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LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER Journal of the Louisiana Section http://www.lasce.org ACADIANA • BATON ROUGE • NEW ORLEANS • SHREVEPORT Widening of the huey P. Long Bridge FEATURE: Widening of the Huey P. Long Bridge NEWS: Interstate 49 – A Historical Perspective 2010-2011 Section Officers Elected M Ay 2010 V OLUME 18 • NO 3 2 LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – MAy 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS May 2010 • Vol. 18 • No. 3 Section Roster . 4 President’s Message . 5 2010-2011 Section Officers Elected . 6 Widening of the Huey P. Long Bridge . 7 The Louisiana Section of the American Society of 2010 Legislative Fly-In attended by aSCE Leaders . ................................. 16 Civil Engineers was founded in 1914 and has since been in continuous operation. The Section consists Editorial: Design Build in Louisiana – a Different Process… . ......................... 17 of the entire state of Louisiana and is divided into four branches that directly serve its almost 2000 Spring Conference . ............................................................ 18 members. They are the Acadiana Branch centered in Lafayette, the Baton Rouge Branch, the New Orleans Interstate 49 – a Historical Perspective ........................................... 19 Branch, and the Shreveport Branch. aSCE – T&DI Louisiana Chapter News . 25 PUBLICaTIONS COMMITTEE: Patrick J. Landry, PE, Chair (337) 501-8037 aSCE – SEI New Orleans Chapter News . .......................................... 25 Ronald L. Schumann, Jr., PE, Vice Chair Section News . ................................................................ 26 Luke E. LeBas, PE Ali M. Mustapha, PE Civil & Environmental Engineering Field Monitoring Survey . 27 E.R. DesOrmeaux, PE Jeffery L. Duplantis, PE Calendar of Events. ............................................................ 27 Christopher L. Sanchez, PE Nedra S. Davis, Editor (225) 381-0093 Branch News. ................................................................. 28 Student Chapter News. ......................................................... 30 PUBLISHER: Baton Rouge Printing, Inc., Port Allen, LA Professional Listings. .......................................................... 32 Louisiana Civil Engineer quarterly journal is an official Service and Suppliers . 36 publication of the Louisiana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers with an average circulation of approximately 1900. The Section neither guarantees the accuracy of the information provided nor necessarily concurs with opinions expressed. It does not claim the copyrights for the contents in this publication. Please submit letters and articles for consideration to be pub- aSCE NaTIONaL CONTaCT INFORMaTION: lished by email to [email protected] or mail to Phone: 1-800-548-ASCE the Publications Committee c/o Nedra S. Davis • 622 Steele Blvd. • Baton Rouge, LA 70806-5742. E-Mail: [email protected] LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – MAy 2010 3 LOUISI aNa SECTION • aMERICaN SOCIETy OF CIVIL ENGINEERS Louisiana Engineering Center • 9643 Brookline Avenue • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 • (225) 923-1662 SECTION BOaRD OF DIRECTORS BRaNCH OFFICERS Secretary President acadiana Branch Stephen Johns, PE Christopher P. Knotts, PE President Waldemar S. Nelson and Company Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration Joshua P. Stutes, PE Director at Large President-Elect Louisiana DOTD Lee Alexander Patrick J. Landry, PE President-Elect Director at Large Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration Shaun R. Simon, PE Reid L. Dennis, PE Vice President Eustis Engineering Services, LLC Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans Ronald L. Schumann, Jr., PE Vice President Past President AECOM Luke Hebert, PE Nathan J. Junius, PE, PLS Secretary-Treasurer C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. Linfield, Hunter and Junius, Inc. Kurt M. Nixon, PE Treasurer Shreveport Branch Coyle Engineering Co., Inc. Randel Badeaux, PE President Past President WHC, Inc. J. Daniel Thompson, EI Ali M. Mustapha, PE Secretary Aillet, Fenner, Jolly and McClelland City of Shreveport Robert (Will) Potier, PE President-Elect Directors-at-Large Freyou, Moore & Associates Eric T. McClannahan, EI Christopher G. Humphreys, PE Past President Tetra Tech Professional Services Industries, Inc. Clint S. McDowell, PE Vice-President Dax A. Douet, PE SITE Engineering, Inc. Matt Redmon, EI C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. Director-at-Large PSI C. Eric Hudson, PE Dax A . Douet, PE Secretary/Treasurer Alliance, Incorporated C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. Patrick Furlong, EI R.J. (Joey) Coco, PE Baton Rouge Branch Balar Engineers & Surveyors Engensus, LLC President Past President Branch Directors Jeffrey L. Duplantis, PE Todd E. Henry, PE Joshua P. Stutes, PE MWH Alliance, Inc. Louisiana DOTD President-Elect Jeffrey L. Duplantis, PE Adam M. Smith, EI BRaNCH TECHNICaL COMMITTEE CHaIRS MWH Owen and White, Inc New Orleans SEI Chapter J. Daniel Thompson, EI Vice President Om Dixit, PE FASCE Aillet, Fenner, Jolly and McClelland Clinton S. Willson, PhD, PE C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. Benjamin M. (Ben) Cody, PE Louisiana State University STUDENT CHaPTERS Eustis Engineering Company, Inc. Secretary-Treasurer Presidents/Faculty Advisors assigned Branch Directors Rudolph A. Simoneaux, III, PE La.Tech Callie Hernandez Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration Luke E. LeBas, PE Rob McKim, PhD, PE Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration Past President LSU Elise Trappey Christopher L. Sanchez, PE William H. Wall, PE Ayman Okeil, PhD, PE URS Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration McNeese Jeffery Tyson Director SECTION COMMITTEES CHaIRS R.J. (Joey) Coco, PE Janardanan (Jay) O.Uppot, PE Transportation and Development Institute Engensus, LLC Southern C. Alexis Thompson Om Dixit, PE FASCE Director Dr . Hak-chul Shin C. H. Fenstermaker & Assoc. Samuel D. Amoroso, PhD, PE ULL Callen Huval Website Engensus, LLC Jasmine Dufreche. EI Ronald L. Schumann, Jr., PE younger Member Committee Chair UNO Jesse Adams AECOM Danielle R. Welborn, EI Gianna M. Cothern, PE Publications Practitioner advisor REGION 5 BOaRD OF GOVERNORS Patrick J. Landry, PE Alison Ford, PE, SU Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration Director New Orleans Branch Norma Jean Mattei, PhD, PE Diversity President Barbara Featherston, PE Louisiana Governor Benjamin M. (Ben) Cody, PE E.R. DesOrmeaux, PE City of Shreveport Eustis Engineering Company, Inc. Nominations President-Elect JOURNaL EDITOR Ali M. Mustapha, PE Margaret S. (Meg) Adams, PE City of Shreveport MSA Technical Services Nedra S. Davis, MA Student activities & awards Vice President PBS&J Jerry Kleir, PE Malay Ghose Hajra, PE Special activities & awards Professional Services Industries, Inc. Ronald L. Schumann, Jr., PE Treasurer AECOM James Martin, PhD, PE The Louisiana Section is located in ASCE Region 5 that consists of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida Sections. 4 LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – MAy 2010 President’s Message By Christopher P. Knotts, PE I write this message having just returned from the Spring Conference located in the principle in Shreveport. Shreveport President Daniel Thompson and the rest cities of each Branch. of the ASCE Spring Conference team must be commended on a well This effort should be planned and attended event. One of the more interesting non- completed by the end technical events for me was the Thursday luncheon presentation by of the year. Also, Past Major Harry Dyson of Barksdale Air Force Base. Major Dyson, a President Mustapha B-52 pilot, had the audience captured with his informative, insight- presented the ful and humorous presentation. One of his statements that stuck Nominating Committee with me is when he said that between ICBMs, nuclear submarines report for the upcom- and B-52s bombers “the United States is positioned to deliver a ing year’s Board of nuclear warhead anywhere in the world within 30 minutes or less Directors. The slate of Christopher P. Knotts, PE or the second one is free.” I’m assuming this was truth delivered officers for next year with a blend of humor, but it was one of the most interesting and will be President, Patrick Landry, President-Elect, Ronald Schumann, entertaining lunch talks I’ve ever attended. Vice President, Kurt Nixon, Secretary Treasurer, Robert Jacobsen, and I will move to Past President. As Ali Mustapha joked during the It is hard to believe that we are already at the midpoint of my term meeting, the envious position is Past Past President. Congratulations as President. While there is a good side to that, I, like all presidents to all the members of the 2010-2011 Section Board of Directors! before me, set out with an agenda of items I wanted to accomplish They take office on October 1, 2010. The officer’s installation meet- during my term. Some have been completed and for others and the ing will take place in Lafayette in September, date and time to be year seems to slip away all too quickly. One major item I wanted to announced later. Please look for the meeting details and plan to have completed this year was revising the Section’s Constitution, attend if possible. Bylaws and Operation Guide. These documents were in desperate need of updating and coordination and Ali Mustapha and E. Ray The Louisiana Section is on the cusp of initiating the effort to pre- DesOrmeaux took on this task. It was determined that if we prop- pare an ASCE Louisiana Report Card. ASCE has prepared a national erly revised the Constitution and Bylaws we could eliminate the report card for years and that document is utilized by many to focus Operating Guide which was