ASCE Metropolitan Section - Infrastructure Group History

Infrastructure Group History

In 1989-1990, the Met Section Board of Directors acknowledged the need for the formation of a new technical group, the purpose of which would be to address the issues of infrastructure engineering and the state of the public works sector.

A task committee was thus formed composed of Therios Lefcochilos, representing the Board of Directors, Wayne Tusa of the Engineering Management Group, Robert Hintersteiner of the Transportation Group, Bruce Schultz of the Environmental Engineering Group, and Joseph Beim of the Urban Planning Group. This committee decided to consolidate the activities of the participating groups within the scope of responsibility of a new infrastructure group.

A call for new members was published in the April 1990 Met Section newsletter brought the membership of the group to almost thirty professionals, representing a large spectrum of public agencies, the private sector, and academia. The founding members of the group were the following:

Ari Adini* Ernie Athanailos Joe Beim Al Berg Emil Dul Bud Griffis Peter Gyulavary**	Douglas Hill Chuck Hymes Mohammad Karamouz Jagtar Khinda Therios Lefcochilos Marcos Lozias Mohammed Longi	Christian Meyer Bob Olmsted Michael Plottel Paul Rich Bolivar Sarmiento Bruce Schultz Bob Schumacher	Sam Schwartz Wayne Tusa Irwin Weinbaum Tim Weiss Costas Yaijakis
* Deceased **Deceased during 9/11/2001 World Trade Center Collapse

Several task committees were formed to address in depth pertinent subjects on energy supply, transportation, maintenance, reconstruction, education & research, data based systems, waste management, urban redevelopment, and communication systems.