Paul B. Pizzimenti presented a Golden Apple to Mr. Korbin (Photo by Walter J. Papp, Jr.)

The 7th Annual William Barclay Parsons Lecture in Underground Engineering was held at the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan on April 21, 2009. Dr. Gregg E. Korbin, a consultant that has worked on over 100 projects and published over 30 papers and technical reports, delivered a lecture titled "Lessons Learned – 35 Years in Underground Design and Construction".

Paul B. Pizzimenti presented Golden Apples to Mr. Cordes and Mr. Hickey (Photo by Robert Talby).

Harald Cordes of Parsons Brinkerhoff and Don Hickey of the Judlau/Dragados Joint Venture gave a presentation on the Manhattan Tunnel Excavation of the East Side Access project on March 18, 2009. The technical lecture to the Geotechnical Group focused on the boring of four new TBM tunnels from 63rd Street and Second Avenue to Grand Central Terminal.

Paul B. Pizzimenti presented a Golden Apple to Mr. Smith (Photo by Walter J. Papp, Jr.)

On February 18, 2009, Graham C.G. Smith of Structural Preservation Systems, LLC gave a lecture titled "Urban Geotechnical Challenges: Construction Near Existing Structures" to the Geotechnical Group at the CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall in Manhattan.

Paul B. Pizzimenti presented Golden Apples to Mr. Lacy and Mr. Ellman on February 18th (Photo by Walter J. Papp, Jr.).

The 34th Martin S. Kapp Lecture and the 5th Annual "Meet & Greet" Dinner was held at Il Campanello Ristorante in Manhattan on Thursday, January 15, 2009. The featured speaker, Clyde N. Baker, Jr., of AECOM Technology Corporation was unable to travel from Chicago due to a severe snow storm. Hugh S. Lacy and Roderic A. Ellman, Jr., both Partners with Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, stepped in on very short notice and delivered a lecture titled "Foundations of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge."