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[email protected] 2 LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – FEBRUARY 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2015 • Vol. 23 • No. 2 Section Roster . 4 President’s Message . 5 Rockefeller Refuge Mitigation Banking For Wetland Creation . 6 ASCE Names Two Nominees for President-Elect ......................11 The Louisiana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers was founded in 1914 and has since Section News – SPRING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION . 13 been in continuous operation. The Section consists of the entire state of Louisiana and is divided into The Illustrated Record of the 1877 Southern Excursion . 15 four branches that directly serve over 2000 members. They are the Acadiana Branch centered in Lafayette, Regional News . 20 the Baton Rouge Branch, the New Orleans Branch, and the Shreveport Branch. ASCE – Government Relations Committee News......................20 PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE: ASCE – COPRI Louisiana Chapter News.............................21 Christopher Humphreys, PE, Chair Malay Ghose-Hajra, PhD, PE ASCE – T&DI Louisiana Chapter News . 22 Robert Jacobsen, PE Nedra S. Davis, MA, Editor (225) 333-8234 Branch News....................................................23 PUBLISHER: ASCE – SEI New Orleans Chapter News .............................25 Baton Rouge Printing, Inc., Port Allen, LA Student Chapter News............................................26 Louisiana Civil Engineer quarterly journal is an official publication of the Louisiana Section of the American Calendar of Events...............................................28 Society of Civil Engineers with an average circulation of approximately 2100. The Section neither guarantees Professional Listings .............................................28 the accuracy of the information provided nor necessarily concurs with opinions expressed. It does not claim the Service & Suppliers . 2,32 copyrights for the contents in this publication. Please submit letters and articles for consideration to be pub- lished by email to [email protected] or mail to the Publications Committee c/o Nedra S. Davis • 622 Steele Blvd. • Baton Rouge, LA 70806-5742. ASCE NATIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 1-800-548-ASCE E-Mail: [email protected] http://www.lasce.org LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – FEBRUARY 2015 3 LOUISIANA SECTION • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS Louisiana Engineering Center • 9643 Brookline Avenue • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809-1488 SECTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRANCH OFFICERS Shreveport Branch President Acadiana Branch President Pamela A. Gonzales Granger, PE President David B. Smith, PE CH2M HILL Beau J. Tate, PE Balar Associates, Inc. President-Elect Royal Engineering and Consultants, LLC President-Elect Christopher G. Humphreys, PE President-Elect Christopher E. Myers, PE Professional Services Industries, Inc. Garland P. Pennison, PE Civil Design Group, LLC Vice President HDR Engineering, Inc. Treasurer Matthew D. Redmon, PE Treasurer Jared Boogaerts, EI Professional Services Industries, Inc. Sarah Richard, EI Nixon Engineering Solutions Secretary-Treasurer Domingue, Szabo & Associates, Inc. Secretary Jeffrey L. Duplantis, PE Secretary Markay K. Brown, PE MWH Global Jared Veazey, PE, MS Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix & Hixson Past President Lafayette Consolidated Government Past President Robert W. Jacobsen, PE Past President J. Mitch Guy, PE Bob Jacobsen PE, LLC W. Tyler Roy, EI Civil Design Group, LLC Directors-at-Large Wilco Marsh Buggies & Draglines, Inc. LA Tech Practitioner Advisor R.J. (Joey) Coco, Jr., MBA, PE J. Daniel Thompson, PE Baton Rouge Branch Aillet, Fenner, Jolly and McClelland Forte & Tablda, Inc President Ronald L. Schumann, Jr., PE Kirk Lowery, PE BRANCH TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS URS Arcadis New Orleans SEI Chapter Branch Directors President-Elect L.T. Cooper, PE Beau J. Tate, PE Danielle C. Welborn, PE EDG, Inc. Royal Engineering and Consultants, LLC LSU Facility Services Lee M. Alexander, PE Vice President STUDENT CHAPTERS Alexander Engineering Jennifer Shortess, PE Presidents/Faculty Advisors Kirk Lowery, PE LA Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority La.Tech Arcadis Secretary-Treasurer Seth Strong David B. Smith, PE Kahli Cohran, EI Sanjay Tewari, PhD Balar Associates, Inc. Civil Solutions Consulting Group LSU Assigned Branch Directors Past President Alicia Fortier Malay Ghose Hajra, PhD, PE R.J. (Joey) Coco, Jr., MBA, PE Michele Barbato, PhD, PE The University of New Orleans Forte & Tablda, Inc McNeese Rudolph A. Simoneaux, III, PE Director - Programs Janardanan (Jay) O. Uppot, PE LA Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority Sarah C. Laakso, PE Southern W. Tyler Roy, EI CDI Corporation Vernell Banks Wilco Marsh Buggies & Draglines, Inc. Director of Education Hak-cul Shin, PhD Patrick K. Furlong, PE Jarret E. Bauer, PE ULL City of Shreveport All South Engineering Michelle Campbell Younger Member Committee Chair Chris Carroll, PhD, EI SECTION COMMITTEES CHAIRS Thomas Montz, PE UNO LA Coast, Oceans, Ports, & Rivers Institute Arcadis Kelsey Martin Rudolph A. Simoneaux, III, PE LSU Practitioner Advisor Darby Hartenstein LA Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority Ben McArdle, PE Gianna M. Cothern, PE Transportation & Development Institute CDI Corporation Mike Paul, PE SUBR Practitioner Advisor REGION 5 BOARD OF GOVERNORS TRC TBA Director Website Membership Chair Melissa S. Wheeler Patrick K. Furlong, PE Blake Roussel, PE The Southern Company, Georgia City of Shreveport Stanley Consultants Publications Louisiana Governor Christopher G. Humphreys, PE New Orleans Branch Ali M. Mustapha, PE Professional Services Industries, Inc. President Caddo Levee District Diversity Lee M. Alexander, PE Barbara E. Featherston, PE Alexander Engineering EDITOR President-Elect Nedra S. Davis, MA City of Shreveport Wesley R. Eustis, PE Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration Nominations Linfield, Hunter, and Junius, Inc. & Protection Authority Robert W. Jacobsen, PE Vice President Bob Jacobsen PE, LLC Tonja L. Koob, PhD, PE Student Activities & Awards GAEA Engineering Consultants, LLC Jerome M. (Jerry) Kleir, PE Treasurer GEC, Inc. Stephen S. Nelson, PE Sections Activities & Awards Stuart Consulting Group, Inc. E.R. DesOrmeaux, PE Secretary E.R. DesOrmeaux, Inc. Karishma Desai, PE Membership Eustis Engineering Matthew D. Redmon, PE Director at Large Professional Services Industries, Inc. Constantine F. "Dean" Nicoladis, PE Government Relations N-Y Associates, Inc. R.J. (Joey) Coco, Jr., MBA, PE Past President & Director at Large Forte & Tablada, Inc. Stephen O. Johns, PE History & Heritage Waldemar S. Nelson & Company, Inc. 1 Miles B. Bingham, PE Younger Member Committee Chair 914 URS Ryan M. Gerken The Louisiana Section is located in ASCE Region 5 that consists of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida Sections. 4 LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – FEBRUARY 2015 President’s Message By Pamela Gonzales Granger, PE I guess I should say Happy New Year since this is the first volume of a Civil Engineering our 2015 journal, but since we are two months into the year, it’s perspective that hardly probably more fitting to start with “where has the beginning of the describes our day to day year gone”? I hope everyone was able to enjoy their holidays and activities. It is up to us that all of you started off 2015 on a good note. I started out in to get involved and October with three goals for my year as President and they are: 1) assist the educators of to