Los Angeles is No. 1 on the 2024 list of ASCE Best Places for Civil Engineers.

That’s three straight years for L.A., if you’re keeping track at home.

So what’s the city’s secret to success? What’s so special about the civil engineering scene there?

Ruwanka Purasinghe, P.E., M.ASCE, civil engineering associate for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and president-elect of the ASCE Los Angeles Section, has some answers.

In episode 165 of ASCE Plot Points, Purasinghe talks about, yes, what makes Los Angeles such a great place for civil engineers.