Ahmed N. Ahsan, P.E.

We're excited to announce that A.C.E. has successfully completed the Readiness Training Program – Funnel 1, Cohort 5 ! This specialized program, delivered by the Bureau of Business Research  and the IC² Institute  at The University of Texas at Austin , is designed to small businesses like ours to build capacity, navigate government contracting processes, and compete more effectively for public sector opportunities in the Austin region and beyond. As a Texas-based geotechnical engineering...

The drill rig has been busy this week under clear Texas skies, and the shelby tube samples tell a familiar (and challenging) story: we’re firmly in the Navarro Group, specifically the Marlbrook Marl member. These Upper Cretaceous Gulf-series sediments are classic for this part of the region — dark gray to bluish-gray, blocky to waxy, extremely high-plasticity montmorillonitic fat clays (CH) with just enough calcareous content to earn the name “marl.” If you’ve built anywhere along or east of...

Y’all, if this ain’t the most Texas way to kick off the holidays, I don’t know what is. Last week the A.C.E. threw on a Santa hat for an Ortega Elementary kid in East Austin with our good friends at the TSPE Travis Chapter for the annual Holiday Party. And let me tell ya: the lobby looked like the North Pole done moved to ATX. We hauled in a mountain of wrapped gifts, piled ’em high around a Christmas tree, turned that entryway into a full-blown winter wonderland, and then let 40 amazing kids...