ASCE Manual of Practice 159 Provides Guidance on Geoenvironmental Engineering

Reston, Va. – ASCE’s latest Manual of Practice, Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Contaminant Characterization, Containment Facilities, Solid Waste Materials, and Contaminated Ground Interventions, MOP 159, provides an overview of a variety of aspects of geoenvironmental engineering, outlining design procedures and recommendations in engineering practice. Individual chapter authors cover the key geoenvironmental engineering topics that reflect the state of practice in the United States. 

These areas include: 

• Contaminant transport and fate,  
• Geomechanical and geochemical characterization, 
• Waste material characterization and properties,  
• Design of base and cover containment systems,  
• Static and seismic slope stability of waste containment systems, and  
• Permeable and impermeable (cutoff) barriers.   

Geoenvironmental engineering professionals will benefit from this new technical and scientific resource that provides insights from leading geoenvironmental engineers.