Illinois Section ASCE – American Society of Civil Engineers

Chicago Engineers Foundation's Annual Meeting & Reception
2024-09-26 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Union League Club, 65 W Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 60604, United States
Chicago Engineers Foundation’s Annual Meeting & Reception is scheduled for Thursday, September 26th at 6pm at the Union League Club of Chicago. To RSVP please email cef@chicagoengineersfoundation.org.

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ASCE Region 3 Assembly
2024-09-27 11:00 - 2024-09-28 14:00 | Christopher B. Burke Engineering – Chicago Office, 625 W. Adams, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL, United States
ASCE Region 3 Assembly is a great opportunity to share and learn with ASCE members and students from all around Region 3.
Register Here
Cost:
Members $100
Students $50
Event Sponsor (includes 1 ticket) $400
You have the option to reserve tickets ($50 each) for the Wendella – Chicago’s Original Architecture Tour. The tour is Friday night, 6:15pm departure.

Experience the city’s legendary architecture from the best seat in the house—the river. Our experienced tour guides detail the 130 year long history behind the skyline, while our bartenders and staff keep you comfortable and entertained. This comprehensive tour navigates through the heart of the city on all three branches of the Chicago River. It’s the one thing everyone tells you to do in Chicago, done right.
Hotel Accommodations

W Chicago – City Center ($229 USD per night)
172 W Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 332-1200
**The hotel block has been extended to September 10th so please book your room soon.
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2024 Annual Awards Dinner
2024-10-10 18:00 - 22:00 | Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, 505 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, 60611, United States
The Illinois Section of ASCE cordially invites you and your guests to join us for our annual engineering awards dinner. Please join us for a memorable evening of networking, dinner and presentation of the 2024 individual and project award recipients, along with recognizing our 2025 Life Members and installation of the 2024/2025 Board, with guest emcee, comedian, Ken Garr.

Place: InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile (505 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611)

Time: 6 pm – 7 pm Cocktail Hour (Empire Ballroom)

7 pm – 10 pm Dinner & Awards (Grand Ballroom)

Cost:

General $195.00

Educator/Government $95.00

Student $75.00

Sponsorship:

Platinum (includes preferred table of 10 with logo identifier) $3,500.00

Gold (includes 5 tickets) $2,800.00

Silver (includes 3 tickets) $2,000.00

Bronze (includes 1 ticket) $1,000.00

*All Sponsors will have company logo displayed in the program and on presentation slides.

Additional Sponsorship Opportunities:

* Cocktail Hour-Limit 2 (includes 10 tickets, priority seating and Platinum table recognition and heavy marketing during the cocktail hour) $5,000

* Plated Dinner-Limit 1 (includes 10 tickets, priority seating and Platinum table recognition and logo on each place setting.) $5,000

* Dinner Wine Sponsorship-Limit 1 (includes 10 tickets, priority seating and Platinum table recognition and logo on each place setting.) $5,000

* Student Seat Sponsorship-Limit 3 (includes 10 student tickets, and logo recognition during dinner and in the program.) $3,000

* Program Sponsor-Limit 1 (Logo recognition during dinner and in the program.) $500

* Name Tag/Registration Table Sponsor-Limit 1 (Logo recognition at registration table, during dinner and on the back of name tags.) $500

* Award Plaque Sponsor-Limit 1 (Logo recognition during dinner and the opportunity to provide personal note from your company to award winners.) $800

Register Here
(If you are a non-member you can still register. You will be asked to log-in. To log in you will need to create an account with your primary email address. Once you have created your account you will be able to log in and register. Your account will enable you to log in and register for any future ASCE events.)

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IL Section Geo-Institute October Dinner Meeting - Micropile Underpinning of Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Cooling Tower
2024-10-15 17:15 - 20:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Our distinguished guests, Terry Holman, PhD, PE, and Nathan Holmer, PE, SE from Geosyntec Consultants, will be presenting on the Micropile Underpinning of Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Cooling Tower in Toledo, Ohio. Please click on the flyer link below for more information.

Please register using the appropriate link below:

Professionals (Consultant/Contractors)

Educator/Government Employees

Student Members

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We look forward to seeing you there!

IL Section CI & Benesch Weber Road at I-55 and Longmeadow Parkway Webinar
2024-11-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Please join The Illinois Chapter ASCE Construction Institute and one of their annual sponsors, Benesch, for a virtual presentation on Weber Road at I-55 and Longmeadow Parkway. Presenters from Benesch will discuss how they addressed the challenges and issues they faced on both projects.

Registration link: I-55 Weber Road Project + Longmeadow Parkway Project registration – Webex

IL Section ASCE EWRI HEC-HMS Seminar (SAVE THE DATE)
2024-11-13 08:00 - 2024-11-14 17:00 | Christopher B. Burke Engineering – Chicago Office, 625 W. Adams, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL, United States
Details: This seminar provides an opportunity for those without any prior HEC-HMS modeling experience to use the program for modeling hydrologic events. Upon completion of this course, you will gain a solid foundation in hydrologic principles such as watershed delineation, design rainstorms, infiltration, runoff, channel routing, and detention storage routing. Lunch will be provided and PDH’s will be offered.

Registration link will be coming soon. For more information, please email ggifford@hwlochner.com.

IL Section ASCE GI Happy Hour
2024-11-13 17:15 - 19:00 | Goose Island Salt Shed Pub, 1221 W. Blackhawk St., Chicago, IL, 60642, United States
Time: 5:15pm

Place: Goose Island Salt Shed Pub (1221 W Blackhawk St. Chicago, IL 60642)

We are excited to announce that our Geo Institute Chapter will host a happy hour event at the Goose Island Salt Shed Pub on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 starting at 5:15PM This will be a fantastic opportunity to come out, hang out, and celebrate before the holidays.

Please RSVP by Monday, November 11, using this link: RSVP. Mark your calendars and join us for an evening of fun.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

ASCE Geo-Institute Illinois Chapter

2024-2025 Organizing Committee

Chair: Thierno Kane (tkane@geosyntec.com)

Co-Chair: Mark Abtahi (abtahima@cdmsmith.com)

Treasurer: Clay Patterson (cpatterson@langan.com)

IL Section ASCE T&DI November Luncheon - Commissioner Jamie Rhee - Chicago Department of Aviation
2024-11-14 11:30 - 13:30 | Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse – Rosemont, 5464 N River Road, Rosemont, IL, 60018, United States
For more information please go to the Registration Link

Sponsorships for this event are available.

IL Section ASCE SEI November Luncheon - Why Bridge Load Ratings are Important
2024-11-19 11:30 - 13:15 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Speaker: Timoth Armbrecht, P.E., S.E.

Time: 11:30am – 12:00pm Networking, 12:00pm – 1:15pm Lunch & Presentation

Cost: $65 ASCE Members

$75 Non-ASCE Members

$50 Government

$25 Students

CEU: 1.0 PDH will be provided

Contact: asce.il.struct@gmail.com

Register by: Monday, Nov. 18th

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IL Section ASCE, Technical Institutes, and Younger Member Group Holiday Party
2024-12-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Haymarket Pub & Brewing, 737 W Randolph St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Place: Haymarket Pub & Brewery (737 W Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60661)

Price – $75 per person / $25 per student

$300 sponsorship (Includes 2 Tickets & Advertisement at the Event and on Social Media)

Register HERE by December 5th.

Holiday Attire Encouraged!

Please bring unwrapped gift for Toys for Tots.

Open bar and heavy appetizers will be provided.

Information will also be available about the Illinois Section ASCE, Technical Institutes and Younger Member Group if you are interested in getting more engaged in the upcoming year.

Contact: Josh Young, communications.ymg@isasce.org

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IL Section ASCE Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI) Committee Meeting
2025-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | SmithGroup, 35 E. Wacker Drive, #900, Chicago, IL, United States

IL Section ASCE GI March Dinner Meeting - Kord J Wissmann, PhD, PE, DGE - Intechnics, Inc.
2025-03-11 17:15 - 20:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Time: 5:15pm Cocktails

6:15pm Dinner, Presentation to follow

Cost: $65 General (Contractor, Consultant (with reservation)

$55 Education/Government Employees (with reservation)

$25 Students (with reservation)

(if paying with check, make checks payable to ASCE IL Geo-Institute)

Contact: Institute asceilgeotech@gmail.com

Thierno Kane tkane@geosyntec.com

Mark Abtahi abtahim@bv.com

Clay Patterson cpatterson@langan.com

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Chicago Engineers' Foundation - World's Fair Chicago Event (Save the Date)
2025-04-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Union League Club, 65 W Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 60604, United States
Ticketing details coming in a couple of weeks.

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IL Section ASCE Annual Spring Dinner
2025-04-17 17:00 - 19:45 | Maggiano’s Chicago, 111 W. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
The Illinois Section of ASCE is pleased to host its annual Student Scholarship Dinner celebrating the achievements of our local student members. The event will recognize the 13 Illinois section 2025 scholarship winners and also include highlights of recent ASCe initiatives.
Registration & Cocktail Hour: 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Dinner & Program: 6:00pm to 7:45pm
Cost:
$85.00 Member
$100.00 Non-Member
$30.00 Student
$45.00 Section Past President
$650.00 Table of 8
Sponsorship Opportunities:
Gold Sponsorship $825.00 (includes 2 tickets)
Silver Sponsorship $550.00 (includes 1 ticket)
Bronze Sponsorship $275.00 (sponsorship only)
Click here to register
Registration closes on Friday, April 11, 2025.

IL Section ASCE GI April Dinner Meeting - Geotechnical Challenges and Foundation Solutions for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium
2025-04-23 17:15 - 20:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Time: 5:15pm Cocktails

6:15pm Dinner, Presentation to follow

Cost: $70 General (Contractor, Consultant (with reservation)

$55 Education/Government Employees (with reservation)

$25 Students (with reservation)

(if paying with check, make checks payable to ASCE IL Geo-Institute)

Contact: Institute asceilgeotech@gmail.com

Thierno Kane tkane@geosyntec.com

Mark Abtahi abtahim@bv.com

Clay Patterson cpatterson@langan.com

Registration Link

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2025 Transportation for Illinois Coalition (TFIC) Legislative Lobby Day
2025-04-30 11:30 - 20:00 | IL
Please join us for the Legislative Drive Down on April 30th.

ASCE Illinois Section has been a part of the TFIC for nearly 15 years and has been a great partnership. We will have our 2022 Illinois Infrastructure Report Card on-hand to help inform our legislators about the status of our Illinois Infrastructure, which has been used by TFIC in their legislative outreach. The Transportation for Illinois Coalition unites stakeholders from business, labor, and local governments to educate policymakers and the public about the need for adequate investment in Illinois’ transportation infrastructure. The TFIC is the recognized authority on and unifying voice for transportation needs in Illinois. TFIC exists to achieve the best transportation systems in order to guarantee economic success. This includes and touches many aspects of the transportation network from roads/highways, bridges, airports, shipping/trucking, intermodal, rail, and agricultural needs. There will be Leadership Briefings and Legislator meetings setup by TFIC. In the evening there will be a legislative reception.

Tentative agenda:

11:30am: Welcome

12:45: Walk to Capital

1:00: Lobby Day Leadership Briefings

2:30: Legislator Meetings

5-8pm: Reception at Vinegar Hill Mall in Springfield, IL

Please Register for this event here. There is no cost to participate.

2025 ASCE Illinois Section Annual Awards Dinner
2025-10-30 17:00 - 21:00 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago – Magnificent Mile, 300 E Ohio St, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
The Illinois Section of ASCE cordially invites you and your guests to our annual civil engineering awards dinner. Please join us for a memorable evening of networking, dining, and honoring our 2025 award recipients.

Please help support this premier civil engineering event with your sponsorship and attendance.
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Pricing of Event

For those attending the event, parking is located next to the hotel lobby on Ohio St. No Valet or EV charging is available. To get to the Annual Awards Dinner, take the main staircase in the middle of the lobby down to the foyer. The IL-ASCE table will be set up in the foyer with your nametag.

IL Section ASCE, Technical Institutes, and Younger Member Group Holiday Party
2025-12-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Haymarket Pub & Brewing, 737 W Randolph St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Celebrate the season with us! Enjoy a fun night filled with holiday cheer, an open bar, and hearty appetizers. Bring an unwrapped gift to donate to A Greater Good Foundation and help make the season brighter for others.
Dress in your favorite holiday style!

Price – $75 per person / $35 per student

Sponsorship – $300 (Includes 2 Tickets & Advertisement at the Event and on Social Media)

Register here by December 1st.

Information will also be available about the Illinois Section ASCE, Technical Institutes and Younger Member Group if you are interested in getting more engaged in the upcoming year.

Contact: communications.ymg@isasce.org

Geo-Institute Dinner Meeting: Construction of the Chicago Spire
2026-02-24 17:30 - 20:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Join us as we learn about the construction of the Chicago Spire! When the Chicago Spire project was mothballed in 2008 at the onset of the Great Recession, many wondered what would become of the site. For years, the site sat vacant with only “Chicago’s Largest Swimming Pool” as evidence of the previous work. Fast forward 18 years and the north tower of the 400 N Lake Shore Drive complex is well on its way to its full height of 875 feet. This presentation explores the original construction of the Chicago Spire foundations and earth retention, how it was incorporated into the new 400 N LSD development, and new additions that are bringing the latest project to life.

If you want to learn more information about our speakers, click here.

Price: $25-$70

Register here!

IL-ASCE and YMG: Professional Mixer and Trivia Night
2026-02-26 17:30 - 19:30 | Benesch Office, 35 W Wacker Dr #3300, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Join the IL-Section ASCE Mentorship Program Committee and Younger Members Group for a night of networking, LinkedIn Best Practices, and… TRIVIA! Light food and beverages will be provided.

Registration is required by Monday, February 23rd. RSVP here.

Event is FREE for Mentorship Pairs and ASCE/Student Members

Geo-Institute Dinner Meeting: NEORSD Project Clean Lake - Planning, Design, and Construction of CSO Tunnels
2026-03-24 17:30 - 20:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Join us as we learn about the Project Clean Lake! It is a 25‑year program being implemented by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) in Cleveland, OH. The program’s goal is to reduce annual raw sewage discharges into Lake Erie by more than 4 billion gallons annually. When completed in 2036, it will enable the capture and treatment of more than 98% of wet‑weather flows within the District’s combined sewer system.

If you want to learn more information about our speaker and event, click here.

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IS-ASCE T&DI March Luncheon with CDOT's Acting Commissioner, Craig Turner, PE, PLS
2026-03-26 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy, 516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Craig Turner, PE, PLS, is proud to serve as CDOT’s Acting Commissioner. He most recently served as CDOT’s First Deputy Commissioner and previously lead CDOT’s Division of Electrical Operations.
Craig brings a broad range of experience in transportation infrastructure, with a career spanning both public service and the private sector. He began his work in government at the Illinois Department of Transportation and later served at the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways. From 2002 to 2020, he held a variety of roles at private engineering firms, where he fulfilled roles from staff engineer to Director of Civil/Transportation. He joined CDOT in 2020 and has since risen to his current leadership position. Across both his work in the private sector and at the City, Craig played a critical leadership role in the successful delivery of the Chicago Smart Lighting Program.
Register by 4pm on Monday, March 23rd. If you want to learn more information about our speaker and event, click here.
Price: $35-$75
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Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IL Section ASCE Annual Spring Dinner
2026-04-22 17:30 - 19:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy, 516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Save the date for our annual President Elect / Scholarship Award Dinner. We are excited to have the
Society President-Elect, Carol Ellinger Haddock, as our guest speaker. The night will be followed by a
presentation of the Route 66 Centennial event. Then, we will conclude with recognition of our Class of
2026 IL-Section and Institutes scholarship recipients. A night of inspiration and celebration—you
won’t want to miss it!
Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy (Chicago)

IS-ASCE T&DI April Luncheon with Illinois Tollway's Chief Engineering Officer, Manar Nashif, PE
2026-04-23 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
Manar Nashif is the chief engineering officer with the Illinois Tollway and is responsible for the policies, practices and procedures of the Engineering Department, which oversees all maintenance, design and construction operations on the agency’s 294-mile system of five roadways serving more than 1.6 million daily drivers in Northern Illinois.
Currently, with more than 25 years as a professional engineer, he and his Engineering and Planning teams are responsible for delivering the Illinois Tollway’s 16-year, $15 billion Move Illinois capital program, now in its 15th year, as well as the 7-year, $2 billion Bridging the Future capital plan.
Nashif joined the Tollway in 2005 as a senior project engineer and later served as a deputy chief of program implementation. In that role, he took on responsibility for the design and construction of the Illinois Route 390 Tollway – the first entirely cashless roadway on the Tollway system – and the new I-490 Tollway as part of the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project.

Register by 4pm on Monday, April 20th.

Price: $35-$75

Register here!

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

Route 66 Centennial
2026-04-30 17:00 - 2026-05-03 21:00 | IL
Joliet, IL will be serving as an official Satellite City for the 2026 Route 66 Centennial. The kickoff for the event on April 30, 2026, will include Joliet Slammers Baseball game at the Old Joliet Prison. Other satellite cities include St. Louis, Amarillo, Albuquerque, and Santa Monica.

More information to come!

2026 Geo-Institute Lecture Series
2026-05-01 08:00 - 17:00 | UIC-Student Center, 750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Please join the Illinois Chapter of the Geo-Institute for our biennial Lecture Series. The Lecture Series will take place at UIC, where we will be hosted by Prof. Reddy and his department. This events provides 5 PDHs.

Speakers and topics are:

1) “3D SLOPE STABILITY ANALSYES IN PRACTICE,” Timothy D. Stark, PhD, PE, BC.GE, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign

2) “Monitoring of Dams and Levees using InSAR – Lessons Learned”, Georgette Hlepas, PhD, PE, USACE

3) “Milestones and Challenges in the Construction of a 42-Acre Containment Facility in Milwaukee Harbor,” Justin Johnson, Michels Construction, Inc, and Kevin R. Johnson, PhD, PE, Mi-Tech Services, Inc

4) “Tunneling Through Complexity: Subsurface Challenges for O’Hare’s Stormwater Conveyance System”, Mark Stephani, PE, HNTB

5) “Design and Construction of the World’s Largest DMM Retaining Structure”, William Tanner, PE, Geosyntec Consultants and Matthew Chartier, PE, Geosyntec Consultants

More information on the seminar, registration links, and abstracts/bios for each of our distinguished speakers can be found here.

The full registration fee covers lecture attendance, continental breakfast, and lunch. Firms are invited to exhibit your products, services, or emerging technologies to the engineering community. Exhibitor space consists of a table and electric and includes one general registration to the conference. And if your company would like to sponsor the event, please click here!

We encourage you to register early for the Lecture Series. Early bird rates are available until April 1th.

Price: Individuals $50-450 | Exhibitor $850-1000

IS-ASCE T&DI May Luncheon with CCDOTH's Associate Director of Project Development, Katie Bell, PE
2026-05-21 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy, 516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Katie Bell, P.E. is a civil engineer with over 18 years of experience in the transportation industry. She has worked on a variety of multi-modal projects in the planning, design, and construction phases throughout her career. In her current role as Associate Director of Project Development at the Cook County Department and Highways (CCDOTH), she oversees the development of CCDOTH’s capital budget and multi-year program as well as provides leadership and oversight for technical Divisions which fall within CCDOTH’s Bureau of Project Development (Programming, Project Studies, Traffic Studies, and Mechanical/Electrical). Prior to joining CCDOTH, Katie also worked at the Chicago Transit Authority and AECOM.
Register by 4pm on Monday, May 18th. Register here!
Price: $35-$75

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!
