News & Publications

BSCES is your clearinghouse of information. In an effort to keep you apprised of the Society’s undertakings as well as issues, trends and conditions impacting the civil engineering profession, BSCES posts news and announcements on this website, publishes the monthly member newsletter, BSCESNews, and created the recently revamped online Civil Engineering Practice journal. From time-to-time BSCES also has topical publications for sale such as printed issues of its journal including A City Upon a Hill: The Geology of the City of Boston & Surrounding Region and soil boring logs.

03.3.26
John Hodgkins, former President of the Maine Section of ASCE and former member of ASCE’s Board of...
03.2.26
Richard Matson, PE, Team Leader, Bridge & Tunnel Inspections, AECOM January and February were an engaging and...
03.2.26
Jamie Johnston, PE, Senior Structural Engineer, Nitsch Engineering As you travel throughout the Greater Boston area, you...

In addition to topical articles and firm advertisements, the newsletter also features updates on BSCES events.

03.2.26
Rich Matson, PE, Team Leader, Bridge & Tunnel Inspections, AECOM, and BSCES President-Elect From January 8-10, 2026...
01.2.26
Katie Swanson, PE, Project Manager – Water Resources Engineer, CDM Smith December was a busy and festive...

BSCES Civil Engineering Practice Journal

Civil Engineering Practice, published by Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE (BSCES), is one of the oldest civil engineering publications in the US. BSCES has published over 100 issues of this journal since 1914. 

Learn more about the Journal