Volume 96, Number 4 December 2012 www.asce-pgh.org Now What? The last session of work for the Pennsylvania legislature was October 17. The opportunity to tackle difficult issues in a ‘lame duck’ session, with minimum pressure of an election, was not taken. However, a joint hearing was held by the Senate and House transportation committees on November 13. Some legislative work has continued. So what will the next, 113th, U.S. Congress and the next Pennsylvania General Assembly accomplish?

Pennsylvania has the second largest legislature in Governor Tom Corbett President Barack Obama the nation, and the most expensive. It must be productive and accountable for that expense. The Keystone state has the opportunity to lead the nation in fully funding civil infrastructure, most notably transportation. Refer to the articles in the previous three newsletters at www.asce-pgh.org that discuss the costs and leadership. One reason for inaction is a general misconception of waste in government, and fear of losing the next election if responsible action is taken to provide for funding to operate and maintain the infrastructure that is the foundation of the region’s economy. Take the time now to contact your legislators. Express your support for their efforts to responsibly steward the public assets entrusted to them. Let them know that you’ve got their backs. Most Speaker John Boehner Speaker Sam Smith acknowledge their responsibility. • Congress hasn’t adjusted the revenues to maintain locks and dams for inflation since 1986. • Congress hasn’t adjusted the revenues for inflation to maintain highways since 1992. • The Pennsylvania legislature hasn’t adjusted for inflation the highways revenues since 1997. • Both Congress and the General Assembly were paid, whether or not they were productive. During the 2012 construction season, construction industry unemployment in Pennsylvania stood at about 20%. 1 out of 5. Talk to your lawmaker. Majority Leader Eric Cantor Expect the same accountability expected of you. Majority Leader Mike Turzai 2012-2013 OFFICERS Director 11-14 Architectural Engineering Institute 2012-2013 COMMITTEES „ 0XQLFLSDO&RQVXOWLQJ Sebastian Lobo-Guererro, PhD, PE Kelly J. 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-2- Pittsburgh Section Newsletter CCivilivil En Engineer,gineer, AASCESCE MMemberember is High-ImpactHigh-Impact Hero Hero in in Thriller Thriller Move over, doctors and lawyers - civil engineers now take the spotlight in public leadership and popular entertainment. A new thriller from an author who’s worked with professional engineers for more than a quarter of a century has published a thriller—The Jackhammer Elegies—that reveals a civil engineer as the hero. Main character Scott Carter, a savvy civil and structural engineer, finds himself in an elevator at the top of one of his own high-rise building designs when a powerful blast in the basement rocks Carter from his every-day life into the media limelight—and ultimately into the crosshairs of a technically cunning terrorist. Carter’s knowledge of the building’s structural framework helps him alert the city about potential collapse, but that turns him into Blumling & Gusky, LLP the conduit of threats from the mastermind of the attack, alias ATTORNEYS AT LAW Jackhammer. Carter becomes a consultant to the FBI as it %ULDQ$VKEDXJK3DUWQHU investigates the engineering angles to the case, teaming up with $6&(/LIH0HPEHU Special Agent Michelle Taylor, whose striking presence pulls &RQVWUXFWLRQ 6XUHW\,QGXVWU\3UDFWLFH*URXS 'LUHFW Carter into the complications of a growing love and doubts about EDVKEDXJK#EJODZOOSFRP his personal future. The partners soon find themselves matching  %OXPOLQJ *XVN\//3 wits with an elusive mastermind targeting the lifelines of a city’s 3LWWVEXUJK,*UHHQVEXUJ public works. 3KRQH,)D[ ZZZEOXPOLQJJXVN\FRP The author, Stefan Jaeger, a member of the ASCE headquarters staff, told the Pittsburgh Section newsletter that he got his initial plot hook from a story he’d heard about a New York City professional engineer who’d been caught in an elevator after the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 and his ordeal — and heroism — in getting out. A fictionalized version of his experience became the opening scene in The Jackhammer Elegies, where the location is transported to Rosslyn, Virginia (across the river from Washington, D.C.). The fictional Carter got his chops from just such examples of PEs who take the bull by the horns and aren’t shy to stand up publicly for what they believe protects society.

CONSULTING GEOTECHNICAL, Someone like Carter has no qualms about ASCE’s Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, an GARVIN FORENSIC, ENVIRONMENTAL BOWARD BEITKO & MATERIALS SCIENCE aspirational challenge for civil engineers to be entrusted by society to raise the quality of life. ENGINEERS BUILT ON REPUTATION This is not just being “trusted” as honest, but earning the public confidence that ASCE civil Garvin Boward Beitko Engineering, Inc. engineers have the breadth and depth of vision to not only solve problems but also define Pittsburgh Office Somerset Office 180 Bilmar Drive, Suite IV 632 Center Avenue, Apt. A them as equal partners and natural leaders among other society leaders. As a person with Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Somerset, PA 15501 Phone: 412.922.4440 Phone: 814.443.2548 convictions, Carter champions infrastructure renewal and sustainability, placing professional [email protected] [email protected] engineers in leading public works positions, saving taxpayer dollars in the long-run, assuring that like doctors, selection of engineering services are based on qualifications not low bid, Engineering • Planning • Construction & Environmental Services and raising the bar on the education required to get the PE license of the future. In the same way that a John Grisham novel offers insights into the legal profession, The GAI-Pittsburgh Jackhammer Elegies weaves in aspects that show the world in which Scott Carter travels, be 385 East Waterfront Drive Homestead, PA 15120-5005 it engineering licensure and licensure boards, private practice firms, or National Engineers 412.476.2000 l gaiconsultants.com Week. The vulnerability of the nation’s infrastructure becomes an overriding theme in the intrigue and action of the book. A deeper human side comes out when Carter falls in love and suffers the uncertainty of whether his life still holds a promising future. That said, this new thriller neither whitewashes the profession or portrays Carter as an idealized figure. The novel rolls out an engineer villain and airs professional frustrations. Carter himself fights self-doubts about his move into management to make more money when his true passion is design. Health issues can at times undermine his confidence as he faces the dangers of the hunt for a public works terrorist. And that’s where this novel makes its mark — a civil engineer standing tall, and providing the leadership and practical application of science to benefit our nation. For more information, visit www.TheJackhammerElegies.com or contact the author, Stefan Jaeger, at [email protected].

Volume 96, Number 4 / December 2012 -3- The Strength of Our Elected Policy Makers Incumbent Margin of Victory 57. Timothy Krieger (R) 64.1% 7,244 PA House District 58. Ted Harhai (D) unopposed 1. Patrick Harkins (D) unopposed 59. Mike Reese (R) 71.8% 11,688 2. Florindo Fabrizio (D) unopposed 60. Jeffrey Pyle (R) 64.9% 7,192 3. (D) 53.8% 2,147 62. David Reed (R) unopposed 4. Curtis Sonney (R) unopposed 63. (R/D) unopposed 5. Greg Lucas (R) 55.1% 2,340 64. R. (R) unopposed 6. (R) unopposed 65. (R) unopposed 8. Richard Stevenson (R) unopposed 66. Sam Smith (R) unopposed 9. (D) 58.2% 3,854 67. (R) unopposed 10. Jaret Gibbons (D) 52.8% 1,425 69. Carl Metzgar (R/D) unopposed 11. Brian Ellis (R/D) unopposed 71. Brian Barbin (D) 56.0% 2,646 12. (R) unopposed 72. (D) unopposed 14. Jim Marshall (R) unopposed 73. Gary Haluska (D) 62.8% 5,469 17. Michele Brooks (R) unopposed 74. Thomas Sankey (R) 60.9% 4,786 19. (D) unopposed 75. Matt Gabler (R) unopposed 20. Adam Ravenstahl (D) 81.8% 14,783 78. Dick Hess (R/D) unopposed

www.lrkimball.com 21. Dom Costa (D) unopposed 79. John McGinnis (R) 54.6% 1,911 Frick Building, N. Mezzanine 615 West Highland Avenue 437 Grant Street 22. Erin Mulchany (D) 65.4% 7,951 80. Gerry Stern (R) unopposed Ebensburg, PA • 814.472.7700 Pittsburgh, PA • 412.201.4900 23. (D) unopposed 81. Mike Fleck (R) unopposed 24. Edward Gainey (D) unopposed 25. Joseph Markosek (D) 54.8% 2,697 Pennsylvania Senate District Defining Innovation with Sussttainable Solutions 27. (D) unopposed 21. Scott Hutchinson (R) unopposed Transportation 28. Mike Turzai (R) unopposed 25. Joseph Scarnati (R) unopposed Geotechnical 30. Hal English (R) 56.7% 4,429 Water Resources 35. John Wozniak (D) 51.2% 2,087 Environmental 32. Anthony DeLuca (D) 75% 13,798 37. Matt Smith (D) 52.7% 6,841 Structural 33. Frank Dermody (D) 59.2% 4,733 39. Kim Ward (R/D) 87.0% 75,579 Electrical 34. Paul Costa (D) unopposed 41. Donald C. White (R) unopposed 35. Marc Gergely (D) unopposed 43. Jay Costa (D) unopposed

www.gannettf leming.com 36. Harry Readshaw (D) unopposed 45. James Brewster (D) unopposed Mercer, PA Phone: (724) 662-2402 Pittsburgh, PA Phone: (412) 992-5575 38. Bill Kortz (D) unopposed 47. Elder Vogel (R) 57.1% 14,194 More than 55 offices worldwide 40. John Maher (R) unopposed 49. Sean Wiley (D) 60.5% 20,241 42. Matthew Smith (R/D) unopposed 010 ASCE PittsburghSectionNewsletter_ad.indd 1 3/10/2010 11:55:23 AM 44. Mark Mustio (R) 61.9% 7,732 United States Congress Engineering Civil Services Mining 45. Nick Kotik (D) 66.2% 9,218 PA 3. Mike Kelly (R) 54.7% 37,725 Since Geological Geotechnical 46. Jesse White (R/D) unopposed 1956 Environmental PA 5. Glenn Thompson 62.9% 70,750 Water Resources 48. Brandon Neuman (D) unopposed PA 9. Bill Shuster (R) 61.6% 62,654 49. Peter Daley (D) 54.7% 2,029 275 Center Road, Monroeville, Pennsylvania 15146-1451 PA 12. Keith Rothfus (R) 51.5% 10,032 www.dappolonia.com 412/856-9440 fax: 412/856-9535 50. (D) 61.9% 4,871 PA 14. Mike Doyle (D) 77.0% 167,851 51. Tim Mahoney (D) 63.4% 5,369 PA 18. Tim Murphy (R) 63.8% 88,809 52. Deberah Kula (D) unopposed 54. Eli Evankovich (R) 65.6% 8,408 55. Joseph Petrarca (D) 56.3% 2,961 United States Senate 56. George Dunbar (R) 58.0% 4,578 Robert Casey (D) 53.7% 1,490,803

-4- Pittsburgh Section Newsletter Regional Wet-Weather Green Infrastructure Regional Wet-WeatherEv Greenaluat Infrastructureion Evaluation Four Gateway Center - 20th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 395-8888

Regional offices throughout the country Green Infrastructure (GI) Technologies are being promoted as an alternative to conventional Project success through global reach and local knowledge ‘grey’ wet weather plan solutions of pipes, storage, and treatment. ALCOSAN’s recent release of its regional Wet Weather Plan was met with immediate demands for use of GI as www.aecom.com an alternative to grey technologies. Municipalities who propose grey technologies without any consideration of GI in their July 2013 mandated Feasibility Studies may expect a similar reaction. While there is a groundswell of interest in application of GI, there is little hard data, and less in the way of engineering technical assessment tools, available to municipal engineers to facilitate area-wide evaluations of “retro-fit” applications of GI within urban areas served by combined sewer systems. Absent the availability of objective “retrofit” design guidance, a municipal engineer is hard pressed to render an opinion on the viability of replacing grey with green in routine practice, let alone in the current regulatory context, which requires compliance with enforceable Consent Orders. To facilitate consideration to retrofit Green BMP’s within the Municipal Feasibility Studies, 3 Rivers Wet Weather (3RWW) commissioned its Program Management (PM) Team to develop and implement an evaluation project to provide practicable engineering protocols, performance assessment criteria, and cost estimating tools, sufficient for use in the mandated Feasibility Studies. Although Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc. (LSSE) has been designing Low Impact Development (LID) and stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP), into its private site design programs since the mid-1990s, this is a first of its kind project for consideration at the municipal areawide level. LSSE, Baker Engineers, and Wade Trim Engineering are developing a process to determine the feasibility and cost to incorporate GI BMPs into the municipal Feasibility Studies. The Nine Mile, Girty’s, and McNeilly Run sewershed test areas offer potential to be impacted by GI, due to their relative sizes, presence of combined sewers, and number of overflow structures. The GI “retrofit” technologies or BMPs being considered for application in the municipal systems include: bioretention basins, infiltration basins, grass swales, vegetated John Frydrych, P. E. Bridges/Structures filter strips, constructed wetlands, and porous pavement. 300 Corbet Street, Suite 200 B Ecological Services Tarentum, PA 15084-1817 Land Development Engineering (724) 224-2330 Site Planning www.rasmithnational.com Surveying The technical assessment process being developed uses EPA’s SUSTAIN program Visualization 3D Laser Scanning Framework Manager, an ArcGIS method, to identify potential sites for BMPs within a given area based on design-specific criteria such as slope, drainage area, and soil conditions. This process yields a map of locations of GI features to be screened to develop “sites” deemed conceptually appropriate to implement Green Infrastructure solutions. Resulting conceptual projects are analyzed in the 3RWW web based “RainWays” application to evaluate their effectiveness in reducing runoff and to develop cost estimates associated with specific BMPs. Using the process developed by LSSE and the 3RWW PM Team, local municipalities will have a method to screen, cost, and evaluate GI projects on a large scale basis within their own sewer systems and, if appropriate and cost-effective, incorporate them into their Feasibility Studies. For more information contact Timothy D. Brett, P.E., at [email protected], Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc. 412-264-4400.

Volume 96, Number 4 / December 2012 -5- PittsburghPittsburgh SectionSection Opportunities Opportunities to to Learn Learn and and Network 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 6, 2012, Thursday, Board of Directors Meeting 1. 7:30 AM, 2. ESWP Boardroom December 6, 2012, Thursday, December Dinner 1. Sponsored by Younger Member Forum (YMF) 2. ‘Engineer Your Own Success’, Anthony Fasano, P.E. 3. 6:00 pm, $55 ASCE Pittsburgh Section members, $65 non- members, $35 student. $26 book included 4. Bring unwrapped toy for Brashear Association Toy Drive 5. National Aviary, Pittsburgh PA December 12, 2013, Wednesday, ACE Mentor Program 1. Structural Engineering Student Outreach session $ )8//6(59,&(&,9,/(1*,1((5,1*),50 2. Mascaro Construction, 1720 Metropolitan St. Pgh, PA 15233

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January 3, 2013, Thursday, Board of Directors Meeting January 19, 2013, Future Cities Pittsburgh Regional Competition, 1. Contact Matt Kusic, Educational Outreach Chair, (412) 201-4900, [email protected] to see these amazing kids. 2. Pittsburgh Section members judge awards: a. Most Integrated City b. Most Innovative Design of Infrastructure

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1000 John Roebling Way • Saxonburg, PA 15056 p. 724-443-1533 • f. 724-443-8733 Nominations for ASCE Pittsburgh Section Awards are due by the end of December, with winners to be recognized at the 2013 Awards Banquet. www.brayman.com Nominations are accepted in the following categories: Civil Engineer of the Year Distinguished Civil Engineer of the • Young Civil Engineer of the Year Year • Civil Engineering Achievement • Government Engineer of the Year • Professor of the Year • Award of Merit • Employer Recognition • Service to the People • Excellence in Journalism • Michael A. Gross Meritorious Award for service to the Pittsburgh Section To access the full criteria for each award, see our website at www.asce-pgh.org/awards.htm. To submit a nomination, please send a few short paragraphs describing your nominee’s accomplishments within the context of the award criteria to the Awards Committee Chairperson: Past President Matt Pierce, P.E., [email protected], Gannett Fleming

-6- Pittsburgh Section Newsletter PProjectroject D Deliveryelivery aatt tthehe SpeedSpeed ofof ConstructionConstruction The new 25,000 square foot Sundial Ski Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and Spa will open in mid-December. The facility is over 6,000 square feet larger than its predecessor and includes unique features such as a bowling alley, arcade, and an indoor climbing wall. One of its most impressive aspects though will be well hidden from its guests once open. The design, fabrication, and erection of the building’s steel framing stands as a testament to the success that integrated project delivery can bring to a project when it is successfully used by the design team. Allegheny Design Services (ADS) was the Structural Engineer of Record, and Contracting Engineering Consultants (CEC) was contracted to be the steel fabricator for the project. The fast-tracked construction schedule required occupancy by the end of the year which necessitated a quick turnaround in the steel framing. To accomplish this, ADS and CEC agreed to use Building Information Modeling (BIM) for each of their respective responsibilities. For the past several years, both companies have been working extensively with this format. This familiarity with the software, as well as a mutual confidence in each other’s proficiencies, meant that the information could be shared efficiently and accurately between both companies. The result of this integration and its effect on meeting the construction schedule, are evident in summarizing some significant benchmarks in the project timeline. On July 23rd, ADS sent its BIM when quality matters model created using Autodesk Revit and ADS’s Revit model (top) was able to be integrated containing the steel layout and connection design seamlessly into CEC’s Tekla Model (bottom) criteria to CEC. CEC, which was only added to the project earlier that same day, imported this model directly into its own BIM software, Tekla Engineering Architecture and Design Services th Since 1955 Structure. Two days later on July 25 , CEC had the base plate and anchor bolt shop drawings 412.754.0801 www.eadsgroup.com back to ADS for approval. By July 30th, only one week after initial receipt of the building model, Altoona - Clarion - Johnstown - Pittsburgh - Somerset - Cumberland CEC had the column anchor plates for the entire project fabricated and delivered to the site. By August 10th, CEC had completed the remaining structural shop drawings and ADS approved them a few days later. “We had much more confidence approving the shop drawings than normal because we knew CEC had created them directly from the information in our model,” said Dave th Simpson PE SECB, President of ADS. By September 11 , just six weeks after CEC had been added to the team, all of the structural steel had been delivered to the project site. This time

period also included 9 major revisions to the structural design, but the collaboration of the building GEOTECHNICAL models throughout the project allowed these revisions to be seamlessly incorporated with little or ENVIRONMENTAL Innovative Solutions for OIL & GAS no disruption in the schedule. “To make that (schedule) happen, Dave and I had to communicate Complex Problems. STRUCTURAL on a daily basis, change things on the fly, and work very tightly together,” stated Spencer Reed, Offering comprehensive multi-disciplinary SEISMIC civil engineering services. HYDROLOGY Detailing Manager for CEC. Perhaps no greater testament is needed for the success of this Corporate HQ\Pittsburgh, PA & MINING integration besides the fact that the contractor did not submit a single RFI or report a single issue (412) 856-9700 ENGINEERING relating to the steel erection during construction. Other team members involved in the project included: Martik Brothers (GC) of Finleyville; DRS Architects of Pittsburgh; and Vermont Timberworks of North Springfield Vermont. Although the 814.943.5214 remaining team did not utilize BIM for their portion of the project, the benefit provided by its use in the steel portion was expanded at times to other critical aspects of the project. Integrated project delivery can be an innovative solution to meeting the demands of tight project schedules when the design team is proficient and dedicated to its success. Allegheny Design 3121 FAIRWAY DRIVE ALTOONA PA 16602 Services and Contracting Engineering Consultants have distinguished themselves in this capacity FAX 814.943.8494 www.gdfengineers.com and will continue to build on their success with this project in the future. Michael Howell, PE SE is a Senior Structural Engineer with Allegheny Design Services and can be contacted at [email protected] or 304-581-6953.

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