Civil Engineering: Industry

The AWC has standards for wood design and construction, and many free items including online courses, calculators, and some of their publications.

CBE provides information on new building technologies. It has links to research and reports.

Based in the United Kingdom CIRIA offers best practices guidelines, articles, newsletters, a calendar of events, and a large list of links to other environmental and civil engineering Internet resources.

Their mission is to continuously improve the process of creating and sustaining the built environment. They do so by offering education, meetings, job listings, forums and online trade shows, and publications.

The EEBA promotes the awareness, education and development of energy efficient, environmentally responsible buildings and communities. Their web site offers news, organizational information, an events calendar, and access to other related web resources.

A portal for a wide range of home and housing construction. It has statistics, reference information, links to industry news services, government data and publications, and commercial products information.

SMACNA is an international trade association representing member contractor firms in the sheet metal and air conditioning industries. The web site contains industry news, information on publications (some may be downloaded for free and others may be purchased on online), legislative updates, and a calendar of events.