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Met Section
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 With March being "Spring Break" month for college students, the ASCE Met Section Hospitality Committee again received the visit of a contingent of civil engineering students from Avans University in the Netherlands, led by Prof. J.A. G. Sloots.
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Future City Competition
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 The ASCE Metropolitan Section and Polytechnic Institute of NYU hosted the New York City Regional Future City Competition on January 24, 2009. Volunteers from both the Met Section and Polytechnic Institute of NYU helped to make this another successful year for the competition. Forty-three teams consisting of middle school students throughout the metropolitan region arrived at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU with the excitement of presenting the products created by five long months of their efforts.
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Met Section
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On March 25th, ASCE released the complete contents of its 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure, which assigned an overall grade of D to the nation's infrastructure and indicated that $2.2 trillion in repairs and upgrades would be needed over the next five years to meet adequate conditions. The initial findings of the Report Card were originally released on January 28th, almost two months ahead of schedule while Congress and President Obama were quickly working on a stimulus package.
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Geotechnical Group
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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.
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Infrastructure Group
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 With global warming and the accelerated rise in sea level, New York City is becoming increasingly at risk from severe coastal flooding during intense nor'easters or hurricanes. Moveable barriers placed at narrow points in the waterways surrounding New York City can protect the inner city and nearby New Jersey from the storm surges that could otherwise cause the type of devastating damage that we recently witnessed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
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Younger Member Forum
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A common perception among young civil engineers starting out in the profession is that they must eventually pursue a management track in order to have a successful career. To provide further insight into this issue, the Younger Member Forum selected "The Management Track" as the topic of its Eighth Annual Executive Forum, which was held at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen in Manhattan on February 26, 2009.
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