The Construction Committee of the ASCE IL Section was started at the end of 2017 to gain interest of the Construction Industry professionals in the area in order to form the Construction Institute IL Chapter. The Construction Committee provides a space to develop cooperative relationships between owners, engineers and contractors. We look to cooperative relationships…
The Chicago Chapter of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute Board consists of five members, a chair, past chair, vice chair, treasurer and secretary. We hold monthly business meetings on the second Tuesday of every month. We welcome new members to attend these meetings as they are a great chance for to learn more about…
The Geo Institute Chapter of the ASCE IL Section holds monthly dinner meetings from September through May of each year. The dinner presentations are given my local or visiting professionals on a variety of topics that would be of interest to Geotechnical Engineers and other professionals. You do not need to be a member to…
The Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) is a specialty membership organization focused on the transportation and development industry. T&DI combines the talents and perspectives of its members to promote professional excellence in all aspects of transportation engineering, urban planning and development. The Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) supports the advancement of integrated transportation and development…
More than 10 years ago, I was gently pushed to volunteer with the Illinois Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to fill a professional organization void. I paired myself with a technical group that matched my discipline and that, thankfully, had some openings at the time. It soon became clear to me…
My ASCE volunteer journey began with a simple invitation from a coworker to a Younger Member Group (YMG) meeting. From there, he forwarded my name to the YMG board and mentioned that I would be interested in volunteering. Now, over 10 years later I am grateful that he took that initiative on my behalf. My…
During my first job with STS Consultants, Ltd., there was no time for anything other than work since I wanted maximize my learning as a project engineer. One of my bosses told me that I should get involved with ASCE because it would help me connect with other engineers who were in the same position…
