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August 2013 Main Speaker

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Keynote Session

Speaker: Mansoor Ahsan, P.E. Topic: Loop 12 / SH 114 Interchange *Register for the August 12th Meeting* With over 27 years of award-winning structural design and construction experience in transportation, light and heavy rail, Mansoor has become a leading voice in the transportation indust...

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Technical Session - August 2013

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Technical Session

ASCE Dallas Branch Technical Session PresentationMechanically Stabilized Earth Technology SAVE THE DATE: Monday, August 12, 2013, 1pm-2pm The Reinforced Earth Company (RECo) is credited as the inventor of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) technology. The company operates as a designer-material s...

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August 2013 Meeting Sponsor is Urban Engineers Group & Bowlounge

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Meeting Host

Urban Engineers Group, Inc. is a consulting civil engineering firm specializing in Transportation, Traffic, Transit, Utilities, Land Development and Construction Management. We have also contributed to four design build projects in the last five years; including the DART LRT and Streetcar expansio...

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Register now for the Texas Section Fall Centennial Conference

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Texas Section

On behalf of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Texas Section and ASCE Institutes, we would like to invite you to Dallas! Join us September 11-14, 2013, at the beautiful OMNI Dallas. For a complete listing of classes and events visit: www.texas-centennial.com There are a numb...

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Education Committee Update

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Education Outreach

The Civil Engineering Club at Woodrow Wilson will be starting up again this fall! The purpose of this club is to get high school students interested in and excited about civil engineering. If you are interested in helping lead a session by giving a presentation on your specific branch of civil eng...

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Centennial Webinar Series

Posted by jen on 08/03/2013 12:00 am  /   Texas Section

Contact your Texas Section Director, Brad Hernandez, P.E. at [email protected] for more information. SAVE THE DATE! ASCE TEXAS SECTION CENTENNIAL WEBINAR August 22, 2013 - The Future of the Structural Engineering Profession SPEAKER: Stan R. Caldwell, P.E. The webinar will be...

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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 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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In The News

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

ASCE Dallas Branch Past PresidentRachel Hayden recently made the news by comment in a recent Dallas waterline break. Follow the link below to see the news story. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/213905301.html This was a great way to get ASCE and the infrastructure report card into the news.

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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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