ABCD
April 2006
ABCD Awards Scholarship
ABCD Northeast Ohio has selected the recipient for its
second scholarship. The scholarship,
which consists of a one-time $1000 award to a student member of ABCD currently
pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering, has been awarded to Edward Baznik, a
student at the
Proposed ABCD Constitution and By-Laws Changes
The ABCD Board has proposed some changes to the
Constitution and By-Laws in order to reflect the way the organization currently
operates. These changes will be
discussed at the April meeting. The
proposed Constitution changes can be viewed here
and the proposed By-Law changes can be viewed here. An email concerning the proposed changes was
sent out to the members by Joseph Sief on
Christmas Party
ABCD would like to thank
the following companies for helping to sponsor the annual ABCD/ASHE/ASCE
Christmas Party that was held in December, 2005:
Wade-Trim
Richland Engineering
Meridith Brothers
Lake Erie Diving, Inc.
HNTB Ohio, Inc.
Great Lakes Construction
David Lewin Corp.
DLZ
CT Consultants
Arcadis
ABCD Awards Winners
Congratulations to this
year’s winners --- the Blaine HillBridge over Wheeling
Creek, the Fleet Avenue Bridge over I-77 and the U.S.R.
20 over Conneaut Creek!
Blaine Hill over Wheeling Creek
Owner – Belmont County
Engineer
Contractor – Sheldon Gantt, Inc.
Engineer – Lichtenstein Consulting Engineers, Inc.
The 1828 3-span stone arch was in need of a very complex rehabilitation.
This project involved utilization of simple details & methods that made the
work much less expensive than originally anticipated. The end product is
a beautifully restored 177-year old structure.
Fleet Avenue over I-77
Owner – The Ohio Department
of Transportation
Contractor – Kokosing Northern Highway
Engineer – Baker and Associates, Inc.
This is a single span, steel girder replacement bridge with unique, inexpensive
aesthetic enhancements that reflect the flavor of the community and helped to
make the project a success.
U.S.R. 20 over Conneaut Creek
Owner – The Ohio Department
of Transportation
Contractor – The Great Lakes Construction Company
Engineer – McCoy and Associates
The graceful appearance and constructability of the decorative rail along with
the overall shortening of this 1031' long viaduct caught the eyes of our judges
to select it for this award.
The deadline for submitting
nominations for the 2006 ABCD Awards Program is September 1, 2006. The full submittal and judging criteria can
be found by clicking here.
Continuing Education
Requirements for PE Renewal
The recently passed ORC 4733.151
states that “Each registrant for renewal for calendar year 2008 and thereafter
shall have completed, within the preceding calendar year, at least 15 hours of
continuing professional development for professional engineers and surveyors.” ABCD’s interpretation of this legislation is
that technical meetings will count as one hour of continuing professional
development (CPD). In an effort to help
Professional Engineers track their CPD hours, ABCD will be providing sign-in
sheets at each meeting. You can print the sign-in sheets from ABCD’s
website along with the meeting announcement. It is our understanding a
copy of the meeting announcement and sign-in sheet will suffice as record of
attendance if a licensee is audited. The sheet for the February meeting can be found here
and the sheet for the March meeting is located here. For more information on this legislation, click here.
Upcoming Meetings
April
– Mr. Rick Splawinski from CH2M HILL will be discussing the aesthetic design,
temporary structures for MOT, and top-down retaining walls used in the
I-70/I-75 Interchange in Montgomery County, Ohio. This will be a luncheon meeting held on
Thursday, April 27 at Stancato’s in
May/June
– The meeting will be a social event at a Cleveland Indians game.