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REMINDER: RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

Posted by assistant on 01/08/2026 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

A friendly reminder to renew your ASCE membership! Visit the ASCE Website to renew today. 

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Texas Voters Approve Water Funding by Overwhelming Majority

Posted by jen on 11/17/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

On November 6, 2013, Texas voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 6, a plan to authorize a $2 billion transfer from the state’s Rainy Day Fund (RDF) to finance the state water plan. The statewide election results were 73% for Proposition 6 and 27% against, with Dallas County alone coming...

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Centennial Library Banner Update

Posted by jen on 10/01/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

As an effort to inform the public about what civil engineers do for our communities, we are continuing to display our Centennial Library Banners in different locations around the metroplex.The library banners are located in two locations. One set of banners is located at the J. Erik Jonsson Central ...

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Centennial House Update

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

Minor successes! We will have a permit, slab and lot to build on in Dallas at the Fall Conference! See below for some photos of the lot! An application for use of solar power from the Sun Club unit of Green Mountain Energy has been applied for. We hope to use this as an alternative means of ener...

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Centennial Banners

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

The ASCE Centennial banners are now on tour throughout the DFW area! The Texas Section ASCE Centennial banners are traveling throughout the Dallas – Ft. Worth area over the next several months. The banners are bouncing around between different public locations to get the word out about Civil ...

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Centennial Membership Drive

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

The Texas Section Centennial Membership Drive and Sweepstakes ran from August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013. The grand prize winner and winners of the branch awards will be revealed at the Texas Section Centennial Conference in September. A random drawing from eligible entrants will be conducted to dete...

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Follow Us on the Web

Posted by jen on 06/27/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

Please Like/Follow/Join/Subscribe!! This is a great way to receive updates about upcoming meetings and events as well as Civil Engineering articles without having your inbox flooded with emails. Click on an icon below to see our pages:

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Civil Engineering Club Update

Posted by jen on 04/01/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

The past couple club meetings have been focusing on Geotechnical Engineering. First, the students experimented with making stronger subgrades for their piles of bricks. It was demonstrated that a lone pile of sand cannot support many bricks, but if we use just a few paper towels as a sort of geogr...

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Dallas Branch Life Members

Posted by jen on 03/04/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

ASCE Dallas will be recognizing the newest ASCE Life Members for 2012 and 2013 in the Dallas Branch at the upcoming branch meeting. The ASCE Life Membership is given to individuals that have made a lifetime commitment to ASCE and the civil engineering profession through consistent membership and in...

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Christmas Is For Caring Update

Posted by jen on 01/02/2013 12:00 am  /   Membership Update

The members of the Dallas Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers donated $831 toward the 34st Annual KRLD “Christmas Is For Caring Campaign”. To date our members have given $10,822 to the Denton State Supported Living Center (formally known as the Denton State School) since we...

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