ASCE Metropolitan Section - Younger Member Forum

Younger Members Help to Revitalize PS 184 in Queens

The Younger Member Forum joined over 5,500 volunteers across the city participating in Hands on New York Day on April 12, 2008. This is an annual event organized by New York Cares that helps revitalize local parks, gardens, playgrounds, and schools. The team of ASCE members traveled to PS 184 in Whitestone, Queens and helped to paint several classrooms and plant shrubs outside the school building. After the event, a celebration party was held for all of the Hands on New York Day volunteers at Stout in Midtown Manhattan.

The Younger Member Forum held its Seventh Annual Executive Forum on February 21, 2008. The year's discussion focused on "The State of Our Bridges," a topic that has gained national attention following the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis last August. Over 100 young engineers attended the event and had a unique opportunity to meet prominent engineers involved with designing, constructing and maintaining bridges in the New York metropolitan area.

NHL Game at the Prudential Center

A week after holding a lecture about the foundation construction of the Prudential Center, the Younger Member Forum paid a visit to "The Rock" on January 16, 2007, to attend a NHL game between the New Jersey Devils and their Atlantic Division rivals, the New York Islanders. Located just a few blocks from Newark Penn Station, the Prudential Center is the first major sporting venue built in the New York metroplitan area in the last twenty five years. The arena has a seating capacity of 17,625 for hockey games and 18,500 for basketball games.

On January 8, 2008, Chris Woods, P.E. of Langan Engineering & Environmental Services gave a presentation to the Younger Member Forum about the geotechnical engineering aspects of the design and construction of the Prudential Center. The Prudential Center, also known as "The Rock," is a 17,625-seat arena in Newark, NJ that is the new home of the New Jersey Devils hockey team. The arena first opened to the public on October 25, 2007 with a Bon Jovi concert; the Devils' first home game was played two nights later.

Citi Field Construction Site Tour

On September 14, 2007, nearly 100 members of the Met Section Younger Member Forum had a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit the Citi Field construction site, located adjacent to Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens. The new ballpark for the New York Mets is expected to be completed by Opening Day in April 2009. Citi Field will be a 1.26 million square foot facility with a capacity for approximately 45,000 fans. The design of the exterior façade and main entry rotunda is inspired by Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1913-1957.

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