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Civil Times SunCoast Branch News July 2011
Happy 4th of July! Hopefully you will enjoy a long weekend with friends/family or just simply relaxing! This month we have a couple of things to look forward to and we are asking you to start thinking about the future of your ASCE SunCoast Branch leadership. October will be the final days of my term as the President and Amjid Hussain, P.E. will be your next President. We will have a vacancy in the Treasurer Position, so if you are interested in becoming one of the branch’s next leaders, please let us know. This month is the Florida Section’s ASCE Annual Conference! Registration is almost closed, so if you have not signed up, what are you waiting for? This year the conference is July 14 – 16 at the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village in St Augustine, Florida. There are a wide range of presentations, a couple of which are from our local area. Molly Williams, P.E. of Stantec, and Adnan Javed, P.E. of the Sarasota County plan to present on the “Stormwater Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program (SWIRP) Projects Priority System”; and Adnan and Julie Karleskint, P.E. of Hazen and Sawyer, plan to present on “Asset Management and Managing Aging Stormwater Infrastructure”. Also this month we have our monthly luncheon at the Dutch Heritage. Our guest speaker is from TBARTA and the topic is “TBARTA: A Connected Region for Our Future”. Please RSVP to our Secretary, Melanie Smith, E.I. at [email protected] or call 941-907-6900. Our SunCoast Branch year ends September 30th, 2011 with an induction of the new officers in October. We would like to celebrate the end of the year with a BBQ at the Oscar Scherer State Park! SAVE THE DATE FOR September 24, 2011! The BBQ will be open to your family and friends. Watch out for more details in the coming months. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Sincerely, Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E. ASCE SunCoast President
President’s Message from Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E.
In This Issue: PG 1:
Presisdent’s Message
PG 2:
ASCE Suncoast Branch
Scholarship Recipients
West Point Bridge State
Competition Info
PG 3:
Sub-Committee Contacts
Lebarge Sponsor Ad
PG 4:
ASCE Conference Information
PG 5:
SAVE THE DATE
PG 6:
Lebarge Sponsor Ad
Career Corner
PG 7:
SPONSOR PAGE
PG 8:
July Meeting Information
Upcoming Meeting
Information
Mark your Calendars!! Special Events:
July 21 - Monthly Meeting Dutch Heritage August 18 - Monthly Meeting Dutch Heritage Sept. 19 - Monthly Meeting Dutch Heritage
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ASCE Suncoast Branch Sponsored Events
WEST POINT BRIDGE STATE FINALS
State Finalists in two divisions will compete in a 1-1/2-hour design competition using the West Point Bridge
Software. Divisions are for 6th-8thgraders or 9th-12thgraders.
PRIZES (each Division): 1stPlace: $1000 cash 2ndPlace: $300 cash 3rdPlace: $200 cash
WHEN: 8:30 to 11:00 am – Friday July 15, 2011
WHERE: Renaissance World Golf Village Resort 500 South Legacy Trail
St. Augustine, Florida 32092
Please contact Amjid Hussain for any questions on West Point Bridge Finals: [email protected]
ASCE SUNCOAST BRANCH SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Current Civil Engineering Student: Anatoliy Olimpiuk has worked and is currently a CAD designer with WilsonMiller Stantec for the past 4 years, and is currently in pursuit of a Civil Engineering Degree from the
University of South Florida. Anatoliy lives in North Port with his wife and two young children and spends the little free time he has volunteering at his church. ASCE Suncoast Branch is proud to present Anatoliy with $1000 scholarship to assist in
gaining his Civil Engineering Degree!
Graduating Senior: Tyler McDuffie of Riverview High School IB Program has been accepted into the UF Civil Engineering program. His exceptional academic abilities while maintaining a part-time job and volunteering his time in Nicaragua for the past 7 years gave great argument to the scholarship committee to grant him the assistance of a $500 college
scholarship!
Graduating Senior: Bret Moreau of North Port High School showed exceptional interest in the Civil Engineering Community through internship with the City of North Port Engineering Department as well as exceptional
academic performance while maintaining many extracurricular activities and part-time jobs. We generally only award one graduating high school senior, but Bret showed such promise, we will be awarding him with $250 to assist him on his journey
to becoming a Civil Engineer!
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SUNCOAST BRANCH SUB-COMMITTEES
Please join a Sub-committee today!
Scholarship Committee:
Please contact Tim Foushee at [email protected] for more information
Outreach Program Committee: Please contact Paula R. Wiggins at [email protected] for more information
Toothpick Bridge Committee: Please contact Chris Sharek at [email protected] for more information
West Point Bridge Committee: Please contact Paula Wiggins at [email protected] for more information
Florida Section Science and Engineering Fair Committee: Please contact Adnan Javed at [email protected] for more information
Calling all ASCE Suncoast Branch Members, we would love for anyone interested in
volunteering their time to contact any of the members listed above, or Kim, Melanie, Amjid or Sonya (contact info on page 8)!!
LeBarge Diamond Sponsor
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Tech Div. FULL DATE CITY/STATE SEMINAR/WORKSHOP
Geotechnical August 25-26,
2011 Atlanta, GA Earth Retaining Structures Selection, Design, Construction and Inspection: Now in an LRFD Design Platform
Structural September 14-
16, 2011 Atlanta, GA Structural Design of Buildings and Industrial Facilities for Blast Loads and Accidental Chemical Explosions
Structural September 21-
23, 2011 Atlanta, GA Structural Vibration Analysis, Design and Troubleshooting
Management September 22-
23, 2011 Orlando, FL Project Management
ASCE SEMINAR/WORKSHOPS
ATTENTION!!! ASCE ANNUAL FLORIDA SECTION CONFERENCE
When: July 15-16, 2011 Where: St Augustine, Fl
Registration is now OPEN! Click here to register.
Call the hotel now at 800-266-9432 to reserve your room. Guestrooms are available for $99 per night. Be sure to mention the name of our block:
American Society of Civil Engineers, Florida Section to get the special room pricing.
This special pricing expires on June 20, 2011.
This year's keynote speaker will be Rep. Lake Ray, R-District 17. As in years past, registrants will be able to attend technical sessions that will give them the required 8 hours of professional
development hour (PDH). Laws & Rules will be held on Saturday, July 16th and it will conclude the conference.
The full registratrion member rate is $425 and non-member rate is $500 - until June 18, 2011.
After June 18th, the member rate is $475 and the non-member rate is $550.
ATTENTION ASCE 141st ANNUAL CIVIL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE
When: October 20-22, 2011 Where: Memphis, Tennessee
Join fellow engineers October 20-22, 2011 to discuss issues surrounding Sustainable Infrastructure –
Civil Engineering Solutions. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, what could be more timely and crucial
to the area than focusing on the sustainability of the infrastructure in the city and around the globe?
With sessions on the recent disaster in Japan and how to fight for funding to maintain critical
infrastructure, learn the vital role engineers like you play in keeping the world together and discover
what more can be done. Sign up on Friday and be sure to take part in this essential conference.
www.asceannualconference.org
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Time Section Topic Speaker
8 am to 9 am Water
Resources Integration and Optimization in Decision Support
Analysis for Watershed Management RABBANI
8 am to 9 am Transportation Mobile LiDAR Data Collection for Transportation
Projects WALDEMER/ Stoughton
8 am to 9 am Structures Moving From Prescriptive to Performance-Based
Concrete PRIOLO/ WESTCOTT
8 am to 9 am Geotech Channel Improvements within the Sandalwood Canal
(Jacksonville, FL) MCGREGOR/ PAPPAS
8 am to 9 am Management Asset Management and Managing Aging Stormwater
Infrastructure JAVED/KARLESKINT/PORTER
9 am to 10 am Water
Resources Automated Water Quality Project PrioritizationTool to
Address TMDLs NOVI/ EARHARDT
9 am to 10 am Transportation Use of Recycled Aggregate Systems as Unbound Base
Layers
ASHTIANI/SAEED/
HAMMONS 2ND
9 am to 10 am Geotech Compaction Grouted Micropiles at SR-408, Orlando,
Florida GARBIN
9 am to 10 am Structures The Rehabilitation of the Bridge of Lions Jack Haynes, RS&H
9 am to 10 am Management JAXPORT and the Need for Infrastructure Investment
MILLER/PROTOR/
DORTCH/HAYE
10 am to 11 am Water
Resources Disinfectant/Disinfection Byproduct Stage 2
Requirements DUNKELBERGER
10 am to 11 am Transportation Spall Repair in Rigid Pavements: Can Faster Be Better? HAMMONS/ SAEED
10 am to 11 am Geotech Soil Relaxation in Driven Pile Foundations into Dense
Sands: Reality or Myth? OWEIS/CHAMPION/KREPSIK
10 am to 11 am Structures Field Evaluation of Rigid Pavement Repairs Using
Precast Concrete Panels
ASHTIANI/SAEED/
HAMMONS
10 am to 11 am Management JEA’s Total Water Management Plan (TWMP) Robert Kermitz
2 pm to 3 pm Water
Resources Stormwater Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program
(SWIRP) Projects Priority System WILLIAMS/JAVED
2 pm to 3 pm Geotech Deep Mix Method Used for the Ground Improvement
at LPV-111 East Back Levee Improvement Project LEONI/SCHMUTZLER
2 pm to 3 pm Structures ASCE Wind Load Ron Cook
2 pm to 3 pm Management Diverse Projects: Overview of Jacksonville District
Programs ORNELLA/ WEATHERBY
Saturday
8 am - 12 pm Laws & Rules
Laws & Rules HAYDEN/BAYO
FL-ASCE 2011 Annual Meeting Technical Sessions Schedule
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SAVE THE DATE!!!! ASCE SUNCOAST 2011
“TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF”
END OF SUMMER FUN!!
OSCAR SCHERER PARK
BBQ POTLUCK
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
More details coming soon!!
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Members Helping Members Know of a member who is seeking employment? Ask them to send a paragraph “resume” and we will post it here or
refer any job leads privately. You can help by just forwarding an opportunity to your branch officers to pass on to
qualified colleagues looking for work. Don’t delete the next email from Monster, HotJobs, or Career Builder; pass a
prospect to a worthy member!
ANTONIO RENADA Graduating with a GPA of 3.71 May 2011 from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and a minor
in Business. Intern experience for two summers for Birdsall Services Group and Mil-Pro, Inc. in New Jersey.
Extremely involved, Past President of the Delta Chi Fraternity, Current President of the Chi Epsilon Engineering
Honor Society. Please contact Melanie D. Smith @ [email protected] for Mr. Renada’s resume.
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Date Speaker Topic
8/17/11 Robert Lewis Sarasota County Permitting 101
9/19/11 Mike Maholtz Sarasota/Manatee/Charlotte Long Range Transportation Plan (SMC 2035 LRTP)
10/17/11 Available Contact Amjid Hussain, P.E. at [email protected]
Where: Dutch Heritage
When: July 21, 2011
Speaker: TBARTA Rep Topic: TBARTA: A connected Region for
our future
How much: $15
RSVP: [email protected]
Take I-75 South to Exit 207, Bee Ridge Road, and head west toward McIntosh Road. Turn Right onto McIntosh Road, head north to Bahia Vista Street. Turn Left onto Bahia Vista Street, and the Troyer's Dutch Heritage restaurant is at 3713 Bahia Vista Street, on the right after you cross the railroad tracks.
Please contact Melanie Smith if there are any questions regarding directions to Dutch Heritage
Directions to Troyer's Dutch Heritage
(3713 Bahia Vista Street)
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2010 – 2011 SunCoast Branch Executive Board
President
Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E. WilsonMiller Stantec
6900 Professional Pkwy. E. Sarasota, Florida 34240
[email protected] (941) 907-6900
Vice-President Amjid Hussain P.E.
Sarasota County 1001 Sarasota center Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34240 Ph: (941) 861-0750
Fax: (941) 861-0770 [email protected]
Secretary
Melanie Delehanty Smith, E.I. WilsonMiller Stantec
6900 Professional Pkwy. E. Sarasota, Florida 34240
[email protected] (941) 907-6900
Treasurer
Kim B. Clayback, P.E. Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc.
5104 N Lockwood Ridge Rd. Suite 307
Sarasota, Florida 34234 Phone: (941) 358-1440 x 1609
Webmaster
D. Scott McKenna, P.E. WilsonMiller Stantec
6900 Professional Pkwy. E. Sarasota, Florida 34240
[email protected] (941) 907-6900
SunCoast Branch c/o Melanie Delehanty Smith, E.I. WilsonMiller Stantec 6900 Professional Parkway East, Sarasota, FL 34240
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