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  • Key Programs

    Grand Challenge

    Work together to close the infrastructure gap from planning to design to delivery

    Infrastructure

    Propose practical solutions to maintain & modernize our nation’s deteriorating infrastructure

    Sustainability

    Embrace and encourage civil engineers’ role as contributors to a sustainable world     

    Engineer Tomorrow

    Ensure civil engineers have the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to practice in the future

  • Highway Trust Fund

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    While the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act provided five years of certain funding for roads, bridges, and transit, it didn't address the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. Tell Congress you want to see a long-term solution to fund our nation's transportation needs. Take action with ASCE at www.fixthetrustfund.org

    Report Card

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    America's Infrastructure Report Card is out!  Find out the grades and how you can help

  • FEMA Unveils New National Mitigation Investment Strategy
    Aug 16 2019
    By Alexa Lopez

    National Preparedness Month (NPM) hits September 1, and has a slight head start, with a new strategy from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help improve coordinated efforts and effectiveness of risk management actions that would avoid, reduce, or transfer risks from natural hazards – including severe weather—across sectors. The National Mitigation Investment Strategy...

    ASCE at NCSL 2019: Resiliency In Focus at the 50-State Legislative Conference
    Aug 9 2019
    By Anna Denecke

    More than 5,500 state lawmakers and legislative staff from the U.S. and beyond attended the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) annual Legislative Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. The meeting provides a platform for lawmakers, staff, and other public policy professionals to learn from experts, as well as each other, about solutions to the country’s most...