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.

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.

Eye On Albany

While the press often focuses on gridlock in Albany, engineers should be aware that a number of the bills introduced in the New York State Legislature this year could have a significant impact on the practice of engineering. This article summarizes the most noteworthy.

Dr. Michael Constantinou presented the 17th Annual Mueser Rutledge lecture to the Geotechnical Group at the General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen in Manhattan on November 15, 2007. The lecture provided an overview of the various seismic protective systems and their application in mitigating the damaging effects of earthquakes on structures.