6843 ASCE_Feb12:Layout 1 1/27/12 11:58 AM Page 1 Volume 95, Number 6 February 2012 http://www.asce-pgh.org/ E-Week Annual Awards Banquet Don’t miss the annual Awards Banquet coming up Saturday, February 18 at the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania, downtown.This year’s keynote speaker will be Renee Piechocki, an artist and public art consultant. She is the founding director of Pittsburgh’s Office of Public Art, a partnership of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the Department of City Planning, which provides technical assistance and educational programs to the public and private sectors in Pittsburgh. Her presentation will highlight public art projects created in collaboration with engineers/design professionals, and how these relationships can facilitate great civic design. The highlight of the evening will be after dinner, when the Section Awards will be presented.This event counts toward 0.5 PHD. The evening’s schedule: 5:30: Social Hour 6:30: Keynote Speaker 7:00: Dinner Renee Piechocki, 8:00: Award Presentations Director of the Office of Public Art Register online by February 10 at http://www.asce-pgh.org: click the Section Awards tab, then Awards Banquet.The cost is $50 for Members, $75 for Non-Members and $25 for Students. Platinum and Gold Sponsorships are still available, contact Colleen Elliot at [email protected]. Shady Liberty,Pedestrian Bridge Designed by Pittsburgh-born artist Sheila Klein & SAI Diamond Diamonds by Carin Mincemoyer with Consulting Engineers, Inc. The bridge connects John Suhrie, P.E. Located on Market Street in Shadyside and East Liberty at the intersection of Pittsburgh EllsworthAvenue and Spahr Street 6843 ASCE_Feb12:Layout 1 1/27/12 11:58 AM Page 2 Chair, Environmental & Water 2011-2012 OFFICERS Director 11-14 Municipal Consulting Resources Institute Legislative Affairs Larry Souleret, PE, PLS Water & Wastewater President Thomas Batroney Nathaniel Hayes, PE, M.ASCE Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc. 115 Saint Joseph Way Est. 1985 Site Design/Layout Karl Sieg, PE Hatch Mott MacDonald Sieg and Associates 846 Fourth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Lennon, Smith, Souleret Roadway & Pavement Gateway View Plaza P.O. Box 756 Coraopolis, PA 15108 P (412) 370-6842 Public Works 1600 West Carson Street Engineering, Inc. Wexford, PA 15090 P (412) 264-4400 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Membership Civil Engineers and Surveyors Parks & Recreation P (724) 935-2040 [email protected] P (412) 497-2900 Coreen Casadei, PE Coraopolis, PA (Headquarters) GIS/Mapping [email protected] F (412) 497-2901 Director 11-14 Greensburg, PA (Branch) Grants Administration Past President [email protected] Newsletter Editor (412) 264-4400 (412) 264-1200 Fax Colleen Elliott, EIT Developer Reviews Matthew Pierce, PE Kate Luce Angell [email protected] www.lsse.com Chair, Architectural Engineering The Water Division of ARCADIS AECOM 5519 Hobart Street Institute 1603 Carmody Court, Suite 403 Four Gateway Center, 20th Fl. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Kelly J. Krieg, PE Sewickley, PA 15143 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 P (412) 421-3125 Structural Design & Product Application P (412) 614-9934 P (412) 316-3537 [email protected] Engineer [email protected] [email protected] CENTRIA Newsletter Publisher Vice President 1005 Beaver Grade Road Enhanced Digital Printing William Gross, PE Moon Township, PA 15108 2011-2012 Faculty Advisors 3 Wesco Lane, Suite 2 HDR Engineering, Inc. P (412) 299-8000 Export, PA 15632 11 Stanwix Street, Suite 800 [email protected] University of Pittsburgh P (724) 327-9420 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Dr. Jeen-Shang Lin [email protected] P (412) 497-6017 University of Pittsburgh [email protected] 2011-2012 Directors Department of Civil Engineering Nominations Matthew Pierce, PE Treasurer Director 09-12 949 Benedum Hall Robert Dengler Coreen Casadei, PE Pittsburgh, PA 15261 Program Gannet Fleming, Inc. Collective Efforts, Inc. P (412) 624-8158 Colleen Elliott, EIT Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 462 Perry Highway [email protected] 601 Holiday Drive Public Affairs & Publicity Pittsburgh, PA 15229 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Kate Luce Angell P (412) 459-0114 Dr. Irving Oppenheimer P (412) 922-5575 [email protected] Dr. Larry Cartwright Website [email protected] Director 09-12 Carnegie Mellon University Melissa Fontanese, EIT Executive Secretary Jennifer Nolan-Kremm, EIT Department of Civil Engineering Garvin Boward Beitko Engineering, Inc. Rochelle Stachel STV, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 180 Bilmar Drive, Suite IV HRV Conformance Verifications Associates 444 Liberty Avenue P (412) 268-2940 Pittsburgh, PA 15205 200 Hightower Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15222 [email protected] P (412) 922-4440 Pittsburgh, PA 15205 (412) 392-3500 [email protected] University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown P (412) 788-2522 [email protected] [email protected] Brian Houston, PE YMF Director 09-12 University of Pittsburgh Lauren E. Terpak Director, Region 2 Robert Stachel, PE Johnstown Campus AECOM Water Robert Victor, PE HRV Conformance Verifications Associates Civil Engineering Technology [email protected] AECOM 200 Hightower Boulevard 225 Engineering & Science Bldg. Four Gateway Center Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Johnstown, PA 15904 Northwestern Pennsylvania Branch Pittsburgh, PA 15222 P (412) 788-2522 P (814) 269-7257 Officers P (412) 316-3597 [email protected] [email protected] President L. Ashley Porter, PE [email protected] Director 10-13 Geneva College 814 North Main Street Director, Geographic Services Kemal Niksic, PE Robert Lijestrand Meadville, PA 16335 Nancy Berson Hatch Mott MacDonald ASCE Faculty Advisor P (814) 337-4447 ASCE World Headquarters 1600 West Carson Street 121 Dillon Street F (814) 333-3760 1801 Alexander Bell Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Beaver Falls, PA 15010 aporter@pceengineers. P (412) 497-2944 Reston, WV 20191-4400 P (412) 847-6717 [email protected] P (800) 548-2723 Ext. 6010 [email protected] [email protected] Director 10-13 Zone 1 Administrator Matthew Kusic, PE Point Part University Phillip Mariscal L. Robert Kimball & Associates Dan Reed ASCE World Headquarters 437 Grant Street Point Park University 1801 Alexander Bell Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15219 201 Wood Street Reston, WV 20191-4400 P (412) 201-4900 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 P (800) 548-5723 Ext. 6042 [email protected] P (412) 392-3841 [email protected] [email protected] Director 10-13 Charles Schubert, PE, F.ASCE 2011-2012 Committees Michael Baker, Jr. Inc. 2011-2012 TECHNICAL INSTITUTES 100 Airside Drive AND GROUPS Awards Moon Township, PA 15108 Terry Downs, PG ANCHORS Chair, Geotechnical Institute P (412) 269-7927 Gannett Fleming, Inc. AUGERCAST PILES Kevin M. Brissette, P.E. [email protected] Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 Rhea Engineers & Consultants, Inc. Director 11-14 601 Holiday Drive DIAPHRAGM WALLS 4975 William Flynn Highway, Suite 14 Donald E. Splitstone, PE Pittsburg, PA 15220 Gibsonia, PA 15044 HDR, Inc. DRILLED SHAFTS Budget P (724) 443-4111 11 Stanwix Street, Suite 800 Mid-Atlantic District Karl Sieg GROUTING F (724) 443-4187 Pittsburgh, PA 15216 (412) 221-4500 Terry Downs, PG C (724) 316-6804 P (412) 497-6038 MICROPILES Jorge Suarez, PE We are Versatile Geotechnical [email protected] SECANT PILE WALLS Chair, Structural Engineering Institute Contractors specializing in Deep Director 11-14 History & Heritage Foundations, Earth Retention and Jonathan McHugh, PE Sebastian Lobo-Guererro, PhD, PE David Wright Ground Treatment techniques to help SOIL MIXING Gannet Fleming, Inc. American Geotechnical & Environmental Allegheny Co. Dept. of Engineering and you achieve your project goals. Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 SOIL NAIL WALLS Services, Inc. Construction 601 Holiday Drive 501 County Office Building To learn more, visit us at SOLDIER PILE WALLS Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Southpointe Business Park 4 Grandview Circle, Suite 100 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 www.nicholsonconstruction.com P (412) 922-5575 P (412) 350-6645 [email protected] Canonsburg, PA 15317 P (724) 916-0300 [email protected] [email protected] PA MD VA WV OH Greensburg, PA Lydia Work, LRS (304) 296-2562 www.triadeng.com Services: Drilling Geotechnical Engineering Environmental Services Construction Monitoring and Testing Civil Engineering Construction Materials Laboratory Surveying Pittsburgh Section Newsletter 2 Volume 95, Number 6 /February 2012 6843 ASCE_Feb12:Layout 1 1/27/12 11:58 AM Page 3 National Engineers’ Week at the Carnegie Science Center The time is here again! ASCE Pittsburgh Section is once again hosting our Civil Engineering Display at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Shore for their E-Week festivities. 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