2021 Thompson Award Winners

ASCE 2021 Thompson Award Winners The Thompson Award is the superlative for each of the Virginia Section Schools.  This is for the most outstanding ASCE student graduate from each of the four Virginia Section schools as selected by the school, including Virginia Tech, Virginia Military Institute, Old Dominion University, and University of Virginia. Below are each of the 2021 Thompson Award winners: Virginia Tech - Jessica Viehman Jessica Viehman is the 2021 Virginia Tech (VT) Thompson Award winner.  Jessica exemplifies the best characteristics of a collegiate student. ...
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Geocaching Event

Continuing Celebrating the Virginia Section's Centennial Celebration, the ASCE Virginia Section is sponsoring a Centennial Geocaching event! This event is open to all ASCE Members, including engineering students. The goal is to visit all seven (7) National Historical Civil Engineering Landmarks in the Commonwealth. The Seven National Historical Landmarks are: · Great Falls Locks · Old Cape Henry Light House · Dismal Swamp Canal · Dry Dock No. 1 · Crozet Tunnel · Frink Truss Bridge · Blue Ridge Parkway The Norfolk Dry Dock No. 1 is on federal land and is not accessib...
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VA Meet and Greet

3rd Annual Virginia House of Delegates Meet & GreetDate: Thursday, February 10, 2022Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PMLocation: Common House Richmond, 303 W Broad StFood & Drinks ProvidedOpen to both ASCE Members and Non-MembersBusiness CasualThis event is FREE, and will be a great opportunity to connect with both your local delegates and fellow civil engineers. You can come by for part or all of the two hour event.
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Available Job Positions

Open Job Position at VDOT: Engineer Senior Project Manager The Hampton Roads District is seeking an Engineer Senior Project Manager to manage and support preconstruction project activities, design and production of right of way and construction roadway plans. Multiple positions may be filled from this posting. Experience applying roadway design criteria, construction methods, standards, specifications and materials. Experience applying principles related to roadway design. Experience applying principles of roadway safety that impact roadway standards and special designs. Experience appl...
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VA Section Centennial Events

Fink Truss Bridge Clean-up - 10/23/2021 - Lynchburg, VA 3rd Annual Virginia House of Delegates Meet & GreetDate: Thursday, February 10, 2022Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PMLocation: Common House Richmond, 303 W Broad StFood & Drinks ProvidedOpen to both ASCE Members and Non-Members Business Casual This event is FREE, and will be a great opportunity to connect with both your local delegates and fellow civil engineers. You can come by for part or all of the two hour event. Norfolk Branch Centennial CelebrationDate: Thursday, March 17, 2022Time:...
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Fink Truss Clean Up

Hello ASCE members, just a quick reminder about the opportunity to help “beautify” a historical ASCE Landmark: the Fink Truss Bridge in Riverside Park in Lynchburg. We have two missions: 1.  Primarily, cut as much bamboo as we can on the east side of the bridge.  Most of the cut bamboo needs to be hauled up the hill to the park road and laid next to the road, parallel to the road to the extent possible.  A small amount of the bamboo should be put into the gulley to the left of the trail about 100 feet downstream of the bridge.  I can point out these locations when we get there. 2. A sma...
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