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President’s Message By: Bob LoRusso, President
I can’t believe it is almost Halloween!
I guess it’s time for me to get out that
Freddie Krueger mask again that I
have had since 1987. I always enjoy
this time of year because all of the
sudden, it gets cold and I get to
collect more candy from my 6 ¾ year
old son (he made me say that). I have so much left over
from last year that it will be sitting on my porch this year!
I wanted to thank everyone for coming out last month to
our first dinner meeting of the term. We had a great turn
out and our speaker, Jeff Morales with Parsons
Brinckerhoff, started the year off with a bang! He
discussed the Federal stimulus package and what it
suggests about new priorities and policies. After some
discussion, it was clear from many of our members
(Continued on page 5)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Meetings are at the Sacramento Hilton unless otherwise noted.
5:00pm - 6:00pm Board Meeting
6:00pm - 6:30pm Networking /
6:30pm General Membership Dinner Meeting / Cost: $35
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Board and General Membership Dinner Meeting
Guest Speaker : Bob Coupe, Senior Project Manager
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, C.C. Myers, Inc.
Topic: Bay Bridge Closure –Labor Day Weekend
2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Board and General Membership Dinner Meeting
Guest Speaker: Kent Craney, Sacramento County
Office for McClellan Conversion.
Guest Speaker: Alan Hersh, McClellan Park LLC.
Topic: Infrastructure Redevelopment at McClellan
Business Park
No Board and General Meeting in December
Friday, January 8, 2010
Joint ACEC/APWA Lunch Meeting
Lions Gate Hotel
(Register on APWA Website:
www.Sacramento.APWA.Net)
January 17 - 21, 2010
2010 Engineering Excellence, Legislative Visit Day
& Annual Conference - Wrapped-Up in One!
Location: Hyatt Regency Sacramento.
Details coming soon!
October 2009
In This Issue
Bay Bridge Closure-Labor Day Weekend 2009—- October Meeting Topic
2
2009 ASCE Awards 2
Proposed By-Laws Amendment 3
Drake Haglan and Associates—Company Profile 4
Stimulus and Beyond—September Meeting Recap
5
President’s Message Cont. 5
Board of Directors 6
Page No. 2 ACEC California/Sierra Chapter Newsletter - October 2009
Bay Bridge Closure –Labor Day Weekend 2009 — October Meeting Speaker and Topic Submitted by: Eli Aramouni, Chapter Director
ACEC California President Tom Blackburn with Blackburn Con-
sulting and ACEC California Secretary-Treasurer Eddie Kho with
Morton & Pitalo, Inc. were among those honored at the Ameri-
can Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Sacramento Section’s
Annual Officer Installation and Awards Dinner at the Citizens
Hotel Ballroom on September 17. Tom Blackburn was the re-
cipient of “Francis N. Hveem Geotechnical Award” while Eddie
Kho received the “Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Private Sec-
tor” Award.
2009 ASCE Honorees Submitted by: Eddie Kho, ACEC-CA Secretary-Treasurer
1987. He graduated from Oregon State University’s Con-
struction Engineering Management program in 1984. Bob
lives in Wilton California where he and his family enjoy a
country lifestyle.
The Temporary Bypass Structure project located on
Yerba Buena Island creates a detour in the San Fran-
cisco Oakland Bay Bridge to clear the area where the
new eastern span will connect to the tunnel on the island.
In order to place traffic on the detour, a full closure of the
bridge was required so that a complete span of the bridge
could be removed and replaced with a new span connect-
ing the detour to the existing bridge. This removal and
replacement of the spans creating the connection to the
detour was successfully completed over Labor Day
Weekend 2009.
Our speaker for the October meeting will be Bob Coupe,
Senior Project Manager on the San Francisco Oakland
Bay Bridge project at Yerba Buena Island. He has been
in charge of the project since it’s inception in December
of 2003 and has been with C. C. Myers, Inc. since April of
Just for FUN...Just for FUN...Just for FUN...Just for FUN...
Starting in October, we are going to be adding a RAFFLE to our list of events! Bring your business card and drop it
into the basket at the registration table and you could be one of our lucky winners! Raffle items will vary from month to
month. You must be present to win.
In an effort to encourage increased participation
of member firms’ employees, the ACEC CA
Board of Directors voted to approve an
amendment to the state organization’s bylaws.
Discussion and voting on the proposed
amendment will take place at the Sierra Chapter
October meeting 21 OCT ‘09. Approval by 60
percent of the chapters statewide (14 or more
chapters) by 24 JAN ’10 is required for the bylaw
amendment.
Proposed Amendments to Article IV:
Article IV. Membership.
C. Member Firm.
2. Voting…
b. Designated Voter. Each Member Firm
shall designate one Individual Member
who is a resident principal in the
Member Firm to cast the Member Firm’s
vote on Chapter matters and corporate
matters.
D. Other Members. Except when serving as a
Designated Voter or as a Director, Other
Members shall not vote but may serve on
committees or as a chair of a committee.
There are seven six types of Other Members:
1. Individual Member. An Individual Member
of a Chapter shall be a resident principal in
a Member Firm who is a Registered
Professional Engineer, Licensed
Professional Land Surveyor or Registered
Geologist in the State of California. A
resident principal in a Member Firm shall
be a proprietor, partner, owner/
shareholder, officer or management
employee of that Member Firm. Only an
Individual Member may serve as a Director or
Officer of ACEC California. a management
designated employee of a Member Firm.
2. Associate Member. An “Associate Member” of
a Chapter shall be a person who is an
employee of a Member Firm who does not
qualify as an Individual Member.
[No change in the rest of “D. Other Members.”
except to renumber the remaining sub items.]
(2) Proposed Amendments to Article VII:
Article VII. Board of Directors
A. Designation, Number and Qualification of
Directors.
b. At least fifty per cent of a Chapter’s
Directors shall hold either a Professional
Engineer’s registration or a Professional
Land Surveyor’s license or a Geologist’s
registration in the state of California.
…. [No change to the rest of Article Vii.]
Proposed By-Laws Amendment Submitted by: Christopher Curtis, State Director
Page No. 3 ACEC California/Sierra Chapter Newsletter - October 2009
Drake Haglan & Associates, Inc. (DHA) is a transportation
engineering services firm that specializes in local agency
federal-aid transportation projects, with a focus on bridge,
highway and roadway engineering. DHA provides project
initiation assistance, project development services such as
bridge and roadway design, bridge maintenance inspection
and design, and construction engineering services. DHA
specializes in projects that are funded through the federal
Highway Bridge Program and other federal, state and local
transportation funding programs. The company Principals,
Craig Drake, Dennis Haglan, Kevin Ross, Howard Michael,
and Eli Aramouni have over 100 years combined
experience designing and managing transportation; bridge,
highway and roadway projects in California.
DHA is an emerging small business enterprise (E/SBE)
formed in 2007 to provide transportation and bridge/
highway consulting services to local agency clients. The
company is founded on the principle that project success is
determined by client satisfaction with a quality
product. This is achieved through strong Project
Management and Project Delivery services provided by
each Principal of the firm.
Key Services:
• Planning Studies and Planning Services
• Program Management/Federally Funded Project
Assistance
• Highway & Roadway Design Services
• Bridge Design & Related Services.
Contact: Eli Aramouni, PE, Principal
916.363-4210
Page No. 4 ACEC California/Sierra Chapter Newsletter - October 2009
An ACEC-CA Company Profile
GET NOTICED IN THE SIERRA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER!
Would you like to see YOUR FIRM listed on this page? ACEC-CA/Sierra
Chapter firms in good standing are invited to submit a company profile for
inclusion in this newsletter. Firms that have not been featured in the
last two years are invited to participate again.
Contact Marco Palilla for submission details.
Point of Contact:
Marco Palilla
HDR Engineering, Inc.
(916) 817-4878
(916) 817-4747 (fx)
11th Street East Tracy Bridge, City of Tracy, CA.
5th Street Bridge & Approaches, Yuba City, CA
Redemeyer Road Extension, Mendocino County, CA
Page No. 5 ACEC California/Sierra Chapter Newsletter - October 2009
For our first dinner meeting of the
new ACEC year we had the pleas-
ure of having Jeff Morales with
Parsons Brinckerhoff speak to our
members about the Federal stimulus and what it sug-
gests about new priorities and policies. Jeff discussed
how transportation issues became a political topic in
Washington during the development of the Federal
stimulas package legislation. Although many of us
would have hoped more money would have been dedi-
cated to transportation and transit projects, Jeff dis-
cussed the balance between spending too much
money or too little and their consequences in the political
arena. This topic generated some healthy discussion
about what positive impact if any the Federal stimulus has
had on the private sector companies. We discussed how
ACEC could more influential in the political arena and get
the attention of Washington that the private sector is not
yet feeling the effects of the Federal stimulus. Thanks
again to Jeff for speaking and it was a great way to start
off the year.
Stimulus and Beyond -- What the Obama Administration May Mean for Infra-
structure—September Meeting Recap Submitted by: Bob LoRusso, Chapter President
President’s Message (continued)
comments that to this point the Federal stimulus has
not had much of an effect on the private sector. So
how do you survive the worst recession since the
1930’s? One way is to get out there and stay engaged
by attending our dinner meetings. This is a great way
to network with others member firms and find
opportunities. Who knows, you may find teaming
partners and develop relationships that could yield
opportunities down the road. So I hope to see you this
month and it is time to do some networking!
Lastly, I ask all members to read the announcement in
this newsletter (Page 3) regarding the proposed
bylaws amendment. Last month the board voted
unanimously to approve the amendment and we will be
holding the Sierra Chapter vote this month. Every
member firm has a vote and I encourage you to attend
(Continued from page 1) and cast your vote. We will hold the vote at the beginning
of the meeting and will allow time for questions and
discussion. As always, if anyone has questions about the
organization, ideas on speaker topics or have issues that
you want ACEC – CA to look into, please don’t hesitate to
email or call any one of the chapter board or state board
members (contact information is on the last page of this
newsletter).
Cheers!
Debbie LoCicero
Recording Secretary
916-203-2474
Lisa Thut, CPSM
Newsletter Editor
916.773.2600, x114
Page No. 6 ACEC California/Sierra Chapter Newsletter - October 2009
Officers
Bob LoRusso, President (Salaber Associates, Inc.) 707.693.8800 [email protected]
Marco Palilla, Vice President (HDR Engineering, Inc) 916.817.4878 [email protected]
Ed Henderson, Secty/Treasurer (TLA Engineering & Planning) 916.786.0685 [email protected]
Directors
Steve Greenfield (Cunningham Engineering) 530.758.2026 [email protected]
Zia Islam
(Kleinfelder, Inc.) 916.366.2377 [email protected]
Jerry Jones (Nolte Associates, Inc.) 916.641.9100 [email protected]
Eli Aramouni (Drake Haglan & Associates) 916.363.4210 [email protected]
Kelly Birkes
(Rick Engineering ) 916) 638-8200 [email protected]
Greg Bardini
Morton & Pitalo 916.927.2400 [email protected]
State Directors
Christopher Curtis (2012) (CBC Surveys) 916.921.9033 [email protected]
Paul Enneking (2010) (Psomas) 916.788.8122 [email protected]
Bob LoRusso (2013) (Salaber Associates, Inc.) 707.693.8800 [email protected]
Jeff Patton (2011)
(Blackburn Consulting) 530.887.1494 [email protected]
2009/10 Board of Directors
