In October 2008, the Met Section submitted nominations for the Manhattan, Queensboro, and Williamsburg Bridges to ASCE's History and Heritage Committee (HHC) for National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (NHCEL) status. The nomination packages included published papers, articles, and reports about the bridges and their designers. The HHC voted to recommend each of the bridges for designation as a NHCEL, which were formally approved by the ASCE Board of Direction on April 24, 2009. The Queensboro and Manhattan Bridges are both celebrating their 100th anniversaries in 2009.
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The History and Heritage Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the completion of the Hoover Dam—one of the first great mega projects—with a two-day Symposium covering everything from the advances in concrete technology to performance of spillway structures and the seismic evaluation of power plants.
On Friday, April 9, 2010, ASCE National President Blaine D. Leonard, Met Section officers, and officials from the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) dedicated three bridges spanning the East River—the 
The Metropolitan Section has been selected as a 2009 recipient of a History and Heritage Citation. The citation is given by ASCE's History and Heritage Committee and recognizes the role Sections and Branches play in promoting civil engineering history to the public and preserving the history of the field. The Met Section was recognized for its outreach activities over the course of the year, especially during the 
