steel Construction) and I particularly like "Modern Steel Construction". It's my favorite. They showcase some really cool projects every month, and I'm really fond of steel design anyhow.

I'm also a member of ASCE (Amer. Soc. of Civ. Engs.) and they publish "Civil Engineering".

Zweig White also publishes "CE News" (Welcome to CENews.com - For the Business of Civil Engineering) and "Structural Engineer" (www.gostructural.com). They have some pretty good salary surveys every year, and they publish a list of the best firms to work for every year, too.

There's also "Structure" which is decently good (www.STRUCTUREmag.org).

I also get "Spectra", but that's more of an academic journal from my EERI (Earthq. Eng. Research Inst.) membership. It's pretty cool, but others might not find it as interesting as I do.

ken285 · 05-20-2008, 04:42 PM

If I'm not mistaken, Modern Steel Construction is free to U.S. residents, regardless of AISC membership. It's available for a free for non U.S. residents (including Canada).

Modern Steel Construction » Subscriptions

aibarr · 05-20-2008, 05:12 PM

Hunh! Cool. I always just got it automagically because of my AISC membership; never knew you could just ask for it.

It really is a great magazine. I like the steel quizzes.

I... am admittedly lame.

(I seriously considered getting married in a church I saw an article on in MSC, the main draw being that there was an article on it in MSC. It was also just a very lovely cathedral.)

ken285 · 05-20-2008, 05:29 PM

Typo... it's available for a FEE, not free, for non-U.S. residents.

lowendnewbie · 05-21-2008, 10:24 AM

I definately want to get something engineering related for his birthday. What do you think about be better? 1year subscription to Modern Steel construction or a framed picture of a bridge.

thanks!

aibarr · 05-21-2008, 01:23 PM

Considering the fact that MSC is free and that you were presumably planning on buying him something in the first place, you can probably do both...

Also check out Gifts for Engineers, Unique gifts for every engineer on your list. A friend once bought me some blueprints-themed civil engineering stuff from there and it was a lot of fun.