There will be a free Lunch & Learn engineering seminar next Wednesday, June 30th at the Marriott Columbus Northwest in Dublin from 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM (see details below) provided by Skyline Steel’s Engineering Division.

The topic is Innovative Design Ideas for Below Grade Infrastructure and Accelerated Bridge Construction.

This is a complimentary, non-commercial seminar designed for: civil, structural, and geotechnical engineers; consultants and contractors; port authorities; and academics.

ASCE is offering a motorcycle tour for non-golfers in coordination with the ASCE golf outing on June 25. The cost will be $35 for dinner at the Darby Creek Golf Course, located between Plain City and Marysville. We typically start the ride from the McDonalds at Rt. 161 and Avery-Muirfield Dr. in Dublin at about noon, and finish at the golf course between 4 and 5 pm, taking back roads to the northwest of Columbus, with a stop at some notable (or not so notable) site in that area.

14th Annual ASCE Golf Outing June 25th!!

Don’t forget to signup for the 14th annual ASCE Central Ohio Section Golf Outing to be held June 25th, 11:00a.m. at Darby Creek Golf Course. The format is the ever popular 2 person mixed format. For $65, the same price for the past 5 years, you get greens fees, cart, driving range, drink tickets, lunch, steak and chicken dinner, beverages, tons of hole and place prizes and lots of “those” pies at the end.

The Portland (Oregon) Metro Council is the only regional government agency in the U.S. whose governing body is directly elected by the region's voters. It serves more than 1.5 million residents in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties and the 25 cities in the Portland region. The Metro Council’s vision is developing ongoing initiatives to plan for 1 million new residents and address climate change while growing a strong economy.

The ASCE June Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday June 16th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Tommy’s Pizza in Dublin. The Planning Meeting will help us generate topics of discussion throughout the year at the monthly lunch meetings.

Please send an email to Mike Mazzoli (mike.mazzoli@psiusa.com) by Thursday June 10th if you will be attending.

Topic: MOVE: The Vision for Civil Engineering

(Online registration and payment available, see bottom of page.)

Our special guest speaker is Kathy Caldwell, PE, who is the current ASCE National President-Elect. Ms. Caldwell is coming to us all the way from Florida, where she is president of Caldwell Cook and Associates and an adjunct professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Ms. Caldwell will begin her presidency in the fall of 2010.

Join us as President-Elect Caldwell presents her vision of the future of Civil Engineering.

A social event with the ASCE National President-Elect will be held at the Varsity Club on Wednesday May 19, 2010 from 6:00-8:00pm. The event will be similar to last year's event.

Pizza and drinks will be provided

No RSVP's needed

It will be held in the outdoor patio area, weather permitting.

The Annual Ohio Engineers Legislative Day is on May 11, 2010

The Program includes:

• 4 CPD Hours,
• lunch,
• Legislative Meetings

To find out more details about our program and speakers, look at the brochure, attached below.

To sign up for visits to your legislators' office call OSPE at 614-223-1144 or 1-800-654-9481(out of Columbus area).

Location: Capital Club, Columbus, Ohio

Contact: OSPE, 1-800-654-9481 (Ohio toll-free) or 614-223-1144

Is there a sustainable fuel alternative in our transportation future? If so, what will it look like and who will lead the way? Can alternative energy cars save the U.S. automotive industry? And what is "clean" energy and how should it best be used in our transportation systems?

Those and other questions will be discussed May 2-4 at "Moving Ahead 2010: Sustainable Transportation Solutions for the 21st Century."

http://www.movingahead2010.com/unite/

ENGINEERING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Today, the greatest opportunities and challenges for the engineering professions and industries are the support of development that is economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. Sustainable development will require approaches in which the use of