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• Clemson University is building a new pedestrian bridge that takes walkers off a road that connects the campus with downtown Clemson, S.C., and connects to the school's new soccer stadium, but Leidy Klotz, and associate professor of civil engineering wonders what it says about the profession and sustainability.
• Professors and students who looked at the road and its risks for pedestrians had several suggestions, but the bridge design had been approved, and the other options withered.
• The American Society of Civil Engineer's code of ethics says that engineers should "strive to comply" with sustainability principles, but Klotz wonders how that works out when engineers are bringing design skills to the project rather than the money.

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What is our responsibility as designers and builders when the entire conception of the project violates principles of sustainable development? ...