LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER Journal of the Louisiana Section http://www.lasce.org ACADIANA • BATON ROUGE • NEW ORLEANS • SHREVEPORT Photo credit: Matthew Hinton, The Times-Picayune THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD OF 2011 Opening of the Morganza Spillway, May 14, 2011 FEATURE: The Mississippi River Flood of 2011—Resetting Benchmarks NEWS: Report Card on Infrastructure Update Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award AUGUST 2011 VOLUME 19 • NO 4 ADVERTISING Rates (USD) PER ISSUE FOR THE LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER Subscription/Advertisement Dimensions (Horizontal × Vertical) Advanced Advertising Discounts Per Issue Professional Listing Card (64mm × 35mm) $45.00* Number of Issues 1 2 3 4 Services or Suppliers Ad Card (64mm × 35mm ) $50.00* Percent Discount 0% 5% 10% 15% Quarter Page Advertisement (95mm × 120mm) $240.00 Quarter Page $240.00 $228.00 $216.00 $204.00 (190mm × 60mm) Half Page $425.00 $403.50 $382.00 $361.25 Half Page Advertisement (190mm × 120mm) $425.00 Full Page $750.00 $712.50 $675.00 $637.50 Full Page Advertisement (190mm × 240mm) $750.00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lasce.org/publications/adrates.aspx * The minimum subscription/advertisement is for 1 year (4 issues) Inquiries regarding advertisements and professional listings may at $180 per year for professional listings and $200 per year for also be made by email to the Chair of the Publications Committee, services and suppliers advertisements respectively. Ronald Schumann, Jr., PE [email protected] 2 LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – AUGUSt 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS august 2011 • Vol. 19 • No. 4 section Roster . .4 President’s Message . 5 Report Card....................................................................6 The Louisiana Section of the American Society of Baton Rouge Engineer Receives National award.....................................6 Civil Engineers was founded in 1914 and has since been in continuous operation. The Section consists In Memoriam ...................................................................7 of the entire state of Louisiana and is divided into four branches that directly serve over 2000 members. They are the Acadiana Branch centered in Lafayette, the Mississippi River Flood of 2011—Resetting Benchmarks . 8 the Baton Rouge Branch, the New Orleans Branch, and the Shreveport Branch. Editorial ......................................................................20 PuBLICATIONs COMMIttEE: Branch News..................................................................21 Ronald L. Schumann, Jr., PE, Chair (504) 529-4533 Kurt M. Nixon, PE, Vice Chair Luke E. LeBas, PE student News . .24 Christopher P. Knotts, PE, D.WRE E.R. DesOrmeaux, PE Elizabeth Ann Wills, PE asCE – sEI New Orleans Chapter News ...........................................26 Christopher L. Sanchez, PE Nedra S. Davis, MA, Editor (225) 381-0093 asCE – t&DI Louisiana Chapter News . 26 PuBLIsHER: Baton Rouge Printing, Inc., Port Allen, LA Calendar of Events.............................................................27 Louisiana Civil Engineer quarterly journal is an official publication of the Louisiana Section of the American Professional Listings...........................................................28 Society of Civil Engineers with an average circulation of approximately 2100. the Section neither guarantees the accuracy of the information provided nor necessarily service & suppliers . 2, 32 concurs with opinions expressed. It does not claim the 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 – AUGUSt 2011 3 LOuIsIaNa sECtION • aMERICaN sOCIEtY OF CIVIL ENgINEERs Louisiana Engineering Center • 9643 Brookline Avenue • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809-1488 • (225) 923-1662 sECtION BOaRD OF DIRECtORs BRaNCH OFFICERs Director at Large President acadiana Branch Nathan J. Junius, PE, PLS Patrick J. Landry, PE President Linfield, Hunter and Junius, Inc. LA Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration Shaun R . Simon, PE Past President President-Elect Eustis Engineering Services, LLC Benjamin M. (Ben) Cody, PE Ronald L. Schumann, Jr., PE President-Elect Eustis Engineering Services, LLC. AECOM Luke Hebert, PE shreveport Branch Vice President C .H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. President Kurt M. Nixon, PE Vice President Matthew D. Redmon, EI Nixon Engineering Solutions, LLC. Randel Badeaux, PE Professional Services Industries, Inc. Secretary-treasurer WHC Incorporated Contractors President-Elect Robert Jacobsen, PE Treasurer Scott Hughes, PE Past President Eric t. McClanahan, PE Alliance, Inc. Christopher P. Knotts, PE, D.WRE Eustis Engineering Services, LLC. Vice-President LDNR technology Assessment Division Secretary Dave Rambaran, PE Directors-at-Large Past President Building and Earth Sciences, Inc. Christopher G. Humphreys, PE Joshua P. Stutes, PE Secretary/treasurer Professional Services Industries, Inc. Louisiana DOtD Patrick Furlong, PE Kimberly Landry, EI Baton Rouge Branch Balar Associates, Inc. City of Lafayette President Past President & La tech Practitioner advisor C. Eric Hudson, P.E., P.L.S. Adam M. Smith, PE J. Daniel thompson, EI Hunt, Guillot & Associates, LLC. Owen and White, Inc. Aillet, Fenner, Jolly and McClelland R .J. (Joey) Coco, Jr., MBA, PE President-Elect Engensus, LLC Clinton S. Willson, PhD, PE BRaNCH tECHNICaL COMMIttEE CHaIRs Branch Directors Louisiana State University New Orleans sEI Chapter Shaun R. Simon, PE Vice President Pawan Gupta, PE Eustis Engineering Services, LLC. Rudolph A . Simoneaux, III, PE URS Corporation Adam M. Smith, PE LA Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration Owen and White, Inc. Secretary-treasurer stuDENt CHaPtERs Matthew D. Redmon, EI R.J. (Joey) Coco, Jr., MBA, PE Presidents/Faculty Advisors Professional Services Industries, Inc. Engensus, LLC La.tech Margaret (Meg) Adams, PE Past President Eric Vueleman MSA technical Services Jeffrey L. Duplantis, PE Rob McKim, PhD, PE Assigned Branch Directors MWH Global Lsu Luke E. LeBas, PE Director - Programs Josh Bradley Shaw Group Jason Manning, PE Ayman Okeil, PhD, PE Christopher L. Sanchez, PE Ardaman & Associates, Inc. McNeese URS Corporation Director of Education & Lsu Practitioner advisor Jada O’Blanc Samuel D. Amoroso, PE Janardanan (Jay) O. Uppot, PE sECtION COMMIttEEs CHaIRs Engensus, LLC Southern Transportation and Development Institute Younger Member Committee Chair Julesa Holland Daniel J. Aucutt, PE Danielle R. Welborn, EI Emmanuel U. Nzewi, PhD, PE Terracon ABMB Engineers, Inc. ULL Website Practitioner advisor Alison Lognion Kurt M. Nixon, PE Alison Ford, PE, SU Chris Carroll, PhD, EI Nixon Engineering Solutions, LLC. EBR DPW UNO Publications Membership Chair Donald Jerolleman Ronald L. Schumann, Jr., PE Kirk Lowery, PE Gianna M. Cothern, PE AECOM HNtB Diversity New Orleans Branch REgION 5 BOaRD OF gOVERNORs Barbara Featherston, PE President Director City of Shreveport Margaret S. (Meg) Adams, PE Norma Jean Mattei, PhD, PE Nominations MSA technical Services Louisiana governor Christopher P. Knotts, PE, D.WRE President-Elect E.R. DesOrmeaux, PE Technology and Assessment Division, LDNR Malay Ghose Hajra, PE Student activities & awards Professional Services Industries, Inc. EDItOR Jerome M. (Jerry) Kleir, PE Vice President Nedra S. Davis, MA GEC, Inc. James R. Martin, PhD, PE Atkins, formerly PBS&J Special activities & awards GEC, Inc. Kurt M. Nixon, PE Treasurer Nixon Engineering Solutions, LLC. Steve Johns, PE Membership Waldemar Nelson Pamela Gonzales, PE Secretary HDR, Inc. Lee Alexander, PE Louisiana Report Card Alexander Engineering Kam Movassaghi, PhD, PE Director at Large C .H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. Benjamin M. (Ben) Cody, PE R .J. (Joey) Coco, Jr., MBA, PE Eustis Engineering Services, LLC. Engensus, LLC Director at Large Nedra Davis, MA Reid L. Dennis, PE Atkins, formerly PBS&J Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans the Louisiana Section is located in ASCE Region 5 that consists of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida Sections. 4 LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – AUGUSt 2011 President’s Message By Patrick J. Landry, PE Best-selling author Greg Anderson once wrote “Focus on the jour- Nationally, ASCE has ney, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but urged President Obama in doing it.” It seems like yesterday that my journey began as your and congressional lead- Louisiana Section President when I accepted the presidential gavel ers to consider trans- from my good friend and our immediate Past President, Christopher portation infrastructure Knotts last September in Lafayette. On September 23rd, another investment in debt limit friend of mine, Ronald Schumann from New Orleans will be installed talks. As negotiations as the 2011-2012 Section President. It has been both an honor and continue in Washington privilege to work with such an outstanding group of officers, board on raising the debt ceil- members, and volunteers this past year. ing, reducing the defi- cit, and possibly raising This administrative year has been one of the most successful in our taxes, ASCE National Section’s rich history, which dates back to 1914. In December