CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

ASSOCIATIONS

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
111 Market Place, Suite 1050
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 347-7700
Web site: http://www.abet.org
Find out about how to get accredited.

American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians (ASCET)
P.O. Box 1348
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
(770) 967-9173
Web site: http://www.ascet.org
ASCET has a large employment data bank for its members and offers CET magazine.

American Society of Civil Engineers
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, VA 20191-4400
(703) 295-6000
Web site: http://asce.org
This well-designed Web site shows the enthusiasm civil engineers have for their profession. There is information about careers in the field and an online magazine, Civil Engineering.

Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)
1420 King Street, Suite 405
Alexandria, VA 22314-2794
(703) 548-5387
Web site: http://www.jets.org
JETS' mission is to guide high school students toward their
career goals. They offer a self-administered engineering aptitude test; a competition, Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS); and a national engineering design
competition. (Enclose $3.50 for a full package of guidance
materials and information.)

National Institute for Certification in Engineering
Technology (NICET)

1420 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2794
(888) 476-4238
Web site: http://www.nicet.org
NICET's site has extensive information on testing for certification (Job Task Competency Exam), locations of testing centers, and exam dates.

WEB SITES

Brantacan
http://brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm
This is a fun site, and dramatic, too. It contains a collection of photographs of beautiful bridges with explanations on how they were built.

The Bridge Site
http://www.bridgesite.com
This Web site offers information for anyone interested in the construction of bridges, including professional associations, industry events, photo galleries, and discussion forums.

The Civil Engineer
http://www.geocities.com/zekkos_gr/
A site with hyperlinks to categories of civil engineers, such as structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, environmental, and transportation. The online magazine, CE News, is available here.

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
http://www.ce.gatech.edu
This site, maintained by Georgia Tech, is a directory of everything connected to civil engineering. The virtual library has links to journals and articles of special interest, such as pavement engineering.

BOOKS

Beall, Michael E., et al. Inside AutoCAD 14. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing, 1998.
This book gives a step-by-step introduction to this indispensable technology.

Career Information Center. Engineering, Science, and Technology. Vol. 6. New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, 2000.
A handy reference book for those interested in pursuing careers in science and technology. Valuable information about salary and forecast is provided.