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Double! The best indicator of the cost of maintenance and construction or America’s surface transportation system may be the Construction Cost Index (CCI) of the Engineering News- Record. Standing at 9870.12 in September, 2014, it is about double its value in 1993. In 1993, Congress added 4.3 cents a gallon to the gasoline tax, with the added revenue dedicated to deficit reduction. With the addition of the 0.1-cent-a-gallon levy to fund the leaking underground storage tank trust fund the federal tax rose to 18.4 cents a gallon. Snake Eyes The federal Motor Fuel User Fee still stands at only 18.4 cents per gallon today. Since 1997, the full federal gasoline tax has gone to the Highway Trust Fund. To prevent the Highway Trust fund from running out of money, Congress extended its life until May, 2015, through what some consider to be ‘gimmicks’. See previous issues of this newsletter at www.asce-pgh.org > News & Events > Newsletters. The federal government has been taxing our fuel for 82 years. From the beginning, the money was going to things other than roads and bridges. Most Americans favor an increase in the federal motor fuel user fee to adjust for inflation and increased costs from delayed maintenance and construction if the money is actually used to pay to build and maintain our surface transportation system. Many of those Americans oppose an increase because of their distrust of the public policy makers, believing they will vote to use it elsewhere. The image of ‘snake eyes’ above resembles a pair of eyes, which is appended to the term 'snake' because of the long-standing association of this word with treachery and betrayal. Because it is the lowest possible roll of the dice, and will often be a loser in many dice games, the term is a reference to bad luck. So, what kind of luck will Americans have in the next 9 months? Will your Congressman vote to restore your trust in the Federal government and adjust the user fees we pay to build and maintain our surface transportation system for inflation double plus the added cost of deferred action? Will your Congressman vote to ensure that the user fees you pay are used to build and maintain your transportation system? How will you vote? Every Congressman is a candidate for re-election on November 4. Your vote is one of an estimated 200,000 construction industry votes in Western Pennsylvania. Your vote counts! A photo of your Congressman is at the bottom of the first page of the May issue of this newsletter. All the candidates in the November 2014 General Election are listed on page 5. The winners in the 2012 General Election and their margins of victory are shown In the December 2012 issue of this newsletter, on the Section website, above. A recent projection is that only 18 percent of Philadelphia voters will turnout in the November 4 election, but 25% in metropolitan . Since the Philadelphia Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is 60% larger than the Pittsburgh MSA, the tepid turnout of Philly voters may make each vote in Western Pennsylvania more valuable. „ 0XQLFLSDO&RQVXOWLQJ 202014-14-2020202014-14-15152020 O O1515FFFFICERS O OICERSFFICERSICERS DirDirecectorDirDirtor ec13-16ec 13-16tortor 13-1613-16 ArchitArchitArchitArchitececturaturaececl Enginltura turaEnginll EngineeEngineeringringeeee Instit ringIringnstituteute IInstitutenstitute BuBu dgdgetBuBuet dg dgetet „ :DWHU :DVWHZDWHU JimJim R RadJimJimadion i onRR,ad adPE, PEiionon,, PEPE OOpepennOOpepenn RRobeoberRtR rDtobeobe Denenrglerrtt gler DDen,en PE, glerPEgler, Tr,, , Tr PEeaPEeasurer,, surerTrTreaeasurersurer

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-2- Pittsburgh Section Newsletter YMF Travels to UPJ for the 2014 National Concrete Canoe Competition

In June, 2014, the Pittsburgh Younger Member Forum (YMF) sent a team of engineers to volunteer at the National Concrete Canoe Competition hosted by the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ). The event, now in its 26th year, centers around designing, constructing, presenting and racing canoes made of — you guessed I t—concrete! This year’s competition tookYMFplace Trav Juneels t19o -U21P,J 2014for t onhe the 20 UPJ14 N Campusationa land Co nearbyncret eQuemahoning Canoe ComReservoir.petitio n

23In Juneteams, 2014, participated, the Pittsburgh traveling Youngerfrom as M farember as Canada, Forum (YMF) Puertosent Rico, a andteam China. of engineers The threeto day volunteer at the National Concrete Canoe Competition hosted by the University of Pittsburgh at affair included technical presentations, a careerth fair, canoe displays, and an awards ceremony. DesignsJohnstown were(UPJ) judged. The basedevent, onnow technical in its 26 paperyear, submission centers arounds, oral designing, presentation constructing,s, overall final product,presenting and and culminatingracing canoes in a maderace againstof — you the guessed clock and I t— oneconcrete another.! This year’s competition took place June 19-21, 2014 on the UPJ Campus and nearby Quemahoning Reservoir. YMF Members Mike Zerby, Stephanie Buncich, Jesse Fresch, Lauren Dziagwa, Karen 23 teams participated, traveling from as far as Canada, Puerto Rico, and China. The three day Mueseraffair included, Linda technicalKaplan, presentations,Sara Mullaney, a career Sonya fair, Flournoy canoe displays,, Bill Confairand an, and awardsJim ceremony.Radion helped outDesigns by doingwere judgedeverything based fromon technical keeping paper time submissionduring thes, oralraces, presentation scoring, s,setup/breakdown,overall final organizingproduct, and students, culminating and in justa race cheering against the the teamsclock and on .oneYMF another. Past- President Angela Mayer also served as a judge. YMF Members Mike Zerby, Stephanie Buncich, Jesse Fresch, Lauren Dziagwa, Karen th TheMueser UPJ, Linda TeamKapla finishedn, Sara in 15Mullaney,place, Sonya with The Flournoy University, Bill Confairof Nevada, and Jimat RenoRadionpaddling helped their hardestout by doingto win everythingthe overall fromcompetition. keeping time during the races, scoring, setup/breakdown, Fororganizing more students, information and just oncheering the theNational teams on . ConcreteYMF Past -PresidentCanoe AngelaCompetition, Mayer alsogo to http://www.asce.org/concretecanoe/served as a judge. .

The UPJ Team finished in 15th place, with The University of Nevada at Reno paddling their hardest to win the overall competition. For more information on the National Concrete Canoe Competition, go to http://www.asce.org/concretecanoe/.

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Volume 97, Number 20 / October 2014 -3- CANstruction 2014 For the third year in a row, the Pittsburgh Younger Member Forum teamed with the Keystone-Mountain-Lakes Carpenter’s Union to enter the annual CANstruction Pittsburgh competition.

This year’s entry “Send Hunger to the Land of Make Believe” was a replica of King Friday the Thirteenth’s castle from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, and was our most ambitious design yet. Constructed over the course of six hours by Karen Mueser, Linda Kaplan, Paroma Saha and Nicholle Piper of the YMF and Rick Okraszewski and Dave Plutt of the Carpenter’s Union, the castle was eight feet wide, seven feet deep and eight feet tall. The castle was comprised of a black bean curtain wall, a keep made of great northern beans, and towers comprised of pinto beans, garbanzo beans, and chicken and vegetable broth had battlements of sauerkraut and tuna fish - sure to keep out invaders if by the smell alone!

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While CANstruction is ultimately a food charity, there is a healthy dose of competition between the teams and six awards from the ‘Best Use of Labels’ to ‘Fan Favorite’ were up for grabs. This year, “Send Hunger to the Land of Make Believe” won the 2014 award for “Best Meal” for our suggested recipe of a Tuna Salad Sandwich and Four Bean Soup.

We extend special thanks to all who donated to the project including: friends, family, and members of the ASCE Pittsburgh Section, Giant Eagle Parkway Center, Massaro Corporation, Carnegie Mellon University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Greater Pennsylvania Regional Carpenters Unions, DiGioia Gray & Associates, and American Geotechnical and Environmental Services, Inc.

For more information on CANstruction please contact team captain Karen Mueser of L. Robert Kimball, at [email protected]. You can also check out the CANstruction Pittsburgh website at Pittsburgh.canstruction.org

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Construction Inspection ● Land Development ● Survey Construction Inspection ● Land Development ● Survey Traffic Engineering ● Transportation ● Structural Traffic Engineering ● Transportation ● Structural National Steel Day Tour: Scott Hall Construction Site, CMU To observe National Steel Day of the American Institute of Steel Construction, (AISC), the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Pittsburgh Chapter hosted a construction site tour of the Scott Hall project on the Carnegie Mellon University campus. When finished, this 100K SF building will house wet and dry laboratories, collaborative and office spaces, a cafe, and a 10K SF cleanroom facility. This impacted the design of the building significantly as vibration requirements for the cleanroom and laboratory spaces are very strict. Preceding the tour, a brief overview of the project was presented as well as a look at some of the more unique structural design challenges. The project site sits in the back of CMU’s campus on a steep hillside leading down to active railroad tracks. The building is cantilevered out over the hillside and supported on diagonally splayed steel columns. Each column is outfitted with multiple strain gages to allow for continual monitoring of the building. Building floor plans were designed as trusses to resolve all forces from the columns, resulting in unusual framing and connection designs. The structure is designed to tie into four other campus buildings, creating a connecting hub for many of CMU’s engineering departments. To accomplish this, a portion of the building is being constructed under the main campus level in a previous service entrance area. Main campus walkways will then extend over this portion of the structure creating new green roof space. The cleanrooms will be housed in the area under the green roof. Construction is expected to be completed Winter 2015. Project manager Max Dorosa led the tour with the assistance of project structural engineers Matt Larson and Daniel Brodkin from Arup USA. For more information on the project, final design renderings, and up-to-date progress photos check out the project website at http://www.cmu.edu/cdfd/scott-hall/.

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