Illinois Section ASCE – American Society of Civil Engineers

CI O'Hare Airport Tour
2025-08-26 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Chicago Department of Aviation Aviation Administration Building, 10510 W. Zemke Road, Chicago, IL, 60666, United States
The Construction Institute has 35 spots available for a tour of O’Hare Airport. Please inform Kat Au if you cannot attend. You need to complete registration and security vetting form by August 21, 2025.
Registration: Security Vetting Form and Registration Form

EWRI Summer Social
2025-08-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Parlor Pizza Bar – West Loop, 108 N Green St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
EWRI Chicago Chapter will be hosting our annual Summer Social this year on August 12th, 2025 at Parlor Pizza in West Loop at 5:00pm. Please join us for this fun networking event!
More details to follow.

EWRI and YMG Chicago White Sox Game
2025-07-29 18:30 - 22:00 | Rate Field, 333 W 35th St, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
EWRI has purchased a block of tickets for the upcoming game. We will be in Section 526, Rows 11 and 12 (upper deck.) The cost is $20 per ticket. There will also be a $5 Tuesday game promotion for food and beverages throughout the game. The tickets are in electronic form and you will need the MLB app to display the ticket on your phone. Don’t have MLB app? Let us know when contacting us so that we may accommodate you. A limited number of tickets are available, don’t wait.
Contact Gary Gifford at giff122@gmail.com or Jerry McGovern at jeromemcgovern@att.net for tickets or more information. Zelle payment can be made to Gary’s email.

EWRI Tour & Happy Hour at McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
2025-06-27 14:00 | McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum, 99 Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago, 60616, United States
Learning the history of Chicago’s movable bridges & river system requires a heavy lift. Join EWRI as we are take a guided tour of the historic McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum. A happy hour is planned at a nearby restaurant or bar on the Chicago Riverwalk immediately following the tour. Museum staff will walk the group through all five stories of the museum plus the gear room, share stories not found in their exhibits, and answer questions. Tickets are $15.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please email Kyle Berry at kberry@cbbel.com

IS-ASCE T&DI June Luncheon – Jose Rios (IDOT)
2025-06-25 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
Registration: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/96sjpmf/lp/5e3e8c5f-412d-43ba-b794-9a996cd274b0

IL Section ASCE EWRI & Metropolitan Industries, Inc. - Design Advancements & Upgrades for Pump Stations Joint Presentation
2025-06-18 09:00 - 13:00 | Metropolitan Industries, 37 Forestwood Dr., Romeoville, IL, 60446, United States
Registration: RSVP to Keith Girup (kgirup@metropolitanind.com)

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IL Section T&DI Board Meeting
2025-06-10 17:30 - 18:30 | IL
Board meetings are open to all members, if you plan to attend, please inform T&DI Chair, Josh Starzyk, at jstarzyk@GFNET.com.

GI/COPRI June Dinner Meeting
2025-06-10 17:15 - 21:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
We, the Geo-institute (GI) and The Coastal, Oceans, Ports & Rivers Institute (COPRI), are excited to announce our FIRST EVER Joint GI/COPRI dinner meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at Pazzo’s. Joel Bryant from Stratalock USA will present on the urgent need for seawall maintenance and Michael Wysockey, PhD, PE and John Wysockey, MBA Thatcher Foundations will present on Marine Construction in the Chicago Area.

You’ll find the event details and registration links in the flyer below or in our Constant Contact Landing Page. Please reply to this e-mail if you have issues with the registration process or have additional questions. The deadline to register is on Tuesday, June 10 at 9AM CST.

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IL Section ASCE T&DI May Panel Luncheon – Championing Future Engineers
2025-05-28 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Chicago, 111 W. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Summary:
Join Dr. Hadavi (Clinical Professor and Deputy Director of CEE at Northwestern) and Dr. Khudeira (Adjunct Professor at IIT/ Section Chief of Major Projects at CDOT) for a panel discussion on how the local universities are working to educate and promote civil engineering to the next generation, and what us as professionals can do to help foster the growth of these young engineers. Monica Crinion, PE (AECOM) and Matt Huffman, PE (CBBEL) will also be on the panel to provide an insight from the consulting engineers perspective.
Special Pricing for bringing an intern/EIT.
Registration: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/us2sxnt/lp/cd3d42e4-054b-4b25-8e8a-1baf2f3041b0

Cost:
ASCE Member $65
General $75
Government $45
Student $35Champion Ticket $90 – Includes 2 Seats (One general ticket and one must be a future champion (young engineer (entry-level/EIT) or student)Bronze Sponsorship – Includes 1 Seat $135
Silver Sponsorship – Includes 2 Seats $250

Gold (Half) Sponsorship – Includes 4 Seats $450

Gold (Full) Sponsorship – Includes 8 Seats $750

Summary:

Join Dr. Hadavi (Clinical Professor and Deputy Director of CEE at Northwestern) and Dr. Khudeira (Adjunct Professor at IIT/ Section Chief of Major Projects at CDOT) for a panel discussion on how the local universities are working to educate and promote civil engineering to the next generation, and what us as professionals can do to help foster the growth of these young engineers.

IL Section ASCE UESI Event - Learn about the updates to the JULIE Law (SAVE THE DATE)
2025-05-15 17:30 - 19:30 | IL
More information and registration to be forthcoming.

JULIE Law Updates Informational Brochure

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.

IL Section ASCE SEI April Luncheon - CDOT City Bridge Program
2025-04-29 11:30 - 13:15 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Time: 11:30 am-12:00pm Networking

12:00 pm-1:15pm Lunch & Presentation

Cost: $65 ASCE Members

$75 Non-ASCE Members

$50 Government

$25 Students

CEU: 1.0 PDH will be provided

Regiser Here by Friday, April 25th, 2025

Please email us with any questions at

Dan.Schriks@stantec.com

IL Section ASCE IL SEI Monthly Board Meeting
2025-04-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Michael Baker International, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States

IL Section ASCE T&DI April Luncheon - Jim Harper, CTA Chief Engineer
2025-04-24 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Chicago, 111 W. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm Registration & Cocktail Hour
Registration Link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/w9dv9ct
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

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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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.

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 CI Tollway Networking Happy Hour
2025-04-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Tivoli Bowling, 938 Warren Ave Suite A, Downers Grove, IL, 60515, United States
Meet some of the Tollway’s construction team (Keith Keslinke, Rick Hanba, Mohamad Faraj, and Zayed Kiswani) while enjoying food, drinks, and games.

IL Section ASCE T&DI March Luncheon - Manar Nashif, IL Tollway CEO
2025-03-26 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm Registration & Cocktail Hour
Registration Link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/nbjwwux
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IL Section ASCE CI CDOT Networking Happy Hour (Save the Date)
2025-03-18 | IL
Network with some of the CDOT Construction/Materials folks.
Location TBD.

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

Registration Link

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UESI/CI/IAACE Joint Event
2025-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 | IL
UESI/CI/IAACE will be holding a joint event at IDOT’s D1 classroom on Tuesday, March 11th, from Noon to 1 pm in Schaumburg, IL. Topics will be: IDOT’s Utility Coordination in D1. Includes D1’s process/procedure for coordinating with Local Agencies on the rehabilitation/replacement for utilities.
IAACE, ASCE-UESI and CI Joint Event: Utility Coordination Workshop

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 EWRI/UESI Dinner Event Flow and Function: Managing Stormwater and Utilities
2025-02-26 17:30 - 19:30 | DuPage County Administration Building, 421 N County Farm Rd, Wheaton, IL, 60187, United States
The Illinois Section of ASCE Utility Engineering & Survey Institute (UESI) in conjunction with EWRI, invite you to save the date for a dinner presentation on navigating utilities in various stormwater projects by representatives from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) and DuPage County Stormwater Management.

The event will be held February 26th at the DuPage County Administration Building in Wheaton with doors opening at 5:30pm and presentations at 6:00pm. All attendees should park in the 421 south surface lot and enter through the main entrance.

PDHs will be provided.

Cost: $70/Person
$300 For a Company Sponsorship including two registrants

Register Here by February 23rd.

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IL Section ASCE T&DI February Luncheon - Trisha Thompson, IDOT Region 2 Engineer
2025-02-20 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm Registration & Cocktail Hour
Registration Link: IS-ASCE T&DI February 2025 Luncheon: Trisha Thompson – IDOT Region 2 Engineer
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IL Section ASCE CI & IAACE Joint Event - Agency Processes & Best Practices Workshop
2025-01-28 08:00 - 16:00 | Ashton Place, 341 75th Street, Willowbrook, IL, 60527, United States
For more information and to register click here

IL Section ASCE GI/AEG Dinner Event - Geotechnical Construction Challenges of the North Portland Junction
2025-01-22 17:15 - 20:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Time: Cocktails 5:15 pm, Dinner 6:15 pm, Presentation to follow

Place: Pazzo’s • 311 S Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606

(Parking is located south of the 311 building – $13.00 after 5:00PM)

Speaker: Jason Buenker, PhD, PE, GE – shannon & Wilson

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

$55 Education/Government Employees (with reservation)

$20 Students (with reservation)

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

Registration Link

(1.0 PDH will be provided to all attendees)

CONTACT:

Institute asceilgeotech@gmail.com

Thierno Kane tkane@geosyntec.com

Mark Abtahi abtahima@cdmsmith.com

Clay Patterson cpatterson@langan.com

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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 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

Register Here

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.
