ABCD Northeast Ohio Newsletter

February 2005

 

 

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, 2004:

 

Wade-Trim

URS

Transystems Corporation

Richland Engineering

Parsons Brinkerhoff

Merideth Brothers Incorporated

McCormick Taylor

Lake Erie Diving, Inc.

HNTB

Great Lakes Construction

DLZ

CT Consultants

Baker Engineering

Arcadis FPS

 

 

2004-2005 Officers and Board Members

 

The officer elections for 2004-2005 are complete.  The officers, board members, and committee chairs for 2004-2005 are as follows:

 

Officers:

 

President - Chuck Cvitkovich

Vice President - Ted Beltavski

Secretary

 - Joseph Seif

Treasurer

 - Richard Walters

 

Board of Directors:

 

Eric A. Angyal

Joanne Shaner

Kathe J. Sopenski

Richard E. Rockich, Jr.

Gregory Kronstain

Richard Bloch

 

Committee Chairs:

 

Programs – Tom Stora

Membership – Paul Gluck

Awards – Matthew J. Lawler

Seminars – David W. Leake

Education – William Vermes

Newsletter – James O’Leary

 

 

Membership Dues

 

Invoices for membership dues were mailed to all members and corporate sponsors in the fall.  All fees should have been paid by the end of December to maintain your status as an active member.  However, if you have not paid your dues please do so as soon as possible.  The February meeting will be the last chance to pay the reduced member price.  Following that meeting, all members whose dues are not up to date will have to pay the non-member price.

 

All members who paid their dues prior to the end of December were eligible for a prize drawing.  The winner of that drawing was George Tomich.  George can attend a meeting of his choice for free.

 

 

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.

 

 

Continuing Education Requirements for PE Renewal to start in 2007

 

Legislation mandating 15 professional development hours as requirement for PE renewal has passed the Ohio House and Senate.  This will take effect in 2007 for 2008 renewal.  For more information on this proposed legislation, click here.   Watch this space for further developments.

 

 

Upcoming Meetings

 

February  – The topic for the February meeting will be I-480 bridge over the Rocky River Valley.  Hamid Homaee of Lichtenstein Consulting Engineers will discuss the analysis of the bridge and the options for rehabilitation or replacement.  The meeting will be on Thursday, February 17 at Harry’s Steakhouse.  Click here for more information.

 

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.  The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 13.  Location will be announced later.