The ASCE June Planning Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 18th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Tommy’s Pizza (tommyspizza.com) in Dublin. Please come for pizza and soft drink and to plan our upcoming ASCE and joint professional luncheons and dinner meetings for Fall 2015-Spring 2016.

Everyone is invited. Please RSVP to AJ Smith at ajsmith@hullinc.com by Wednesday, June 10th if you will be attending.

Topic: Status of the Society/Forensic Engineering

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Our special guest speaker is John A. Frauenhoffer, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE who is the current ASCE Region 3 Director and Chair of the Region 3 Board of Governors. Mr. Frauenhoffer is a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Licensed Structural Engineer in Illinois and is the Director of Structural Engineering for Engineering Resource Associates, Inc., headquartered in Warrenville, IL.

Topic: OU/OSU student chapter presentations
Portsmouth Bypass Project

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ODOT is planning to build a 16-mile, four-lane divided highway around the City of Portsmouth in south-central Ohio. The highway will bypass approximately 26 miles of US 52 and US 23 through Portsmouth. The estimated construction cost is $429 million. It is the largest single construction project in ODOT history, and is the first-ever to be built a through a Public-Private Partnership (P3) approach. Construction is expected to start in June 2015.

The meeting will also include brief presentations by the Ohio University and Ohio State University ASCE Student Chapters.

Speaker:
Tom Barnitz, PE
Portsmouth Bypass – Project Manager, Ohio Department of Transportation

Joint meeting with SEAoO

Topic: Case Study - Bridge Park Development

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Schaefer is providing structural engineering and parking consulting services for the first phase of this $300 million mixed-use development. Phase 1A consists of 370 apartment units, 140,000 sq ft of office space, 120,000 sq ft of retail and restaurants, and a 190-room hotel with conference center. Two six-story free-standing parking structures will park 900 vehicles in 291,000 sq ft each; a third similarly-sized garage is in the planning stages. The Schaefer team is developing the garages’ functional layouts including entrances and exits, circulation and parking stall layout. Construction materials for the project’s structures include post-tensioned concrete for the parking garages, structural steel for the free-standing office buildings, and one- and two-story post-tensioned concrete podiums supporting three- to five-story wood-framed residential buildings above. The presentation will cover project challenges that included roadways on the podiums, a sloping site with rock, multiple construction types and materials, and detailing for wood shrinkage, concrete movement, and brick support. Non-technical challenges included the project delivery method, zoning requirements, budget, and schedule.

Join us in celebrating the engineers that make the world a better place.

Topic: Engineering New Horizons: Honda and The Power of dreams

Speaker: Clement D’Souza, Engineering Large Project Leader, Honda of America Mfg., Inc.

Clement D’Souza is an engineering large project leader at Honda of America Mfg. currently assigned to the New Model Group for the Acura NSX and the startup of the new Performance Manufacturing Center.

Clement will talk about his experiences working with Honda, in particular,

• Good engineering starts with the willingness, ability, and empowerment to dream. At Honda we believe that dreaming big is the key to success.
• Clement will share what he has learned since he started at Honda, how the challenges he faced in launching mass production products prepared him for the biggest challenge of his professional career - developing a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that will build the first-ever produced super sportscar in the United States.
• As the production leader for the NSX project, Clement will explain the thrill in creating an all-new plant to build an all-new super sports car. He will talk about the focus of him and his team on creating a plant that has the perfect synergy between man and machine.

Topic: EWB Update - Flood mitigation project in the Esfuerzo de Paraiso, Dominican Republic

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This presentation will be on the Central Ohio Professional chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA. The guiding principles of EWB are based upon sustainability and community ownership and involvement. The implementation of these philosophies will be reviewed through a case study of two projects undertaken by the Central Ohio chapter of EWB. The first project is a municipal roadway project in the Las Pilitas neighborhood of San Pedro Puxtla, El Salvador. The project constructed a 400 foot long street and drainage system for an isolated residential area at the edge of the village of San Pedro Puxtla. The street, which is now complete, connects the Las Pilitas neighborhood to the rest of the town, eliminates unhealthful exposure to contaminated drainage, and allows safer access to the residences in the rainy season. The project was named the 2014 project of the year by EWB-USA. The second project is a flood mitigation project in the Esfuerzo de Paraiso neighborhood of Santo Domingo Norte, Dominican Republic. The Esfuerzo de Paraiso neighborhood, located within a floodplain, bounded by the Yaguaza river to the west and an agricultural canal to the east, experiences frequent and severe flooding. The residents experience near weekly flooding during the rainy season (April through October) with flood water reaching as high as 10+ feet during hurricane level events. The floodwaters also carry contaminants from nearby trash dumping piles and restrict access from the neighborhood to the surrounding city. The Central Ohio Professionals chapter is currently teamed with the OSU student chapter in the assessment phase of this project.

Topic: Blueprint Clintonville Integrated Solutions Project
Pilot Area Technical Committee (PATC) - Approach and Interim Findings in Columbus, Ohio

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The City of Columbus, Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage (the City) has embarked upon its approved Wet-Weather Management Plan (WWMP). Currently, that plan is almost entirely comprised of a series of treatment plant capacity upgrades, storage tanks, tunnels, and other piping system augmentations; collectively known as “gray” infrastructure. After approval of the WWMP, the use of more renewable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly systems, commonly referred to as “green” infrastructure, has been recognized and implemented in many communities as a potential solution to many of the elements associated with consent order requirements.

Recently, the City received approval from Ohio EPA to delay many elements of the WWMP so the City can investigate whether it can meet the WWMP goals and future stormwater regulations with green infrastructure and I&I control on public and private property. The solution is known as the Integrated Solution (IS). The City is proceeding forward with the pilot for this Integrated Solutions approach in the Clintonville neighborhood. 

This presentation will discuss the efforts of the Pilot Area Technical Committee (PATC) charged with developing and refining the project objectives, as well as the methodology and logistical challenges of achieving these goals.

Topic: SR33/I270 Interchange

Joint meeting with ASHE
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The reconstruction of the I-270/US 33 interchange was identified as an intermediate project in the I-270/US 33 Northwest Freeway Study (NFS), completed by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in 2006. Eight conceptual alternatives were developed and studied to improve traffic operations, promote economic growth and eliminate hazardous crash areas while minimizing environmental and right-of-way impacts. The interchange improvements will be constructed in phases, with Phase 1 construction beginning in 2015 and Phase 2 construction approximately 15 years after completion of Phase 1.

Topic: Scioto Greenways - A Riverfront Transformation

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The Scioto Riverfront in Downtown Columbus has been transformed as a result of hundreds of millions of dollars in public and private developments in the RiverSouth area. But while substantial public and private investments along the Scioto River have created world-class amenities, the river has remained a slow-moving, overly wide pool of sediment-laden water due to the presence of low head dams.

The removal of the Main Street Dam begins to restore the natural course of the river, improve the ecological systems and river habitat, provide new recreation options, and provide an opportunity to further leverage existing investments by creating a stunning 33-acre greenway through Downtown Columbus, Ohio.