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Our 103Rd Yea R PHILADELPHIA SECTION AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Web site: http://www.asce-philly.org National ASCE Central Number 1-800-548-ASCE • Toll Free The Sidney Robin Memorial Newsletter of the Philadelphia Section ASCE rd Vol. 88-7 Our 103 Yea r March 2016 SECTION MEETING SCHEDULE 2015-16 – MARCH JOINT DINNER MEETING Philadelphia Section, American Society of Civil Engineers WINDING DOWN… Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, American Public Works Association The last two Section meetings of this season are upon us and information on each is provided THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016 under separate headings for these announcements. Maggiano’s Little Italy, 1201 Filbert Street (corner of 12th Street), Center City It’s hard to believe that the season is nearly Cocktails 5:30 PM, Dinner 6:30 PM, Meeting Presentation Follows (approximately 7:30 PM) coming to a close, which means, after April, the SUBJECT: Manayunk Bridge Trail Connection one remaining Section event is the Spring Social. SPEAKER: Kay Sykora, Project Director, Destination Schuylkill River, Manayunk Development The Social will be held on Thursday, May 5, at Corporation; Jeff Riegner, PE, Vice President, Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP; Mike Le Meridien Hotel in Center City (the same Campbell, RLA, Associate, Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP; Christopher Leswing, location as last year’s Social). More information PP, AICP, Assistant Director, Building and Planning, Lower Merion Township; Trevor Booz, will be provided in the April edition of THE Project Manager, Philadelphia Department of Streets NEWS. Please hold the evening on this date to RESERVATION DEADLINE – FRIDAY, MARCH 4. The cost per attendee is $40, with a join us for our end-of-season festivities, socializ- half-price ($20) cost for government agency employees and students, for reservations received by ing, networking and fun at what you know if you this deadline. attended last year’s Social is an interesting and RESERVATIONS RECEIVED AFTER MARCH 4 – Reservations received after the deadline different venue. and “walk-ups” without prior reservations paying at the door will be charged $50 (government agency employees and students will be charged the regular $20 rate), but will be subject to PITTSBURGH SECTION acceptance on a space-available basis. Please note that payment via PayPal will NOT be available at GEOTECHNICAL SHORT the close at the reservation deadline. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT SPACE WILL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU DO NOT RESERVE COURSE A SPACE. Walk-ins and anyone without a reservation will be handled on a space-available basis. The ASCE Pittsburgh Section will be offering Reservations can be made via e-mail at [email protected] or electronically through our website a one-day short course through its Geo-Institute (www.asce-philly.org) and pay via PayPal. As noted above, the PayPal option will NOT be Chapter and Embankments, Dams and Slopes available as a payment option after the reservation deadline. Payment for reservations by check Technical Committee, as follows: (made payable to “Philadelphia Section ASCE”) will be accepted at the reservation table at the door DATE: Saturday, April 2 as an option to electronic payment. SUBJECT: Stability of Natural and Man-Made As always, guests will be welcome to attend the presentation without dinner at no charge. This will Slopes: Analysis, Shear Strengths, Testing, be subject to room capacity constraints. Stability Methods and Stabilization ACCESS AND PARKING: Maggiano’s is a short walk from SEPTA’s Jefferson (nee Market East) PRESENTERS: Timothy D. Stark, Ph.D., Regional Rail station and a half-block from bus routes and the Market-Frankford Line on Market University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Street. There is a parking garage directly above the restaurant for which validation can be offered for Ning Lu, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; a reduced price of $8 for up to 6 hours. Matt Morris, Gannett Fleming; Eric Gottheld, We welcome members of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Public Works Mine Safety and Health Adminstration Association (APWA) to this meeting. LOCATION: Westin Convention Center, 1000 The iconic Manayunk Bridge, a historic reinforced concrete arch structure which spans the Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh Schuylkill River, the Manayunk Canal, I-76, two railroad lines, Main Street and Green Lane, was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1918 as part of its line to Norristown and points northwest of TIME: 7:15 AM check-in, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Philadelphia. In 1960 the line was truncated at the Manayunk Station, near the east end of the bridge, course Continued on Page 4 COST: Pittsburgh Section G-I members $200, non-members $225, students $75 Continental breakfast, lunch and coffee are included APRIL DINNER MEETING RSVP by Friday, March 25, available on-line at Philadelphia Section, American Society of Civil Engineers www.asce-pgh.org THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 Attendees are eligible for 7.5 Professional The Mansion at Villanova Conference Center, 601 County Line Road, Radnor, PA Development Hours (PDH) for attending this Cocktails 5:30 PM, Dinner 6:30 PM, Meeting Presentation 7:30 PM presentation. For more information, visit the website (www. Following the pattern established six years ago, this meeting will consist of a dinner with asce-pgh.org) or contact Greg Rumbaugh (412- subsequent “breakout” sessions on several different topics. More information will be provided in 352-3330 or [email protected]). the April edition of THE NEWS. Page 2 THE NEWS March 2016 ASCE, PHILADELPHIA SECTION PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE OFFICERS AND BOARD OF As all the wonderful events of Engineers Week come to a close, I would like DIRECTION — 2015-16 SEASON to extend congratulations on behalf of our Section to this year’s Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year Kevin Johnson; the Young Engineer of the Year Daniel PRESIDENT Sujo and to Richard Prentice, who won the award for Outstanding Service to AnnMarie L. Vigilante, Langan Engineering Engineering. All of these award winners represent the Engineering profession & Environmental Sciences exceptionally well and proudly acclaim its virtues. I would also like to thank the PRESIDENT ELECT Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley Engineers Week Guy DiMartino, Traffic Planning Committee for all the wonderful events it planned throughout Engineers Week and for their & Design, Inc. commitment and dedication throughout the year that make it such a success! VICE PRESIDENT As for our Section, we are quickly winding down our monthly dinner meetings. This month will Cathy G. Farrell, HNTB, Inc. be our last meeting for the year at our new home, Maggiano’s, in Philadelphia. We have a great SECRETARY presentation on the Manayunk Bridge Trail which will be presented by a few team members that Angelo Waters, Urban Engineers, Inc. were instrumental in making the project a success as well as a great dinner and dessert menu to look forward to. Our April Technical Group Multi-Topic Meeting will feature our popular breakout TREASURER sessions which will be held on Thursday, April, 14th at The Mansion at Villanova Conference Marc B. Preim, STV Center. And to end our session we will be holding our annual Spring Social on Thursday, May 5th ASSISTANT TREASURER at Le Meridien. Please mark your calendar for all of these great upcoming events! Jennifer Reigle, Pennoni Associates, Inc. As for our beloved little John, he has his first tooth! With his new-found chopper MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY he spends his days chewing away on his favorite teething toys, especially fond to his Nha Truong, City of Philadelphia Water Dept. heart is his BACON strips! He also had his first taste of solid food (if you call mushy rice cereal solid food) and loves both making a mess and eating it at the same time. DIRECTORS His finally accomplishment of the month is drinking water from his sippy cup. He Andrew Bechtel, College of New Jersey (’15-’17) Briana Earle, Langan Engineering & Environmental has not mastered it yet, but is well on his way. We look forward to the warmer spring Services (’15-’17) weather ahead and enjoying some outdoor fun with him! Spencer Finch, Langan Engineering & [And, not to disappoint, we have a BONUS John photo this time, as we ran out of Environmental Sciences (’14-’16) space in February for his ready-for-the-snow shot – Ed.] Don Gusic, CDM Smith (’14-’16) Sincerely, Kazi Hassan, Pennoni Associates, Inc. (’15-’17) AnnMarie Vigilante, P.E. Troy Illig, PB (’14-’16) President, ASCE Philadelphia Section PAST PRESIDENTS* Joseph Platt, Traffic Planning & Design, Inc. 90-year-old Ben Franklin Bridge provide the Jennifer K. Walsh, McMahon Associates Inc.* CONSTRUCTION TECHNICAL Jeremy D. Colello, HNTB* line’s delivery into Center City. Messrs. Rink GROUP * In accordance with our Constitution and Bylaws, only and Venuto will address the renewal program the immediate Past President will serve on the Board, TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN and investment and how the work has been and only for a one-year term. We show the most recent DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL GROUP accomplished while the line’s 15,000 daily riders three Past Presidents as has become our tradition. Lunch Meeting are accommodated. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Please visit our website for registration and President — AnnMarie Vigilante, P.E. payment information. Senior Associate/Vice President SUBJECT: PATCO Car Rehabilitation and Attendees are eligible for one (1) Professional Langan Engineering & Environmental Sciences Infrastructure Upgrade Programs Development Hour (PDH) for attending this PO Box 1569 SPEAKERS: John Rink, General Manager, Port presentation. Doylestown, PA 18901-0219 Authority Transit Corp. (PATCO); Michael (215) 491-6551 Venuto, Chief Engineer, Delaware River Port [email protected] Authority (DRPA) MEMBERS IN THE NEWS LOCATION: Urban Engineers, 530 Walnut ASCE MAGAZINE FEATURES ANTOINE Secretary — Angelo J.
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