Pennsylvania Again Takes National Leadership Role for Transportation

Home , Dan Frankel, Erin Molchany, Jake Wheatley

Volume 96, Number 13 December 2013 www.asce-pgh.org

Pennsylvania Again Takes National Leadership Role for Transportation The Pennsylvania General Assembly has passed some long-overdue funding for Transportation in Pennsylvania. After years of effort, on November 25, 2013, the leadership of Governor Tom Corbett finally secured passage and signed Pennsylvania’s most comprehensive piece of state transportation legislation in decades. Bipartisan members of the business community rallied with Governor Tom Corbett to pass the legislation critical to sustaining the Pennsylvania economy, supporting employers to be competitive in the global economy. The responsible action of these courageous lawmakers is applauded. If your elected official is among those below, take this opportunity to contact them and congratulate them on their leadership. By PA House District: 4 Curtis Sonney (R) 38 Bill Kortz (D) 5 Greg Lucas (R) 40 John Maher (R) 14 Jim Marshall (R) 44 Mark Mustio (R) 19 Jake Wheatley (D) 45 Nick Kotik (D) 22 Erin Molchany (D) 60 Jeffrey Pyle (R) 23 Dan Frankel (D) 62 David Reed (R) 24 Edward Gainey (D) 63 Donna Oberlander

This is what the 25 Joseph Markosek (D) 64 R. Lee James (R) act provides. We are here in 2014. 28 Mike Turzai (R) 66 Sam Smith (R) 30 Hal English (R) 80 Gerry Stern (R) 35 Marc Gergely (D) 81 Mike Fleck (R)

By PA Senate District: 25 Joseph Scarnati (R) 42 Wayne Fontana (D) 35 John Wozniak (D) 45 James Brewster (D) 37 Matt Smith (D) 46 Tim Solobay (D) 38 Jim Ferlo (D) 47 Elder Vogel (R) 40 Randy Vulakovich (R) 49 Sean Wiley (D) 41 Donald C. White (R) 50 Robbins (R) Recall the graph at the left from the 2011 report from the Governor Tom Corbett’s TFAC blue-ribbon panel. The graph shows the funding Pennsylvania needs to increase from $3.5 Billion to $7.2 Billion by 2020. The funding gap has now grown to $4.6 Billion. Passage of the funding is projected to generate about only $351 million more in 2014, but it will increase gradually up to $2.3 Billion over 5 years. More funding is still needed, but this act is a long-overdue start. 2012-2013 OFFICERS Director 12-15 Architectural Engineering Institute 2012-2013 COMMITTEES 0XQLFLSDO&RQVXOWLQJ John Havel, PE Jonathan McHugh, PE, Chair :DWHU :DVWHZDWHU Awards President AECOM Gannett Fleming, Inc. Est. 1985 Karl Sieg, PE 6LWH'HVLJQ/D\RXW Ralph W. Gilbert, Jr., PE, F. ASCE Gulf Tower, 707 Grant Street Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 Sieg & Associates, Inc. /HQQRQ6PLWK6RXOHUHW 5RDGZD\ 3DYHPHQW Jacobs Engineering Group 5th Floor 601 Holiday Drive P.O. Box 756 (QJLQHHULQJ,QF 3XEOLF:RUNV Eight Penn Center West, Suite 201 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Wexford, PA 15090 &LYLO(QJLQHHUVDQG6XUYH\RUV 3DUNV 5HFUHDWLRQ Pittsburgh, PA 152276 P (412) 316-3604 P (412) 922-5575 &RUDRSROLV3$ +HDGTXDUWHUV *,60DSSLQJ P (412) 249-3426 [email protected] [email protected] Budget *UHHQVEXUJ3$ %UDQFK *UDQWV$GPLQLVWUDWLRQ C (412) 913-1009 Robert Dengler, PE, Treasurer z )D[ 'HYHORSHU5HYLHZV [email protected] Director 12-15 Transportation and Development Institute Ralph Gilbert, PE, President LQIR#OVVHFRP zZZZOVVHFRP Past President Lauren E. Terpak Jeff Hans, PE, Chair Bill Gross, PE, Past President William Gross, PE Project Engineer HDR Engineering, Inc.t Kemal Niksic, PE, Vice President HDR Engineering, Inc. AECOM Water 11 Stanwix Street P (412) 316-3574 Suite 800 Continuing Education 11 Stanwix Street, Suite 800 Sam Shamsi, Ph.D., P.E. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15222 P (412) 497-6000 P (412) 298-7932 P (412) 497-6017 [email protected] [email protected] Director 13-16 [email protected] Thomas Batroney, PE Educational Outreach Vice President Hatch Mott MacDonald Younger Member Forum (YMF) Donald Splitstone, PE Kemal Niksic, PE 1600 West Carson Street Angela Mayer, EIT, President Hatch Mott MacDonald Pittsburgh, PA 15219 KU Resources, Inc. History & Heritage 1600 West Carson Street P (412) 497-2922 22 South Linden Street David Wright Pittsburgh, PA 15219 [email protected] Duquesne, PA 15110 Allegheny Co. Dept. of Engineering and Construction P (412) 497-2944 P (412) 469-9331 501 County Office Building [email protected] Director 13-16 [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Jim Radion, PE P (412) 350-6645 Treasurer Gannett Fleming, Inc. [email protected] Robert Dengler, PE 2012-2013 Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 Gannett Fleming, Inc. FACULTY ADVISORS Legislative Affairs 601 Holiday Drive Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 Greg Scott, PE Pittsburgh, PA 15220 601 Holiday Drive University of Pittsburgh Buchart Hom, Inc. P (412) 922-5575 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Dr. Anthony Iannacchione, PE Liberty Technology Center [email protected] P (412) 922-5575 University of Pittsburgh 2200 Liberty Avenue, Suite 300 [email protected] Department of Civil Engineering Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Director 13-16 949 Benedum Hall P (412) 261-5059 Damon P. Rhodes, PE Executive Secretary Pittsburgh, PA 15261 [email protected] Coreen Casadei, PE CDM Smith P (412) 624-8289 Collective Efforts, LLC 301 Martindale Street, Suite 500 [email protected] Membership 462 Perry Highway, 2nd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Larry Souleret, PE Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15229 P (412) 201-5500 Carnegie Mellon University Nominations P (412) 459-0114 [email protected] Larry Cartwright, PE Bill Gross, PE [email protected] Dr. Jim Thompson, PE 2012-2013 TECHNICAL INSTITUTES Carnegie Mellon University Program Chairman 2012-2013 DIRECTORS AND GROUPS Department of Civil Engineering Patrick J. Sullivan, P.E. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Civil & Environmental Consultants Director 11-14 Geotechnical Institute P (412) 268-2940 333 Baldwin Road Donald E. Splitstone, PE Stephanie Chechack, Chair [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15205 HDR, Inc. Gannett Fleming, Inc. P (412) 249-1574 11 Stanwix Street, Suite 800 Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15216 601 Holiday Drive Brian Houston, PE P (412) 497-6038 Public Affairs & Publicity Pittsburgh, PA 15220 University of Pittsburgh [email protected] Vacant P (412) 922-5575 Johnstown Campus Director 11-14 [email protected] Civil Engineering Technology Webmaster Dewatering and Sebastian Lobo-Guererro, PhD, PE 225 Engineering & Science Bldg. Melissa Fontanese, PE Groundwater Control American Geotechnical & Environmental Structural Engineering Institute Johnstown, PA 15904 EQT Midstream Ground Freezing Services, Inc. Linda Kaplan, Chair P (814) 269-7257 625 Liberty Avenue A 100% Employee Owned Company Earth Retention and Excavation Support Southpointe Business Park Gannett Fleming, Inc. [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Deep Foundations 4 Grandview Circle, Suite 100 Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 P (412) 395-3688 Underpinning Systems Canonsburg, PA 15317 601 Holiday Drive Geneva College [email protected] 144 Dexter Drive Grouting Systems P (724) 916-0300 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Robert Lijestrand, PE Monroeville, PA 15146 Northwestern Pennsylvania Branch Environmental [email protected] P (412) 922-5575 ASCE Faculty Advisor Tel: 412-793-9303 | Fax: 412-793-9313 Remediation President Industrial Construction [email protected] 121 Dillon Street [email protected] Director 11-14 David G. Machmer, PE MORETRENCH.COM Beaver Falls, PA 15010 Larry Souleret, PE, PLS Environmental & Water Resources Institute P (412) 847-6717 Urban Engineers Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc. Jonathan D. Shimko, Chair [email protected] 1319 Sassafras Street 846 Fourth Avenue Tetra Tech, Inc. Erie, PA 16501 Coraopolis, PA 15108 400 Penn Center Boulevard Point Part University P (814) 453-5702 P (412) 264-4400 Suite 700 Dan Reed F (814) 453-2020 Anchors [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15235 Point Park University [email protected] AugercAst piles Director 12-15 P (412) 829 3609 201 Wood Street Acting Newsletter Editor [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15222 DiAphrAgm wAlls John C. Brigham Karl Sieg, PE (Acting) Asst. Professor P (412) 392-3841 Vacant (Co-Editor) DrilleD shAfts University of Pittsburgh [email protected] Mid-Atlantic District Newsletter Publisher grouting 936 Benedum Hall (412) 221-4500 Enhanced Digital Printing 3700 O’Hara Street micropiles 1709 Douglass Drive we are Versatile geotechnical Pittsburgh, PA 15261 contractors specializing in Deep secAnt pile wAlls Pittsburgh, PA 15221 foundations, earth retention and P (412) 624-9047 soil mixing P (412) 243.4100 ground treatment techniques to help [email protected] [email protected] you achieve your project goals. soil nAil wAlls

solDier pile wAlls to learn more, visit us at www.nicholsonconstruction.com Defining Innovation with Sussttainable Solutions

Transportation • Civil Site Development DBE & WOSB/WBEC CERTIFIED • Environmental Study & Design Geotechnical Civil & Site Development Engineering • Geotechnical Engineering Land Survey Services • Water/Wastewater Engineering Water Resources • Field Monitoring/Management Environmental Services

Environmental Ecological Services

Waste Management Structural Water Resources

Electrical 333 Baldwin Road | Pittsburgh, PA 15205

More than 55 ofﬁces worldwide www.cecinc.com

010 ASCE PittsburghSectionNewsletter_ad.indd 1 3/10/2010 11:55:23 AM -2- Pittsburgh Section Newsletter Carnegie-Mellon Students Explore New Technology The Environmental Water Resources Institute Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Chapter had a special webinar on November 5th, 2013 with Damian Palin, a TED Fellow and PhD candidate from TU Delft in the Netherlands. His presentation, “Bacterial Induced Mineralization” was an insightful lecture on bacterial mineralization and its many applications in the fields of civil and environmental engineering. Some of the applications he focused on included biological casting of stone, biological accumulation of minerals from desalination brine, and self-healing concrete. Damian’s presentation assembled 30 Blumling & Gusky, LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW Civil and Environmental Engineering department graduate students from %ULDQ$VKEDXJK3DUWQHU $6&(/LIH0HPEHU the inspired by the potential of &RQVWUXFWLRQ 6XUHW\,QGXVWU\3UDFWLFH*URXS applying bacterial mineralization to a 'LUHFW EDVKEDXJK#EJODZOOSFRP broad spectrum of engineering concepts. His presentation ended %OXPOLQJ *XVN\//3 3LWWVEXUJK,*UHHQVEXUJ with a captivating quote by William 3KRQH,)D[ Blake, “To the eyes of a man with ZZZEOXPOLQJJXVN\FRP imagination, nature is imagination itself.” Damian Palin is currently continuing his research on bacteria based self-healing concrete in marine environments. For more information, contact Negin Ashoori, at CMU, [email protected] YMF in the Community

YMF volunteers joined over 100 others for a KABOOM! build a playground in a day CONSULTING GEOTECHNICAL, GARVIN FORENSIC, ENVIRONMENTAL BOWARD BEITKO & MATERIALS SCIENCE event in Duquesne this October. The KABOOM! organization, founded in 1996, ENGINEERS encourages outdoor play for children by taking their design for a playground and then BUILT ON REPUTATION Garvin Boward Beitko Engineering, Inc. organizing volunteers to build it in one day. Volunteers did everything from ground Pittsburgh Office Somerset Office 180 Bilmar Drive, Suite IV 632 Center Avenue, Apt. A preparation, to putting equipment together, and painting. Many of the children who Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Somerset, PA 15501 Phone: 412.922.4440 Phone: 814.443.2548 would be using the space were there as well. [email protected] [email protected]

YMF President Angela Engineering • Planning • Construction & Environmental Services Mayer said, "Kaboom is a great program that

benefits the community GAI-Pittsburgh 385 East Waterfront Drive and their youth. Homestead, PA 15120-5005 Volunteering for this 412.476.2000 l gaiconsultants.com event has allowed me to meet some of Duquesne’s residents and work towards a common goal: Build these kids a playground!" A great way to get in the community, get our hands dirty, and really make a difference! For more information on volunteering with the YMF, contact community service chair Sara Mullaney [email protected].

Volume 97, Number 13 / December 2013 -3- Continuing Education Made Easy Part 1: Continuing Education Basics This is a multi-part series of short articles on Continuing Education. In this first part, we will explore the continuing education

TRIAD Listens, Designs & Delivers. basics.

Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Canon 7 in ASCE's Code of Ethics states Environmental Services "Engineers shall continue their Survey and Mapping Drilling and Sampling professional development throughout their Laboratory Testing Construction Monitoring careers, and shall provide opportunities for

Offices in: MD OH PA VA WV the professional development of those engineers under their supervision." It further reads "Engineers should keep current in their specialty fields by engaging in professional practice, participating in continuing education Photo courtesy of www.GISApplications.com courses, reading in the technical literature, www.lrkimball.com Frick Building, N. Mezzanine and attending professional meetings 615 West Highland Avenue 437 Grant Street Ebensburg, PA • 814.472.7700 Pittsburgh, PA • 412.201.4900 and seminars." Technology, codes, and standards An important objective of ASCE Pittsburgh is to build continually evolve as a civil engineer and maintain professional and technical skills for the progresses through his or her career. To Engineering members to better meet the needs of today’s Civil be at the forefront of the profession, civil Services Mining marketplace. Since Geological Geotechnical engineers have an obligation to stay up- 1956 Environmental Water Resources to-date with advancements that affect their industry and specialty areas.

275 Center Road, Monroeville, Pennsylvania 15146-1451 Active continuing education helps individuals' career growth, advances the profession, and www.dappolonia.com 412/856-9440 fax: 412/856-9535 ultimately benefits the safety, health, and welfare of the public (ASCE, 2013). Engineers shall continue their professional development throughout their careers, and shall Continuing education and lifelong provide opportunities for the professional learning are important parts of a Civil development of those engineers under their Engineer's career development and supervision. ASCE Code OF Ethics, Fundamental licensing requirements. Accordingly, Cannon No. 7. the Continuing Education Committee's main objective is to provide a forum for communications among members of the Pittsburgh Section, members of Technical Groups, and civil engineering educators to share knowledge and information on new practices, techniques, and other information to maintain and advance technical and professional skills of Section members. For example, understanding electrical engineering is a critical continuing education need as most Civil Engineers struggle dealing with electrical engineering parts of their projects. To address this need, the Committee will offer a continuing education seminar “EE for CE” in Pittsburgh to provide basic practical electrical engineering every civil engineer needs to know. Planned for spring 2014, this seminar will be announced in a future issue of this newsletter. Continuing education is no longer an optional career enhancement activity. Civil engineers are mandated to obtain continuing education for their professional engineer licenses and professional certifications, such as Diplomate Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE) certification from ASCE’s American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE). Unfortunately, continuing education requirements vary for various licenses and certifications which leads to confusion, and often frustration. The main purpose of this article series is to clarify the continuing education requirements, share resources, and suggest an easy but structured approach to meet those requirements.

-4- Pittsburgh Section Newsletter Four Gateway Center - 20th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 395-8888 Continuing Education Definitions and Acronyms Regional offices throughout the country Project success through global reach and local knowledge Continuing Professional Competency (CPC): This terminology is used to specify license renewal requirements in CEU and PDH are the units to quantify continuing www.aecom.com various jurisdictions. education. They are often mistaken to be synonyms Contact Hour: The number of - but they are not. Generally, 1 CEU = 10 PDH. instructional contact hours excluding non-instructional time (e.g., breaks, lunch, or housekeeping information). Professional Development Hour (PDH): A contact hour (nominal) of instruction or presentation. The PDH is the common denominator for other units of continuing education (e.g., CEU defined below). Some licensing jurisdictions have an erroneous interpretation of definition of a PDH. For example, consider a 1-day seminar that begins at 8 AM and ends at 5 PM with a 1-hour break for lunch. According to NCEES Model Rules, a maximum of 8 PDHs can be earned for this seminar. But the question invariably arises, what about a morning and afternoon break of 20 minutes each? The general understanding is that short-term breaks are permissible as long as a minimum of 50 minutes of presentation/participation per hour is undertaken. If there are no breaks or if breaks of less than 10 minutes per hour are included, no additional time may be claimed. Seminar presenters may attempt to take the number of elapsed minutes (such as 8 hours x 60 minutes) and then divide by 50 to arrive at the PDHs for which the seminar is advertised. This would result in over 9 PDHs in an 8-hour period, which is not permitted. The general rule is that PDHs cannot exceed the actual contact clock hours. For the fractions of hours, NCEES recommends rounding PDHs to the nearest half hour and no credit for an activity of less than 30 minutes. For example, a qualifying activity of 50 minutes would be reported as 1 PDH, and an activity of 40 minutes would be reported as a 0.5 PDH (NCEES, 2013). Continuing Education Unit (CEU): Unit of credit customarily used for continuing education courses. One continuing education unit equals 10 hours of class in an approved continuing education course (NCEES, 2013). Since one CEU is awarded for each 10 contact hours of instruction, it logically follows that one CEU is equivalent to 10 PDHs. When a sponsor of PDH activities fully follows the requirements of the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) in awarding CEUs, 10 PDHs can be credited for 1 CEU. However, licensees should be aware that some organizations may advertise CEU credit without having met the John Frydrych, P. E. Bridges/Structures requirements of the IACET. In addition, some 300 Corbet Street, Suite 200 B Ecological Services Tarentum, PA 15084-1817 Land Development Engineering (724) 224-2330 Site Planning organizations report 1 CEU of credit for each www.rasmithnational.com Surveying Visualization contact hour of instruction (ASCE St. Louis, 2013). 3D Laser Scanning

References and Resources � ASCE (2013). P.E. License Renewal Requirements, Continuing Education Website, http://www.asce.org/knowledge-learning/continuing-education/ � ASCE St. Louis Section (2013). Continuing Professional Competency For Professional Engineers Continuing Education Website, http://sections.asce.org/stlouis/Education.htm � National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) (2013). Continuing Professional Competency Guidelines. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh State College State College Selinsgrove Selinsgrove Next issue: Part 2: Continuing Education Requirements for Pennsylvania Professional Engineers sse-llc.com sse-llc.com

For more information, contact Continuing Education Committee Chair Sam Shamsi at [email protected] Construction Inspection ● Land Development ● Survey Construction Inspection ● Land Development ● Survey Traffic Engineering ● Transportation ● Structural Traffic Engineering ● Transportation ● Structural

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh State College State College Selinsgrove Selinsgrove sse-llc.com sse-llc.com Volume 97, Number 13 / December 2013 -5-

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh State College State College Selinsgrove Selinsgrove sse-llc.com sse-llc.com

Construction Inspection ● Land Development ● Survey Construction Inspection ● Land Development ● Survey Traffic Engineering ● Transportation ● Structural Traffic Engineering ● Transportation ● Structural Pittsburgh Section Opportunities to Learn and Network Maintain technical proficiency and current knowledge, and learn what other members, companies, organizations, and lawmakers are doing. Mark your calendars now. Member prices extend to non-member spouses or one guest of member, except as noted by ‘*’.

December 5, 2013 Thursday, December Dinner 1. PPG Aquarium at the Pittsburgh Zoo 2. 6:00 pm. 3. $45 for members 4. Sponsored by YMF 5. Contact Linda Kaplan, 412-922-5575, [email protected]

January 17, 2014 YMF Resume Book deadline January 22, 2014 1. ACE mentoring 2. 4 – 6 pm 3. Structural Session on Wind Design 4. Mascaro Corp 5. Contact Linda Kaplan, 503 Martindale Street, Suite 500 412-922-5575, [email protected] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 412.201.5500 January 23, 2014 Thursday, SEI Dinner 1. Joint w/ABCD 2. Sheraton Cranberry :H6SHFLDOL]HLQ *HRWHFKQLFDO 3. 6:00 pm. +ROORZ6WHP$XJHU 'LDPRQG&RUH'ULOOLQJ 4. Ken Wright of HDR presenting on the Cleveland Inner Belt project (QYLURQPHQWDO 0RQLWRULQJ:HOOV$LU5RWDU\ 5. Contact Linda Kaplan, 412-922-5575, [email protected] 0LQLQJ &RQVWUXFWLRQ 0LQHUDOV&RDO&OD\ February 3, 2014, Monday, STEM Career Symposium :RRGODQG$YH([W 3KRQH 3XQ[VXWDZQH\3$ ZZZKHWDJHUFRP 1. Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Waterfront 2. Contact Leanne McConnell, [email protected] 08 ASCE_Pittsburgh.indd 1 10/27/2008 3:07:11 PM February 22, 2014, Saturday, Engineers Week Awards Banquet 1. ESWP 2. 6:00 pm. Heavy Civil and Geotechnical Contractors Foundations • Heavy Civil • Demolition • Steel Erection 3. $60 for members 1000 John Roebling Way • Saxonburg, PA 15056 p. 724-443-1533 • f. 724-443-8733 4. Contact Pat Sullivan, 412-249-1574, [email protected]

www.brayman.com Civil Engineer Position Available Jacobs Engineering Group in Pittsburgh seeks a civil engineer with 5-10 years experience on both highway and site development projects. Necessary skills involve proficiency in Inroads and Microstation software. Familiarity with Site Civil and AUTOCAD software is not required, but considered a benefit. Work experience on PennDOT and PTC projects preferred. Work experience with municipal projects concerning other infrastructure is a bonus. A Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil Engineering required. A Pennsylvania Professional Engineering License is not necessary but desired. Applicant should be open to developing skills most associated with highway engineering but should also be open to broadening skill set with site development and other areas. Although the job doesn’t currently require construction inspection experience, this experience would be seen as beneficial as well. Limited local area travel occasionally required. Interested candidates contact Chris Nash at 412-249-3480.

-6- Pittsburgh Section Newsletter Pittsburgh Section Opportunities to Learn and Network TMDL PART 5 Maintain technical proficiency and current knowledge, and learn what other members, In the last newsletter articles the basics of TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads) were companies, organizations, and lawmakers are doing. Mark your calendars now. introduced, why one should be interested, what they are, how they are developed, and Member prices extend to non-member spouses or one guest of member, except as noted by ‘*’. formulating a TMDL to address sources of water pollution. December 5, 2013 Thursday, December Dinner TMDLs on water bodies were compared to the total load applied to a bridge. 1. PPG Aquarium at the Pittsburgh Zoo Background information is collected in an Aquatic Life Use survey (ALU survey). Some 2. 6:00 pm. of the sources of pollution might be livestock grazing, acid mine drainage (AMD), 3. $45 for members fertilizer runoff, and water reclamation plant discharges. The effect on different 4. Sponsored by YMF organisms is measured. 5. Contact Linda Kaplan, 412-922-5575, This information is based on a presentation made to members of the Environmental and [email protected] Water Resources Institute in the Pittsburgh Section of ASCE by Bill Brown, Chief of the TMDL Development Section in the Division of Watershed Protection of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. January 17, 2014 YMF Resume Book deadline Several methods are considered to determine the limits imposed by a TMDL,: Gibson-Thomas Engineering Co., Inc. 1. Use numeric criteria when available. Consulting Engineers ISO 9001-2008 Certified January 22, 2014 No numeric water quality criteria exist for nutrients (ALU) or sediment Established 1916 1. ACE mentoring Water • Wastewater • Bridge & Highway • Civil & Municipal 2. Use a narrative standard: C o r po r a t e O ff i ce : Harrisburg Area Office 717-612-9880 2. 4 – 6 pm 1004 Ligonier Street Pitt sburgh Area Office 724-935-8188 “Water may not contain substances attributable to point or nonpoint source P.O. Box 853 Clarion Area Office 724-526-2190 3. Structural Session on Latrobe, PA 15650 Indiana Area Office 724-471-2246 Telephone: (724) 539-8562 discharges in concentration or amounts sufficient to be inimical or harmful to the [email protected] www.gibson-thomas.com Wind Design 4. Mascaro Corp water uses to be protected or to human, animal, plant or aquatic life”. 5. Contact Linda Kaplan, 3. Compare to a Reference or Paired watershed 412-922-5575, [email protected] 4. Use values empirically developed by EPA when quality matters January 23, 2014 Thursday, SEI Dinner The Reference Watershed approach: 1. Joint w/ABCD 2. Sheraton Cranberry 1. Identify similar watershed meeting standards (Reference Watershed) with similar characteristics to impaired watershed Engineering Architecture and Design Services 3. 6:00 pm. Since 1955 2. Determine loading rates in reference and impaired watersheds through modeling 412.754.0801 4. Ken Wright of HDR presenting on the Cleveland Inner Belt project www.eadsgroup.com 5. Contact Linda Kaplan, 412-922-5575, [email protected] analysis Altoona - Clarion - Johnstown - Pittsburgh - Somerset - Cumberland 3. Calculate load reductions by land use/source required in impaired watershed to February 3, 2014, Monday, STEM Career Symposium meet reference watershed loading rates 1. Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Waterfront 4. Allocate loads to subwatersheds 2. Contact Leanne McConnell, [email protected] 5. Bioassessments form the basis for impairment listings February 22, 2014, Saturday, Engineers Week Awards Banquet 6. Bioassessments provide means for setting TMDL values for aquatic life use 1. ESWP impairments where no numeric criteria for pollutants exist 2. 6:00 pm. 5. Reference watersheds are chosen considering: 3. $60 for members 4. Contact Pat Sullivan, 412-249-1574, [email protected] Land Use Geology Topography Streams Meeting Standards

Civil Engineer Position Available Jacobs Engineering Group in Pittsburgh seeks a civil engineer with 5-10 years experience on both highway and site 814.943.5214 development projects. Necessary skills involve proficiency in Inroads and Microstation software. Familiarity with Site Civil and AUTOCAD software is not required, but considered a benefit.

3121 FAIRWAY DRIVE ALTOONA PA 16602 Work experience on PennDOT and PTC projects preferred. FAX 814.943.8494 www.gdfengineers.com Work experience with municipal projects concerning other infrastructure is a bonus. A Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil Engineering required. A Pennsylvania Professional Engineering License is not necessary but desired. Applicant should be open to developing skills most associated with highway engineering but should also be open to broadening skill set with site development and other areas. Although the Next issue: Implementing new TMDLs. job doesn’t currently require construction inspection experience, this experience would be seen as beneficial as well. Limited local area travel occasionally required. Interested candidates For more information, contact Bill Brown, at PADEP, 717-783-2951, [email protected] contact Chris Nash at 412-249-3480.

Volume 97, Number 13 / December 2013 -7- Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Pittsburgh, PA Permit No. 768

American Society of Civil Engineers c/o Engineer’s Society of Western PA 337 Fourth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222

S«SORTPOSITION»T«TRAYNUMBER»B«BUNDLENUMBER»« ENDORSEMENTLINE» «FULLNAME» «TITLE» «BUSINESS» «ADDRESSLINE1» «ADDRESSLINE2» «CITYSTATEZIPCODE» «IMBARCODE»

American Society of Civil Engineers IN THIS ISSUE www.asce-pgh.org Pennsylvania Takes National The Newsletter is published monthly except June, July and August. Electronic copies are Leadership Role for Transportation...... 1 delivered to all Pittsburgh Section members. Hard copies are mailed on request to the editor. Deadlines for all material is the first Friday of the month prior to publication. Board of Directors...... 2 To change your address and to update your membership information, go to the website CMU Students Explore New Technology...... 3 www.asce.org and select “Update Your Membership” under the “Members Only” link, or call (800) 548-2723 and ask for the membership department. Also contact the editor so that the YMF In the Community...... 3 change(s) can be made to the local database. Continuing Education Made Easy...... 4-5 This will NOT update your ASCE Pittsburgh Section E-Newsletter subscription Please update your E-Newsletter subscription at http://lists.asce.org/mailman/listinfo/ Pittsburgh Section Opportunities ascepittsburghsection. To have the E-newsletter sent to another address you must to Learn & Network...... 6 unsubscribe the old address and subscribe with the new address. Civil Engineer Position Available...... 6

Disclaimer: The American Society of Civil Engineers and the Pittsburgh Section TMDL Part 5...... 7 are not responsible for any statement made or opinion expressed in this publication. Editorials represent the official policy of the Pittsburgh Section.

Acting Editor: Karl Sieg, P.E. Phone: (724) 935-2040 Email: [email protected]

Pittsburgh Section Newsletter -8- Volume 97, Number 13 / December 2013