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American Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Section 1
DULUTH SECTION
President’s Message:
It is that time of year when the Duluth Section elects a new
board. It is hard to believe that it has been five years since I
first became involved as the Treasurer. Going to national ASCE
meetings to network with other Sections; being involved and pro-
moting our Duluth activities; working with Duluth Engineers, and
learning about our history in Duluth has been very enjoyable.
Though the Duluth Section doesn’t have a lot of members com-
pared to other Sections, we are very active.
While some Sections have become inactive or combined with
other Sections, Duluth has always been vibrant in promoting civil
engineering, our full range of activities, and professional engi-
neering advocacy via ASCE. Our bylaws and governance assures
that our Section’s leadership and activities continue year after
year. Our board elections have engineers working their way into
Section leadership starting with Treasurer and then progressing
through Secretary, Vice President, President Elect, President,
and finally, Past President. All these, except the President and
Past President, are elected by the membership. The nominating
committee has been very successful at getting new board mem-
bers to “work up through the ranks” and learn the system.
Rarely do we have any members occupying any board position
more than one year, which assures new blood, new ideas, and new
energy. Occasionally, we have board members that move away
from the Duluth area so we all have to bump up a position, but
the experience of the remaining board assures a smooth transi-
tion that keeps our Section going strong.
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ASCE's mission is to provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners and the public by developing leadership, advancing technology, advocating lifelong learning and promoting the profession.
Volume 17, Issue 10
September 2013
In This Issue
President’s Message Page 1-2
Meeting Announcement Page 3
ASCE Section Calendar Page 3
Officer Nominees Page 4
Region 3 Update on Raising the Bar
Page 5
May 30 Meeting Minutes
Page 6-7
August 14 Meeting Minutes Page 8-9
Website Chair Needed Page 10
Board Member Spotlight Page 11
Younger Member Event at Bagley
Nature Center
Page 12
SWM Field Trip September 18
Page 13
Sponsors
Page 14
Interested in submitting an article
for the ASCE newsletter or becom-
ing a Board Member next year?
Contact Cindy Voigt (newsletter editor)
for information at 218.341.8488 or
Thanks.
American Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Section 2
DULUTH SECTION
President’s Message Continued:
Of course, at our general membership meeting on September 17, members can elect some-
one to the board that has not been nominated. Such elections are a safety valve that as-
sures that board members are accountable and must use their due diligence in carrying out
their duties or they can be voted out of their position. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon
to hear of small civic organizations (like their larger corporate or government brethren)
where mismanagement, fiscal irresponsibility, and even embezzlement have occurred that
have hindered and even destroyed organizations. Thanks to our governance, the Duluth
Section has never had any such issues since its founding in 1914.
At the September 17 annual meeting, Lisa Karlgaard will be taking over as President. It
has been a pleasure working with our Section’s Board. I’m looking forward to being a Past
President, and maybe continuing to document our history.
Art Johnston
ASCE Duluth Section President
ASCE's mission is to provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners and the public by developing leadership, advancing technology, advocating lifelong learning and promoting the profession.
Volume 17, Issue 10
September 2013
American Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Section 3
DULUTH SECTION
REGION III
Est. 1917
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2012-2013
President
Art Johnston, P.E.
USDA Forest Service (retired)
37 N. 93rd Av. W.
Duluth, MN 55808
(218) 626-1997; cell (715) 360-6629)
President-Elect
Lisa Karlgaard, P.E.
LHB, Inc.
21 West Superior St, Suite 500
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 279-2486
Vice President
Cindy Voigt, P.E.
City of Duluth
411 W 1st Street - Room 211
Duluth, MN 55802-1191
(218)730-5071; Fax: (218)730-5907
Secretary
David Franseen, P.E.
Krech Ojard Engineers & Architects
227 West 1st Street
Suite 200
Duluth, MN 55802
(218)727-3282; Fax: (218)727-1216
Treasurer
Nick Patterson
Marine Tech, LLC
716 Garfield Ave.
Duluth, MN 55802
(218)720-2833 ; Fax: (218)525-9574
First Past President
Craig Bursch, P.E.
Meyer Borgman Johnson
501 Lake Avenue South
Suite 300
Duluth, MN 55802-2390
(218) 722-1056; Fax (218) 722-9306
Historian-Vacant
Toothpick Bridge Co-Chair
John Hinzmann, P.E.
4639 Island Lake Drive
Duluth, MN 55803
(218) 590-3158
Toothpick Bridge Co-Chair
Amy Thorson, P.E.
Golder Associates Inc.
4438 Haines Road
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 724-0088; Fax (218) 724-0089
Younger Member Chair
Tom DeMarais, EIT
MSA Professional Services
Duluth, MN
(218)-722-3915
Membership Chair
Matt Nordine
LHB, Inc
21 W. Superior Street
Suite 500
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 279-2434
.
Please join us for a
Unique Presentation: September 17, 2013 @ Noon
Radisson Hotel
Please RSVP by responding directly to the electronic invitation you re-
ceived, emailing [email protected], or calling Lisa Karlgaard at
Professional rate is $15. Student rate is $10. Costs will be collected at
the door. ASCE Duluth Section will issue a PDH certificate to members in good
standing. It is the responsibility of the individual to determine whether or not
the presentation is applicable to his/her career.
ASCE Duluth Section 2013-14 Calendar
Membership Meetings Board Meetings
September 17, 2013 September 26, 2013
October 15, 2013 October 24, 2013
November 19, 2013 November 26, 2013
December 10, 2013 December 12 2013
January 21, 2014 January 30, 2014
February 18, 2014 February 27, 2014
March 18, 2014 March 27, 2014
April Dinner Meeting April 24, 2014
May 20, 2014 May 29, 2014
September 16, 2014 September 25, 2014
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ASCE Duluth Section
List of Official Nominees for
2013-2014 Officer Positions
Article 7 of the Section By-Laws states:
ARTICLE 7. Elections
7.1 Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall choose one or more candidates
for election to each office, except the office of President, prescribed by the Constitution
and obtain the consent of the nominees to serve if elected. In addition, candidates may be
nominated by written petition containing ten (10) signatures of Subscribing Members.
7.2 Notice. The Secretary shall send a written notification containing a list of official nomi-
nees
for each office, to each Subscribing Member of the Section at least ten (10) days prior to
the Annual meeting.
7.3 Vote. After verbally presenting the list of official nominees for each office and calling
for
additional nominations from the floor, the President shall cause a vote to be taken for each
office by the show of hands of attending Subscribing Members. For each office the
candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be declared elected.
The Official List of Nominees is as follows:
President-Elect: Cindy Voigt
Vice-President: Dave Franseen
Secretary: Joel Hennencamp
Treasurer: Nick Patterson
We will vote on this list at the September Section Meeting.
American Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Section 5
UPDATE ON ASCE REGION 3 ASSEMBLY
Raising the Bar Version xx.2
At the ASCE Region 3 Assembly in Chicago, Chris Rousseau, Tom DesMarais, and Art
Johnston represented the Duluth Section. The main topic was a Resolution on Raising
the Bar. Raising the Bar has been a major initiative by ASCE. It has also been contro-
versial and has been simmering in civil engineering circles for years. The original reso-
lution was amended and passed by adding four clarifying points:
An emphasis on continuing education and uniformity across states,
Longer apprenticeships (5 or 6 years to get your PE after getting your EIT),
ASCE courses to advance engineers’ knowledge, and
ASCE’s engagement with universities to change their courses to keep more consistent
with necessary engineers’ knowledge.
These four points are probably a replacement for the Master degree criteria which had
been talked about and advocated by national ASCE, but not supported by membership. I
think these changes are in line with what our Section had been talking about.
In addition, the Resolution asks national ASCE to continue with the Raise the Bar Initia-
tive and to engage other engineering professional organizations in supporting the Initia-
tive’s link between competency and professional licensure.
This resolution will be passed on to the national ASCE leadership. This has been the
first resolution by a Region that has addressed the national Raising the Bar Initiative.
We have a long way to go before any of this becomes codified. But this is another start,
and course adjustment, by our engineering membership.
American Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Section 6
ASCE DULUTH SECTION BOARD MEETING MINUTES
May 30, 2013
Old Chicago, Duluth, MN
Board Members present were Art. J., Lisa K., Cindy V., Tom DesMarais, Dave Franseen and
Nick Patterson, past student chapter president Dave Polson, next year’s student chapter
president Neil Smith. Also present were Joel Hinnenkamp,.
The meeting was called to order at 4:35. A quorum was present.
Minutes for April 2013 meeting were approved unanimously.
A motion to reimburse Cindy Voigt in the amount of $200.86 for stamps and photocopies
for this past years' newsletters was approved. We decided that in the September mailing,
Cindy would add a short note asking the members that receive the printed copy, if they
want to continue receiving printed copies.
Treasurer’s Report: (Nick Patterson and Dave Franseen)
Nick needs to be added to the account. Dave stated we have $3,225.76 in our checking
account and $8,461.80 in savings. He has several large payments to make, including the
April dinner meeting expense to the Greysolon, the March meeting at the Holiday Inn, and
the reimbursement to Cindy for copies and postage for newsletters, and a payment to Amy
for the toothpick bridge. It was decided that we’d talk about our finances when we meet in
August because we may have to transfer funds from savings for the first time in several
years.
Younger Member Report: (Tom D.)
Tom said the site visit at BendTec on May 23rd was interesting, but there was a lower
turnout than he’d like to see. Tom, Dave and Peter Demshar are planning a Welcome BBW at
UMD for the Younger Member event when the students return.
Dave Polson reported that the UMD students held their student chapter elections and Neil
Smith is the new student chapter president.
Newsletter Report: (Cindy V.)
Newsletter items are due September 1st so she can send the newsletter by September 7.
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This next newsletter emphasis will be on the upcoming speakers. She reported that she had most of the
slots filled, and confirmed our December student meeting at UMD and our evening meeting in April with
the board. Dave will check on a potential rail presentation, and Lisa may have a possible pipeline presenta-
tion from LHB.
Section Records update:
Dave Polson reported that UMD Civil Building does not have room for the old ASCE books we have stored
at St. Louis County. We still need to find a home for those. Art and Cindy still have work to do with the
old documents. It was decided that we’d discuss this more at our August meeting, but everyone that pro-
duced an electronic document this year should load the file into our e-room. We all decided to make the
electronic storage of documents more automatic for the upcoming year.
Annual Matrix review update was tabled until our August meeting.
Annual Golf Outing:
Due to poor turnout the last few years, Art will call the MN Section president to see if they want to par-
ticipate. Due to the effort involved, we most likely won’t have one this summer.
2013-2014 Elections:
Art is going to check the ASCE by-laws for our notification and election requirements.
Outstanding Achievement Awards:
Tom is going to see if student chapters are eligible for the award, since the UMD section has improved
from zero members to a thriving group. Dave reminded us that we have so many outstanding issues, such
as records retention, Toothpick bridge work and budget items that we don’t time to take on a new initia-
tive. All agreed.
Lunch Meetings:
After some discussion, we all agreed to stay at the Radisson next year for the noon meetings.
ASCE Region 3 Assembly:
Tom indicated that he’d like to attend with Art. A motion was passed to approve his airfare and one night
hotel stay for the conference.
Next board meeting will be at 4:30, August 14 at Krech Ojard’s office downtown.
American Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Section 8
ASCE DULUTH SECTION BOARD MEETING MINUTES
August 14, 2013
Krech Ojard Office Duluth, MN
Board Members present were Art. Johnston, Lisa Karlgaard, Cindy Voigt, Tom Des-
Marais, David Franseen Matt Nordine, Nick Patterson and student chapter past
president Dave Polson.
The meeting was called to order at 4:35. A quorum was present.
Treasurer’s Report: (Nick P)
Expenses for Region 3 Assembly in Chicago will be submitted by Art and Tom. Ac-
count statements have been going to the wrong address-still mailed to Dave F’s ad-
dress; Nick to follow up with Wells Fargo
Younger Member Report: (Tom D.)
Tom is work to set up a BBQ at UMD 1-2 weeks after the start of school. Dave Pol-
son working with Tom on the logistics.
Newsletter Report: (Cindy V.)
Newsletter items are due September 1st. To be included: Younger member report,
Raise the Bar/Region 3 wrap up, SWE, President’s address, Nominations for offi-
cers, member profile, and looking for a website chair.
Other business/Tabled business:
Accepting nominations for 2013-2014 officers
Website update: ASCE National is assisting Lisa in getting the website set up so
that we can take over through a new ad hoc website chair. Need to check on
email updates to see if that can be streamlined.
Budget discussion tabled to September.
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ASCE DULUTH SECTION BOARD MEETING MINUTES (Cont.)
August 14, 2013
Krech Ojard’s Office, Duluth, MN
Programs and Speakers at the noon luncheon meetings at the Radisson ex-
cept December meeting at UMD, and the April Dinner Meeting:
September 17 Dean Korri, Cliffs Natural Resources
October 15 Vic Lund, St. Louis County
November 19 Jamie LePage, Enbridge Superior Terminal Pipe
Rack
December 10 Professor Ted Galambos @ UMD with Pizza
January 21 Kevin Ehrenreich, Krech Ojard
February 18 Supplemental EIS for Polymet Mining, DNR
March 18 Kevin Holm, LHB, Duluth Transit Center
April: Dinner Meeting
May 20 Brian Boder, St. Louis County and Michael Kalnbach,
MNDOT area project updates
September 16, 2014 Doreen Frost, AELSLAIGD
Next Board Meeting is scheduled for September 26th at 4:30 pm at Old
Chicago.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:46.
Dave Franseen, Secretary
American Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Section 10
The Duluth Section is launching a website and is ac-
tively seeking a volunteer to keep it up to date. We
will be creating a Chair position on the board. If you
have been looking for a way to become more involved
with ASCE and are technically inclined (no program-
ming or website creation knowledge required), this
could be
an in-
teresting and rewarding opportunity for you. If you
are interested or would like more information, please
contact Lisa Karlgaard at [email protected]
or 218-2796
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At the September 17 annual meeting, Lisa Karlgaard will be taking over as President. It has been a pleasure working with our Section’s
Board. I’m looking forward to being a Past President, and maybe continuing to document our history.
Board Committee Spotlight: Lisa Karlgarde, New President 2013-2014
Lisa has been an ASCE Section Board Member for 3 years and held the younger member chair
position for 3 years prior to serving on the board. I asked her these Questions:
Where do you work and what type of work do you do?
“I work at LHB, Inc. as a Senior Structural Engineer in our Bridge Group. I sometimes get into
the design of new structures, but my projects predominately consist of restorations of existing
bridges and culverts. Most recently I designed and am administering the restoration of the
historic bridge and monument site over Stewart Creek on Skyline Parkway for the City of Du-
luth, am leading a team that is assisting District 1 with the repainting of the Blatnik, and man-
aging a statewide historic bridge study of 140 bridges for MnDOT CRU and State Aid.
How long have you worked for LHB, and what do you enjoy most about your job?
“I’ve worked at LHB for 7 ½ years. I enjoy the variety that comes with my job. From day to
day, I find myself doing anything from bridge inspection, technical writing, design, or construc-
tion administration.”
What do you see as the Duluth Section’s largest challenge in the next few years?
“I see the largest challenge of the section to be getting our members more involved in the ac-
tivities of the section. We have a large membership of almost 275 and I think it is important
to provide something of value to each and every one of our members. This can only happen with
input, support and involvement from our members. As incoming president I will work with the
board and committees to figure out what the members of the Duluth Section wish to get out of
their membership and work to develop/implement the programs that our members desire.”
How do you like to spend your free time?
“I love hanging out with my new husband, camping, hiking, sewing and cooking.”
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