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Section Officers
October 1, 2008—September 30, 2009
SEATTLE SECTION OFFICERS
Ann Bryant, President 425-255-3554 Ron Bard, President-Elect & Membership Chair 206-652-4905 Marc Schulte, Secretary 206-728-9655 x131 Garth Merrill, Treasurer & Budget Chair 206-494-0944 Jack Bjork, Immediate Past President 206-697-6471 Jeanne Justice, Director (2009) 425-556-2887 Perry Cole, Director (2010) 425-732-5684 Erin Fletcher, Director (2011) 206-770-3504
YMF OFFICERS Melissa Wu, President 425-233-3306 Eric Herzstein, President-Elect 206-494-0941 Josh Shippy, Board Representative 425-450-6266 Rhiannon Parmelee, Secretary 206-726-4724 Gaurav Mathur, Treasurer 206-494-3117 Jacqueline Putt, UW Liaison 206-622-5822 Monica Joyce, Seattle U Liaison 425-233-3339
UW/SEATTLE U CONTACTS Roger Spotts, UW President [email protected]
Dylan Martin, Seattle U President [email protected]
KITSAP BRANCH OFFICERS Roger Mustain, President 360-697-3713 David Dinkuhn, Vice President 360-850-5319
NORTH BRANCH OFFICERS Steven Goodrich, President 360-826-4628 James Perry , Vice President 360-855-2121 Sean Cool, Secretary/Treasurer 360-671-7162 YMF Chairperson (Position Vacant)
BOEING BRANCH OFFICERS Kenneth DeBord, President 425-237-4294
WEBMASTER
Lisa Martinez [email protected]
SEATTLE SECTION SEATTLE SECTION
NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER
January 2009
Volume 44 No. 5
ASCE Seattle Section Meeting
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Place: Red Lion Hotel, 11211 Main Street, Bellevue
Cost: $35 per person with advance registration ($40 for late reservations or at the door)
$15 for public agency employees not reimbursed or for students (If you are a student and would like to be sponsored, please
specify when you RSVP)
Pay via credit card online prior to noon January 19, or at the meeting by cash or check payable to “ASCE Seattle Geotechnical Group”
Meal: Classic London Flank Steak Broil or Ratatouille Linguine
5:30 Social Hour
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Program: Dr. Craig H. Benson, Hydrologic Performance of Final Covers for Waste Containment
Hydrologic Performance of Final Covers for Waste Containment Lessons Learned from a Nationwide Field Experiment
Note: This month’s section meeting is a joint meeting with the Geotechnical
Group. In nearly all waste containment applications, a final cover is used
as the most important element affecting long-term hydrologic control
and isolation of waste. Despite this level of importance, data describing
the field performance of final covers has been scant, and information
needed to predict long-term performance essentially has been non-
existing. One decade ago, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a
consortium of industrial partners initiated a nationwide research pro-
gram designed to evaluate the field performance of final covers in a vari-
ety of climates. Twenty-eight test sections simulating final covers were
constructed and instrumented in 11 states in the United States. Hydro-
logic data were collected from the test sections for 4 to 8 years. After the
monitoring period was complete, the test sections were exhumed to de-
termine how the properties of the soils and geosynthetic materials were
altered during their service life. This presentation describes this research
program and reviews the field performance data that were collected.
Data from the exhumation program are also presented, and recommen-
dations are made regarding how designers should account for changes
in engineering properties of soils and geosynthetics during the service
life of a waste containment facility.
RSVP by 4:00 p.m., Monday, January 19 with your meal choice via:
� Geotech Group website: www.seattlegeotech.org,
� Email to [email protected], or
� Phone to Shannon and Wilson at 206-695-6799 Cancellations and late RSVPs can be made until noon on Tuesday, January 20. No shows will be billed.
Page 2 Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers January 2009
President’s Column
By Ann Bryant, P.E.
Happy New Year! As we welcome in 2009, we re-flect on the ups and downs of 2008 and look for ways to improve in the New Year. It is a time for change and new beginnings.
2008 was a rough year for our economy. During these tough economic times, it is important to keep up our networking contacts. ASCE offers a unique opportunity for networking, as our mem-bership consists of consultants, government em-ployees, and engineers in academia and industry. By participating in Section activities, you have the opportunity not only to maintain existing relation-ships, but also to meet your future employee, fu-ture employer, future client, or future consultant. If you’re not already active, perhaps your New Year’s resolution will be to at-tend at least one Section event in 2009. Our new calendar feature will be up on our website in January, which will make finding upcoming events much sim-pler than before!
The New Year also will brings a new President of the United States. President-elect Obama has promised to place infrastructure renewal at the forefront of domestic issues. The following is an excerpt from a recent letter from ASCE National President Wayne Klotz: “The Obama administration has tapped
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See President’s Column on page 3
Bio for January 22 Speaker
Craig H. Benson PhD, PE is Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington. He
joined the University of Washington in July 2008. Previously, Dr. Benson was
the Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
and Geological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Ben-
son has a BS from Lehigh University and MSE and PhD degrees from the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin. All degrees are in Civil Engineering, with the MSE
and PhD degrees specializing in geo-engineering. Dr. Benson is a licensed pro-
fessional engineer.
For the last 20 years Dr. Benson has been conducting experimental and analyti-
cal research in geoenvironmental engineering. This research has included
laboratory studies, large-scale field experiments, and computer modeling. Dr.
Benson has received several awards for his work, including the Presidential
Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and the Dis-
tinguished Young Faculty Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr.
Benson has also received the Huber Research Prize, the Alfred Nobel Prize,
and the Croes (twice), Middlebrooks, Collingwood, and Casagrande Awards
from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Dr. Benson is a member of the
ASCE Geo-Institute (GI) and is former Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE/GI Journal
of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. He currently serves on the
ASCE/GI Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of ASTM Com-
mittee D18 on Soil and Rock. Dr. Benson is also a founding member of ASTM
Subcommittee D18.14 on Geotechnics of Sustainable Construction.
Page 3 Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers January 2009
Let Your Voice Be Heard
By Jack Bjork, P.E.
As you may have noticed, our newsletter contains mostly official announcements and articles written by board mem-
bers. Rarely are controversial issues discussed or opinions aired. To remedy this and encourage
your input and involvement, we will be adding a new column called “Voice of the Members.”
The purpose of this column will be to provide a forum to discuss civil engineering-
related issues, of which there seem to be many — infrastructure projects and fund-
ing, continuing education for licensure, and public policy, to name a few. Opin-
ions will be welcomed but submittals will need to be professional in tone and not
personal.
Submittals should be 500 words or less. Your letter must include your full name and
preferably your title and employer (or role, such as student). As with newspaper let-
ters to the editor, we reserve the right to edit for length and clarity. The section presi-
dent will have the final authority to accept or reject letters.
Letters must be submitted by the newsletter deadline. Since this feature will begin in the February issue, the first
deadline is January 16. Submit letters to our newsletter editor at [email protected]. Hope to hear from you.
President’s Column (continued from page 2)
ASCE to play a leading role in deciding where money from the stimulus package would best be spent. We (ASCE’s Executive Director Pat Natale and Government Relations staff) met with the transition team today to communicate ASCE’s recommendations, and our Govern-ment Relations staff will continue advising key Congres-sional leaders on how to prioritize the issues. We believe the early adoption of an economic stimulus measure will do more than improve infrastructure, but also provide jobs and lay the foundation for a prosperous future for our country. Take pride in your role in educating the pub-lic and policy leaders about the importance of infrastruc-ture to our nation's safety and economic security.”
At our November board meeting, the Executive Board of the Seattle Section unanimously voted to endorse the pas-sage of a federal economic stimulus funding package that focuses on infrastructure improvements. This resolution will be sent to our Washington Senators and Representa-tives from within our Section boundaries and is included in the November meeting minutes.
ASCE strives to be a resource and a voice for its members. If there is anything you’d like to see our Seattle Section Board look into, please let us know. If you have questions, comments, feedback, or just want to say hello, please con-tact me. The best way to get in touch with me is to send an e-mail to [email protected]. Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Ann Bryant, P.E.
Section President
Board Endorses Federal Economic
Stimulus Package for Infrastructure
By Jack Bjork, P.E., D.WRE.
We have been hearing about a large federal stimulus
package being crafted by Congress and President-elect
Obama which would focus on infrastructure improve-
ments. In accordance with other Board actions over the
past year and in alignment with Society Policy State-
ments, the Board unanimously voted to endorse the reso-
lution presented on Page 5 of this newsletter. Section
President Ann Bryant will be sending letters to Senators
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and Representatives
from the area within the Seattle Section as follows:
Congressman Jay Inslee, District 1
Congressman Rick Larsen, District 2
Congressman Norm Dicks, District 6
Congressman Jim McDermott, District 7
Congressman Dave Reichert, District 8
Congressman Adam Smith, District 9
Based on my visit to D.C. last March, I think our voice is
more important than you might think. We represent
2,400 civil engineers and we are the managers of infra-
structure in the nine-county Puget Sound area. The Board
also encourages you to contact these elected officials and
let them know what you think.
Page 4 Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers January 2009
ASCE Seattle Section Executive Board Meeting Minutes For December 10, 2008
See December Minutes on page 5
ATTENDANCE
Board Members
Ron Bard, Jack Bjork, Ann Bryant, Perry Cole, Jeanne Justice, Marc Schulte, Josh Shippy.
Quorum: YES
Absent with Notice
Erin Fletcher, Garth Merrill
Other Members Present
Ron Borowski, Region 8 Governor
CALL TO ORDER
Section President Ann Bryant called meeting to order at 4:45 p.m.
Board unanimously approved November 12, 2008 meeting minutes as revised.
PROCEEDINGS
1. Regular Business
Standing Committees
Standing committee report uploaded to eRoom earlier in the week.
History and Heritage Committee
It is time to submit documents for archive. Marc asked whether electronic or paper documents for needed archiv-ing.
PSEC
Engineer of the year award nominations are coming up, and will be due in early January. Annual awards banquet will be in February.
NO ACTION ITEMS
Branch Reports
Branch reports uploaded to eRoom earlier in the week.
NO ACTION ITEMS
Technical Committees
Technical committees report uploaded to eRoom earlier in the week.
NO ACTION ITEMS
Younger Member Forum
YMF report uploaded to eRoom earlier in the week.
YMF sponsored a holiday event benefiting Toys for Tots recently. Popsicle stick bridge event is coming up, YMF is looking for sponsors.
NO ACTION ITEMS
Membership
Nine new members enrolled in November.
2. Old Business
Newsletter and Web Site
Newsletter $60/column inch is confusing, our newsletter editor Todd has proposed publishing a simpler full-half-quarter page rate schedule. Ann will email out and we can vote by eRoom.
Newsletter invoices are getting paid, but slowly.
Event notification calendar should be fully operational on the web site soon.
Professional Development Hours
Suggestion to use ACEC tracking receipt as a template for a form to help members track PDHs for attending ASCE Seat-tle events.
Post Office Box
Looking into possible alternatives to current P.O. box loca-tion. Using UPS Store for a box was suggested, but there was concern that Section could be left high and dry if store closes. Marc will look into options further.
Engineers Without Borders
EWB rep will be back in country December 19.
Seattle Region 8 Governor Nomination
Ray Walton has submitted a letter of interest to ASCE for this position. Expect that the Board will submit a letter of endorsement as the process goes further.
3. New Business
Endorsement of Passage of a Federal Economic Stimulus Funding Package that Focuses on Infrastructure Improvements
Background: Jack presented his proposed language for sup-porting, including ASCE policy statements.
Discussion: After Board ratification, Jack will work with Ann to send a letter to Washington’s U.S. Senators and our local Congressional Representative. Some minor language revi-sions were proposed and adopted. (Please see text starting on Page 5 of this newsletter.)
Motion: The Seattle Section Board approves the endorsement of the passage of a federal economic stimulus funding pack-age that focuses on infrastructure improvements. Ron Bard. Josh Shippy (2nd).
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
TransNow Scholarship
TransNow is an organization at the UW, part of their federal transportation research center. They are interested in co-sponsoring local ASCE sponsorships if the awardees meet their criteria (e.g., be studying in the transportation field, have U.S. citizenship, etc.). Ann would like to acknowledge and accept their offer, since their co-sponsorship would be “icing on the cake” to supplement our scholarship awards.
Page 5 Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers January 2009
WHEREAS, infrastructure is critical to quality of life, economic well being and public safety,
WHEREAS, infrastructure across the country has been identified as inadequate in virtually all categories, and will worsen over time. ASCE estimates that $1.6 trillion is needed over a five-year period to bring the nation's infrastructure to a good condition.
WHEREAS, ASCE has adopted the following policies:
Infrastructure Investment
ASCE Policy Statement 299
The American Society of Civil Engineers supports ac-tions by federal, state and local governments to fully fund America's infrastructure needs.
Public Transportation
ASCE Policy Statement 494
ASCE supports the funding, planning, design, construc-tion and operation of safe, efficient and cost-effective, new and upgraded public transportation systems as part of the comprehensive, multimodal approach to meeting existing and future transportation.
Improvement and Maintenance of Ports, Harbors And Waterways
ASCE Policy Statement 218
The American Society of Civil Engineers supports a pro-gram of improvement and maintenance of ports, har-bors, and waterways as essential to the economic and
environmental well-being of each nation. ASCE sup-ports a predictable and reliable source of funding for the maintenance and improvement of our nation's ports, harbors, and waterways.
Dam Repair and Rehabilitation
ASCE Policy Statement 470
The American Society of Civil Engineers recommends that federal and state legislation be enacted to provide a funding source for repair and rehabilitation of dams in the United States.
Electricity Generation and Transmission Infrastructure
ASCE Policy Statement 484
The American Society of Civil Engineers supports the maintenance and expansion of power generation and transmission infrastructure based upon reasonable pro-jections of increased demand and need to maintain the nation's energy security. This is consistent with the En-ergy Policy Act of 2005 and independent examinations of the state of the nation's energy infrastructure.
Bridge Safety
ASCE Policy Statement 208
For the continued safety of the nation's bridges, the American Society of Civil Engineers advocates that a bridge safety program for both public and private bridges be established, fully funded and consistently operated to upgrade or replace deficient bridges and to
Most of their selection criteria are compatible with our cur-rent scholarship criteria. However, we need to make sure that these extra funds will not bias scholarship selections in favor of students studying transportation.
National Committee Positions Available
Deadline for applying for ASCE national committees is fast approaching. We will include an item in the newsletter if deadline does not pass before newsletter publication.
Regional ASCE Grant Money Available
Regional ASCE grant money is available for new ASCE pro-jects, must have grant application materials submitted by March 14.
January 22 Meeting
The next Seattle Section general meeting will be on January 22. Unfortunately, this conflicts with the Regional meeting in
San Francisco, which will involve several Board members. A preliminary head count indicates that five Board mem-bers will be in Seattle for the general meeting (a quorum), so we will plan to keep the meeting on that date.
Congressional Fly-In
ASCE National’s annual congressional fly-in is upcoming in March. ASCE Seattle Section needs to find representative to attend.
4. Announcements for Meeting
Next meeting January 22 (co-host with geotechnical group).
Popsicle Stick Bridge sponsorships.
National Committee positions available.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Secretary, Marc A. Schulte.
December Minutes (continued from page 4)
See Board Endorsement on page 6
ENDORSEMENT OF PASSAGE OF A FEDERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS FUNDING PACKAGE THAT FOCUSES ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
Page 6 Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers January 2009
properly maintain all others. This program should pre-serve full functionality of all bridges to support the op-eration of safe, reliable and efficient transportation sys-tems, and to allow these systems to be utilized to their full capacity.
Rail Infrastructure Investment
ASCE Policy Statement 521
The American Society of Civil Engineers supports a strong rail transportation system within this country. A federal rail trust fund should be developed to fund rail improvements, using the 80/20 match formula to en-courage state participation.
Transportation Funding
ASCE Policy Statement 382
The American Society of Civil Engineers recommends that funding for transportation system improvements, associated operations and maintenance be provided by a comprehensive program including:
� User fees such as motor fuel sales tax;
� User fee indexing to the Consumer Price Index (CPI);
� Appropriations from general treasury funds, issu-ance of revenue bonds and tax exempt financing at state and local levels;
� Trust funds or alternative reliable funding sources established at the local, state and regional levels, including use of sales tax, impact fees, vehicle regis-tration fees, toll revenues, and mileage based user fees be developed to augment allocations from fed-eral trust funds, general treasuries funds and bonds;
� Refinement of the federal budget process to estab-lish a separate capital budget mechanism, similar to nearly all state budgets, to discern long-term invest-ment decisions from day-to-day operational costs;
� Public-private partnerships, state infrastructure banks, bonding and other innovative financing mechanisms as appropriate for the leveraging of available transportation program dollars, but not in excess of, or as a means to supplant user fee in-creases;
� The maintenance of budgetary firewalls to eliminate the diversion of user revenues for non-transportation purposes, and continuing strong ef-fort to reduce fuel tax evasion.
Transportation Trust Funds
ASCE Policy Statement 434
The American Society of Civil Engineers supports the concept of transportation trust funds.
Waste Water Facilities Construction Funding
ASCE Policy Statement 326
The American Society of Civil Engineers supports in-creasing and expanding the federally funded State Re-volving Loan Fund (SRF) program.
Waste-, Storm-, and Drinking-Water Infrastructure Funding
ASCE Policy Statement 480
The American Society of Civil Engineers recommends that funding for water infrastructure system improve-ments and associated operations should be provided by a comprehensive program. ASCE supports the creation of a Water Infrastructure Trust Fund to finance the na-tional shortfall in funding of infrastructure systems un-der the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act, including stormwater management and other pro-jects designed to improve the nation's water quality. ASCE further supports a variety of financial mecha-nisms for the trust fund, such as appropriations from general treasury funds; issuance of revenue bonds and tax exempt financing at state and local levels; public-private partnerships; state infrastructure banks; user fees on certain consumer products; and, other innova-tive financing mechanisms, including broad-based envi-ronmental restoration taxes to address problems associ-ated with water pollution, wastewater management and treatment, and stormwater management.
WHEREAS, large scale financial problems have caused significant job losses and threatens to create additional loss of American jobs,
WHEREAS, a 2008 study by the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Water Council found that one dollar of water and sewer infrastructure investment increases Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the long term by $6.35 and adding one job in water and sewer infrastructure creates 3.68 jobs in the national economy to support that job.
WHEREAS, the Society President David Mongan has testified before congressional committees and submitted the attached letter, dated September 25, 2008 to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Executive Board of the Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers on December 10, 2008 asks the Washington Senators and Representatives in the U.S. Congress from the nine-county area within the Seattle Section to support pas-sage of a federal economic stimulus funding package that focuses on infrastructure improvements.
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
Board Endorsement (continued from page 5)
Page 7 Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers January 2009
The Younger Member Forum (YMF) of ASCE Seattle Sec-
tion is proud to host the 14th Annual Popsicle Stick
Bridge (PSB) Competition on February 14, 2009 at the
Museum of Flight. The competition is held in conjunction
with National Engineers Week and the Puget Sound En-
gineering Council’s Engineers Fair. The Popsicle Stick
Bridge Competition consists of teams of high school stu-
dents from around Western Washington who will design
and construct bridges made from Popsicle sticks and
white glue. The students must ensure that their designs
meet competition guidelines, similar to how engineers
are responsible for their
designs conforming to
established design codes.
At the competition, the
bridges will be inspected
for conformance to com-
petition guidelines then
load-tested to failure.
Awards are given to the
top three bridges in each
of the following catego-
ries: total load, aesthetics,
and overall (a combina-
tion of efficiency and aes-
thetics). The Popsicle
Stick Bridge Competition
is fully sponsored by lo-
cal engineering firms and
would not be possible without their generous donations.
We will be continuing the Corporate Cup again this year.
Firms or individual sponsors that donate a minimum of
$100 will be able to enter a bridge in the corporate divi-
sion. The winner will get their name on a rotating trophy.
For more information on the Corporate Cup, contact
James Le at [email protected]. Much of the preparation for
the competition has been completed, but there are still
three key ways that you can help out.
1) You can be an official sponsor of the competition.
Donations made to the PSB Competition are tax-
deductible. Contact Rhiannon Parmelee, Rhian-
[email protected], for sponsorship infor-
mation. (Note: All donations of at least $100 will have
their company name recognized on t-shirts if re-
sponse for sponsorship is before January 16, 2009).
2) You can volunteer on the day of the event. We need
over 30 volunteers for set-up, registration, judging,
clean-up, and much more. Contact James Le,
[email protected] if you would like to volunteer.
3) This is an easy one. Just show up to the Museum of
Flight on February 14 to watch an exciting competi-
tion and support local high school students interested
in Civil Engineering.
Bridge breaking will start around 10:00 a.m. and awards
will be given around noon. We look forward to seeing
you there!
High schools from all over the Puget Sound region send teams to the annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition. Here are some of the 2008 participants.
All Popsicle stick bridges are first evaluated for conformance to compe-tition guidelines and then load-tested to failure.
A group of volunteer judges from the 2008 competition. The students must ensure their designs meet competition guidelines, similar to how engineers are responsible for making their designs conform to estab-lished design codes.
Volunteers and Sponsors Needed for
14th Annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition
By the Seattle Younger Member Forum
Page 8 Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers January 2009
Page 9 Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers January 2009
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SEATTLE SECTION AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Attn: Todd Crandell 1001—4th Avenue, Suite 2500 Seattle, WA 98154 January 2009 Newsletter Volume 44, Number 5
Calendar of Upcoming Events:
January 3, 8:30 am History & Heritage Committee Location: UW More Hall, Room 218 Contact: Cindy Hirsch, (206) 438-2150, [email protected]
January 22, 5:30 pm Seattle Section Joint Meeting with Geotechnical Group Location: Red Lion Hotel, 11211 Main Street, Bellevue Speaker: Dr. Craig Benson, Chair, UW Department of Civil Engineering
February 11, 5:30 pm Seattle Section Meeting Location: McCormick & Schmick’s Harborside Restaurant, 1200 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle Speaker: TBD
February 18, 6:00 pm North Branch Meeting Location: Bob’s Burger and Brews in Burlington Contact: Steven Goodrich, (360) 826-4628, [email protected]
Seattle Section Member Inducted to
ASCE Distinguished Membership
By Ann Bryant, P.E.
On Thursday, November 6,
2008, the Society inducted
Jon Magnusson, P.E.,
Dist.M.ASCE and ten others
to the elite grade of Distin-
guished Membership. The
2008 class joins 565 of
ASCE’s previously elected
members who hold the high-
est position in the Society,
second only to being ASCE
President. The black-tie
Celebration of Leaders ban-
quet was presided over by
2008 President David G.
Mongan, P.E., F.ASCE and
Patrick J. Natale, Executive
Director.
Jon Magnusson, Distinguished Member, Class of 2008. Photo by David Hathcox.
