Clarke, BG orcid.org/0000-0001-9493-9200 (2017) Briefing: The role of historical records in current and future civil engineering practice. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering History and Heritage, 170 (2). pp. 49-52. ISSN 1757-9430
Abstract
Civil engineers design, build, operate, maintain and adapt projects with characteristics that distinguish them from other types of projects created by other engineering disciplines and artists. ■ They transform people’s lives by creating the infrastructure and built environment that underpins the wealth, health and well-being of society. ■ They are complex systems that require a multidisciplinary approach. ■ Most civil engineering projects are unique. ■ They are geographically distributed and mostly stationary. ■ There is a sense of permanence because they can last for one or more generations. ■ They are adapted throughout their life to cope with political, social, economic and technological changes. ■ They generate a wealth of information in the form of objects, letters, minutes, reports, papers, calculations, drawings, images and, now, digital records. It is the wealth of information that is the subject of this paper and how relevant it is to current and future generations of engineers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, Thomas Telford (ICE Publishing) . Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | history, knowledge management, social impact |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) > Institute for Resilient Infrastructure (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 May 2017 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2019 12:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Thomas Telford (ICE Publishing) |
Identification Number: | 10.1680/jenhh.17.00006 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:116637 |