August 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 August If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for August, 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 4 update? See the July edition of  News Around Region 4  Share this page via social media and email:

VIRGINIA SECTION State legislator receives ASCE’s OPAL lifetime achievement award for government Thomas D. Rust, P.E., M.ASCE, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates who has focused on improving public and higher education in Virginia and on transportation infrastructure improvements, is the recipient of ASCE’s 2015 Outstanding Projects and Leaders lifetime achievement award for government. As the representative of northern Virginia’s 86th District since 2002, and previously mayor of Herndon for 19 years, Rust is recognized as one of the most effective legislators in the state assembly, gaining high marks from the nonpartisan Virginia Foundation of Research and Economic Education. Presently sitting on the labor, education, transportation, and science and technology committees of the House of Delegates, Rust chairs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, a permanent legislative commission promoting advancement of technology and science in Virginia. Among his recent accomplishments, Rust was instrumental in adoption of a long-overdue restructuring of transportation funding and planning in Virginia. Rust will receive his award during ASCE’s OPAL Gala ceremony next March 2015 in Washington, DC. Read more about Rust’s OPAL-deserving achievements in ASCE News.   Section website>>

NORTH CAROLINA SECTION Hybrid stressed ribbon bridge in Durham sets U.S. record The bridge, which spans 210 feet across Interstate 40 in Durham, N.C., connects two sides of a rails-to-trails pathway known as the American Tobacco Trail. See the self-anchored bridge in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

VIRGINIA SECTION University’s new art institute to be a new Richmond landmark Using multiple types of structural support systems, engineers have resolved the complexity of a new contemporary art institute that will serve as a gateway to Virginia Commonwealth University. Explore their challenges in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.