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May 2025 Texas Section Updates

1.  CECON 2025: Supporters Form Now Open

Looking to grow your company’s brand? Exhibit at or sponsor CECON to make a big impression on hundreds of top civil engineers and the profession’s leaders from across Texas and beyond! Your CECON support not only puts your brand front and center at our flagship annual conference, it also helps support the ASCE Texas community’s other important programs, such as the Texas Infrastructure Report Card and the Student Symposium.

Click here to support CECON 2025.  A limited number of table-top exhibit opportunities will be available onsite on a first come basis. For questions regarding sponsor packages, please reach out to [email protected]. Contact [email protected] for details on the exhibit space options.

Don’t see an opportunity that fits your needs? Contact us to see how we can help CECON work for you.

Individual Registration is now available online! There are options for full event or one-day registrations, along with discounted rates for students, government employees, and guests. Full registration includes meals each day, educational sessions, Awards Banquet, and Technical Tour. This is our best value and most popular option. See Program Schedule for details.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR CECON 2025.

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2. Leadership Development Weekend 2025

Join ASCE Texas Section Leaders this July 25-27 in Lubbock, TX for Leadership Development Weekend (LDW) as we empower Texas Section members to become leaders within ASCE and in the civil engineering profession. This is a two-day, invitation-only, workshop. Each summer’s agenda is planned by the ASCE Texas Section President-Elect.

Why You Should Attend

In addition to unique leadership sessions, attendees will get an in-depth look at how ASCE and the Texas Section operate. We hope you come away from this event with the tools you need to be a Leader within ASCE and your profession. Those of you who enjoy networking and catching up with your fellow Texas Section members at these events will not be disappointed. There will be a group social event on Saturday evening as well as ample down-time to socialize with your fellow attendees throughout the weekend.

Who Should Attend

Leadership Development Weekend is an invitation-only event. Incoming Section leaders, Section committee and institute chapter chairs, and representatives from each Branch will be invited. We aim to invite as many dues-paying members of the Texas Section as possible, including younger members. Can’t wait to join us? Contact your local Branch President or the Texas Section Office to express your interest in attending LDW.

3. 2025 Texas Section Awards

Each year, the ASCE Texas Section members celebrate outstanding individuals and projects within the Section and throughout our civil engineering community. These deserving individuals are nominated by their peers in recognition of their service and achievements. This is your opportunity to nominate a colleague or friend whom you believe is deserving of special recognition by ASCE Texas Section. The awards listed below recognize engineers who provide exemplary service to the Texas Section, their local ASCE Branch, and the general public through their professional work and volunteer efforts. Most awards are presented annually during the Texas Civil Engineering Conference (CECON)

VIEW AWARD DETAILS AND SUBMIT A NOMINATION

4. Webinar Series: 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card

Why do Civil Engineers say Texas Infrastructure Grade Remains a ‘C’ in the 2025 Report Card?

The Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card, assigning 16 categories of infrastructure a cumulative grade of ‘C‘, which is one notch ahead of the national average of ‘C-’ from the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. This is the same grade Texas received in its last report in 2021, citing significant population growth, surging energy demands, and increasingly severe weather events putting strain on an aging infrastructure network. However, these stressors have been balanced out by record investments at the federal level and proactive state and local measures. Join the Committee Chairs as they answer your questions and provide insight into the planning, developing, results, and recommendations contained within the 2025 Texas Infrastructure Report Card.

Dates: May 13, May 27, June 10, June 24
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
Where: Virtual (Zoom)
Cost: $0 for ASCE members, $25/session for non-members
Speakers: Chairs & Subcommittee Chairs of the ASCE Texas IRC Committee

5. Younger Members Committee Events in Houston

May 29 - Lunch and Learn on Resiliency and Sustainability

Join the ASCE Texas Section Younger Members Committee on May 29 for a Lunch and Learn Technical Session on “Resiliency and Sustainability” by Palisha Sthapit. This session will identify the key factors that impact the resiliency and durability of storm drainage systems. Free Lunch and PDH certificate provided for attendees. Thank you to Rinker Materials and Consor Engineers for their generous support of this event.

When: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CT
Where: First Floor Conference Room (1080 Eldridge Pkwy, Houston, TX-77077)
Cost: Free (limit of 40 attendees, register by May 26)

REGISTER HERE

June 12 - Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern Tour & Happy Hour

Join the ASCE Texas Section Younger Members Committee and ASCE Houston Branch Younger Members Forum for a private tour of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern followed by a BYOB networking Happy Hour. The Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern is a former drinking water reservoir built in 1926 for the City of Houston. BBP restored and repurposed the 87,500 square-foot Cistern into a magnificent public space for tours, performances, and art installations. You can find more info including park rules and parking here.

When: June 12 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
Where: The Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park (105-B Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007 (Happy hour will be at Tejas Brewery, 2101 Summer St, Houston, TX)
Cost: $15 per person (only 26 spots available!)

REGISTER HERE