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For a decade, Community Engineering Corps (CECorps) has utilized the collective technical expertise, volunteer networks, and resources of our founding partners ASCE, AWWA, and EWB-USA—powerhouses in the infrastructure and development sectors. We recognize that there are many engineers who feel called to use their time and expertise to support those in need! CECorps connects volunteers to meaningful opportunities to grow their skill set and network while addressing infrastructure inequities in underserved communities. We can help you find fulfilling ways to engineer local impact.

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Community Engineering Corps volunteers provide pro-bono engineering services that may include consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning and design of engineering works and systems, engineering studies and the review of construction for the purpose of assuring substantial compliance with drawings and specifications.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

Community Engineering Corps has individual and team opportunities for interested volunteers. Review the current list and submit an application for opportunities that interest you.

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New Haven County, CT - Civil

New Haven County, CT

New Haven County, CT | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

A church in New Haven, CT, is looking to refurbish several buildings into a community center and affordable housing units for low-income households. The church owns 4 parcels totaling 2.28 acres. This project will focus on one of these parcels, which has been identified as the highest priority.

The community has expressed that New Haven is experiencing significant challenges with housing related to a shortage of rentable properties, paired with rising rents and wages that are failing to keep up. There is also a lack of community services. By developing spaces for community engagement, as well as affordable living locations, this will help low-income individuals and families find housing and resources.

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Green River, UT - Civil

Green River, UT

Green River, UT | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

Green River, UT, is in need of safe streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and crosswalks for its downtown area. The town has plans to build an industrial park to concentrate truck traffic outside of town, but construction of the industrial park and restoration of the blighted downtown requires new roads and utilities.

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Warren County, MO Wastewater Project

Missouri

Missouri | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

A nonprofit wastewater utility association provides wastewater treatment services to approximately 20 households in a rural Missouri community. The treatment facility is a single cell lagoon system, with a 1-acre lagoon located on a 1.5 acre lot. The utility has been regularly issued orders of noncompliance from their primacy agency (Missouri Department of Natural Resources) for exceeding the maximum levels of ammonia allowed under identified on their NPDES permit.

The utility has a chlorination/dechlorination system to maintain compliance with their NPDES permit E.coli limits, but does not have the technical or financial capacity required to add the required treatment for ammonia, resulting in ongoing notices of violation.

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Camp Verde, AZ - Transportation

Camp Verde, AZ

Camp Verde, AZ | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

Camp Verde, Arizona, is a rural community of about 12,500 people stretched out along the Verde River. The town is bisected by US Highway 17 with State Route 260 running along the west side of the town. The land use is characterized by mostly low density residential development interspersed with agriculture along the river. There is a commercial district stretching along Main Street and Finnie Flat Road. Beyond Main Street and Finnie Flat Road most of the roadway network is local streets and local collectors. The town has a limited ability to raise revenue as they are not able to collect property taxes and they limit the sales tax collected from certain major retail establishments. Because of this lack of funding, there is also a lack of capacity and staff expertise.

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Ellsworth, ME - Transportation

Hancock County, ME

Hancock County, ME | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

The small city of Ellsworth, Maine is experiencing growth beyond its intended capacity. As a small rural community with some larger urban challenges, Ellsworth struggles to keep up with the demands of providing safe and accessible transportation infrastructure. The High Street corridor is a roughly 2.25 mile commercial strip surrounded by residential and mixed-use neighborhoods. The traffic load for the High Street corridor is immense for a small rural community. The area also frequently floods and has a major negative environmental impact on Card Brook, which receives drainage from High Street. The City recently updated its Business Attraction Plan and recommended a High Street Master Plan to examine the unsafe pedestrian environment, traffic congestion, and flooding.

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Plymouth County, MA - Drinking Water

Plymouth County, MA

Plymouth County, MA | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

A small water utility in Plymouth County, MA, is looking to connect seasonal users to the main distribution system, increasing their customer base by offering year-round service. The current main lines are shallow and undersized, causing them to be unable to support year-round service. For this reason, the community is looking to upsize the lines and bury at an adequate depth for year round use.

Currently, community members that have seasonal pipes rely on private wells that provide water to residents during off-season. In addition to the general issue of water provision, a major concern is that these private wells have tested high for nitrates and magnesium.

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Remote (Supporting Coral Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands) - Civil

Remote (Supporting Coral Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands)

Remote (Supporting Coral Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands) | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

The community of Coral Bay experiences severe flooding on one of their main roads. As a result, residents, and the emergency responders located in this area, are oftentimes cut off or with limited access to the rest of the island. While there is a secondary access point, this road is insufficient as it often experiences landslides that are not able to be immediately cleared off. The communities who are being most impacted by this are historically underserved from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who do not have the available resources to invest into a solution for a problem of this magnitude.

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Remote (supporting projects in MA, NH, and PR) - Stormwater/Water Quality

Remote (supporting MA, NH, PR)

Remote (supporting MA, NH, PR) | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

The project organization is an environmental advocacy nonprofit that focuses on promoting renewable energy and fighting air and water pollution. They have recently brought cases against scrap metal yards across varying states and U.S territories who were not meeting standards required of them by the EPA regarding metal levels in their stormwater runoff.

Ligation has been finalized and the support needed at this time is technical assistance with reviewing the design of stormwater quality infrastructure that is required to be implemented by the scrap metal yards as part of the settlement. The organization does not currently have the technical capacity to provide engineering design review and is looking for support from someone with stormwater management and treatment experience to provide cursory 60% design review on four proposed water quality facilities.

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Lane County, OR - Agriculture/Irrigation Project

Lane County, OR

Lane County, OR | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

An Oregon NGO dedicated to supporting Afro-Indigenous peoples and preserving Indigenous traditions through cultural education is looking for technical support with various projects within their community. Projects could include a multifaceted scope and a longer term commitment, ideal for student or professional volunteer groups.

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Lane County, OR - Agriculture/Irrigation Project

Lane County, OR

Lane County, OR | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

An Oregon NGO dedicated to supporting Afro-Indigenous peoples and preserving Indigenous traditions through cultural education is looking for technical support with various projects within their community. Projects could include a multifaceted scope and a longer term commitment, ideal for student or professional volunteer groups.

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Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

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Plymouth County, MA - Drinking Water

Plymouth County, MA

Plymouth County, MA | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

A small water utility in Plymouth County, MA, is looking to connect seasonal users to the main distribution system, increasing their customer base by offering year-round service. The current main lines are shallow and undersized, causing them to be unable to support year-round service. For this reason, the community is looking to upsize the lines and bury at an adequate depth for year round use.

Currently, community members that have seasonal pipes rely on private wells that provide water to residents during off-season. In addition to the general issue of water provision, a major concern is that these private wells have tested high for nitrates and magnesium.

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Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

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Wyandotte County, KS Civil & Arch Project

Kansas

Kansas | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

A non-profit, Young Women on the Move (YWOM), helps middle and high school girls in Wyandotte County live healthier and more prosperous lives. They are operating out of a 100-year-old church donated to them in 2017. They have several needs stemming from that space as well as opportunities to expand their environmental justice impact and provide pathways to careers that support those goals. YMOM is planning to renovate a portion of the church. Additionally, adjacent to the church is a condemned property owned by the organization. YWOM is interested in having the property demolished to turn it into an outdoor classroom.

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Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

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Warren County, MO Wastewater Project

Missouri

Missouri | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

A nonprofit wastewater utility association provides wastewater treatment services to approximately 20 households in a rural Missouri community. The treatment facility is a single cell lagoon system, with a 1-acre lagoon located on a 1.5 acre lot. The utility has been regularly issued orders of noncompliance from their primacy agency (Missouri Department of Natural Resources) for exceeding the maximum levels of ammonia allowed under identified on their NPDES permit.

The utility has a chlorination/dechlorination system to maintain compliance with their NPDES permit E.coli limits, but does not have the technical or financial capacity required to add the required treatment for ammonia, resulting in ongoing notices of violation.

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Plymouth County, MA - Drinking Water

Plymouth County, MA

Plymouth County, MA | Water Wastewater Structures Committees/Events Civil Works

A small water utility in Plymouth County, MA, is looking to connect seasonal users to the main distribution system, increasing their customer base by offering year-round service. The current main lines are shallow and undersized, causing them to be unable to support year-round service. For this reason, the community is looking to upsize the lines and bury at an adequate depth for year round use.

Currently, community members that have seasonal pipes rely on private wells that provide water to residents during off-season. In addition to the general issue of water provision, a major concern is that these private wells have tested high for nitrates and magnesium.

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Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

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Open Project Opportunities for CECorps Volunteers

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VOLUNTEER PROJECT PROCESS

CECorps

Community Engineering Corps provides a framework for our volunteers to work on a solution to the community’s identified needs. This framework protects you and the professionals working with you. CECorps volunteers are covered by professional liability insurance – important in the litigious USA – but only if you operate within the parameters of the program.

Look for open opportunities on the web

If already engaged with a community, encourage them to apply

Identify Project Lead, Responsible Engineer in Charge (REIC), and Quality Assurance Manager

Register in Volunteer Village

Collaborate with the community to develop a Work Plan and complete an Engineering Service Agreement

Undergo CECorps Technical and Legal Review

Carry out the work plan: Collaborate with the community to develop appropriate solutions

Undergo CECorps Technical Review

Present the solution to key stakeholders

Handoff all deliverables to community partner

Closeout the project with CECorps

Complete volunteer survey

*CECorps conducts long-term M&E

The vetted process and policies follow well-established industry practice that meets a professional standard of care. It ensures professionalism and commitment toward the communities we serve.

CECorps is celebrating over 10 years of Impact addressing U.S. infrastructure inequity.

Learn about the state of U.S. infrastructure and our work over the years on our Impact Page.

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