About ASTMâ¦. Two New Journals. â¢ Advances in Civil Engineering Materials covers topics relating to the. properties and performance of civil engineering materials, such as concrete, asphalt, steel, polymers and polymeric composites, and wood.
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. The term is used mostly in  connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic censuses.
Census of Population and Housing. The census tells us who we are and where we are going as a nation. The census helps our communities determine where to build everything from schools to supermarkets, and from homes to hospitals. It helps the government decide how to distribute funds and assistance to states and localities.