JULY 2011 Page 1 of 9 Civil Times SunCoast Branch News July 2011 Happy 4 th of July! Hopefully you will enjoy a long weekend with friends/family or just simply relaxing! This month we have a couple of things to look forward to and we are asking you to start thinking about the future of your ASCE SunCoast Branch leadership. October will be the final days of my term as the President and Amjid Hussain, P.E. will be your next President. We will have a vacancy in the Treasurer Position, so if you are interested in becoming one of the branch’s next leaders, please let us know. This month is the Florida Section’s ASCE Annual Conference! Registration is almost closed, so if you have not signed up, what are you waiting for? This year the conference is July 14 – 16 at the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village in St Augustine, Florida. There are a wide range of presentations, a couple of which are from our local area. Molly Williams, P.E. of Stantec, and Adnan Javed, P.E. of the Sarasota County plan to present on the “Stormwater Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program (SWIRP) Projects Priority System”; and Adnan and Julie Karleskint, P.E. of Hazen and Sawyer, plan to present on “Asset Management and Managing Aging Stormwater Infrastructure”. Also this month we have our monthly luncheon at the Dutch Heritage. Our guest speaker is from TBARTA and the topic is “TBARTA: A Connected Region for Our Future”. Please RSVP to our Secretary, Melanie Smith, E.I. at [email protected]or call 941-907-6900. Our SunCoast Branch year ends September 30 th , 2011 with an induction of the new officers in October. We would like to celebrate the end of the year with a BBQ at the Oscar Scherer State Park! SAVE THE DATE FOR September 24, 2011! The BBQ will be open to your family and friends. Watch out for more details in the coming months. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Sincerely, Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E. ASCE SunCoast President President’s Message from Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E. In This Issue: PG 1: Presisdent’s Message PG 2: ASCE Suncoast Branch Scholarship Recipients West Point Bridge State Competition Info PG 3: Sub-Committee Contacts Lebarge Sponsor Ad PG 4: ASCE Conference Information PG 5: SAVE THE DATE PG 6: Lebarge Sponsor Ad Career Corner PG 7: SPONSOR PAGE PG 8: July Meeting Information Upcoming Meeting Information Mark your Calendars!! Special Events: July 21 - Monthly Meeting Dutch Heritage August 18 - Monthly Meeting Dutch Heritage Sept. 19 - Monthly Meeting Dutch Heritage
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JULY 2011
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Civil Times SunCoast Branch News July 2011
Happy 4th of July! Hopefully you will enjoy a long weekend with friends/family or just simply relaxing! This month we have a couple of things to look forward to and we are asking you to start thinking about the future of your ASCE SunCoast Branch leadership. October will be the final days of my term as the President and Amjid Hussain, P.E. will be your next President. We will have a vacancy in the Treasurer Position, so if you are interested in becoming one of the branch’s next leaders, please let us know. This month is the Florida Section’s ASCE Annual Conference! Registration is almost closed, so if you have not signed up, what are you waiting for? This year the conference is July 14 – 16 at the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village in St Augustine, Florida. There are a wide range of presentations, a couple of which are from our local area. Molly Williams, P.E. of Stantec, and Adnan Javed, P.E. of the Sarasota County plan to present on the “Stormwater Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program (SWIRP) Projects Priority System”; and Adnan and Julie Karleskint, P.E. of Hazen and Sawyer, plan to present on “Asset Management and Managing Aging Stormwater Infrastructure”. Also this month we have our monthly luncheon at the Dutch Heritage. Our guest speaker is from TBARTA and the topic is “TBARTA: A Connected Region for Our Future”. Please RSVP to our Secretary, Melanie Smith, E.I. at [email protected] or call 941-907-6900. Our SunCoast Branch year ends September 30th, 2011 with an induction of the new officers in October. We would like to celebrate the end of the year with a BBQ at the Oscar Scherer State Park! SAVE THE DATE FOR September 24, 2011! The BBQ will be open to your family and friends. Watch out for more details in the coming months. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Sincerely, Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E. ASCE SunCoast President
WHERE: Renaissance World Golf Village Resort 500 South Legacy Trail
St. Augustine, Florida 32092
Please contact Amjid Hussain for any questions on West Point Bridge Finals: [email protected]
ASCE SUNCOAST BRANCH SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Current Civil Engineering Student: Anatoliy Olimpiuk has worked and is currently a CAD designer with WilsonMiller Stantec for the past 4 years, and is currently in pursuit of a Civil Engineering Degree from the
University of South Florida. Anatoliy lives in North Port with his wife and two young children and spends the little free time he has volunteering at his church. ASCE Suncoast Branch is proud to present Anatoliy with $1000 scholarship to assist in
gaining his Civil Engineering Degree!
Graduating Senior: Tyler McDuffie of Riverview High School IB Program has been accepted into the UF Civil Engineering program. His exceptional academic abilities while maintaining a part-time job and volunteering his time in Nicaragua for the past 7 years gave great argument to the scholarship committee to grant him the assistance of a $500 college
scholarship!
Graduating Senior: Bret Moreau of North Port High School showed exceptional interest in the Civil Engineering Community through internship with the City of North Port Engineering Department as well as exceptional
academic performance while maintaining many extracurricular activities and part-time jobs. We generally only award one graduating high school senior, but Bret showed such promise, we will be awarding him with $250 to assist him on his journey
Call the hotel now at 800-266-9432 to reserve your room. Guestrooms are available for $99 per night. Be sure to mention the name of our block:
American Society of Civil Engineers, Florida Section to get the special room pricing.
This special pricing expires on June 20, 2011.
This year's keynote speaker will be Rep. Lake Ray, R-District 17. As in years past, registrants will be able to attend technical sessions that will give them the required 8 hours of professional
development hour (PDH). Laws & Rules will be held on Saturday, July 16th and it will conclude the conference.
The full registratrion member rate is $425 and non-member rate is $500 - until June 18, 2011.
After June 18th, the member rate is $475 and the non-member rate is $550.
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Date Speaker Topic
8/17/11 Robert Lewis Sarasota County Permitting 101
9/19/11 Mike Maholtz Sarasota/Manatee/Charlotte Long Range Transportation Plan (SMC 2035 LRTP)
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 Melanie Smith if there are any questions regarding directions to Dutch Heritage
Directions to Troyer's Dutch Heritage
(3713 Bahia Vista Street)
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2010 – 2011 SunCoast Branch Executive Board
President
Sonya Fronckowiak, P.E. WilsonMiller Stantec
6900 Professional Pkwy. E. Sarasota, Florida 34240