Sergio A. Pecori, P.E., F.ASCE, chairman and CEO of Hanson Professional Services Inc., has been honored by ASCE as the 2020 Outstanding Projects And Leaders award winner in management. The ASCE OPAL awards honor outstanding civil engineering leaders for their lifetime accomplishments. This year’s OPAL winners will be recognized at the 2020 OPAL Gala, March 13, in Washington, D.C. Pecori has come to represent the
The official nominees for 2021 ASCE president-elect, as selected by the Society’s Board of Direction Nominating Committee, are Maria Lehman, P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE, and Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, D.WRE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE. The election winner will go on from president-elect to serve as Society president in 2022. The Society’s election will be conducted May 1 through June 1 via online balloting. Maria Lehman
ASCE marked its 167th year in 2019 – one that upheld our goals of engagement and creativity in the civil engineering profession. We also enhanced our commitment to members by expanding exclusive benefits. But as we begin a new year, it’s time to look ahead. Where will you be in five years? Whether you envision having a new job or new roles, it means new
Imagine the world 50 years from now. What does 2070 look like? How is society continuing to function? How have technological and environmental challenges affected our cities?
ASCE’s Future World Vision brings those possibilities to fruition
Job goals don’t always have to be centered around salary or status. Often, it’s more about personal happiness and finding the right fit. For Bianca Casem, a project engineer at Swenson Say Fagét in downtown Seattle, that means sharing an office with her dog (0:35). And in today’s Extracurricular segment, Chris Hanna, project engineer at Pennoni, discusses his passion for live music (8:56). Listen to
Ronald M. Noble, P.E., L.S., D.CE, D.PE, D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, president and senior principal engineer of Noble Consultants–G.E.C. Inc., and former director of two major ASCE organizations, has been honored by ASCE as the 2020 Outstanding Projects And Leaders award winner in design. The ASCE OPAL awards honor outstanding civil engineering leaders for their lifetime accomplishments. This year’s OPAL winners will be recognized at the 2020
“Engineering With Heart” is a series of articles by Michael Paddock for ASCE News. Paddock, P.E., M.ASCE, a 30-year member of ASCE, is a licensed civil engineer and surveyor. His professional career was spent managing teams of over 100 engineers designing infrastructure projects over $1 billion, and he was the youngest-ever recipient of Wisconsin’s “Engineer of the Year” award. After a near-death cancer experience, he
Ted Craddock, P.E., M.ASCE, acting deputy director of the State Water Project with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), and recent project manager for the emergency recovery of the spillways at the nation’s tallest dam, has been honored by ASCE as the 2020 Outstanding Projects And Leaders award winner in construction. The ASCE OPAL awards honor outstanding civil engineering leaders for their lifetime accomplishments.
The ASCE News Civil Engineering Roundtable showcases insights from a cross section of ASCE members on a variety of industry topics. New Year’s Day might be the best of all holidays. Optimism abounds as everyone resets their hopes and dreams with the calendar. And at ASCE News, we strive to showcase that positivity with the annual collection of civil engineering New Year’s resolutions. This year
ASCE has honored Raymond J. Castelli, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award for more than 40 years of contributions in geotechnical engineering, and particularly for providing innovative solutions that overcame problems and optimized the cost of major infrastructure projects. Castelli has spent a career providing services of a high quality. He is characterized as always doing the right thing and
