Abstract
Engineering and construction professionals around the world are increasingly faced with the challenge of developing infrastructure in a way that protects environmental quality and natural resources. This is known as sustainable development and calls for meeting human needs for natural resources, industrial products, energy, food, shelter, and effective waste management while conserving environmental quality and the natural resource base. In February 1996, the Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF) hosted an International Research Symposium that generated ideas about moving the topic of sustainable development to the fore as the industry enters the 21st century. Many world organizations have already begun working collaboratively to implement the projects identified by the participants of the Symposium. In addition to the organizations discussed in this article, participation in this effort is open to all interested parties, with the intent of creating broad partnership and leveraging opportunities.
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