ABCD Northeast Ohio Newsletter

April 2005

ABCD Scholarship

ABCD Northeast Ohio is pleased to announce its first annual scholarship. The scholarship consists of a one-time $1000 award to a student member of ABCD currently pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering. Candidates must be a sophomore or higher currently enrolled in an Ohio university. Students interested in applying for the scholarship who are not currently members of ABCD may submit a membership application concurrently with their scholarship application. Click here for more information and the application form. Please note the deadline for applications is FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2005. Response to date had been limited so ABCD members who know eligible students are urged to encourage them to apply.

ABCD Awards Program

The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2005 ABCD Awards Program is September 1, 2005.

Please consider entering your recent projects for the 2005:

· Outstanding New Short Span Bridge

· Outstanding New Major Bridge

· Outstanding Rehabilitated Short Span Bridge

· Outstanding Rehabilitated Major Bridge

Each submittal should include the following:

· A summary of the bridge project, in 100 words or less on why the bridge project should receive an award

· A listing of significant project features

· The name of the Owner, Designer, and Prime Contractor of the project

· Two or more 3 ½” x 5” color photographs of the project

· Three identical 8” x 10” color photographs of the project suitable for framing (more may be required if there is more than one owner)

· One or more 11” x 17” drawing or sketch of the project

The ABCD award criteria have recently been revised to include all of the counties in Ohio for eligibility. The full submittal and judging criteria including entry form can be found by clicking here.

All entries must be submitted by the deadline to:

Matthew J. Lawler, P.E.

c/o HNTB Ohio, Inc.

55 Erieview Plaza, Suite 500

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1816

Also, if anyone is interested in becoming an awards committee member please email Matt Lawler at mlawler@hntb.com.

Upcoming Meetings

April – The speaker for the April meeting will be Tim Keller, Administrator of ODOT’s Office of Structural Engineering, who will be presenting his “State of the Bridges in Ohio” address. Tim will be discussing what’s new in the Bridge Design Manual, construction issues and resolutions, design issues to consider, and the plan preparation and submittal process. This will be a joint meeting with ASHE. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 13 at the Holiday Inn on Rockside Road. Click here for more information.

May – The topic for the May meeting will be “Covered Bridges in Ohio”. The speaker will be Donald Timmer of Richland Engineering, who will discuss details of the various covered bridges that he has designed and rehabilitated over the last 40 years including circumstances that led to the projects as well as problems faced and overcome. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 10 at the Quality Inn in Middleburg Heights. Click here for more information.