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letter from the presidenthello, everyone. Just a brief roundup on what’s going on with the fort Worth Branch.
We had a blast of a meeting in december! ninety four people attended the gathering at Joe t. Garcia’s (to enjoy some fajitas) and we saw a wonderful presentation put
on by John fripp, who spoke on the engineers Without Borders, Cabezas, Bolivia project. it was interesting to see great minds figuring out how to make things work in another country.
2008 has now begun, and things are kicking off well. At our January meeting, we listened to a great presentation from henry durrwachter on wind energy in texas. We all learned how big those windmills really are and where they are actually going out West. looks like a lot of great future opportunities for the energy industry in texas. for the february 19th meeting, Woody frossard of the trinity river Vision Authority will be our presenter, giving us an update on the trinity Uptown project.
the 2008 AsCe regions 3, 6 & 7 Workshop for section and Branch leaders was held on January 25-26, 2008 at the Austin marriott north in round rock, texas. scott Berman attended for the Branch. travis Attanasio
also attended the regions 3, 6, & 7 Younger members leadership Conference in round rock during this same time.
And speaking of travis Attanasio, he was recently announced as the fort Worth Branch Young engineer of the Year. travis has done an excellent job serving the Branch as our hospitality Chair and currently as our membership Chair. he also helped out tremendously at the texas section meeting last fall in fort Worth, being involved with a number of activities. on february 23rd, as part of e-Week, travis will be receiving his Young engineer of the Year award at the tspe Banquet at the petroleum Club in downtown fort Worth. please feel free to join us in honoring travis’ achievement!
finally, here are some tidbits on what is coming to the Branch…we are investigating the possibility of upgrading our Branch web-site…we are working on cooperating with the texas section to mentor another Branch in texas…and for our meetings, we are looking at some different meeting venues in march and April (like heading back to Joe t.’s!). thanks to everyone who is continuing to AdVAnCe the BrAnCh!
Stephen B. Crawford, PEBranch President
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Younger member Announcements
tarrant County Area food Bank volunteers from the Younger member Group spent time packing boxes of food on tuesday, dec. 4. the food Bank provides more than 16 million pounds of food each year to over 250,000 people living below the poverty level in the tarrant County area. their group worked in the Quality Control area inspecting food for damage and packing boxes to feed a family for about a week. it is estimated that they packed approximately 100 boxes of food to help needy families.
Bureau of engraving and printing tour - FREEWestern Currency facility9000 Blue mound rd.fort Worth, tX 76131Friday, February 15, 2008, 11:30 am
Bowling nightmain event4801 Citylake Blvd. fort Worth, tX 76132Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 6 pm to whenever
AsCe fort Worth Branch treasurer’s report february 2008
the fort Worth Branch of AsCe made its final disbursement to the texas section AsCe for the fall 2007 meeting. the final disbursement was $30,723. the remaining proceeds to the fort Worth Branch are $12,434.
other notable expenses in the past few months are a $500 deposit to the Bear Creek Golf Club for the upcoming golf tournament and a contribution of $600 to the UtA AsCe student Chapter for their support.
Currently we have slightly over $35,000 in our checking account.
the Board is appreciative of all the hard work of the many members who made the fall 2007 a success and are looking at options to use the proceeds to help Advance the Branch!
AsCe spring 2008 Continuing education seminars
february 21-22, 2008Wetlands & 404 permitting (environmental)san Antonio, tX
march 6-7, 2008post tensioning Construction & design (structural)houston, tX
march 27-28, 2008probabilistic design (structural/environmental)san Antonio, tX
these in-depth, practice-oriented programs are produced by AsCe’s Continuing education department.detailed descriptions of the seminars (by title) are available on AsCe’s website at www.asce.org/conted/seminars.
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact Kelly Jarvis, Continuing Education Registrar at [email protected], or [email protected].
AsCe fort Worth Branch secretary’s report february 2008 Scott Berman, Fort Worth Branch Secretary, M. ASCE
recent meetings have provided for exceptional speakers:
November 19, 2007Jared hazleton / rhCC“statewide and national economic & demographic trends and how it Affects the Careers of engineers ”Attendees: 41
December 17, 2007John fripp / Joe t. Garcia’s“engineers Without Borders Cabezas, Bolivia project”Attendees: 94
January 15, 2008harold durrwatcher / rhCC“the future of Wind and other renewable resources in texas”Attendees: 56
Stephen Crawford and Mark Perkins with guest speaker, John Fripp (Engineers Without Borders)
at the December, 2007 Branch meeting.
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February 19. 2008 - 11:45am, Richland Hills Church of Christ, Woody frossard, environmental director, trinity river Vision Authoritytopic: Update on fort Worth’s trinity river Vision project
March 17, 2008 - 12:00pm, TxDOT Training Center, Fort Worthmohammad Al hweil, txdottopic: Comprehensive development Agreements and their application on key tarrant County projects
April 21, 2008 - 11:45am, Joe T. Garcia’s Restaurant, Fort Worthdale fisseler, pe, fort Worth City manager
Please note that the March and April meetings will be held in “alternate” locations, seating is limited, so RSVPs will be required. Watch your e-mail for details. We are expecting big crowds for all of these meetings!
Upcoming Events
for Fort Worth
Branch ASCE
texas section spring 2008 meeting
Corpus Christi - April 23-26, 2008omni Corpus Christi Bayfront "Crossing the Bridges of tomorrow"
Come celebrate where the texas section-AsCe started 95 years ago and enjoy the sights of the Sparkling City by the Sea.
Annual dallas / ft. Worth scholarship Golf tournament
Bear Creek Golf Club (DFW Airport)friday, April 11, 20082pm - shotgun start
Questions? Contact J.t. Auldridge [email protected]
Watch for further announcements!
ENGINEER’s WEEk february 17-23, 2008
“Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” - february 21st
Visit www.eweek.org for activities and announcements
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personAl interest neWs ABoUt AsCe oUr memBers!the fort Worth Branch AsCe thought it would be fun to start a column on news of personal interest about our members. this will be a regular column in each issue to keep you all updated on the “life news and announcements” of our members! please send any announcements to mark perkins, newsletter editor, at [email protected].
CoNgrAtulAtioNS to our NEWESt ProFESSioNAl ENgiNEErS!
Lauren Kubes• of Brown & Gay engineers in fort Worth is now a texas licensed professional engineer.
Kamaron Erbatur • of Jacobs Carter Burgess is now a texas licensed professional engineer.
Josh Logan, James Gaertner• and David Burkett of halff Associates have recently become texas licensed professional engineers.Jose Orozco• of freese & nichols has become a texas licensed professional engineer.
Also, CoNgrAtulAtioNS to the following members on their latest professional accomplishments!
Scott Berman• has joined freese & nichols’ stormwater group as a project manager.Jennifer Butcher• accepted a new position with savant Group to help build their traffic operations division. savant Group is a texas woman-owned business with expertise in traffic impact analyses, traffic signal design, traffic signal timing, route planning studies, and many other traffic engineering and transportation planningprojects. Jeff Puskos, P.E.,• was named an Associate of schrickel rollins Associates.Frank Snell, EIT,• just returned to srA after serving a year in iraq with the U.s. navy. Sherri L. Van Der Wege• has joined perkins engineering Consultants, inc. sherri has previously been responsible for water and wastewater projects in illinois and in south Africa. Chris Jones• and Larry Eckersley of freese & nichols passed their CCm exams and are now Certified Construction managers.Son Ngo, P.E.• of schrickel rollins Associates recently passed the structural exam.
W E l C o M E B A B Y !
Wier & Associates, Inc., is pleased to announce the election of Toby Rodgers and John Henderson as new Associates of the firm. Additionally, Associates Rea Stevenson, P.E., Philip Graham, P.E., and Gregg Madsen, R.P.L.S. were promoted to Senior Associates.
Emily Ickert was recently born to proud parents Rachel (Freese & Nichols) and Andrew (Halff Associates) Ickert.
J. T. Auldridge and his wife, Carrie, celebrated the arrival of their first child on January 6th. his name is Garrett Gene, and he weighed 6 lbs., 13 oz. and was 20.5“ long. mom and son are both doing well.
Jadyn Sappington, the first daughter of Jay and Shannon Sappington was born on november 14, 2007 at 8:28p.m., weighing in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. look at all that hair!
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presidentstephen B. Crawford, p.e.
817.847.1422817.232.9784 (fax)
UtA prACtitioner AdVisordevon tiner, pe
972.574.6707972.574.5832(fax)
UtA prACtitioner AdVisorBrandon long, eit
817.467.7700817.467.7713 (fax)
president-eleCtmark perkins, p.e.
817.719.0372817.719.0122 (fax)
ViCe-president/seCretArYscott Berman, p.e.
817.735.7460817.735.7491 (fax)
treAsUrerGary Williams, p.e.
817.284.9400817.589.9993 (fax)
pAst presidentroxanne l. pillar, p.e.
817.335.3000817.335.1025 (fax)
direCtorJay sappington, p.e.
817.284.9400817.589-9993(fax)
direCtorCarl Krogness, p.e.
817.887.6138817.887.6135 (fax)
memBershiptravis Attanasio, p.e.
817.335.9900817.335.9955 (fax)
speCiAl mtG ArrAnGementssam hinojosa, e.i.t.
817.847.1422817.232.9784 (fax)
AUditGary Williams, p.e.
817.284.9400817.589.9993 (fax)
historiCAlJohn p. Wier, p.e.
817.467.7700817.467.7713 (fax)
YoUnGer memBersJ. t. Auldridge, p.e.
817-390.1013817.882.9462(fax)
meetinG setUplandis Grimmett, e.i.t.
817.847.1422817.232.9784 (fax)
pUBliC relAtionsJosh Brockette, p.e.
817.887.6140817.887.6135 (fax)
direCtorJennifer Butcher
817.886.4740817.886.4739
seCtion offiCersroxanne l. pillar, p.e.
817.335.3000817.335.1025 (fax)
enGineers in GoVernmentmandy Clark, p.e.
817.295.1113817.426.0971
hospitAlitYsteve mcCullough, p.e..
817.820.0420817.820.0441(fax)
neWsletter Committeemark perkins, p.e.
817.719.0372817.719.0122 (fax)
WiChitA fAllsdon Johnston, p.e.
940.761.2284940.761.5565 (fax)
proGrAmmark perkins, p.e.
817.719.0372817.719.0122 (fax)
ContinUinG edUCAtionleah hermes, eit
817.847.1422817.232.9784 (fax)
e-mAil CoordinAtorshelly hattan, p.e.
817.577.0824817.656.5611 (fax)
NOMINATIONS FOR AWARDSVacant at present
2007-2008 FORT WORTH BRANCH OFFICERS
Special thanks to Danielle Jairala and Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. for assembly of this newsletter.
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