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May Technical Speaker 2
Current Practice and Innovations in Green Infrastructure
Tom Bacus
Mr. Tom Bacus, Principal of Sherwood Design Engineers, will present ideas and examples on current practice in Green Infrastructure linking ecology, infrastructure, and design.
Examples will be drawn from International, national, a...
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May Branch Meeting Sponsor
Walter P Moore is an international company of engineers, innovators, and creative people who solve some of the world’s most complex structural and infrastructural challenges. Providing structural, diagnostics, civil, traffic, transportation, and parking engineering services, we engineer solu...
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Younger Member's Report
Happy May,
Well it’s finally time for the 15th Annual Houston Branch Golf Tournament. Regrettably the weather did not cooperate on the 12th, but a rescheduled date is being worked on and updates will follow once the details are confirmed. The good news is that there is still time to sign-up i...
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Treasurer's Report
As of May 4, 2015
Paypal
$
440.00
Savings
$
77,221.29
Checking
$
32,173.25
Total
$
109,834.54
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Membership Report
Currently, adjusted assignments to the Houston Branch include 3254 members. 82% of all National renewals (2202 members) elected to pay their Texas Section Dues. Thank you for your strong ASCE participation!
2014-2015 ASCE Houston Branch Membership Report
Report Date
Total Ass...
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2014-2015 Branch Meeting Schedule
Fall Dinner Meeting
September Branch Meeting & Officer Induction Ceremony(at CECON) – 9/16/14 (Tuesday)(4:30 PM to 7:00 PM) – Fisherman’s Wharf, 2200 Harborside Drive, Galveston, TX 77550
October Joint Engineering Societies Meeting – 10/21/14 (Tuesday)(5:00 PM to 7:30 P...
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May Trivia
If you want to be the Guest of Honor at the next Younger Member Event, be the first one to get all the answers right! So come on Houston, test your knowledge!
1. Match the state with the length of roadway lane miles per each state.
A. Texas
B. California
C. Illinois
D. Kansas
E. Minnesota
a....
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April Branch Meeting Main Speaker
Update on HCTRA
Gary K. Trietsch, P.E.
Trietsch is Executive Director of the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA). HCTRA has 120 miles of toll roads in the Houston area. It is a unit of the Harris County government. Trietsch worked in the private sector for over 5 years before becoming Exec...
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April Technical Speaker 1
"Road Zipper-Moveable Highway Barrier System"
Jon McGill
Lindsay Transportation Solutions/Barrier Systems Inc.
Jon McGill will be presenting an overview of functionality and design of our Road Zipper® quick-change moveable concrete barrier systems for both temporary/work-zone and pe...
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April Technical Speaker 2
Design of Foundations for Dynamic Loads
Hobi Kim, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Fugro Consultants, Inc.
This presentation aims to cover basics and principles of the dynamic response of foundations subjected to machine-type loading. Although the design methodology for foundations supporting vibrating machine...
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