The power of a place is created by the ideas and deeds of people who occupy it. One Walnut Street in Boston is more than a building. It is the home of The Engineering Center Education Trust, a wellspring for the community of engineers, surveyors, and allied professionals whose creative energies ease our daily lives and make our world work. TECET also cultivates an atmosphere for learning and professional camaraderie through technical meetings, educational and professional development programs, a library, web site, grants, and events to inspire increased public awareness of our profession, and provides a permanent home for our engineering and land surveying societies. The Engineering Center Education Trust is an educational and charitable nonprofit trust and owner of One Walnut Street in Boston. Since October 1989, TECET has fostered education of engineers, surveyors, and allied professionals with emphasis on life-long learning. TECET provides a home for professional and technical meetings, public outreach, and society management. A twelve-person Board of Trustees consisting of four representatives from each of the following sponsoring societies governs TECET: American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE (BSCES), the oldest technical society in the United States, established in 1848 Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE)