Manual Development Process
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Outline
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| Chapter | Representative Themes | Chapter Leads |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Introduction and purpose | Need for engineering-oriented NBS guidance, audience, geographic scope. Defining NBS and providing a typology of NBS. | McKay, Corwin, Dorman |
| (2) Qualitative foundations of project planning | Engineering principles, systems context, primary and secondary design objectives, risk tolerance, constraints, design maturity targets. | TBD |
| (3) Engagement by engineers | Project management, interdisciplinary dialog, ways of knowing, ladder of participation, facilitation, co-production | TBD |
| (4) Site assessment | Developing systems context. Compiling and integrating data. Identifying site constraints. Using site assessment to define availability of green-to-grey methods. | TBD |
| (5) Analysis of NbS | Levels of effort, assessing outcomes/benefits, project performance, monetary cost, non-monetary cost | TBD |
| (6) Alternatives Analysis | Management measures, alternative development, decision support, trade-off analysis | TBD |
| (7) Performance-based Design | Iterative workflows, integrated modeling, hazard resilience and reliability, adaptability | TBD |
| (8) Constructability | Material selection, regulatory requirements, developing specifications, construction oversight | TBD |
| (9) Adaptive Management | Compliance monitoring, performance monitoring, adaptive management, transition to operations | TBD |
| (10) Asset Management | Condition assessment and inspection, operations, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, decommissioning, life cycle budgeting | TBD |
Roles and Responsibilities
What are people signed up for? How were groups picked? Science vs practice, geography, discipline, positionality, engr leadership.
| Role | Description | Responsibilites | Personnel |
|---|---|---|---|
| EWRI Technical Committee | Long-term standing committee advancing NBS in ASCE | Lead society-wide initiatives on education, policy, standards, etc. | Tami Jameson (Chair) |
| NBS Task Force | Initiated NBS manual development. Secures funding. Initiates and coordinates other NBS products (e.g., other manuals) | Emily Corwin (Chair) | |
| ASCE Staff | Full-time employees of the society stewarding ASCE activities | Coordinates and connects across the society. Serves as lead granting entity on proposals. Provides support on file sharing, publishing models, etc. | Brian Parson, Ruth Hocker, Jay Snyder |
| ASCE Executive Committee | Standing committee at the society level representing all institutes | Oversees MOP development across the society. Approves editors and blue ribbon panel. Ensures quality of the review, response, and revision processes. | (Chair) |
| MOP Editors | Overarching leadership for this manual | Develops scope and outline. Leads coordination across executive committee, author teams, and blue ribbon panel. Identifies chapter leads and oversees content development. Aligns content and voice across chapters. | Kyle McKay, Emily Corwin, Troy Dorman |
| Project Managers | Facilitates author team meetings. Develops author guidance. Coordinates logistics with ASCE staff and editorial team. | Margaret Libby, Nicole Del Monaco | |
| Blue Ribbon Panelists | High-level, independent oversight of the MOP | Reviews MOP outline and process. Formal comments on chapter synopses, first-order drafts, and second-order drafts. Reviews response to comments. | Pending approval by ASCE Executive Committee (Oct 2026) |
| Chapter Leads | Two leaders focused on the state-of-the-practice and state-of-the-science for each focal topic | Leads compilation of chapter-scale content. Coordinates content with Editors. Responds to comments and revisions. | Outreach underway by Editors (Nov 2026) |
| Chapter Contributors | Author teams assembled by the Chapter Leads and Editors | Contributes content as directed by the chapter leads. Gathers content and methods from audiences not engaged in MOP development. | Outreach after chapter lead selection (Dec 2026 / Jan 2027 |
Timeline
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Major milestones:
- Oct 2026: ASCE Executive committee reviews Blue Ribbon Panel.
- Nov 2026: Editors request participation by chapter leads.
- Dec 2026: Author teams are assembled.
- Jan-Feb 2027: Chapter leads develop outlines and synposes with author teams.
- March 1-5, 2027: ASCE2027 will convene in Philadelphia. We anticipate an initial gathering of chapter leads, blue ribbon panel members, and others engaged in the manual development.
- Mar 2027: Revision of chapter synopses by Chapter Leads.
- Apr 2027: Review of synopses by Blue Ribbon Panel.
- May-Nov 2027: Chapter teams assemble draft content with ongoing input from editors.
- Fall 2028: Publication of MOP.
Figure 0.1: Proposed timeline for development of a manual of practice