Schexnayder, C (2000) John f. Stevens: a great civil engineer. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 126(5), pp. 325-330. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
In 1927 John F. Stevens was elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and in so doing the Society honored a great engineer, a great builder, and a man who truly loved the practice of civil engineering. Stevens was a self-trained engineer and constructor who directed some of the great construction efforts of the 19th and 20th centuries. In his early years, Stevens was engaged in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, first with the contractors and then for the railway company directly. Two presidents thought so highly of his engineering skill that they appointed him to lead major construction efforts in the early 20th century. President Theodore Roosevelt made him chief engineer of the Isthmian (Panama) Canal work, and Wilson sent him to Russia in 1917, as chairman of a commission of railway engineers to rehabilitate and operate rail lines in Siberia. This narrative traces his adventures and growth as an engineer, but it also provides guidance as to how an engineer develops his capabilities in order to handle greater challenges.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Index terms: | engineer, Panama, society, canal, builder, civil engineer, narrative |
| Subjects: | profession, practitioner, communities and social development, infrastructure and transport systems, qualitative and interpretive research, Geography |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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