July 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 July If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for July, 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 Missed last month's Region 8 update? See the June edition of News Around Region 8 Share this page via social media and email: |
REGION DIRECTOR'S REPORT Highlights of July’s ASCE Board of Direction Meeting Kristina Swallow, P.E., M.ASCE, your Region 8 Director, is a member of the Nevada Section and works as Engineering Program Manager of Public Works for the City of Las Vegas. Kristina represented you at the July 11-13 Board meeting in Stowe, Vermont. The ASCE Board gathered for its ongoing process of setting strategic direction for the Society and addressing the specific issues and programs that require board input and approval. Board efforts included the following:
For more on the actions taken by the Board, see the story in ASCE News . |
REGION 8 ELECTIONS Be sure to cast your votes for Region 8 Governor and other ASCE 2015 officers Help shape the future of your Society and the civil engineering profession by voting in the 2015 ASCE officers election. Although Mark W. Woodson is the sole nominee for president-elect and thus is running uncontested, there are open races for technical region director and for some Regions' governors. ASCE members of associate grade and higher can vote if dues were paid by May 15. Learn about the nominees for Region 8 Governor and cast your ballot today. |
OREGON SECTION To mark centennial, Oregon Section shines spotlight on state infrastructure Courtesy Oregon Section Like many of ASCE's Sections, Oregon has been marking 100 years of service, but rather than focusing on itself, the Section has chosen to highlight the achievements of civil engineers that have enhanced life for the Pacific Northwest state's residents over the past century. One key way has been creation of a timeline exhibit that illustrates the history of civil engineering in Oregon. A series of 11 colorful, well-illustrated panels, each measuring 8 by 4 feet, was structured as a timeline that begins in 1910 and concludes with a look into the future at structures that are either under construction or planned. Learn about Oregon’s centennial celebration in ASCE News. Section website>> |
HAWAII SECTION President of Hawaii-based engineering firm elected ASCE Fellow Gary K. Chock, S.E., F.ASCE, president of Hawaii-headquartered Martin & Chock, Inc., has been elevated to ASCE Fellow status by the Society’s Board of Direction. Engaged in structural engineering since 1980, Chock’s work includes the tallest buildings in the state of Hawaii as well as numerous resorts, commercial buildings, and military facilities in the Pacific region. Selected by Engineering News Record as one of the 25 Top Newsmakers of 2011, Chock led an ASCE/SEI post-disaster team that traveled to Japan following the devastating March 2011 tsunami to investigate and document the performance of buildings and other infrastructure. Discover the other achievements that made Chock worthy of Fellow status in ASCE News. |
SEATTLE SECTION Seismic engineering expert from Seattle elected ASCE Fellow John Hooper, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, a senior principal and director of earthquake engineering at Seattle–headquartered Magnusson Klemencic Associates, has been elevated to ASCE Fellow status by the Society’s Board of Direction. Chair of the ASCE 7-16 Subcommittee on Seismic Loads, and member of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Committee on Specifications and Task Committee 9 for Seismic Design, Hooper is one of 15 federally appointed members of the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazard Reduction charged with oversight of the earthquake management and implementation activities of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program and its related federal agencies. Learn more about Hooper’s Fellow-worthy achievements in ASCE News. |
OREGON SECTION Ambitious GSA renovation in Portland among Best Tall Buildings A dazzling renovation of a federal office building in Portland is one of four worldwide winners of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s annual Best Tall Building competition for 2014. Discover what made the extensive update worthy in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine. |
IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Army Corps of Engineers considering public-private partnerships The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is streamlining its project processes, but with $23.5 billion in active projects and an average annual allotment of $1.5 billion to move those projects forward, it is weighing the possibility of public-private partnerships to help deliver projects faster and with less federal investment. Read how the Corps seeks to close its budget gap in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine. |
IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Technology may transform the future of rail, Arup report finds New research has identified trends that will shape the development of rail for the coming 35 years and envisions the dramatic changes technology integration can bring. Future of Rail 2050, a report by the international design, engineering, and consulting firm Arup, examines the megatrends driving the future of rail in the coming decades, including examples of innovation. Explore what will make rail viable for decades to come in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine. |