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ASCE UTAH SECTION: 1916-2016 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF EXCELLNCE FIND US ON THE WEB AT HTTP://SECTIONS.ASCE.ORG/UTAH/ A MESSAGE FROM THE UTAH SECTION PRESIDENT Stan Klemetson IN THIS ISSUE: MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL 2 TECHNICAL PAPER 3 NORTHERN 5 WASATCH FRONT 5 CENTRAL 6 SOUTHERN 7 YMF 8 Civil Source ASCE Utah Section Newsletter OCT 2015 GEO-INSTITUTE 9 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 9 COMMITTEES 10 REGION 8 11 JOB POSTINGS 13 FLIERS/ SECTION OFFICERS 14 Infrastructure Vision At the 2015 ASCE UTAH SECTION Meeting, we were told that by 2060 the population in Utah would double. The population growth will increase the demands for energy, drinking water, clean air, safe waste disposal and transportation. The growth will mean greater infrastructure development and the need for more environmental protection. How will we handle that need? “In 2025, civil engineers will serve as master builders, environmental stewards, innovators and integrators, managers of risk and uncertainty, and leaders in shaping public policy”(Vision). Those are high expectations for our profession. Canon 1 of the Code of Ethics published by ASCE states, Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public and shall strive to comply with the principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties.” In 2013 the ASCE Utah Section Report Card Committee, chaired by Dr. David W. Eckhoff, P.E. and supported by a large number of volunteers, started their evaluation of the infrastructure in Utah. In 2015, the Report Card for Utah’s Infrastructure was completed. Through their efforts, ASCE is striving to achieve the 2025 Vision for Civil Engineering while satisfy the requirements of Canon 1 of the Code of Ethics. The Report Card documents the current conditions and future requirements of Utah’s vital public infrastructure to achieve its first purpose. The second purpose is to inform elected officials and the general public of our current infrastructure’s “health” and what has to be done to address current and future challenges and risks. The latter purpose is achieved by political and community involvement of Civil Engineers in Utah, it is a call for the civil engineering community to step up to the plate and participate in political and public service. Political Vision Our state and local elected officials are tasked to determine the issues of importance to the citizens of the State of Utah, Industry, and Governmental Agencies, and then collect the data, evaluate the data and make informed decisions. One look at the ASCE Report Card shows how difficult that would be even if that infrastructure were their only concern. The ASCE Members in Utah could become a valuable asset to our elected officials in all stages of the law (Continued on page 2) THE VISION FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING IN UTAH In 2006, a diverse group of Civil Engineers and other leaders from around the world gathered for a Summit on the Future of Civil Engineering. As reported in the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025 (Vision), the issues included 1) the poor condition of the infrastructure, 2) the minimal involvement of civil engineers in the political process, 3) the need to embrace sustainability, and 4) the desire to attract the best and brightest of the profession. These four issues are still relevant today, almost a decade since the Summit. This month I will address issues one and two.

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Page 1: Civil - ASCE Utah · In 2013 the ASCE Utah Section Report Card Committee, chaired by Dr. David W. Eckhoff, P.E. and supported by a large number of volunteers, started their evaluation

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A M E S S A G E F R O M T H E U T A H S E C T I O N P R E S I D E N T

Stan Klemetson

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Infrastructure Vision

At the 2015 ASCE UTAH SECTION Meeting,

we were told that by 2060 the population

in Utah would double. The population

growth will increase the demands for

energy, drinking water, clean air, safe

waste disposal and transportation. The

growth will mean greater infrastructure

development and the need for more

environmental protection. How will we

handle that need? “In 2025, civil engineers

will serve as master builders,

environmental stewards, innovators and

integrators, managers of risk and

uncertainty, and leaders in shaping public

policy”(Vision). Those are high expectations

for our profession.

Canon 1 of the Code of Ethics published by

ASCE states, “Engineers shall hold

paramount the safety, health and welfare

of the public and shall strive to comply with

the principles of sustainable development

in the performance of their professional

duties.”

In 2013 the ASCE Utah Section Report

Card Committee, chaired by Dr. David W.

Eckhoff, P.E. and supported by a large

number of volunteers, started their

evaluation of the infrastructure in Utah. In

2015, the Report Card for Utah’s

Infrastructure was completed. Through

their efforts, ASCE is striving to achieve

the 2025 Vision for Civil Engineering

while satisfy the requirements of Canon

1 of the Code of Ethics.

The Report Card documents the current

conditions and future requirements of

Utah’s vital public infrastructure to

achieve its first purpose. The second

purpose is to inform elected officials and

the general public of our current

infrastructure’s “health” and what has to

be done to address current and future

challenges and risks. The latter purpose

is achieved by political and community

involvement of Civil Engineers in Utah, it

is a call for the civil engineering

community to step up to the plate and

participate in political and public service.

Political Vision

Our state and local elected officials are

tasked to determine the issues of

importance to the citizens of the State of

Utah, Industry, and Governmental

Agencies, and then collect the data,

evaluate the data and make informed

decisions. One look at the ASCE Report

Card shows how difficult that would be

even if that infrastructure were their only

concern. The ASCE Members in Utah

could become a valuable asset to our

elected officials in all stages of the law

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THE VISION FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING IN UTAH

In 2006, a diverse group of Civil Engineers

and other leaders from around the world

gathered for a Summit on the Future of

Civil Engineering. As reported in the Vision

for Civil Engineering in 2025 (Vision), the

issues included 1) the poor condition of the

infrastructure, 2) the minimal involvement

of civil engineers in the political process,

3) the need to embrace sustainability, and

4) the desire to attract the best and

brightest of the profession. These four

issues are still relevant today, almost a

decade since the Summit. This month I will

address issues one and two.

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P R E S I D E N T ’ S M E S S A G E ( C O N T I N U E D )

making process. Contact your local elected

officials and let them know that you are

available to provide them with information

to help them to write the laws and promote

their passage.

ASCE has provided another valuable

service – ASCE Key Contact Program.

The program will provide you with an

opportunity to develop a relationship

with your elected officials and influence

the policy process at both the state and

federal levels. With a few simple

keystrokes you can become a member

of the Key Contact program and receive

information about key policy issues that

(Continued from page 1) affect your community and the civil

engineering profession. You can also

find out who your local officials are.

ASCE also provides a Legislative Fly-In

to give you an opportunity to visit your

legislative members in Washington,

DC.

In the ASCE Utah Section, we have an

opportunity to organize Government

Relations Committees in our branches

and sect ion. Contact Stanley

Klemetson at the section level or your

Branch President at the local level for

more information.

The ASCE UTAH SECTION centennial

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year is 2016. As part of that

celebration, we would like to host a

State Drive In / Legislative Day in Salt

Lake City in February 2016. We will

identify officials we can visit with to

discuss issues of importance to civil

engineering and the Citizens of Utah.

This might include members of the

licensing board, a state legislator or a

key government official. This will be

your opportunity to share your views

and offer your support to these

individuals.

Stanley Klemetson

President, ASCE Utah Section

[email protected]

M E M B E R S H I P R E N E W A L B Y M A T T H E W R O B L E Z

I want to take the time this month to go

over what I think is a GREAT benefit of

being a member of ASCE and a reason to

maintain and renew your membership. As

professional license holders in the State of

Utah, we are required by law to have at

least 30 hours of qualified professional

education directly related to the ethics,

business and technical content aimed at

maintaining, improving, or expanding the

skills and knowledge relevant to the

licensee's professional practice. As a

member of ASCE, you can choose up to 5

webinars from the 60 on-demand webinars

they have on their website. Each one is a 1-

hour webinar worth 1 PDH. That’s 5 free

PDHs each year from their comprehensive

continuing education library – just for being

a member! That means 1/3 of your units

towards your requirement are FREE with the

membership. If you look online, courses

that offer these units are not cheap. My

research indicates that the average 8 hour

course is $300. That’s about $38 per unit

hour. So you get about $188 of free

s e r v i c e s f o r y o u r A S C E

membership. Remember, continuing

education is a requirement of law, this is

not a choice. Take advantage of this

awesome member benefit.

There are many reasons to join and

renew. If you question what some of the

other benefits are, I would direct you to:

h t t p : / / o p e n w e b . a s c e . o r g / f i l e s /

members/101-Ways-to-Benefit-from-ASCE-

2014/

Who likes free money? Who

doesn’t??? If all of us can renew our

membership by December 11, 2015,

then our section has a chance at winning

a cash prize of $1000. This $1000 can

benefit the section in many ways. Plus,

one should take pride in our section that

we are the best and that we are at the

forefront of membership. So I encourage

all of you to renew. And to those of us

who are supervisors or company leaders,

I implore you to have all of your

employees renew their memberships by

2015.

Matthew Roblez

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P R O J E C T R I S K M A N A G E M E N T

Civil Engineering is a fascinating field with a wide variety of

disciplines and projects. As engineers, we are problem solvers

and society relies on us to find solutions to make everyone’s lives

easier. We find solutions to provide clean drinking water, dispose

of wastewater in a safe and clean manner, develop transportation

solutions for people to travel, and many other challenging

problems. Each project is unique and requires a specific solution.

Part of the solution is to identify project specific risks and manage

them in a responsible and effective manner.

What do you think about when you hear the words “Risk

Management”? Insurance, lawyers, contracts? These things are

part of managing risk, but as engineers we can implement risk

management strategies at a project level to reduce impacts to our

budgets and schedules. Project Risk Management involves

identifying project issues that can affect the schedule and/or

budget, determining the level of potential impact, then developing

strategies to manage the risk.

The project risk management process can help a team effectively

manage budgets and schedules, and make better project

decisions. Project risk management plans can be customized to

your project’s size, whether it be a small intersection or a large

canal project. This process involves the following five steps:

1. Identify the risks

2. Identify probability and impacts of risks

3. Perform analysis

4. Develop management strategies

5. Track risks

1-Identify Risks:

So what are risks? They are project specific circumstances or

factors that can affect your schedule or budget. Risk is usually

thought of as a negative impact, but a risk can have a positive

impact as well. We define risks with a negative impact as a

“Threat” and those with a positive impact as an “Opportunity.”

Identifying project risks is a team effort and is done during a Risk

Workshop. Prior to the workshop a baseline schedule and an

engineer’s estimate is prepared without any contingencies. The

risk analysis will help the team determine the appropriate level of

contingencies for the project. Project team members meet

together in a Risk Workshop, along with any necessary technical

experts, to discuss the project scope and goals, review the

baseline schedule and estimate (project baseline). The team

identifies risks that have the potential to affect the project

baseline and document them in a risk register. The risk register is

a living document and will be used throughout the project and

reviewed regularly at project meetings and milestones. A Risk

Workshop can last anywhere from an hour to three days, depending

on the project size. Workshops for projects with a budget of less

than $1,000,000 can be done in an hour or two during a project

team meeting, and don’t usually require additional technical

experts. Projects with a value of $100,000,000 or more need

multiple days to complete the workshop. Project Managers

evaluate the needs of their project and customize the workshop for

their specific project.

2-Identify Probability and Impacts of Risk

The team will determine the probability that the risk will occur, and

analyze how it will affect the project schedule and/or budget after

identifying a project risk. Qualitative and Quantitative methods are

two methods used to determine and analyze the probability and

affect. The appropriate method is usually determined by the project

size.

A qualitative analysis is usually used for smaller projects, and allows

a project team to prioritize the risks based on their potential impact.

The probability that a certain risk will occur is identified as high,

medium or low. Once the probability of occurrence is identified, the

impact of each risk is determined in the same manner; high,

medium, or low. The probability of occurrence and impacts are

mapped in a Heat Diagram (Figure 1) to help the project team

prioritize the project risks.

Figure 1 – Heat Diagram

A quantitative analysis is used for larger projects and requires more

detailed analysis. The probability of occurrence is identified as a

percentage, and impacts are identified in dollars and months in a

quantitative analysis. The level of impacts from risk is difficult to

pinpoint, so the team estimates the likely range of impacts from

highest to lowest, along with the most likely. The project team will

use their engineering knowledge and experience to estimate the

impacts in the Risk Workshop. The probability of occurrence and

impacts are then documented in the risk register and used in the

risk analysis in Step 3.

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3-Perform Analysis

The information from the quantitative analysis is used to model

the project risk using a Monte Carlo analysis. A Monte Carlo

analysis is a statistical analysis using a random event generator

to model various risk events. The data from the analysis is used

to create a Probability Distribution Curve, or S-Curve, and a

Tornado Diagram. The S-Curve enables the project team to

evaluate the probability that a project will be completed within

budget or on schedule. Using a quantitative analysis, the project

team can also compare alternatives on the same S-curve. Figure

2 is an example of how multiple alternatives can be evaluated to

help a project team make better decisions. The S-curve in Figure

2 was used to evaluate three delivery methods for a project so

that the team could select the method that was best for the

project.

Figure 2 – S-Curve

Using the results from the Monte Carlo analysis, a Tornado

Diagram (Figure 3) is created to prioritize the top risks to the

project. The Tornado Diagram is created from a sensitivity

analysis based on the contribution of each risk to the total project

risk. The Tornado Diagram helps the team focus their risk

mitigation efforts in the appropriate areas to provide the best

value to the project budget and schedule.

Figure 3 – Tornado Diagram

(Continued from page 3) 4-Develop Management Strategies

Step 4 is where “the rubber hits the road” in risk management.

Once a project team knows the risks associated with their project,

they can develop proactive mitigation strategies. Project Managers

assign each risk to team members that are best suited to develop a

mitigation plan and carry it out. Team members that are assigned a

risk will work to develop a risk plan to mitigate impacts. A project

team not only wants to mitigate the negative impacts of Threats,

they want to exploit any Opportunities to reduce cost and expedite

schedule. Exploitation strategies for Opportunities should be

included in the risk plan. Remember that Risk assignments and

plans are documented in the risk register.

5-Track Risks

Risk Management is a dynamic process, and should be part of each

team meeting and milestone review. Risk plans are hard to

implement if the assigned team member is not held accountable to

implement the plan. The risk register should be reviewed at each

team meeting to evaluate the impact of each risk, and update the

probability and impacts as necessary. Once a risk no longer affects

a project it can be retired from the risk register. The quantification

of each risk can be updated at project milestones to revise the risk

model and evaluate how risk impacts have been reduced. If a

project is found to have a budget surplus, a new risk model can be

developed to determine how much contingency is needed to

complete the project while re-programming the surplus budget to

other projects.

Risk Management is a valuable process and will help a project team

make better decisions. This process allows teams to:

1. Thoroughly understand the project issues

2. Prepare a Risk Plan to mitigate Threats and exploit

Opportunities

3. Proactively manage the budget and schedule

4. Make informed project decisions

Additional information on Project Risk Management can be found

on the Utah Department of Transportation Website at http://

www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:0:::1:T,V:3164.

P R O J E C T R I S K M A N A G E M E N T T E C H N I C A L A R T I C L E ( C O N T I N U E D )

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We would like to thank all those who

participated in the opening social last

month. The Dutch oven potatoes and BBQ

sandwiches were great. It was fun to meet

everyone’s families.

This month, Jim Mayer with Torrent

Resources will be speaking on Thursday

October 15th about meeting low impact

development requirements through

infiltration and engineered drywells. We will

gather at the Bluebird Restaurant at noon

on 19 N Main Street in Logan, UT. Lunch

will be provided. The following is his

presentation summary:

“As today's stormwater management

regulations move toward not just

preventing, but reversing the effects of

hydromodification as well as promoting the

recharge of our depleted groundwater

aquifers, the use of Low Impact

Development (LID) techniques, including

deep infiltration, is growing. By using deep

infiltration as part of a proper LID design,

we are seeing that both of these goals are

being met. This month's presentation

begins with a discussion of stormwater

disposal methods, including both shallow

and deep infiltration methods, and then

focuses on the use of engineered drywells

as a deep infiltration method. Drywells have

been studied for decades and have been

found to provide a reliable and

maintainable mechanism for infiltrating

clean stormwater into the vadose zone,

where it can slowly filter down to the aquifer

below. The presentation will cover drywells

in detail, including history, design,

construction, maintenance, study data, and

performance. Torrent Resources has

perfected the engineered drywell over the

past 40+ years, through the installation of

over 75,000 systems, more than 99% of

which are still in use today.”

We are still in need of more projects for the

Centennial Celebration. This can be a great

source of marketing for your company.

These can be any feats of civil engineering

completed within the last 100 years. Please

send any nominations to Jeremy Jensen at

[email protected].

We look forward to seeing you at our

monthly meeting.

N O R T H E R N U T A H B R A N C H U P D A T E B Y J E R E M Y J E N S E N

The ASCE Wasatch Front Branch started off our fall branch meetings on September 18, 2015 at Westech

Engineering. Our speaker was Blaine Leonard, UDOT ITS Program Manager and 2010 ASCE National President. Blaine presented on technology in transportation and enlightened our branch on the future of our roadways and cars. We learned about the two tracks for intelligent vehicles; the first being driverless vehicles, and the other is connected vehicles. Google seems to be leading the charge with driverless vehicles, and is making a lot of progress. Just look on the internet for driverless cars to find endless information on the topic. Many car manufacturers are investing in connected vehicles instead of driverless vehicles. Connected vehicles will be able to communicate with other

connected vehicles to improve safety and reduce congestion. Our branch would like to thank Blaine for sharing his expertise with us.

Our branch held a pizza party/social at the University of Utah on Thursday October 1, 2015. The event was held in the Meldrum Engineering Building Layton Auditorium and was attended by members from our branch, the YMF, and the U of U Student Chapter. Darren Burton made a short presentation on the Parleys Canyon Trail and Sugarhouse Park Detention Pond. Blake Thomas followed Darren with a Presentation on Protecting New Developments near Floodplains and Flood Prone Areas. A special thanks to Dr. Pomeroy, Dr. Schmucker, and the U

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W A S A T C H B R A N C H U P D A T E B Y C R A I G F R I A N T

Jeremy Jensen, P.E.

Craig Friant, P.E.

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History and Heritage Committee Chaiir

Walter Travis

[email protected].

Please submit your nominations by October 10, 2015.

Lastly, you have a chance to help our section win $1,000. The three sections with the highest percentage of renewed members by December 11, 2015, will win a cash prize of $1,000! Get into the renewal race today, pay your society and section dues, and keep our section on pace to win.

As always, we thank you for your membership in ASCE and the contributions you make to our profession.

We had a great turnout at our September luncheon. We thank Dr. Rollin Hotchkiss for hispresentation and appreciate the BYU Civil Engineering Department’s continual commitment to ASCE. Please join us for this month's meeting at Fox Hollow Golf Course in American Fork.

We'll be meeting for lunch and a nice afternoon of golf. The cost is $20 and

includes lunch and 9-holes of golf with a cart. Family and friends are invited. Check your email for more details.

Our friend, Marshall Shore, who has been serving as our branch secretary, has moved to Maryland to enjoy his retirement by being close to family. We appreciate Marshall’s dedication to our branch over the last couple of years. We’d like to welcome Steven Lord, who was appointed to serve as the branch secretary for the remainder of the year. Steven is a project manager for Horrocks Engineers and we appreciate his willingness to serve.

Please mark your calendar for our November 19th meeting. The meeting will be held at Cabela’s and will include a tour of Geneva’s plant at the point of the mountain.

The Utah Section of ASCE is celebrating 100 years in 2016. As part of the celebration, we are creating an eBook highlighting the best engineering projects completed in Utah over the last century. If you or your organization would like to nominate a project, please contact:

C E N T R A L U T A H B R A N C H U P D A T E B Y A L E X V A Z

Alex Vaz, P.E.

W A S A T C H F R O N T B R A N C H ( C O N T I N U E D )

of U Student Chapter for helping us organize this event.

Our October meeting will be held on Friday October 23, 2015 at Westech Engineering. Our speaker will be Ashley MacMillan, P.E. from Geocomp. Her topic will be the “Instrumentation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil – Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS).” This is sure to be a very interesting presentation.

We are looking forward to seeing our members at the October meeting. Our branch is still looking for volunteers to serve on our Community Giving Committee. This is a great opportunity

(Continued from page 5) to network and give back to our communities. Please contact one of the Board members or email us at [email protected] if you are interested in serving on the committee.

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The Southern Utah Branch would like

to thank the Southwest Utah Public

Health Department Environmental

Health Director, Robert Beers, and SCG

Enterprises’ Richard Jex for an

excel lent workshop on Onsite

Wastewater systems design and

operation. The Branch held the

workshop on October 1st and had

twenty of our local consultants and

regulators in attendance.

Onsite wastewater systems is a

challenging topic for developers,

regulators and consultants alike as

more and more resort-style satellite

communities look at addressing

wastewater issues. Maintaining public

health, protecting local groundwater

sources and private property interests

can be a difficult balance at times. We

appreciate the time and detail provided

by each of the presenters and for all

those who were able to attend.

Later this month the Branch will be

sponsoring a membership evening for

members and their families as well as

all those interested in joining

ASCE. We have had several excellent

presentations and workshops over this

past year and we hope that as we

expand our influence our local

engineering community will see the

value of membership in our local ASCE

branch.

Mike Chandler

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Full page: $480/year

Sponsorship rates may be prorated to the next year (or reduced based on the number of months remaining for the

remaining year).

If you are interested, please contact either Cody Palmer ([email protected]) or Stephanee Eastman

([email protected]).

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Y O U N G E R M E M B E R F O R U M U P D A T E B Y T I F F A N Y P O C O C K

The Young Member Forum (YMF) has many festive fall time activities approaching as the weather starts to turn. For all of you who are taking the PE exam in less than a month on October 30th happy studying and best of luck! The YMF sponsored PE Review course is in full swing and participants are getting prepped for the big day.

Everyone needs a little study break now and again , so MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the return of our Fall Chili Cook Off!! On October 16th come and join us at Sugar House Park (See our website or facebook page for further details) for some spirited competition. We would love to have you come down and place your home cooked chili recipe to the test! For the kiddos there will also be a pumpkin painting contest. Come on down for a good time with good friends. See you there!

Highlights this month for our active and energetic members included a fun filled social at Octoberfest in Snowbird. After a rain filled cold week, the clouds parted and a beautiful sunny Saturday was the perfect backdrop to enjoy a cold brew with friends. Many of us also attended the September Wasatch Front Luncheon that had an excellent speaker with good food. It’s always a great way to network and integrate with the branch. Our student chapter outreach is in full force with a pizza party at the U, a late afternoon hike up

would like to become more involved in the YMF, please contact us anytime at [email protected] or check out our new website at h t tp : //asceu tahymf .w i x . com/asceutahymf . You can also keep track of our YMF activities by following our Facebook group “ASCE UTAH YMF”. We have plenty of opportunities for people to help out!

“the living room”, and an upcoming kickball game with BYU. We have several other upcoming events (Socials, Conferences, Community Service, and Outreach) that we want to make you aware of and stay in contact with you on … Check us out on Facebook and our Website. Make sure to “like” us and even email us to get onto our event email list.

If you are a civil engineering graduate under 35 years old and Tiffany Pocock, P.E.

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The fall is off to a great start with two upcoming presentations of interest to geoprofessionals along the Wasatch Front.

EERI and SEAU are hosting a short presentation on the Structural and Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the April 2015 Nepal Earthquake on Thursday, October 15, 2015. The flyer for the event with details has been attached to the Civil Source.

Salt Lake City North and Baileys Lake Quadrangles Mapping on Wednesday October 21, 2015. Please see the attached flyer for details.

Field Review of new geologic mapping on Thursday, October 22, 2015. Please see the attached flyer for details.

The Geo-Institute of Hawaii will be hosting a geotechnical seminar by Dr. Bengt H. Fellenius in November with additional details emerging for a full-day presentation the following day. There are certainly worse places to enjoy a conference in November than Hawaii and the seminar flyer has been attached with contact information for additional details.

We would like to ask our members to let us know topics of interest or upcoming events to share as we plan for the remainder of the year. Thanks again for your support.

U T A H G E O - I N S T I T U T E ( G - I ) C H A P T E R B Y R Y A N C O L E & R Y A N M A W

S T R U C T U R A L E N G I N E E R I N G I N S T I T U T E C H A P T E R B Y C O N R A D G U Y M O N

It's hard to believe that it's already October. The weather is still warm and construction is in full swing. It's hard to keep up with all of the activity. There are a few upcoming items that I would like to make you aware of. The EERI Utah Chapter & Structural Engineers Association of Utah (SEAU) are sponsoring an evening seminar about earthquake reconnaissance in Nepal. Click here for the event flyer (PDF, 207KB)

This seminar will feature the first-hand accounts of two individuals involved with the earthquake reconnaissance in Nepal, with a focus on the structural and geotechnical issues. Speakers will be: Dr. Judith Mitrani-Reiser from Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. Youssef Hashash from the University of Illinois

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015 Time: 5:30 – 6:00 Refreshments,

6:00 – 8:00 Presentations and Questions Location: Warnock Engineering Building (WEB), Room L103 at the University of Utah – 72 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Cost: Free, no registration is required to attend

SEI is also planning to sponsor a webinar to be held at UVU later this year. We have requested ASCE 7-10 Snow Load Provisions. This will be just in time for winter. Hopefully it will be a great snow year and we can observe how closely the provisions match snow accumulation.. Check in the next newsletter for the date and time.

Ryan Cole, PhD, P.E.

Ryan Maw, P.E.

Conrad Guymon, S.E.

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H I S T O R Y & H E R I T A G E C O M M I T T E E B Y W A L T E R T R A V I S

We are still taking nominations for the ASCE Centennial Project and Landmark Individual for ASCE!!

Email [email protected] for more information & nominations!

Our mission statement is:

“To increase public awareness of civil engineering by publicizing l a n d m a r k c i v i l e n g i n e e r i n g p r o j ec t s an d P r e se rv i n g t h e history and order of this section for others to use in the future.”

Utah is pretty awesome and there have been some coco-nuts projects h e r e . T h e A S C E H i s t o r i c C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g L a n d m a r k Program recognizes historically significant local, national, and internat ional c iv i l engineer ing p r o j e c t s , s t r u c t u r e s , a n d sites. We are looking to find another amazing project in Utah that could be recognized by ASCE. Check out http://www.asce.org/landmark-program/ to see other great projects and the criteria.

SOS!!!

We are also looking for past section or branch officers that may have meeting minutes or other m a t e r i a l t o a r c h i v e so that we can have a complete historical record of the decisions of each branch and section for future reference and use. Imagine an ASCE where you could quickly search past meeting minutes, notes and other documents for future decision making!?! Incredible!

Again, contact our Chairman –

W a l t e r C . T r a v i s , I V ([email protected]) if you have anything to archive or offer or even if you think of someone else who does! Thank you!

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A S C E U T A H S E C T I O N C O M M I T T E E & L E A D E R S H I P O P P O R T U N I T I E S B Y S T A N K L E M E N T S O N

The American Society of Civil Engineering serves it members and the community. Serving on a committee is an opportunity that will benefit the section as well as those who serve. Some committees are standing committees filled each year by those elected to positions of leadership (such as the Awards and F inance Committees), but most are appointed and are added as needed. If you would be willing to lend your help by joining a committee or if you would like additional information, please contact S t a n K l e m e t s o n a t [email protected].

Utah Section Committees

History and Heritage Committee – Chair: Walter Travis

Centennial Committee – Chair: Stan Klemetson

N o m i n a t i n g a n d E l e c t i o n Committee – needs a chair and m e m b e r s ; r e q u e s t i n g a representative from each branch

Community Service Committee – needs a chair and members; requesting a representative from each branch

Membership Committee – Chair: Matthew Roblez

State and Government Relations Committee – needs a chair and committee members

Sustainability Committee

There are some additional leadership opportunities as well:

UEC Representative (Utah Section board member; 2 year commitment) – Paul Feser (currently serving year 2)

Student Chapter Practioner Advisor – one or two members appointed by the YMF for each of the university ASCE student chapters (USU, UofU, BYU, SUU)

APWA Specifications Committee

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R E G I O N 8 A S S E M B L Y H I G H L I G H T S B Y S T A N K L E M E T S O N

The 2015 Region 8 Assembly Fall Planning Meeting was

held in Billings, Montana in September. The following are

the highlights of that meeting and how we might apply the

recommendations to the Utah Section.

State and Government Relations

ASCE has provided the Key Contact program to make it

convenient to work with our state and national legislators

and stay on top of legislation that might be of interest to us.

It was recommended that all members of the Utah Section

sign up for that free service.

We are looking at hiring a part-time lobbyist for the section

to help stay on top of the relevant legislation and to provide

contacts with the legislature. In conjunction with that effort,

we are starting to plan for a “Day at the Capitol” in February

2016 to setup meetings with legislators and other

government officials. It will also give us an opportunity to

discuss the 2015 Report Card for Utah’s Infrastructure.

K-12 Outreach

Our youth make decisions about engineering as early as

fourth grade. Kits are available to share the story of

engineering with the younger children. It was recommended

that our members reach out to their local schools and

volunteer to make presentation or judge a science fair.

Please let your Branch know if you have those contacts or

need help to work with the schools.

ASCE has created a Civil Engineering Club program for high

schools. So far, I am only aware of the program at Lone

Peak High School in Utah County. Marshall Shore started

the program at Lone Peak and found that professional

engineers were very willing to come and make

presentations to the students. Ask your school if they are

interested.

Public Outreach

As Civil Engineers I do not think most of us tell the public

about the great things that we have done, or how they will

benefit from the infrastructure we have designed. We

might stand back and let others take credit for what we

have done or see ourselves in the news only if something

goes wrong. It is time to put Civil Engineering on the

positive side of the news. I would like to have my

granddaughter invite me to talk to her second grade class,

introduce me as her grandpa, a civil engineer, and see the

envy in the eyes of her classmates. Of course, that would

also mean that I should prepare something that would

interest them.

To spread the news about civil engineering we could get to

know our local media persons, send those press releases,

and being available to them when they have questions.

Each year we honor people for their contributions to the

profession as a professional engineer or educator. We

select outstanding projects. We have members that

become Life Members or Fellows of ASCE. We give them

an award. We have community service activities or a great

meeting presentation. These could be a great

opportunities for press releases so that the public also

knows about these achievements. We can also publish the

information in our newsletter, Civil Source, and distribute

that newsletter to the media services.

So this year, as you think about those awards, programs

and community service projects also think about what you

want to tell the community.

Communications

The methods of communications are changing. In general,

we have gotten away from mailed or faxed newsletters and

send things electronically. Our newsletter has adjusted to

the changes and the opportunities for greater

communications. We have a rather static webpage that

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has served us well, but at the Assembly, we saw a

demonstration and discussed web pages that provide far

more services, including shared calendars for all of our

branches, institutes, YMF, and student chapters. During the

2015-2016 year, we will be considering the purchase and

modification of a new Web page to be serviced by a paid

webmaster. We have branches considering video recording

of technical presentations and making them available

through the web page to service our members that can’t

spend the day coming to a remote luncheon meeting. Some

members within Region 8 have been using social media

sites.

Communications methods will continue to change and we

will need to decide what works best for us.

Membership

Why did you become a member? Why don’t all of our civil

engineering graduates? While I have been a member of

ASCE since my college days because I am a civil engineer,

much of my effort was spent with what was then known as

the Water Pollution Control Federation. I have worked locally

and nationally with several of my professional organizations,

but ASCE has always been my mainstay.

It was recommended that each organization in the Section

should have a membership committee. It can draw broadly

on the membership of the organization because

membership is part of what each of do every day. However,

the following are few of the thought that we gathered at the

meeting.

Elevator speeches on membership – have several

pitches and focus them to the audience.

Increase student to member transition – YMF

Have membership fliers and cards at each meeting

Look at value such as the 5 free webinars,

discounted insurance etc.

Go to PE tests and offer a snack sponsored by the

YMF or something of the sort

At an event someone pays and is not a member,

hand them a membership application or flier.

Get owners of companies at branch meetings.

Have them as presenters.

Good luck in your efforts. Your efforts will benefit all of

those that identify themselves as a Civil Engineer.

Raise the Bar

Are we “Raising the Bar” or just “Restoring the Bar” when

we talk about this ASCE Initiative? The more mature civil

engineers obtained their degrees when a Bachelor’s

Degree in Civil Engineering was 140 to 150 credit hours.

Over time, the universities and colleges were forced to

reduce the credit hours towards 120 credit hours. What

has been lost? The Technical Electives! What has

happened during those years of declining credit hours?

Technological changes and increasing complexity of

engineering design! This has forced most students to

consider obtaining a Master’s Degree in their area of

specialization. The overall result is a narrowing of the

expertise of what we use to know as Civil Engineering.

As a profession, we should be concerned. We are

organizing a committee to evaluate the ASCE Raise the

Bar Initiative and to determine if it is time in the State of

Utah to update the Professional Registration requirements

for Civil Engineers of the future to obtain the additional 30

hours of training before registration as our professional

brothers and sisters have done in the other professions.

To volunteer for the Raise The Bar Committee or add your

comments, pro or con, to the discussion please contact

me.

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Structural Design Engineer (mid -level with license –

Engneer III) Bowen Collins & Associates is looking for a

Structural Engineer to design and detail a variety of

structures in a multi-discipline civil engineering envi-

ronment. The majority of these projects will be associ-

ated with water and wastewater infrastructure and

require the application of general engineering princi-

ples to highly indeterminate structures. Projects also

include some bridge applications for standard AASHTO

vehicles and special equipment. Common materials

consist of steel, concrete, masonry, and timber. Most

assignments will require a working knowledge of IBC,

ACI, ASCE 7, and AASHTO design codes as applicable

to potable water and wastewater treatment and stor-

age, storm water facilities, large equipment founda-

tions, industrial and maintenance buildings, and office

facilities. Familiarity with design in high-seismic condi-

tions is essential.

Must be familiar with software currently being used in

this effort, which includes Excel, Staad Pro, RAM, Ener-

calc, AutoCAD, and LEAP applications. Position re-

quires excellent written and verbal communication

skills and the ability to explain and coordinate structur-

al requirements with non-structural members of a pro-

ject team, including drafting personnel. Candidate

must be able to work independently with a minimum

of supervision on normal project assignments. Re-

quires a 4-year degree in Civil or Structural engineer-

ing, minimum of 5 years of progressive experience,

and a PE license in Utah or the ability to obtain such

within six months of hire. Licensure as an SE (16 hr

NCEES Exam) is strongly preferred. Please send re-

sume to [email protected].

J O B P O S T I N G S / J O B - W A N T E D

If your company is looking to list a civil engineering related job

opportunity or if you are looking for a civil engineering related

job, let us know! Job postings and job wanted ads will be listed

in the Civil Source for FREE! Just send us a brief explanation/

contact info of the opportunity available or a resume/job-

wanted description and we will be happy to include it in the next

issue of the Civil Source.

Please submit listings by the first Friday of each month in order

to be included in that month’s Civil Source.

Contact: Cody Palmer ([email protected]) or Stephanee

Eastman ([email protected]).

The Civil Source is published at the beginning of each month. If you have something you would like to have published, please contact :

Stephanee Eastman, P.E. ASCE Civil Source Editor [email protected]

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Bowen, Collins & Associates, Inc. is seeking a Mid-Level

Wastewater/Water Engineer with a minimum of 5 years

of experience in project management, planning, design-

ing, bidding, construction, and operation of wastewater

treatment facilities to join our Draper office.

The successful candidate for the Wastewater Engineer

position should have the following requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Environ-

mental Engineering.

Knowledge of the wastewater industry and technol-

ogy trends, including all aspects of wastewater sys-

tems from studies through construction.

Understanding of Hydrology and treatment plant

processes.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

and be capable of working efficiently with clients,

contractors, regulatory agencies, and internal staff.

A current Utah PE License or the ability to obtain

one within 6 months.

Please send resume to [email protected]

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Be first.

To pay for your office, agency, or company with a single invoice/payment, contact [email protected].

Be first.The 2016 ASCE Section Renewal Race

The three Sections with the highest percentage of renewed members by December 11, 2015, will win a cash prize of $1,000!

Get into the Renewal Race today, pay your Society and Section dues, and keep our Section on pace to win $1,000. Your renewal supports valuable local programs and is always appreciated!

Renew your ASCE membership by December 11, 2015 – and encourage fellow Section members to do the same!

Go to www.asce.org/finishline.For contest rules, go to www.asce.org/finishline/rules.

Fast Track Our Section to Win $1,000!

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led by

Adam P. McKean and W. Adolph Yonkee

A STATEMAP project supported by the Utah Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey

Thursday, October 22, 2015

.Trip Highlights

• Geologic hazards, including, surface fault rupture, lateral spread/fault grabens, landslides, flooding, and debris flows (including the August 13, 1923 Willard flood)

• Perry Canyon to visit and discuss Neoproterozoic rocks • Pearsons Canyon to visit and discuss Paleoproterozoic Farmington Canyon Complex,

Wasatch fault zone, and alluvial fans • Review Paleozoic and Proterozoic bedrock • Willard thrust fault • Lake Bonneville features • Usefulness of new LiDAR for geologic mapping

The purpose of the review is to give the public and local government officials an opportunity to learn about new geologic research in their district, and to give geologists and others an opportunity to critique the maps before they are published. Information

• Assemble Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 8:30 am at the Willard City Hall parking lot, 80 W. 50 S. Willard, UT 84340

• Anyone is invited – please circulate this notice among your colleagues • There is no charge, but for planning purposes, we ask that you RSVP with the Utah

Geological Survey (http://willardfieldreview.eventbrite.com) • A few short but strenuous hikes are planned • A high-clearance vehicle is required; we may have a few spaces in UGS vehicles within the

field area (not to or from Salt Lake City) • Please bring a sack lunch, water, boots, hat, coat, and field clothes • If severe weather threatens, please call the UGS office (801-537-3300) on day before to see if

canceled • Participants will be asked to consolidate vehicles – please pack your essentials so you can

jump in with someone else Questions? Contact Adam McKean (801-537-3386, [email protected])

Field Review of New Geologic Mapping

Willard Quadrangle, Utah

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Mapped by

Adam P. McKean and Michael D. Hylland

Utah Geological Survey

A STATEMAP project supported by the Utah Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 .Trip Highlights

• New mapping of Great Salt Lake and ancient Jordan River deposits and features • Visit and discuss the 2010 UGS Baileys Lake trench site on the Granger fault • Geologic hazards, including the Springhill, Parkway Drive, and City Creek landslides • Visit the exposed surface of the Warm Springs fault, discuss the location of the fault through

downtown Salt Lake City, and ongoing research • Review the Paleozoic and Tertiary bedrock of the Salt Lake salient • Usefulness of LiDAR and structure from motion software for urban geologic mapping and

geologic hazard analysis The purpose of the review is to give the public and local government officials an opportunity to learn about new geologic research in their district, and to give geologists and others an opportunity to critique the maps before they are published. Information

• Assemble Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 7:30 am at the Utah Department of Natural Resources parking lot, 1594 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100

• Anyone is invited – please circulate this notice among your colleagues • There is no charge, but for planning purposes, we ask that you RSVP with the Utah

Geological Survey (http://slvfieldreview.eventbrite.com) • Space is limited to 50 attendees, trip maybe repeated if first day fills up • Early morning stops will be west of the Salt Lake City International Airport; late-morning

stops will focus on the North Salt Lake City area; afternoon stops will focus on the downtown Salt Lake City area

• A few short hikes are planned • A high-clearance vehicle is suggested; we may have a few spaces in UGS vehicles • Please bring a sack lunch, water, boots, hat, coat, and field clothes • If severe weather threatens, please call the UGS office (801-537-3300) on day before to see if

canceled • Participants will be asked to consolidate vehicles – please pack your essentials so you can

jump in with someone else Questions? Contact Adam McKean (801-537-3386, [email protected])

Field Review of New Geologic Mapping

Salt Lake City North and Baileys Lake Quadrangles, Utah

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April 2015 Nepal Earthquake Structural and Geotechnical Reconnaissance

Date and Location

Thursday, October 15, 2015 Warnock Engineering Building (WEB), Room L103 at the University of Utah

72 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

5:30 – 6:00 Refreshments and Socializing 6:00 – 8:00 Presentations and Questions

The seminar is free

No registration is required to attend This seminar will feature the first-hand accounts of two individuals involved with the earthquake reconnaissance in Nepal, with a focus on the related structural and geotechnical issues. It will address the resiliency of healthcare and other facilities along with the geotechnical, geoseismic, and soils issues related to this event. Invited Instructors: Judith Mitrani-Reiser, PhD. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Johns

Hopkins University. Youssef Hashash, PhD. Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

University of Illinois Dr. Mitrani-Reiser's research is focused on the performance assessment of critical

infrastructure, the safety and economic impact of hazards on the built environment, the effective communication of these risks to the public, informed decision making for use in emergency management and policy making, and the interaction of humans with the built environment.

Dr. Hashash’s research focus includes deep excavations in urban areas, earthquake engineering, continuum and discrete element modeling and soil-structure interaction. He also works on geotechnical engineering applications of visualization, augmented reality, imaging and drone technologies. He has published over 80 journal articles and is co-inventor on four patents. His research group developed the software program DEEPSOIL that is used worldwide for evaluation of soil response to earthquake shaking.

Websites: http://utah.eeri.org www.seau.org

Contact: Brent Maxfield [email protected]

Who Should Attend? • Structural Engineers • Geotechnical Engineers • Geologists • Emergency Managers • Others interested in lessons

learned from earthquakes and how they relate to Utah

Focus Topics: • Structural Engineering • Geotechnical Engineering • Lessons Learned • Resiliency

EERI/Suraj Shrestha

Judith Mitrani-Reiser

Youssef Hashash

EERI Utah Chapter and SEAU Joint Fall Meeting – Nepal Earthquake

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Hawaii Section PO Box 917 Honolulu, HI 96808-0917

ASCE Geo-Institute Hawaii Section Chapter Half-Day Geotechnical Seminar

By: Dr. Bengt H. Fellenius

The Geo-Institute Hawaii Chapter of ASCE is pleased to announce an upcoming half-day seminar by Dr. Bengt H. Fellenius.

Speaker: Dr. Fellenius, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa from 1979 through 1998, is an internationally recognized authority in the field of soil mechanics and foundation engineering, and, in particular, in deep foundations. He has gained a wealth of practical experience during more than 50 years of work at home and overseas through a variety of assignments that encompass foundation, embankment, and soil improvement design for water and sewage treatment plants, industrial plants, as well as bridges, highway, and airport projects, and marine structures and urban area development projects; some of which he has written up in 300+ technical journal and conference papers, articles, books, and book chapters. Session I: Basic principles of pile analysis of load transfer and deformation, movement, and settlement. Session II: Pile group behavior and analysis including downdrag. Session III:. Requirements in various codes and standards for design of shallow and deep foundations. Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Location: Pagoda Floating Restaurant 1525 Rycroft Street Honolulu, HI 96814

Schedule: 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee Time . 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Session I . 9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Break 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Session II . 10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Session III 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch

Menu: Multi-entrée lunch buffet included

Cost: $40.00 for students (limited number of seats, must call or email Dayna to confirm availability before sending RSVP) $80.00 for ASCE/Geo-Institute Hawaii Section Members $100.00 for Non-ASCE/Geo-Institute Hawaii Section Members

**No-shows will be billed** November 18, 2015 Half-Day Geo-Institute Geotechnical Seminar Reservation Form (please mail by 10/30/2015) Company: Total Enclosed: $ Name Section Member? Name Section Member? Yes/No Yes/No

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RSVP by: October 30, 2015 Send check payable to “ASCE Hawaii Section” c/o Dayna Nemoto Pacific Geotechnical Engineers, Inc. 94-417 Akoki Street Waipahu, Hawaii 96797 You may also phone or e-mail your RSVP to Dayna: Phone: (808) 678-8024 Ext.808 Email: [email protected]

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ASCE Utah Section Contacts 2015‐2016Date of Elections: May 1, 2015

Date Officers are Installed: May 15, 2015

Utah Section

Name Office Phone No. 1 Phone No. 2 Email Mailing Address

* Stanley Klemetson President (801) 368‐6476 (801) 863‐8165 [email protected] 475 E 1960 S, Orem, UT  84058

* Matthew Roblez President‐Elect (801) 255‐7700, ext 128 [email protected] 8610 S Sandy Parkway, Suite 200, Sandy, UT 84070

* Cody Palmer Secretary/Treasurer (435) 227‐2218 (208) 252‐1950 [email protected] 140 E. 2200 N., Office 1, Logan, UT 84341

* Bob Lamoreaux Past‐President (435) 817‐5371 [email protected] 2301 Julie Drive, Santa Clara, UT 84765

* Paul Feser UEC Representative (801) 891‐9376 [email protected] 1001 Arbor Way, Layton, UT 84041

Northern Utah Branch

* Jeremy Jensen, P.E. President (801) 718‐6518 (208) 852‐0405 [email protected] 135 Ranch Loop Road, Preston, ID 83263 

John Powell President‐Elect (435) 713‐9514 [email protected] 1047 S 100 W, Suite 180, Logan, UT 84321

Justin Maughan, P.E. Secretary/Treasurer (435) 770‐0727 (435) 716‐9165 [email protected] 455 West 3200 South, Nibley, UT 84321

Steven Earl, P.E., P.L.S. Past‐President (435) 713‐0099 (435) 787‐1199 [email protected] 1011 W 400 N Ste. 130, Logan, UT 84321

Wasatch Front Branch

* Craig Friant, P.E. President (801) 886‐9052 (801) 319‐8267 [email protected] 2875 South Decker Lake Drive, Suite 575, SLC, UT 84119

Jeff McBride, P.E. President‐Elect (801) 352‐5980 (801) 214‐4967 [email protected] 6955 Union Park Center, Suite 370, Midvale, UT 84047

Darren Burton Secretary/Treasurer (801) 597‐9810 [email protected]

Blake J. Thomas, P.E. Past‐President (801) 446‐5323 [email protected] 4117 Juniper Hills Drive, South Jordan, UT 84095

Central Utah Branch

* Alex Vaz, P.E. President (801) 756‐0309 [email protected] 3525 W Oak Crest Dr., Lehi, UT 84043

Degen Lewis President‐Elect (801) 796‐8985 [email protected] 640 S Luck Drive, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062

Marshall Shore Secretary/Treasurer (385) 439‐6568 [email protected] 10622 Bermuda, Cedar Hills, UT  84062

Alan Taylor, P.E. Past‐President (801) 766‐3246 [email protected] 2650 North 180 East, Lehi, Utah  84043

Southern Utah Branch

* Mike Chandler President (435) 635‐2348 (435) 668‐8525 [email protected] 1350 South Sand Hollow Rd, Hurrican, UT 84737

Jared Madsen President‐Elect (434) 628‐6500 [email protected] 43 S 100 E, Unit 100, St. George, UT 84770

James Thompson Secretary/Treasurer (435) 673‐8586 (435) 673‐8397 [email protected] 352 E Riverside Dr. Suite A‐2, St. George, UT 84790

Anthony Schmid, S.E. Past‐President (435) 632‐7660 (435) 656‐2064 [email protected] 321 North Mall Drive, Suite J101, St. George, UT 84790

Younger Member Forum

* Tiffany Pocock, PE President (702) 869‐4477 [email protected] 488 E Winchester Street, Ste 400, Murray, UT 84107

Michelle Howes President‐Elect (216) 644‐7754 [email protected] 2809 W North Plain City Rd., Plain City, UT 84404

Alex Drake Secretary (801) 274‐0144 [email protected] 2681 S 1900 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84106

Imanuel Aswandi, PE PTOE Treasurer (801) 886‐9052 (801) 809‐0852 [email protected] 2875 S Decker Lake Dr, Ste 575, SLC, UT 84119

Clark Anderson, EIT Past‐President (801) 561‐1555 (713) 679‐9136 [email protected] 7324 S Union Park Ave, Ste 100, Midvale, UT 84047

Geo‐Institute (GI) Chapter 

* Ryan Cole, Ph.D., P.E. Chair (801) 930‐9262  (801) 849‐0055 [email protected]

Ryan Maw, P.E. Vice Chair (435) 232‐4984 (801) 904‐4000 [email protected] 756 E Winchester St, Ste 400, SLC, UT 84107

Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Chapter 

* Conrad Guymon, S.E. Chair (801) 222‐0922 ext 128 [email protected] 1295 N State Street, Orem, UT 84057

Newsletter Editor

Stephanee Eastman Editor (801) 763‐5195 [email protected] 2162 W. Grove Parkway #400, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062

* Board of Directors Last Updated: October 2, 2015

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1Wasatch Front Branch U of U Pizza Social

2 3

4 5 6YMF PE Review Course

7 8YMF PE Review Course

9 10

11 12

Columbus Day

13YMF PE Review Course

14 15Northern Utah Branch MeetingYMF PE Review Course

16YMF Bar‐B‐Que

17

18 19 20 21 22Utah Section Board Meeting

23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

PE Exam

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October 2015

APWA Fall Conference and Storm Water Expo

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