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Sustainable Engineering, it's a term that’s become quite familiar in the last several years. Simply stated, it is "the ability to build for the present without depleting future resources." The design of sustainable projects can incorporate various factors including: local generation of construction materials, utilization of renewable energy sources, employment of local labor forces, and construction on brownfields.
Now consider sustainable design in a developing country! How do the projects compare and contrast? First let’s consider the similarities. The first critical step in a successful project is determining a clear definition of the scope with the end users. Developing clearly defined objectives simplifies the second step: the project manager's assembly of the appropriate project team: selecting those individuals with relevant experience who can ensure implementation of sound engineering principles. Next, we must factor in the critical factor of continued and effective communication with all parties throughout a design and construction process. And, the final ingredient to success is flexibility, experience and determination. This generalized approach can be considered as a universal blueprint for any successful project.
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Geotechnical Group
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Presented by: Frank Rauche, Ph.D., GRL Engineers, Inc.
The Geotechnical Group returned to the CUNY Recital Hall in Manhattan for its fifth lecture of 2007-2008 on February 20, 2008. The lecture introduction by Dr. Terry Holman included a brief moment of silence in memory of the recent passing of Dr. Ralph Peck, one of the founding fathers of the field of geotechnical engineering. The lecture focused on dynamic testing of deep foundations installed by non-impact methods, and included a summary of dynamic testing theory, examples of load testing on drilled and cast-in-place foundations, and a brief discussion on integrity testing.
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Geotechnical Group
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Presented by:
Dov Leshchinsky, Ph.D., P.E.
University of Delaware
Presented January 17, 2008
The Geotechnical Group held its 33rd Annual Martin S. Kapp Dinner Lecture at the Il Campanello Restaurant in Manhattan on January 17, 2008. The lecture took place after a buffet dinner attended by a full house of more than 100 attendees. It focused on the design and construction of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls and the lessons learned from three specific case history failures, each due to unique conditions.
Dr. Leshchinsky began the lecture by describing several MSE walls that had failed due to a build-up of water pressure behind the walls and the progressive block failures that ensued. Such shallow failures were described as common and often result in loss of fascia blocks without compromising the stability of the geo-reinforced soil.
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Younger Member Forum
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 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.
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Future City Competition
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The Met Section and Polytechnic University hosted the New York City Regional Future City Competition on January 19, 2008. Help from volunteers from ASCE Metropolitan Section and Polytechnic University made this another successful year for the competition. Thirty one teams consisting of middle school students throughout the metropolitan region arrived at the Polytechnic University with excitement of presenting the product created by their five long months of effort.
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John M. Dionisio, P.E., M.ASCE has been selected by ASCE as the 2008 recipient of the OPAL Lifetime Achievement Award for management. This prestigious award recognizes and honors a civil engineer who has demonstrated exceptional management skills in his/her professional career. Dionisio is the President and CEO of DMJM+Harris in New York City. He will be honored at the OPAL Awards Gala on April 30th in Arlington, VA.
First established in 1999, the Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) awards honor outstanding civil engineering leaders that have made lifetime achievements in design, construction, government, education, and management. Visit the ASCE website for more information about the OPAL awards.
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