ABCD Northeast Ohio Newsletter

October 2004

 

 

2004-2005 Officers and Board Members

 

Ballots have been sent out via email for the 2004-2005 officer elections.  If you did not receive a ballot, click here.  Ballots are due by November 1.

 

In addition to the positions on the ballot, the remaining officeholders are as follows -

 

Officers:

 

President - Chuck Cvitkovich

 

Board of Directors:

 

Eric A. Angyal

Joanne Shaner

Richard E. Rockich, Jr.

Gregory Kronstain

 

Committee Chairs:

 

Programs – Tom Stora

Membership – Paul Gluck

Awards – Matthew J. Lawler

Seminars – David W. Leake

Education – William Vermers

Newsletter – James O’Leary

 

 

Christmas Party

 

ABCD would like to thank the following companies for helping to sponsor the annual ABCD/ASHE Christmas Party that was held in December, 2003:

 

Adache Ciuni Lynn Associates

Burgess & Niple

Baker Engineering

CT Consultants

DLZ

Elewski and Assoc.

Great Lakes Construction

HNTB Ohio, Inc.

Lake Erie Diving, Inc.

Richland Engineering

Transystems Corporation

URS

Wade-Trim

 

 

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 eligibilty.  The full submittal and judging criteria 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.

 

Congratulations to the recent winners  ---  the Fort Meigs Memorial Bridge over the Maumee River & the Rogers Road Bridge over the Chagrin River in 2003 and the Ohio Turnpike Bridges over the Cuyahoga River in 2004!

 

Fort Meigs Memorial Bridge over the Maumee River

 

 

Owner – Ohio Department of Transportation

Contractor – Mosser Construction

Engineer – Adache Ciuni Lynn Associates

 

The new bridge is a 890’ long, seven span, haunched, horizontally curved steel plate girder structure.  The bridge opened a year ahead of schedule and $2 million under budget.  Click here for more information on this bridge.

 

Rogers Road Bridge over the Chagrin River

 

 

Owners – Lake County Engineer and Cuyahoga County Engineer

Contractor – Great Lakes Construction

Engineer – CT Consultants

 

The new bridge is a 252’ long, two span, horizontally curved (34 degrees) steel plate girder structure.  The bridge opened four months ahead of schedule.  Click here for more information on this bridge.

 

Ohio Turnpike Bridges over the Cuyahoga River

 

 

Owner – The Ohio Turnpike Commission
Contractor – Trumbull-National Joint Venture
Engineer – HNTB Ohio, Inc.


The new bridges are each 2,660 feet in length and are 175 feet above the Cuyahoga River Valley.  The $51 million dollar bridges each consists of a 900-foot-long segmentally constructed precast, post-tensioned concrete girder unit flanked by two precast, prestressed concrete girder units.  This is the first known application of spliced prestressed girders in the state of Ohio.

 

 

Ohio to Adopt Continuing Education Requirements for PE Renewal

 

Legislation has been introduced in Ohio to require 15 professional development hours per calendar year in order to maintain a PE, PS, or PE/PS.  This requirement would take effect in 2007.  For more information on this proposed legislation, click here.   ABCD is currently looking into whether attendance at a technical meeting would count towards the 15 required hours.  Watch this space for further developments.

 

 

Upcoming Meetings

 

November – The topic for the November meeting will be the 2004 award winner, the Ohio Turnpike Bridges over the Cuyahoga River Valley.  The meeting will be on Wednesday, November 10 at the Flat Iron Cafι.  Click here for more information.

 

December – The December meeting will be the annual Christmas Party.  This will be a joint meeting with ASHE and ASCE.  The meeting will be on Tuesday, December 14 at the Great Lakes Brewery Tasting Room.