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Dr. William H McAnally, Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE

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Dr. William McAnally, Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE


ENGINEER

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RE: Anchor Block Requirement on HDPE DN800 water transmission pipeline

Posted By William McAnally 06-26-2026 10:09 AM
Found In Egroup: Environment, Coasts, Oceans, & Infrastructure \ view thread
I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to answer your question. Unless someone else can answer, try the ASCE library search at the link below. The Pipelines Conference in 2025 may have papers that will get you started. ASCE Library: Bill Mc ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., ...

RE: Application of AI for Risk Assessments

Posted By William McAnally 06-25-2026 11:10 AM
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Thanks, Jameel. That was mostly beyond my ability to understand, but I'm sure many in our community will find it useful. Links to articles and reports, particularly case studies, will be helpful to my understanding. Bill ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, ...

RE: Application of AI for Risk Assessments

Posted By William McAnally 06-23-2026 11:36 AM
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Wow! That sounds impressive, Jameel. The LinkedIn post is intriguing. I hope we can hear more about your team's work here in the CoP. Bill Mc ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE ENGINEER Columbus MS ------------------------------

RE: Tropical Storm Personal Risk Management

Posted By William McAnally 06-19-2026 05:40 PM
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Good summary, Mitch. Circumstances: Single family house 250 miles from the Gulf coast. Two adults (with electric-powered medical equipment) and an aquarium full of fish. Threats: Far enough inland to avoid hurricane surge but close enough to get high winds, torrential rainfall, and spun-off ...

Relative Sea Level Rise

Posted By William McAnally 06-18-2026 05:06 PM
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Relative sea level change, combining sea level rise and coastal land subsidence or rebound, contributes to coastal flooding risks from sunny day flooding of streets and outfalls to increased storm surge and wave incursion. The two articles below describe the nonstationary nature of these threats. How ...

RE: Mental Health and Stigma in the (Engineering) Workplace

Posted By William McAnally 06-16-2026 11:44 AM
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Well said, Angela. My experiences are consistent with your observations that women engineers more readily seek help. I also had several women (but no men) decline promotions, saying they didn't want the increased stress that went with the increased responsibilities. I sometimes had to move men making ...

RE: Application of AI for Risk Assessments

Posted By William McAnally 06-14-2026 03:15 PM
Found In Library: Risk Management

RE: Application of AI for Risk Assessments

Posted By William McAnally 06-14-2026 03:15 PM
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My AI experience has not overlapped with my risk assessment/management experience, so the short answer to Mitch's excellent question is that I don't know. A longer answer is that I asked Google's Gemini AI and got responses that contain useful ideas (e.g. using AI image analysis to detect cracks) ...

RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

Posted By William McAnally 06-09-2026 10:04 AM
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I can't resist taking pictures of hydraulic structures, ships and tows, and particularly poorly designed/failing erosion control. ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE ENGINEER Columbus MS ------------------------------

Porous Pavement

Posted By William McAnally 06-01-2026 09:44 AM
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Interesting and useful paper in the 19 May issue of Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment "Evaluating the Hydrologic Performance of Permeable Articulating Concrete Blocks over Silty Clay Soil in Maryland" found that porous pavement allowed significant infiltration of rainfall, even ...

RE: Rules: "set in stone" or "meant to be broken"?

Posted By William McAnally 05-27-2026 03:50 PM
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Our military has rules and regulations for virtually everything; however, it also has rules for waiving the rules. Requests for waiver must be in writing ("There's a form for that") and must be approved by a specified authority. My experience (Corps of Engineers) and friends (Army, Air Force, and Navy) ...

Asking Again

Posted By William McAnally 05-26-2026 12:45 PM
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Please complete this short survey on Risk Management issues. 🎁 Bonus: Participants will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card. 👉 Take the survey here:Survey Link ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE ENGINEER Columbus MS ...

RE: How do you get the most of of meeting minutes?

Posted By William McAnally 05-12-2026 11:27 AM
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Great question, Mitch. Action items -- what, who and when. Decisions made Attendees Everything else seems like fluff. I have insufficient experience with AI-generated minutes. Bill Mc ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE ...

Calls for Papers

Posted By William McAnally 04-29-2026 12:46 PM
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The Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate's (CACC's) joint series of special issues across multiple ASCE journals that will highlight the importance of climate resilience in civil engineering practice. Contributions encompass a diverse range of topics, including adaptive design strategies, resilient ...

Calls for Papers

Posted By William McAnally 04-29-2026 12:43 PM
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The Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate's (CACC's) joint series of special issues across multiple ASCE journals that will highlight the importance of climate resilience in civil engineering practice. Contributions encompass a diverse range of topics, including adaptive design strategies, resilient ...

Rare Events

Posted By William McAnally 04-29-2026 12:32 PM
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The National Academies has released a report proposing a new center for synthesizing data on rare events from paleolithic period data. See the report at A Synthesis Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events Nationalacademies remove preview A Synthesis ...

RE: Revised Navigation Education

Posted By William McAnally 04-21-2026 10:54 AM
Found In Egroup: Environment, Coasts, Oceans, & Infrastructure \ view thread
Thanks for your interest and the excellent questions, Darya. Your questions are copied in italics below with my responses in ordinary font. Is Navigation Engineering intended to become a distinct engineering discipline in its own right, or remain a specialization within civil/coastal engineering? ...

RE: Revised Navigation Education

Posted By William McAnally 04-17-2026 11:11 AM
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Latest version. ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE ENGINEER Columbus MS ------------------------------

RE: Revised Navigation Education

Posted By William McAnally 04-17-2026 10:27 AM
Found In Library: Environment, Coasts, Oceans, & Infrastructure
Updated May 2026

RE: When should an engineer move on from the first job?

Posted By William McAnally 04-06-2026 12:28 PM
Found In Egroup: Career By Design \ view thread
Thanks for the thought-provoking response, Refugio. I agree with your note about stagnant positions. I once held essentially the same position for 12 years. It was demanding but the demands hadn't changed in the latter 6 years. I became desperate to move on. How does getting a doctor help? ...