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Civil Times
SunCoast Branch News Volume 2 No. 10
March 2010
Ashley, Robert E Erickson, Karyn M Fledderman, Travis J Golden, Simon B Grady, William O Horan, Matthew M Koons, Charles F
Hello Suncoast Branch members. We have several exciting announcementsthis month. The first is the official start to the 2010 Golf Tournamentfundraiser season. The tournament this year will be held at Bobcat Trailgolf club on May 14, 2010. The sponsor and registration forms areincluded in this month's newsletterand if you have any questions please contact myself or SonyaFronckowiak. The second announcement is that this month'sspeaker is Jim Harriott of Sarasota County. We look forward to hearingwhat Sarasota County has planned for the future and appreciate Jim takingthe time to share with us this month. The final announcement that I havefor this month is that the ASCE annual
President’s Message from Eric Rose, P.E.
In This Issue: President's Message PG 1
Happy Birthdays PG 1
Calendar PG 2
Conferences PG 2
Sub Committees PG 2
Brain Teaser PG 2
2010 Branch Awards PG 3
Sponsor’s Spot PG 3
West Point Bridge PG 4
2010 Golf tournament PG 5
Golf Sponsorship Form Pg 6
Career Corner PG 8
Help on ASCE dues PG 8
FWEA Lunch Meeting PG 8
FL Section Directors PG 9
P.E. Renewal Notice PG 9
Sponsor’s Spot PG 9
Sponsor’s Page PG 10
March Meeting PG 11
conference will be held in Fort Lauderdale this year from July 15-17. This year's conference will offer a multitude of exciting presentations as well as the opportunity to attend the Laws and Rules and earn your PDH's. For more information on this year's conference please visit http://www.fla-asce.org/. Please spread the word about this year's golf tournament and encourage your companies, coworkers, and friends to participate! Thank you for your continued support.
Mark your Calendars!! Special Events:
James K. (Jim) Harriott P.E. Executive Director Sarasota
County Public Works/ CMS will be our guest speaker for
the March 18the lunch meeting.
The Civil Times would like to wish the following SunCoast Members a Happy Birthday!
Matthes, Michael F Murray, Scott R Orders, Robert O Pernigotti, Janeen Raposo, Keith T Rollo, R.L. Rosensweig, Dianne
Stormer, Carl D Straw, Michael E Toale, Tiffany Slider, George T Stephenson, James M Schwied, Ronald Marino, Robert L
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MARCH 2010 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12
13 14
15 Daylight Saving Time Begins
16 RSVP deadline
17 St. Patrick’s day
18 ASCE Lunch meeting
19 20 21
22 23 24
25 26 27 28
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AASSCCEE UUPPCCOOMMIINNGG CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEESS
Go to www.ASCE.org/conferences for more information.
May 16-20 July 15-17
World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2010 ASCE FL section annual Conference
Providence, Rhode Island Fort Lauderdale
SUNCOAST BRANCH SUB-COMMITTEES
Please join a Sub-committee today!
1) Scholarship Committee: Please
contact Tim Foushee
more information
2) Outreach Program Committee:
Please contact Paula R. Wiggins at
[email protected] for more
information
3) Toothpick Bridge Committee:
Please contact Chris Sharek at
[email protected] for more
information
4) West Point Bridge Committee
Please contact Paula Wiggins at
[email protected] for more
information
5) Florida Section Science and
Engineering Fair Committee
Please contact Adnan Javed at
[email protected] for more
information
BRAINTEASER…
How smart are you???
Please look at the math below: They say only people with an IQ 120 and over are able to figure this out. If: 2 + 3 = 10 7 + 2 = 63 6 + 5 = 66 8 + 4 = 96 Then: 9 + 7 =???? The first person to respond with the correct answer will receive a free lunch at our next Branch Meeting. Contact [email protected].
Update Your ASCE Contact Information ATTENTION MEMBERS!!!
*PLEASE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION CURRENT* Has your contact information changed (address, email, employment, etc.)? Please keep your information current with ASCE by updating it at www.asce.org\myprofile. Nearly all of our branch members receive the newsletter by email. Distribution by email keeps more paper off of your desk and saves the branch time and money. Please help branch secretary keep your contact information current by sending your new email to Amjid Hussain [email protected] The Civil Times is the primary way for your SunCoast branch officers to inform you of important branch meetings, functions and information. Please help spread the word about our great organization. So, if you know a colleague who would like to receive a copy of the branch newsletter; please send his or her email address to the branch secretary to be added to our mailing list.
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2010 Branch Award Nominations Being Accepted
AND PROJECT OF THE YEAR
SEND NOMINATIONS TO ANY BRANCH OFFICER BY May 31, 2010
Please take a minute to reward hard work. Recognizing your valuable employees, customers, or important projects is a great way to showcase great individual or team efforts. Every firm or government office has someone who goes above and beyond; please take a moment to deliver kudos where deserved by filling out a registration form and submitting your nomination to any branch officer. For more information, please contact Amjid Hussain at [email protected].
DO YOU HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEE; CUSTOMER OR PROJECT
THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED?
IF SO, PLEASE SUBMIT
NOMINATION FORMS FOR
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
GOVERNMENT ENGINEER
OF THE YEAR
RS&H CSRS&H CSIMPROVING YOUR WORLDIMPROVING YOUR WORLD
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SunCoast
Branch West Pointe Bridge
2010 Sponsorship Opportunities!
Sponsorship opportunity available: Contact: Paula R. Wiggins P.E. ([email protected])or (941- 8610769) by April 26, 2010. Sponsorship available as follows: $1000: John Ringling Causeway Bridge Sponsor (Only 1 Available!) $500: Sunshine Skyway Bridge Sponsor $250: Longboat Key Pass Bridge Sponsor $100: Hobb Road Bridge Sponsor <$100: Arcadia Bridge More details and sponsorship form will be email separately.
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2010 ASCE SunCoast Branch Charity Golf
Tournament
The tournament date is May 14th on Friday at the Bobcat Trail Golf Club registration starts at 12:30 p.m. Please spread the word to your friends and co-workers. See details on Page 5. Sponsorship opportunities. Contact: Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E. WilsonMiller, Inc. 6900 Professional Pkwy. E. Sarasota, Florida 34240 [email protected] (941) 907-6900) FWEA LUNCH The Inaugural lunch for the new Manasota Chapter of FWEA is on Thursday, March 11th at the Polo Grill and Bar located at 10670 Boardwalk Loop Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202. Registration Starts at 11:30. Contact: Kristiana Dragash at [email protected] or call at 941-378-3579.
Career Corner: Members seeking Job
Jeffrey D. Nagle
Licensed Landscape Architect and Licensed Professional Planner with 23-year career built on innovative management approach and state of the art design solutions utilizing multidisciplinary technical skills and coordination with Civil, Electrical, Geotechnical, Municipal and Structural Engineers, Professional Planners, Environmental Scientists and other Design Specialists. Resume available upon request. Contact at [email protected]
Christopher Sutton
A Landscape Architect with great CAD skills who graduated with honors and developed award winning senior design project for the Fruitville Road Corridor project downtown Sarasota FL in 2006. Skilled in AutoCAD, MS Office. Adobe Photoshop CS2, AdobeIllustrator CS2, and Adobe InDesign CS2, ArcGIS 9 and Google SketchUp. His email is [email protected].
Help available Have you let your membership lapse due to unemployment? If so, there is help available at the ASCE National Level! Based on your circumstance, you may qualify to waive your membership dues to allow you to continue your membership. Please contact membership services at www.asce.org.
Members Helping Members
Know of a member who is seeking employment? Ask them to send a paragraph “resume” and we will post it here or refer any job leads privately. Besides Ms. Knight, Mr. Nagle, Mr. White and Mr Sutton, we have 4 other members looking for prospects. Know of a job opportunity? You can help by just forwarding an opportunity to your branch officers to pass on to qualified colleagues looking for work. Don’t delete the next email from Monster, HotJobs, or Career Builder; pass a prospect to a worthy member!
Sundae Knight, PE, CEM
Professional Engineer and Certified Energy Manager with over 10 years experience in Transportation Planning, Traffic Operations, Road and Bridge Construction Management and Energy Engineering. Resume available by contacting [email protected]
Christopher White, EI Design engineer (EI) with four years of experience in water/wastewater infrastructure design and construction observation. Typical projects include large diameter pipelines, water and sewage pumping stations, drainage structures and wastewater treatment facilities. Resume available upon request. Contact Christopher at [email protected]
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2009-2010 Florida Section
Board of Directors
President
Crystal Markley, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers
President Elect
Peter Moore, P.E., Chen & Assoc.
Secretary/Treasurer Dane Hanson, P.E., WilsonMiller Inc
VP District I
Eric Czerniejewski, P.E., Miller Legg
VP District II
Chad Luttrell, P.E. Graef Anhalt Schloemer &
Assoc.
VP District III Loreen Bobo, P.E., FL
Dept. of Transportation.
VP District IV Jason Haeseler, E.I., Jones
Edmunds & Assoc.
Past President Satya Sukumar Lory, P.E.,
PBS&J
F All Engineer Licenses Expire Feb. 28, 2011 All Florida Professional Engineers are required to have
completed eight (8) hours of continuing education prior to
renewing their license for the 2009-2011 biennium. You
can obtain all eight hours by attending any one of the
Florida Section’s "Doubleheader" seminars:
September 15 - Jacksonville
September 16 - Tampa
Please visit the website at www.fla-asce.org to register and tell others about this wonderful opportunity to earn all your PDH's.
Thank you for your sponsorship
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Special thanks to our Winter Social sponsor
Special thanks to our Winter Social sponsor
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Where? Speaker Who Needs to Know? Dutch Heritage
3713 Bahia Vista Street Jim Harriott P.E.
Executive Director RSVP:
Amjid Hussain, P.E. When?
11:45-12:00 Registration
Company: Sarasota County
Public Works/CMS
Sarasota County [email protected] Ph: (941) 861-0750
12:15 Speaker Topic of Discussion:
By: Noon Tuesday, March 16th
How Much? $15.00
TBD Honored Guests ASCE Members
and Guests
Take I-75 South to Exit 207, Bee Ridge Road, and head west toward McIntosh Road. Turn Right onto McIntosh Road, head north to Bahia Vista Street. Turn Left onto Bahia Vista Street, and the Troyer's Dutch Heritage restaurant is at 3713 Bahia Vista Street, on the right after you cross the railroad tracks.
Please contact Amjid Hussain if there are any questions
regarding directions to Dutch Heritage
Directions to Troyer's Dutch Heritage
(3713 Bahia Vista Street)
ASCE Lunch Meeting: March 18, 2010 2009 – 2010 SunCoast Branch Executive Board President Eric Rose, P.E. Reynolds, Smith & Hills 1060 Knights Trail Road, Suite C Nokomis, FL 34275 Phone: 941-256-4869 / Fax: 941-485-3946 Vice-President Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E. WilsonMiller, Inc. 6900 Professional Pkwy. E. Sarasota, Florida 34240 [email protected] (941) 907-6900 Secretary Amjid Hussain P.E. Sarasota County 1001 Sarasota center Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34240 Ph: (941) 861-0750 Fax: (941) 861-0770 [email protected] Treasurer Chris Stratton, EI Frederick Derr Company 3801 North Orange Avenue Sarasota, Florida 34234 Phone: (941) 355-8575 Fax: (941) 351-8854 [email protected] Past President Adnan Javed, P.E. Sarasota County 1001 Sarasota Center Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34240 [email protected] (941) 861-0599 Webmaster D. Scott McKenna, P.E. WilsonMiller, Inc. 6900 Professional Pkwy. E. Sarasota, Florida 34240 [email protected] (941) 907-6900
SunCoast Branch c/o Amjid Hussain, P.E., M.ASCE Sarasota County Public Works 1001 Sarasota Center Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34240
THE SUNCOAST BRANCH NEWSLETTER IS NOW ONLY DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONICALLY. IF YOU KNOW OF A MEMBER THAT DOES NOT RECEIVE THE NEWSLETTER AND WOULD LIKE
TO, PLEASE HAVE THEM CONTACT THE BRANCH SECRETARY.