Illinois Section ASCE – American Society of Civil Engineers

2024 Chicago Geotechnical Lecture Series - Lessons in Underground Construction
2024-05-03 | UIC-Student Center, 750 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
We’re excited to announce our lineup for the 2024 Lecture Series. Please see the revised attached flyer, which includes information on the seminar, updated registration links, and abstracts/bios for each of our distinguished speakers. We’re also excited to announce that the Lecture Series is headed back to its roots at UIC, where we will be hosted by Prof. Reddy and his department.
We encourage you to register early for the Lecture Series. Early bird rates are available until April 9th.
Please reach out with any questions. We will provide information on sponsorship opportunities within a few weeks.
ASCE Geo-Institute Illinois Chapter
2022-2023 Organizing Committee
Chair: Jason Buenker (jason.buenker@shanwil.com)
Co-Chair: Thierno Kane (tkane@geosyntec.com)
Treasurer: Mark Abtahi (abtahima@cdmsmith.com)

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IL Section ASCE CI & IAACE Joint Event - CTA RPM Tour & Happy Hour
2024-04-30 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Time: 3:00 pm Prompt Start

Meet Up Location: Red/Purple/Brown Line Belmont Station (945 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL 60657)

Wear sturdy shoes as we will be walking through various sites around the project. Additional safety gear is not required.

Happy Hour Time: 4:30 PM-7:30PM

Happy Hour Location: Trader Todd’s 3216 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

Cost: $40 Per Person. Includes 3 hours of unlimited pizza, pasta and salad along with two drink tickets.

Register Here

Registration ends April 29, 2024

Organizer: Dan Lowery, dlowery@transystems.com

ABOUT THE RPM PROJECT
The Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project is the largest capital project in CTA history, consisting of a new bypass structure just north of the Belmont station, a complete rebuild of the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations and the installation of a new signal system between Howard and Belmont.
While large-scale mega-projects of this type come with benefits, such as smoother, more reliable service, relief of overcrowding and larger, modern stations with ADA accessibility, they also come with unique challenges due to their longevity and complexity. Recognizing that there will be challenges, CTA is taking a conscientious approach to construction and working closely with each of the communities and its leaders to minimize negative impacts.

Chicago Engineers' Foundation - Sock Hop Chicago
2024-04-26 18:30 - 21:00 | Union League Club, 65 W Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 60604, United States
The Fabulous 50’s are back…for one night only.

Grab your favorite dreamboat or doll and dress like a cool cat in your 1950’s best for an evening of kicks at the Union League Club of Chicago. Enjoy live music and dancing, entertainment, premium auction packages, and more. Early bird tickets are available now. Find more information and get your tickets HERE.

Proceeds from this evening provide learning and scholarship opportunities for Chicago’s next generation of engineers.

IL Section ASCE T&DI April Luncheon - Cassaundra Rouse, Executive Director of Illinois Tollway
2024-04-25 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Oak Brook, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, United States
IS-ASCE T&DI is pleased to announce our April 2024 Luncheon, which will feature a presentation by Cassaundra Rouse – Executive Director of Illinois Tollway.

IL Section ASCE Annual Spring Dinner
2024-04-18 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 Spring Dinner, celebrating student scholarship award winners and other local student outreach initiatives for civil engineering. The program will feature a welcome message from ASCE Society President-Elect Feniosky Peña-Mora, a Keynote presentation from ASCE Region 3 Director Kenneth Mika, recognition of the IS-ASCE 2024 university student scholarship award winners and other remarks from local leaders for student outreach initiatives happening in the Illinois Section.
5:00pm – 6pm Registration & Cocktail Hour
6:00pm- 7:45pm Dinner & Program
Cost:
$80.00 Member
$90.00 Non-Member
$25.00 Student
$0 IL Section Past President
$600 Table of 8
Sponsorship Opportunities:
Gold Sponsor $750 (includes 2 tickets)
Silver Sponsor $500 (includes 1 ticket)
Bronze Sponsor $250 (sponsorship only)
Click here to register.
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IL Section ASCE GI & EWRI April Dinner Meting - MMSD's Dredged Material Management Facility
2024-04-11 17:15 - 19:30 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and Ramboll will present on MMSD’s Dredged Material Management Facility. Please join us for this unique, cross-disciplinary presentation!

Cost: Consultant/Contractor $70

Educator/Government $60

Student $25

Please view the Event Flyer for more information and links to register.

IL Section ASCE Construction Institute April Event - IDOT Construction & Materials Update
2024-04-08 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual
Please join us on April 8 for a virtual presentation and Q&A with the Illinois Department of Transportation. Jon Schumacher and Steve Jones will be providing a construction and materials update for IDOT. There will be time for Questions and Answers following the presentation.

Place: Virtual

Time: 10:30am – 11:30am

Cost: $10

Presenters:

Bureau Chief of Construction, Jon Schumacher

Bureau Chief of Materials, Steve Jones

Click here to Register. Registration ends April 6, 2024

2024 ASCE Western Great Lakes Student Symposium
2024-04-04 - 2024-04-06 | IL
Place: Chicago, IL
Estimated Student Attendance: 400
Competitions (11 Total): Steel Bridge, Concrete Canoe, Surveying, Sustainable Solutions, Construction Institute, Technical Paper, Concrete Cornhole, GeoWall, Engineering Quiz Bowl, Scavenger Hunt, and Volleyball
Events of Interest: Networking Night and Bags Tournament, Symposium Career Fair, Awards Banquet and Ceremony.
Sponsorship Portfolio: Click here
Judge Registration: Click here
Please note that sponsorship add-ons and competition judge slots are limited. Additional information about the symposium may be found on the symposium website. Please reach out to wglc2024@gmail.com with any questions.

IL Section ASCE Scholarship Applications Due
2024-03-18 | IL
Scholarship Instructions & Application

The most current information can be found on our website at: https://isasce.org/resources-2/scholarships/

IL Section ASCE T&DI March Luncheon
2024-03-14 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Chicago, 111 W. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
Time: 11:30am – 12:00pm (Networking)
12:00pm – 1:30pm (Lunch and Presentation)
Speaker: James Harper, CTA Chief Engineer, Infrastructure

Registration Link: IS-ASCE T&DI March 2024 Luncheon – CTA
(Register by 4pm Monday, March 11th, 2024)

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IL Section ASCE T&DI Board Meeting
2024-03-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-13 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-12-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-11-14 17:30 - 18:30 | IL
Board meetings are open to all members, if you plan to attend, please inform T&DI Chair, Sylvan Popovici, at Spopovici@benesch.com

IL Section ASCE - UESI Board Meeting
2024-03-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, via Teams
Board meetings are open to all members, and interested individuals. If you would like to attend, please contact UESI Chair, Joel Koenig at jkoenig@cmtengr.com for the link and passcode.

IL Section ASCE CI – Illinois Tollway Update
2024-02-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Please join us on February 23 for a virtual presentation and Q&A with the Illinois Tollway. Manar Nashif and Cindy Williams will be providing a construction and materials update for the Tollway. There will be time for Questions and Answers following the presentation.
Presenters:
Chief Engineering Officer
Manar Nashif
Deputy Chief of Program Implementation
Cindy Williams

Cost: $10
Registration proceeds will benefit the Illinois ASCE Construction Institute’s scholarship fund. The Illinois ASCE Construction Institute provides an annual scholarship to college students pursuing a degree in civil engineering.

Registration ends February 22, 2024
Register Here

Interested in becoming an Annual Sponsor? Annual Sponsorship registration can be completed at the below link.
Sponsor Registration

Please contact Dan Lowery at dlowery@transystems.com with any questions.

IL Section ASCE UESI/EWRI Presentation "Bringing Lake Michigan Water to Joliet"
2024-02-21 17:30 - 19:30 | V3 Consulting, 7325 Janes Ave. #100, Woodridge, IL, 60517, United States
The Illinois Section of ASCE Utility Engineering & Survey Institute (UESI), in conjunction with EWRI, cordially invite you to join us for a dinner at V3 Companies office in Woodridge to hear a presentation on the Grand Prairie Water Commission.

The City of Joliet and five communities are in the process of forming the Grand Prairie Water Commission. The Commission will be purchasing water from the City of Chicago, constructing 35 miles of large diameter water mains and 30 miles of regional water mains to supply approximately 300,000 people.

See the FLYER for more information or use the link below to register.
REGISTER

Cost for registration is $65 per person. Sponsorship opportunities are available for $250 which includes 2 registrants and display of logo.

IL Section ASCE SEI February Dinner Meeting - Kiewit CTA Blue Line
2024-02-21 17:00 - 19:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
SEI – IL February Dinner Meeting

Speaker: Blake Richards, PE, Senior Project Manager – Kiewit Infrastructure Co.

Time: 5:00pm-5:30pm Networking

5:30pm-6:00pm Dinner

6:00 – 7:00pm Presentation

Cost: $60 ASCE Members

$75 Non-ASCE Members

$50 Government

$25 Students

CEU: 1.0 PDH will be provided

Register Here by February 20, 2024

In 2022, The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) began a major program to rehabilitate the Congress branch of the Blue Line. This corridor had not seen any significant improvements since originally built in the 1950s and connects downtown Chicago to the west side along I-290. In 2022, Kiewit was the apparent bid winner on this $105 million dollar project to rebuild the first section of track between the IMD station and UIC-Halsted. The project was awarded March 1, 2023 with a planned full shutdown of the blue line in July; just four months later. This presentation will provide an overview of the project, its challenges, and successes encountered.

Contact:

Samhar Hoz with any questions at: asce.il.struct@gmail.com

IL Section ASCE T&DI February Luncheon (IDOT Region 1)
2024-02-15 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Schaumburg, 1901 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg, 60173, United States
Time: 11:30am – 12:00pm (Networking)
12:00pm – 1:15pm (Lunch and Presentation)
Speaker: José Rios, IDOT Region 1 Engineer

Registration Link: IS-ASCE T&DI February 2024 Luncheon – IDOT Region-1 (constantcontact.com)
(Register by 4pm Friday, February 11th, 2024)

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!

IL Section ASCE Geo-Institute February Dinner Meeting
2024-02-13 17:15 - 19:30 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Topic: 2023 Kahramanmaras, Türkiye Earthquake Sequence: An Overview of the Ground Reconnaissance, Evaluation of Seismic Building Settlements, and Large-scale Landslide near Türkiye – Syria Border

5:15pm (Cocktails)

6:15pm (Dinner)

Presentation to follow

Speakers:

Dr. Tugce Baser, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Ozgun Numanoglu, Schnabel Engineering

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)

Please register and pay using the appropriate link below:
General (Contractor, Consultant)
Education/Government Employees
Student Members

Online Registration: To be provided

(1.0 PDH will be provided to all attendees)

Contact: Email:

Institute – asceilgeotech@gmail.com

Jason Buenker – jason.buenker@shanwil.com

Thierno Kane – tkane@geosyntec.com

Mark Abtahi – abtahima@cdmsmith.com

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IL Section ASCE UESI February Board Meeting
2024-02-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
Board meetings are open to all members. As a newly formed institute we are looking for those interested in utilities, pipelines and surveying to join. If you would like to participate in this Teams meeting or would like to learn more about UESI, please contact Chair Joel Koenig, at jkoenig@cmtengr.com.

IL Section ASCE SEI January Luncheon: NICTD West Lake Corridor
2024-01-30 11:30 - 13:15 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Speaker: Randy Thomas, Jacobs
Time: .
11:30 am-12:00 pm Networking
12:00 pm-1:15 pm Lunch & Presentation

Cost:
$65 ASCE Members
$75 Non-ASCE Members
$50 Government
$25 Students

CEU:
1.0 PDH will be provided

Register here by:
Monday, January 29, 2024

Please email us with any questions at
asce.il.struct@gmail.com

IS-ASCE T&DI January Luncheon ft. Manar Nashif, PE, Chief Engineering Officer, Illinois Tollway
2024-01-25 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Schaumburg, 1901 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg, 60173, United States
IS-ASCE T&DI is pleased to announce Manar Nashif, Chief Engineering Officer, Illinois Tollway, to be the keynote speaker for our April luncheon event.
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 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, he and his Engineering teams are responsible for delivering the Illinois Tollway’s 15-year, $14 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future.
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event! When registering as a sponsor, please select the appropriate sponsorship level, then add the appropriate number of sponsorship guests under “Guest Information” section. The sponsorship guest category is available after selecting “Add” in the “Guest Information” section.
Register Here (http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=ispmkiebb&oeidk=a07ek4n61hl3ec26be3&condition=SO_OVERRIDE)
Register by 4PM on January 25th, 2024.

IL Section ASCE CI County Engineer Forum
2024-01-22 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
Cost: $10
Registration proceeds will benefit the Illinois ASCE Construction Institute’s scholarship fund. The Illinois ASCE Construction Institute provides an annual scholarship to college students pursuing a degree in civil engineering.

REGISTRATION ENDS JANUARY 20, 2024

Register Here [r20.rs6.net]

IL Section ASCE & Technical Groups 2023 Holiday Party
2023-12-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Haymarket Pub & Brewing, 737 W Randolph St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Please bring an unwrapped gift for Toys for Tots.

Beer, wine, and heavy appetizers will be served.

Event Flyer

Cost: $60 per person

$25 Student Member

$250 Sponsorship (includes 2 tickets to event)

Click here to register

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IL Section ASCE EWRI Jardine Water Plant Tour
2023-12-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Jardine Water Plant, 1000 E. Ohio Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Registration: Contact Jimmy Canning at Jimmy.Canning@strand.com by Friday December 8th, 2023

IS-ASCE T&DI November Luncheon ft. Dr. Soliman Khudeira, Section Chief - Major Projects, CDOT
2023-11-16 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Chicago, 111 W. Grand, Chicago, IL, 60654, United States
S-ASCE T&DI is pleased to announce our November 2023 Luncheon, which will feature a presentation by Dr. Soliman Khudeira – Section Chief of Major Projects – Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT).
Dr. Soliman Khudeira holds the distinguished position of Section Chief of Major Projects within the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT). With a remarkable career spanning over 35 years, he boasts extensive experience in civil engineering, having worked in both the private sector and government agencies.
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event!
Registration Link: IS-ASCE T&DI November 2023 Luncheon ft. CDOT (constantcontact.com)
Register by 4PM on Monday, November 13th, 2023.

IL Section ASCE Geo-Institute November Dinner Meeting
2023-11-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
The Chicago ASCE Geo-Institute is very excited to welcome Dr. Kyle Rollins, the Geo-Institute Cross-USA Lecturer for 2023-2024, to Chicago on November 8, 2023. Please join us for this special event.

Register here: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=5vbor5kab&oeidk=a07ek28yqpk634e415e

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ASCE 2023 Convention - Chicago
2023-10-18 - 2023-10-21 | Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60605, United States
Convention Information: https://convention.asce.org/

Join ASCE at the 2023 Convention in Chicago, Illinois, October 18 – 21 to connect with colleagues, join innovating and future forward sessions, and earn professional development hours (PDH). Be Future Ready.

IL Section ASCE Geo-Institute October Dinner Meeting
2023-10-17 17:15 - 19:00 | Pazzo’s at 311, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Speaker: John Wysockey of Thatcher Foundations

Registration link here: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=5vbor5kab&oeidk=a07ek0wxc0d4a56f642

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