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Roettger, PE - Area Engineer, USACE Kansas City District Upcoming Events Abstract: The US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District is managing the MEGA Project for the National Geospatial Agency West (N2W) Program. The program consists May of one large Design Build Contract that was awarded to McCarthy-HITT Joint Venture 11 Monthly Webinar – USACE MEGA and several contracts that will be awarded to small business contractor's in 2022. The Project NGA complex will replace current facilities located in St. Louis and includes the Main 13 YMG Monthly Meeting Operations Building (767K SF), Central Utility Plant, Visitor Control Center, Remote 20 EWRI Monthly Webinar Speaker Series Inspection Facility, Access Control Points and two Parking Garages. June About the Presenter: Stacy Roettger has worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1 Section Awards nominations due (USACE) since 2009. She is currently the Resident Engineer for the Next NGA West Program Office in the Kansas City District, located in St. Louis, Missouri. Stacy Roettger started her career with the St. Louis District, Construction Division, as a Follow the Section and share with your student intern in 2000 and completed her B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering from network. Washington University in St. Louis in 2002. After graduating, Stacy accepted a position with Farnsworth Group in Peoria Illinois as a structural engineer for a year and then continued as a structural engineer at SSE, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri, for the next five Update your bookmarks with our new years. As a structural engineer, Stacy designed banks, schools, hospital additions, etc. in Section website a variety of materials. In 2009 Stacy took a permanent position with the U.S. Army Corps http://sections.asce.org/st-louis/ of Engineers as a project engineer for the Construction Branch in the St. Louis District. Stacy obtained her Professional Engineer license in 2010 in the state of Missouri and completed Level 2 training in Contracting in 2011 in order to obtain her warrant as Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO). In May of 2014 Stacy was promoted to the Resident Engineer at Scott Air Force Base for the Louisville District and obtained her ACO warrant and was designated ACO for DISA CONUS Facility ($80M). P-4 Renovation ($20M), Visiting Quarters ($45M), and various other contracts. Stacy accepted a position as the Resident Engineer and ACO for the Next NGA West Program Office ($1B MEGA Project) in August of 2017 and was promoted to Area Engineer on the N2W Program in December of 2020. Stacy has been involved in a wide variety of military and civil works projects including building construction, flood walls, Lock and Dam rehabilitation, etc. Her experience at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has centered around construction management responsibilities in her various assignments as Project Engineer, Resident Engineer, and Area Engineer. In her spare time, Stacy enjoys reading, baking, renovation projects at home, traveling, and spending family time with her husband Matt Roettger, sons Jordan and Landon, and granddaughter, Ella. Abstract: ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter The US ArmyMay Corps 2021 of Engineers Kansas City District is managingPage the1 of 23 MEGA Project for the National Geospatial Agency West (N2W) Program. The program consists of one large Design Build Contract that was awarded to McCarthy-HITT Joint Venture and several contracts that Officers & Directors President’s Message 2020 - 2021 I love cars. LOVE THEM. I love their design. I love President hearing the engines. I love working on them. I love Jordan Pettibone watching them race (IndyCar!). And I absolutely love Horner & Shifrin, Inc. [email protected] driving them. However, since COVID (and really as far back as my first engineering job in Denver), I have President-Elect been riding a bicycle a few days a week. This month is John Weiland National Bike Month. Since 1956 National Bike Month Wade Trim [email protected] has been promoted by the League of American Bicyclists. Vice President Alison Graves Why am I, a dedicated car guy, speaking about a Civil Design Inc (very) non-car thing? Because Complete Streets. The [email protected] USDOT’s Complete Streets policies from 2010 is an Secretary answer to the question “What did you do to account for bicyclists and pedestrians Chris Toenjes in your project corridor?” Answers can include sidewalks, restriping for a shared Roeslein & Associates, Inc. [email protected] bike lane, a separate on-street bike lane, or a separated shared-use path. Treasurer I’m sure you’ve seen these answers in your city, or just look at Downtown St. Louis. Melantha Norton Newly restriped bike lanes separated by parking lanes. Striped “sharrows” on the Nestle Purina PetCare Co. road indicating cyclists may be next to your car when traveling. Great Rivers [email protected] Greenway or MCT have their own paths all throughout the area, linking with on- Director of Administration road routes and adjacent corridors. Shari Cunningham THD Design Group, Inc. I was fortunate to work on the first downstate Illinois project to use Complete [email protected] Streets policies for our project (IL Route 3 in Waterloo, IL). From these polices we Director of Professional Development identified a need and was able to add a solution throughout our project corridor. Melissa Rettig Literally, throughout. Our shared-use path starts at the south end at a subdivision, Jacobs routes up near the high school, under the highway, and runs to the north, [email protected] connecting side streets and recreational points of interests. Since then, I have Director of Technical Development designed separate bicycle facilities, parallel paths/sidewalks, and have been on William S. Stahlman III other teams accessing the needs for more improvements for the non-motorized America's Central Port [email protected] public. Nearly every project I work on involves some kind of non-car accommodation. This isn’t coincidental. Our national transportation budgets Past President include more and more multimodal funding. Grant programs exist to reduce our Brent Vaughn Department of Civil Engineering congestion and improve air quality. These programs generally like bike facilities. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville [email protected] OK, so what’s this do for you, Mr. Car guy? Being outside moving around is pretty healthy, for starters. I ride primarily to exercise. It’s been a great release from the stresses of work and too many animals at home. I’ve hopped on my bike and rode to the local grocery store for a few items I need at the house. Selfishly, it also gets more motorists out of my way so I can enjoy my roads. I can also ride to get to work. Speaking of the office: National Bike to Work Day is May 21. So, air up those tires, strap on your helmet, and get to pedaling! And for us drivers, Share the Road. For more information on National Bike to Work Day, visit https://bikeleague.org/content/bike-month-dates-events-0 . - Jordan ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter May 2021 Page 2 of 23 Keep Your Membership Current Are you up to date on your membership dues? 2020 was certainly not normal, but hopefully you were able to take advantage of the wide variety of quality virtual events we held throughout the year. We had great attendance at our luncheons and the conferences our institutes held. ASCE on the local and national level are still focused on helping you get the most of your membership, with several great benefits, such as: • World class continuing education • 10 free archived webinars annually, you can earn PDHs for the webinars you successfully complete. • eLearning is also free which focusses more on soft skills. • Free compensation and benefits information with ASCE’s Salary Survey • Technical and Professional Information including AccessEngineering, a robust searchable repository of civil engineering information • Opportunities for local networking and PDH events • Continued championing of regional and national infrastructure report cards Please update your ASCE membership status. If you don’t know your current status, you can log in to asce.org or contact the St. Louis Section Membership Chairperson, Lyle Simonton at [email protected]. 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