June 2014    


Great outreach event or other activity? Let the whole Region know!

If you’re a local ASCE leader and your Section, Branch, Younger Member Group, or Student Chapter has staged any special events, engaged in outreach from grade-school kids to lawmakers, done charity work, fund raising or anything of the sort, let ASCEnews Weekly know and we may include it in next month’s Region report. You may already have written about it and posted pictures in your newsletter, website, or social media. Share the details and any photos at asce.org/localnews. Got questions? Write to submissions@asce.org.


See the other Region reports for June
If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for June, click on each to view them:
 
Region 1   Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section, Buffalo Section, Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers Section, Ithaca Section, Maine Section, Metropolitan Section, Mohawk-Hudson Section, New Hampshire Section, New Jersey Section, Puerto Rico Section, Rhode Island Section, Rochester Section, Syracuse Section, Vermont Section

Region 2   Central Pennsylvania Section, Delaware Section, Lehigh Valley Section, Maryland Section, National Capital Section, Philadelphia Section, Pittsburgh Section

Region 3   Akron-Canton Section, Central Illinois Section, Central Ohio Section, Cincinnati Section, Cleveland Section, Dayton Section, Duluth Section, Illinois Section, Michigan Section, Minnesota Section, North Dakota Section, Quad Cities Section, Toledo Section, Wisconsin Section

Region 4   Arkansas Section, Indiana Section, Kentucky Section, North Carolina Section, South Carolina Section, Tennessee Section, Virginia Section, West Virginia Section

Region 5   Alabama Section, Florida Section, Georgia Section, Louisiana Section, Mississippi Section
 
Region 6   New Mexico Section, Oklahoma Section, Texas Section

Region 7   Colorado Section, Iowa Section, Kansas City Section, Kansas Section, Nebraska Section, South Dakota Section, St. Louis Section, Wyoming Section

Region 8   Alaska Section, Arizona Section, Columbia Section, Hawaii Section, Inland Empire Section, Montana Section, Nevada Section, Oregon Section, Seattle Section, Southern Idaho Section, Tacoma-Olympia Section, Utah Section

Region 9   Los Angeles Section, Sacramento Section, San Diego Section, San Francisco Section

Region 10   All international Sections, Branches, and Groups


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FLORIDA SECTION, MIAMI-DADE BRANCH
Sustainable stormwater solutions for paving using permeable concrete discussed

Permeable articulating concrete block, or P-ACB for short, is being viewed as one paving surface solution to stormwater runoff. Miami-Dade Branch members heard the merits of one such P-ACB system, PaveDrain, at a recent meeting. The PaveDrain system incorporates a patented arch design to create an internal storage chamber that can be used as a reservoir for stormwater runoff, while simultaneously providing strength for heavy vehicular loads. Learn more about the permeable articulating concrete block option in the Miami-Dade Branch newsletter. Read article>>  Branch website>>   
FLORIDA SECTION, LOUISIANA SECTION
University of Florida, Louisiana Tech University compete in Concrete Canoe finals


Ed Rieker/AP Images for ASCE

Two universities within Region 5 and their civil engineering student teams competed at ASCE’s 27th annual National Concrete Canoe Competition last weekend , held at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in Pennsylvania. Up against 22 other teams with its canoe AcceleGator, the University of Florida team placed a solid 12th overall, including first place in the coed sprints races and second in women’s final sprints, for a weighted fifth place overall in the canoe races.


Ed Rieker/AP Images for ASCE


Lousiana Tech’s canoe, Dawg’s Day, had a decidedly military theme, designed to look like a vintage World War II U.S. Army craft. See the final results. See more photos of each team’s canoes in action, plus those of every team at ASCE’s Concrete Canoe photo gallery on Facebook. Funding provided by the ASCE Foundation makes ASCE’s National Concrete Canoe Competition possible.
IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE
Construction disputes take less time, more money, new report finds

The global average construction dispute rose by $400,000—to $32.1 million—between 2012 and 2013, but the time it took to settle the average dispute dropped from 12.8 months to slightly less than one year, according to a new report released by ARCADIS, the multidiscipline consulting firm based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Explore the report’s findings in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.
STEM index reveals education/job disconnect

TThe proportion of U.S. jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math fields is growing – but the proportion of students interested in STEM professions is not, according to the new U.S. News/Raytheon STEM Index. Delve into the clash of demand and lack of interest in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine..