SAN BERNARDINO & RIVERSIDE COUNTIES BRANCH LOS ANGELES SECTION , REGION 9-SINCE 1953

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE September 2012

The 2011-2012 fiscal year of the branch is coming to an end, and I would like to take this opportunity with my last president message to thank each board member for their dedication, hard work and commitment to the San Bernardino and Riverside Counties Branch. We had an excellent year and it would not have been possible without their help. Although there have been many challenges, there have been even more wonderful memories made during my journey as president that will always hold a special place in my heart. We’ve had many successful events this past year such as lunches with great speakers, our tour to the American Asphalt Company, Engineering Week, and the golf event to name a few. I sincerely

hope that all of you enjoyed these events that we prepared for you. I also want to encourage all NEWSLETTER of you to voice your opinion. Let the new Board members know which events worked the best and even share some topics or ideas that you may have for a lunch meeting. This is the time to do it, as they will be happy to incorporate any feedback that you have. With your input, I am confident that next year will be just as successful as this past year has been. Finally, I would like to say that it has been an honor and a pleasure to serve you as the 2011- 2012 branch President and I want to thank all the members for their continued support and com- mitment to the San Bernardino and Riverside counties Branch. Best Wishes, Rita Escobar,PE

September 2012 1 ThisThis MonthMonth inin EngineeringEngineering History Kenneth Cox, Assistant Newsletter Editor Arthur Casagrande August 28, 1902 – September 6, 1981

Arthur Casagrande was born on August 28, 1902 in the town of Haidenschaft, Austria. His technical train- ing began in secondary school when he was enrolled in a Realshule, following a long family tradition on his mother’s side. The Realshule strongly emphasized the sciences over classics and humanities taught in the Gymnasium. He earned a degree from the Technische Hochschule in , Austria in 1924, and stayed on as a full-time assistant to Professor Schaffernak in the hydraulics laboratory.

His father died the same year he graduated and Arthur found himself responsible for the support of his family. In the aftermath of , and the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire there was very little construction and few opportunities for civil engineering work. Arthur’s strong desire to work on significant engineering projects prompted him to immigrate to the in 1926.

Shortly after arriving in the US he meet Karl Terzaghi the founder of . Terzaghi must have been impressed with the 24 year old Casagrande, for he offered him work as his personal assistant at Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the summer of 1926. Following his summer work Terzaghi found him a more permanent position as Research Assistant with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, assigned to MIT which position Arthur held from 1926 to 1932. He assisted Terzaghi in many research projects aimed at improving the standard of practice of soil testing.

His long association with Harvard University began in 1932. He developed the school’s program of instruction in soil mechanics that would prove to be the foundation for the vast majority of soil mechanics in the United States. His program is recognized world wide as an outstanding model for teaching and research in soil mechanics.

The first International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in 1936, organized by Arthur Casagrande, helped legitimize soil mechanics as an essential part of civil engineering. In 1946 he was appointed Chair of the Soil Mechanics and Founda- tion Engineering department at Harvard University.

He actively participated in consulting and research until just a few months before he died peacefully in his sleep on September 6, 1981. He was seventy-nine years old.

Geotechnical tests and equipment developed by Casagrande:

· Liquid limit apparatus

· test

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· Consolidation apparatus

· Direct shear apparatus

· Triaxial test INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Presidents’s Message 1 Annual Award Ceremony Cont. 8

In This Issue/ This Month in Engineering History 2 Annual Award Ceremony Cont. 9

Simpson Job Opportunity / News Letter Going All Digital 3 YMF Technical Tour: Seven Oaks Dam 10 September Meeting 4 Storm water Committee 11 Board of Directors 5 Calender / Membership Information 12

Lighter Side / Newsletter Info 6 Business Cards 13

Annual Awards Ceremony 7 Reminders 14

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REMINDERNEWSLETTER TO ELIMINATE PRINTED COPIES At their June 1 meeting, the Board of Directors of the Riverside / San Bernardino Branch reaffirmed their earlier decision to phase out printed copies of this Newsletter. Our current roster, which we obtain on a regular basis, shows 912 members with addresses in the two counties. Of these, about 130 members have no e-mail address on file. We have been printing and mailing copies to these members, but because of the expense and the wide-spread of electronic mail for all manner of communication, we will no longer print and mail copies, beginning with the October issue. The money saved will be di- rected towards our on-going funding of Civil Engineering student scholarships at Cal Poly Pomona and at California Baptist University.

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LOS ANGELES SECTION, REGION 9 San Bernardino & Riverside Counties Branch FOUNDED 1953

2011-2012 September Meeting BOARD OF DIRECTORS One Water One Watershed Planning and the Call for Projects for the

President Santa Ana River Watershed Rita Escobar, P.E. AECOM (714) 567-2498 [email protected] Celeste Cantú, General Manager Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority President-Elect Matthew Addington, P.E., P.L.S. City of Rancho Cucamonga (909) 477-2710 Celeste Cantú will discuss the new [email protected] integrated regional watershed management (IRWM) plan under Vice President development, and SAWPA’s recent “Call for Projects” that will Edwin Quinonez, P.E. Riverside County Flood Control implement the plan. This is an opportunity for Civil Engineering (951) 955-1345 firms and their agency clients to competitively apply for $16.7M in [email protected] grant funds made available to SAWPA from California’s Proposition

Treasurer 84 Chapter 2 IRWM Grant Program. Brandon Reyes, P.E. RBF Consulting Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2012 (909) 974-4967 Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm [email protected] Location: SAWPA Headquarters

Secretary 11615 Sterling Avenue Steven Ledbetter, E.I.T. Riverside, CA 92503 TKE Engineering and Planning Cost: $10 members w/ RSVP (951) 680-0440 $15 non-members or no RSVP [email protected] $ 5 students

Newsletter Editor John B. Rogers, P.E. Directions: Westbound Route 91: Take Exit 55A, West on Magnolia, CLE Engineering, Inc. left (south) on Pierce one block, left again to SAWPA Headquarters at (951) 698-1830 11615 Sterling Avenue (909) 229-5143 Eastbound Route 91: Take Exit 54, south on Pierce Street. Cross [email protected] Magnolia, continue one block then left on Sterling Avenue as above. Past President Brian Wolfe, P.E. Tour: After lunch, at 1:00 PM, a tour of the Arlington Desalter, adjacent City of Redlands to SAWPA headquarters, will introduce members to this Western (909) 798-7584 Municipal Water District facility, constructed in 1990 and expanded in [email protected] 2004. The facility treats local groundwater to provide high quality

potable water for the region.

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4 President Rita Escobar, P.E. (714) 567-2498 Are you hiring [email protected] do you have a position President Elect Matthew Addington, P.E. P.L.S. CBO. QSD. needing (909) 477-2710 Ext 4202 [email protected] to be filled

Vice President Let us help you Edwin Quinonez, P.E. (951) 955-1917 post your employment [email protected] Opportunities in your Treasurer local ASCE Brandon Reyes, P.E. 909.974.4967 Newsletter [email protected] 2011-2012 Board of Directors 2011-2012 Board For more info or to send Secretary Steven Ledbetter,E.I.T. a post (951) 680-0440 [email protected] email Brandon Reyes, PE @

Newsletter Editor [email protected] or call at John B. Rogers, P.E. (951) 698-1830 909.974.4967 (909) 229-5143 [email protected] Advertising cost apply Past President Brian D. Wolfe, PE (909)798-7584 ext. 7 [email protected] th Committees/ Forums Los Angeles Section 100 Anniversary in 2013

YMF President At the Branch Awards Meeting on June 27, past Helio Takano, P.E. Branch President and Current (951) 955-8627 ASCE Region 9 Governor [email protected] introduced the Los Angeles Section’s ambitious plans to Geotechnical Committee Chairman celebrate our Centennial in Bill Kitch P.E. Ph.D. 2013. Links on the Section (909) 869-3147 [email protected] website at http://www.ascela- section.org/index.php/mem- Stormwater Committee berdonate100th/ will lead to Bill Flores Jr., P.E., CPESC, CPSWQ, QSD/QSP videos, donation sites Trainer of Records (951) 320-7311 [email protected] and other activities planned throughout the area.

5 EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS No one can truthfully say that they enjoy performance evaluations. In the Navy, the dreaded annual evaluations are widely despised, the unspoken truth being that unless the evaluation makes the sailor sound like he or she walks on water and leaps tall building, their career is going nowhere. In the private sector, supervisors have been known to exhibit extreme creativity to avoid the inevitable task of setting reviews on paper. The following are actual quotes taken from employee performance evaluations.

1. “Since my last report, this employee has reached rock-bottom and has 13. “He’s been working with glue too much.” started to dig.” 14. “He would argue with a signpost.” 2. “I would not allow this employee to breed.” 15. “He brings a lot of joy whenever he leaves the room.” 3. “This employee is really not so much of a has-been, but more of a definite won’t be.” 16. “When his IQ reaches 50, he should sell.”

4. “Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat 17. “If you see two people talking and one looks bored, he’s the other in a trap.” one.”

5. “When she opens her mouth, it seems that it is only to change feet.” 18. “A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on.”

6. “This young lady has delusions of adequacy.” 19. “A prime candidate for natural de-selection.”

7. “He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve 20. “Donated his brain to science before he was done using it.” them.” 21. “Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn’t coming.” 8. “This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.” 22. “He’s got two brains cells, one is lost and the other is out looking for 9. “This employee should go far, and the sooner he starts, the better.” it.” 10. “Got a fullAMERICAN 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thingy SOCIETY to hold it all together.” OF23. “If he CIVIL were any more stupid,ENGINEERS he’d have to be watered twice a week.” 11. “A gross ignoramus -- 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus.” 24. “If you gave him a penny for his thoughts, you’d get change.”

12. “He doesn’t have ulcers, but he’s a carrier.” 25. “If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean.”

ter Information NewsletNewsletter Information Lighter Side Publisher: Advertising Rates ASCE San Bernardino-Riverside Counties Branch Approximate number of mailings: 800 / mo. Lenore Gueste 7211 Haven Ave E205 Professional Directory $250 Alta Loma, CA 91701 Per Business Card (10 issues) Phone: 866-220-5908 (option 2) Email: lagueste@jgwdsolutions Display Ads Full Page (per issue) $235 Typesetting, layout & Printing: Jgwdsolutions 1/2 Page (per issue) $125 1/4 Page (per issue) $75 Editor: Advertising Information: John B. Rogers, P.E. To place ads, contact the editor. (951) 698-1830 Payments are due 30 days from the date of (909) 229-5143 [email protected] Publication. Copies must be received by the Editor by the third Thursday of the month prior to Identification Statement: publishing. ASCE San Bernardino & Riverside Counties Branch Newsletter is published monthly by the For Billing information contact: ASCE San Bernardino & Riverside Counties Branch. Brandon Reyes, PE Subscription rate: $45 (included in section dues). 909.974.4967 [email protected] 6 ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY

The Branch’s annual meeting for presentation of Project Awards and Student Scholarships, along with the presentation of the slate of officers for the 2013-2014 Riverside / San Bernardino Branch took place on June 27 at the Holiday Inn Express in Ontario. Undergraduate Civil Engineering scholarships of $1,500 each were awarded by the Branch to Cal Poly Pomona students Adrian Rodriquez, who is the ASCE Student Chapter President, and to Andrea Gonzalez, who is in her 5th year at the University. Adrian led his ASCE chapter to the overall first place prize at the Pacific Southwest conference. Andrea is currently President of the Society of Wom- en Engineers, and was the catering and banquet chair for the Pacific Southwest Conference, which was hosted by Cal Poly Pomona. She is currently interning with the City of Riverside Public Works Department. The Younger Member Forum awarded two scholarships of $250 each to California Baptist University students Vincent Mwumvaneza and Jileen Carver. Mwumvaneza is from Rwanda, and was led to a Civil Engineering career at a young age after wit- nessing tragic accidents due to poorly built structures in his country. He plans to obtain a Masters in Transportation after earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He then intends to return to Rwanda to help build infrastructure and improve the standard of living in his country. Jileen Carver has extensive experience in geotechnical work and CAD drafting. After earning an As- sociate of Science in Mathematics and Science, she decided to pursue a Civil Engineering degree. She is currently on track to graduate from Cal Baptist in 2013. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

Scholarship recipients Jileen Carver, Adrian Rodriguez, Vincent Mwumvaneza and Andrea Gonzalez. 7 Riverside County Flood Control's Dusty Williams receiving Award from Branch President Rita Escobar

Shawn Arriana, past president of the Geotechnical Committee of the Branch, awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Andre Ashour, a Cal Poly Graduate Student in . The Project Improvement award was presented to Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conser- vation District for its recently completed Low Impact Development Testing and Demonstration Facility, in which Flood Control’s 15-acre Market Street Campus was completely reconstructed and re-land- scaped toAMERICAN demonstrate and document SOCIETY the latest site OF design CIVIL and construction ENGINEERS principles to treat on-site

City of Riverside Officials with Rita Escobar and Thomas Kim, HDR Engineering

8 and minimize storm water runoff from a commercial or institutional site. The award was accepted by Flood Control’s Chief Engineer and General Manager, Dusty Williams, who was noted as having his photograph in this newsletter on three separate recent occasions. The ASCE Civil Engineering Project of the Year award was given to the City of Riverside for the $53.1 Million Magnolia Avenue underpass, a complicated grade separation of a four-lane highway carry- ing 25,000 vehicle trips per day under the Union Pacific tracks which carry 47 freight trains and 12 Metrolink trains daily. The project, designed by HDR Engineering, Inc., involved multiple reviews and approvals from federal, State and local agencies and funding from numerous sources including Fed- eral stimulus funds, City and County contributions and the UP Railroad. The project was presented by Thomas T. Kim, Senior Vice President of HDR Engineering, Inc. Honorable Mention Awards were presented to Crafton Hills Community College for their Concentrator Photovoltaic Solar Project, to the City of Coachella’s Pueblo Viejo Revitalization Project, and to the Inland Empire Utility Agency for their Regional Recycled Water Program.

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Thomas Kim describing Magnolia Avenue Underpass Project

9 YMF TECHNICAL TOUR SEVEN OAKS DAM August 17, 2012

Riverside / San Bernardino Branch’s Younger Member Forum organized their second technical tour of the year at the Seven Oaks Dam on the Santa Ana River in Highland.

At the dam headquarters building off Greenspot Road, 17 YMF members and a few “Old Guys” were greeted by San Bernardino County Flood Control District tour guides, dam tender Dan Worthington and Federal Projects Coordinator David Lovell, both long-time District employees, presented an introduc- tion and overview of the dam and its construction, including a video prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Authorized by Congress in 1986, the dam was completed in 1999. It operates in tandem with Prado Dam, 40 miles downstream, to provide flood protection for Orange County as well as for those portions of San Bernardino and Riverside County along the river in between the two dams.

Visitors were escorted along the dam access roads to viewpoints atop the main intake tower deck, 300’ above the stream bed, where the guides showed the highest water elevation yet recorded, over 100’ above the deck elevation; to the crest of the dam 550’ above the stream bed, and to the emergency spill- way 30’ below the crest. They also visited the control room, and walked several hundred feet into the tunnel to the deck holding the main gate operators.

The tour was invaluable, providing members young and older with many reasons to be inspired by the great works of Engineering that exist all around us.

10 REGION 9, LOS ANGELES SECTION SAN BERNARDINO & RIVERSIDE COUNTIES BRANCH Stormwater Committee

2012-2013 COMMITTEE Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Bill Flores Jr., P.E., Topic: The 1938 Flood – Southern California CPESC, CPSWQ, QSD/P, ToR Chairman Synopsis: Most of us where not here when the “Great 1938 Flood” occurred. This (951) 320-7311 flood event inundated most of Southern California. What did the flood look like here [email protected] in the Inland Empire? Suzie Earp will share stories and images of the great 1938 Arlene Chun, P.E. flood in southern California. Earp has more than 150 pictures of the flood itself along (951) 955-1330 [email protected] with an extraordinary 1938 home movie. She will show before and after shots of specific locations that were impacted by the flood, including Mill and E in San Cynthia Gabaldon, P.E., Bernardino and the Southern Pacific Yards in Colton. CPSWQ, CPESC, QSD/P, ToR Vice Chair Suzie Earp is the Archivist and Historian Archivist for the Water Resources Institute (909) 980-4000 at CSUSB. cynthia_gabaldon@urscorp .com This is a great presentation for engineers, planners, and historians. Neil Nilchian, P.E.

(951) 955-6782 [email protected] Time: Location: Roy King, P.E. 6:00 - 6:30 pm: Check-In/Networking Hilton San Bernardino (909) 383-4555 6:30 - 7:00 pm: Dinner 285 East Hospitality Lane [email protected] 6:45 - 7:15 pm: Presentation San Bernardino, CA 92408 7:15 - 7:25 pm: Q&A (909)889-0133 7:30 pm: Adjournment Contact us about Dinner Sponsorship opportunities. This Cost: may assist you with Members $35 prepaid; $40 at the door (with reservations); Non-members and walk-ups $45. your marketing efforts. Send your request for a vegetarian meal to [email protected]

Reservations: RSVP by September 17, 2012 at 12 noon to [email protected]. No refunds after this date. Include the names of all persons attending with membership number (if applicable). Your advance reservations, made and honored, are essential to fulfilling our catering commitment. No shows will be billed. Seating is limited and payment at the door will be accepted based on availability. Reservation response is still necessary. By mail, please make checks payable to “ASCE Stormwater Committee” and mail to:

Bill Flores Jr. ASCE Stormwater Committee Chairman HDR Engineering, Inc. 2280 Market St. Suite 100 Riverside, CA 92501

Parking: Parking is free.

To reduce your carbon footprint, carpooling is encouraged.

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September

Sept. 6 YMF Community Service Kickoff meeting, Riverside Art Museum.

Sept. 7 YMF Technical Tour, Bay Bridge, San Francisco

Sept. 19 Stormwater Committee Meeting, “The Great 1938 Flood”, Hilton Hotel, San Bernardino

Sept. 26 Lunch Meeting, Celeste Cantu, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, Riverside

October 17-20 ASCE National Conference, Montreal, Canada

October 25 Joint Dinner Meeting with CLSA, “Hydrographic Surveying”, Peter Ford, Dixon Marine Services

November 8 Joint meeting with APWA,”(San Bernardino Associated Governments), Canyon Crest Country Club, Riverside.

Membership Information Type of Membership and Annual Dues (National) 1. National ASCE Student Membership is now FREE! Those who have chapters or clubs still must Students: Free be a member of them before joining National. Log Associate Member: $50 year of baccalaureate onto https://www.asce.org/online/ fill out the short Degree and first year after, application and instantly become a member of ASCE Then incremental increases to or call 1-800-548-ASCE (2723) $205 over five years. 2. Online Membership renewal available, go to Member: $205 annually https://www.asce.org/renewal/inforenewal.cfm. You Affiliate: $205 annually need your membership number, all payments must Section be made with a major credit card. An e-receipt is (Branch) Dues: $45/year transmitted to the member upon completion of the transaction. Over the summer your ASCE San Bernardino – Riverside Branch will be contacting you for a business card advertisement in your monthly newsletter. The proceeds from the business card ads defray the costs of newsletter so that the Branch funds can be used for purposes of providing student scholarships, Engineer’s Week in February where the Branch volunteers make pre- sentations to the local high schools to generate interest in the field of engineering, and other community programs. The cost of the newsletter advertisement is $250 for a one-year subscription of 10 issues. Included with the Business Card advertisement is a business spotlight in the monthly newsletter where one or two businesses are highlighted. If you would like to reserve your spot early for next years newsletter please contact your Treasurer for next year – Brandon Reyes 909.974.4967 and let him know which month you would like your Business Spotlight (1st in line gets first choice). Professional Directory

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