ASCE Metropolitan Section - Long Island Branch

Long Island Branch Recognizes Its New Life Members

On April 15, 2010, the Long Island Branch recognized the following newly inducted Life Members at the April Technical Meeting, "Generator Provisioning and Installation," which was presented by Robert Colum and Pete Happ:

Thomas Chastain
John Fiore
Frank Hettinger
Darrel Kost

Anthony Pollio
Alfonso Taormina
Mel Wasserman
Henry Young

Pervious Concrete Pavements – A Storm Water Solution

On March 11, 2010, Gregory Novitzki of the New York Concrete Materials Association gave a presentation on "Pervious Concrete Pavements – A Storm Water Solution," describing what pervious concrete is and how it is produced and delivered. He began the presentation describing some of the many environmental benefits that pervious concrete pavement provides and how if used in parking lots it can give a designer trying to achieve LEED certification 3 points.

The World Cup of Traffic Software

Given the wide range of traffic software currently available on the market, a common decision faced by traffic engineers is the type of software program that should be used on their project. On February 11, 2010, Luigi Casinelli of HDR helped answer this important question with a presentation to the Long Island Branch on "The World Cup of Traffic Software." He explained how to select from the numerous number of traffic software programs and when it was more cost effective to use one type of software over the other for particular projects.

On January 14, 2010, the ASCE Long Island Branch held a joint presentation with the Nassau County Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional Engineers (NYSSPE) at Domenico's Restaurant in Levittown on "Helical Piles & Anchor Applications, Design, Installation, and Verification."
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LIB Transportation Luncheon Kicks Off the Holiday Season

Commissioner Ray Ribeiro, P.E. of the Nassau County Department of Public Works (NCDPW) and Commissioner Gil Anderson, P.E. of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works (SCDPW) were the invited guest speakers at the Long Island Branch's Annual Transportation Luncheon. The event was held on Friday, December 4, 2009 at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York.
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