It certainly was not the week anyone expected, but even as concerns over COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 ASCE Legislative Fly-In, Society members made their advocacy voices heard.
ASCE members participated in the Week of Action, urging their senators and representatives through email to invest in a modern, resilient infrastructure for America. ASCE set a goal of sending 3,000 emails to Congress this...
Maylinn Rosales, past-president of the Nevada Section, has been working on issues of infrastructure advocacy for her entire professional life. She’s attended the last seven ASCE Legislative Fly-Ins in Washington, D.C. and played a key role in the “2018 Report Card on Nevada’s Infrastructure.”
But this year’s work is different. This year is special.
Rosales, who emigrated from Nicaragua to the United States in 1999, received...
It was a rich and rewarding year at ASCE in 2019.
So rich and so rewarding that mere words can’t do it justice.
Here is ASCE’s 2019 Year in Photos:
In May, ASCE launched Future World Vision, a bold, comprehensive project to anticipate, reimagine and prepare for the future.
Using data-driven, in-depth, scenario-planning analysis, Future World Vision puts civil engineers in position to lead, not just today but...
Guillermo Díaz-Fañas, C.Eng, Ing., P.E., M.ASCE, has been giving back and making a difference all his life.
Today he talks about the nonprofit he helped start, Qu-AKE: Queer Advocacy and Knowledge Exchange, for LGBTQ+ professionals working in the built environment (1:16).
In the Changing the World segment, Hector Colon de la Cruz discusses his work on ASCE's Infrastructure Report Card for Puerto Rico (12:50).
And in Member...
Alex McDowell, an award-winning production designer for dozens of Hollywood films, talks about the way he is blending storytelling and data-driven research for ASCE's Future World Vision.
ASCE News Future Forward highlights civil engineering projects, practices, ideas, and technologies that are future-focused and forward-looking.
Given the current infrastructure crisis in the United States, where need outpaces funding by a wide margin, the so-called win-win project is critical.
These are the projects that solve two problems at once, and one such win-win opportunity may be as close as your local city park.
“Parks can be...
As civil engineers, you are uniquely qualified to lead Society’s infrastructure conversation – indeed, you know firsthand how infrastructure works.
Civil engineers are at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment. With a mission to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, civil engineers need to be at the table with lawmakers...
It was an exciting ASCE 2018.
From the year’s first Multi-Region Leadership Conference in Las Vegas in January to the ASCE 2018 Convention in Denver in October, Society members bonded and worked together to help lead the civil engineering industry forward.
Dream Big went from the big screen to the classroom.
Kristina Swallow inspired civil engineers all over the globe as ASCE president.
Here’s a look at some...
Wednesday, ASCE Region 9 issued part of its California Report Card early to promote its grades for surface transportation infrastructure.
The D grade for roads, the C- grade for bridges, and the C- grade for transit, come just weeks before a November ballot proposition that would repeal a law that created funds for transportation system improvements through new fuel taxes and raised vehicle registration fees.
Los Angeles...
From putting civil engineering on IMAX screens around the world to sending home a report card grading America’s infrastructure, ASCE had a big year.
This week, ASCE News is taking a look back at 2017, highlighting the members and moments that made the year memorable.
Here is a look at the Society's year through the most quotable of quotes.
On Dream Big: Engineering Our World:
"I don’t know...
