Alex Albert

Description Twenty-first century collective intelligence — combining people’s knowledge and skills, new forms of data and increasingly, technology — has the untapped potential to transform the way people understand and act on climate change. Collective intelligence for climate action in the Global South takes many forms: from crowdsourcing of Indigenous knowledge to preserve biodiversity, to participatory monitoring of extreme heat and farmer experiments adapting crops to weather variability.

1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Civil engineering professionals play a crucial role in the design, development, and maintenance of our infrastructure, such as roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and systems for water supply and sewage treatment [65]. The civil engineering industry also contributes to the economic growth of a nation and provides job opportunities to countless workers and employees [64].

1. Introduction The construction industry plays a pivotal role in supporting the needs of the broader society. For example, the construction industry focuses on building and maintaining the infrastructure that we use on a daily basis []. This includes everything ranging from roads, bridges, and the transportation infrastructure to our homes, commercial buildings, and industrial facilities [].