History & Heritage
Look around and you'll see the achievements of civil engineers everywhere. How did they come to be? What are the greatest examples of these? Who made them possible? Explore civil engineering's deep and rich history and heritage.

Get to know Grenville Mellon Dodge, engineering immortal.

The Watervliet Arsenal pioneered the use of prefabricated cast-iron construction.

ASCE has honored the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

This Women's History Month, ASCE’s History and Heritage Committee celebrates some of the Society’s pioneering women.

Since 1969, ASCE, the National Park Service, and the Library of Congress have been members of an agreement to preserve and document outstanding works of engineering, industry, and technological processes through what is called the Historic American Engineering Record.



Join ASCE for the professional support and growth that you won't find anywhere else
ASCE gives you the best professional and technical resources.

The work will replace the bridge’s sway cables, hangers, and suspension cables.

Washington, D.C., to untangle a dangerous intersection.

Michael O’Connor's research into a photograph from the ASCE 1888 Convention sheds new light on the Society's history.

The decision by the international cultural organization raises larger questions about how to balance new development with historic preservation.

The state’s historic tax credit is expected to promote more affordable housing and improve the resilience of historic structures in general within the state.