The Cleveland Section, the Akron-Canton Section, the Central Ohio Section and the Ohio Council of Sections of the American Society of Civil Engineers invite you to:

The Legislative Breakfast

Presented by
Representative Steven C. LaTourette
14th Congressional District
US House of Representatives

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Crowne Plaza Hotel
5300 Rockside Road, Independence, OH

7:30 AM to 8:00 AM Registration
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM Presentation and Q&A

Menu

When: Thursday, February 23, 2012
- Registration: Begins at 11:30 a.m.
- Lunch & Program: Noon

Topic: Impacts NASA has made on the average American life
Speaker: Bryan Palaszewski, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

Topic: Caisson Failure Case Study
Joint Meeting Between SEAoO and ASCE

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

Bill will present his expert witness testimony in a case involving a caisson failure resulting in approximately 6” of settlement and significant damage to the building. The presentation will cover the many problems contributing to the failure and the “red flags” that went unaddressed by the parties involved, including the structural engineer, geotechnical engineer and inspection agency. The presentation will close with an interactive discussion on how lessons learned can be applied and preventative measures taken to protect your own projects. SEAoO and ASCE are pleased to invite you to join us for this valuable seminar.

Topic: Replacement of the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge
Joint Meeting Between ACI and ASCE

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The Jeremiah Morrow bridge carrying I-71 over the Little Miami River near Lebanon is being replaced with an all-concrete, segmental, cast-in-place bridge using the balanced cantilever method with form travelers. The Jeremiah Morrow (named after Ohio’s ninth Governor) is the highest bridge in Ohio (240’) and one of the longest at 2,230’. The existing, twin steel deck trusses were built in 1964/65 at a cost of $5 million. The existing bridges are being replaced in two phases. The first of two concrete segmental bridges is currently being constructed in the median between the existing bridges. The existing bridges are very narrow (only 30’ wide); the new bridges will each be 55’ wide with provisions for 3 lanes of traffic in each direction. The new bridges will cost $88.1 million. HNTB Cleveland is the designer and Kokosing Construction is the contractor.

Topic: Designing the "LEED Gold" Grange Insurance Audubon Center
(Joint meeting between ASCE and OSPE)

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The presentation will focus on the creative design strategies employed throughout this unique LEED Gold environmental education center. Site strategies for dealing with impacted soils, unstable subsurface conditions, and geo-thermal well challenges will be discussed. Innovative building strategies that take advantage of prevailing winds, daylighting and stormwater management will also be discussed. In addition, Michael will discuss the design team's use of integrated BIM modeling and simulation during the early stages of design.

On behalf of the Ohio Northern University ASCE Student Chapter, I would like to cordially invite you to this year's Annual Joint Meeting. Though this event is typically in recognition of the ONU Student Chapter's relationship with the Toledo Section, we thought it appropriate to invite all surrounding sections, as the Central Ohio, Dayton and Cincinnati sections are of nearly the same distance away.

-*- UPDATE -*-
The Upground Reservoir tour has been rescheduled for Friday, November 4th at 2:45. Site conditions this Friday are expected to be poor due the rain.
-*- UPDATE -*-

ASCE will be touring the Upground Reservoir on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 2:45. Construction is in the first of a three year project to place approximately 4.5 million cubic yards of fill to construct the embankments of the reservoirs. This 780 acre site will be the home for a 9 billion gallon reservoir – the largest lined upground reservoir in the country!

Topic: City of Columbus Upground Reservoir Project

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Construction of the first of three upground reservoirs was intitated in may of this year. This first reservoir, being constructed on Site No. 2 will contain 9.2 billion gallons of water. The project includes over 5 miles of embankment, over 4.5 million cubic yards of embanment fill, a composite liner over 780 acres and a state-of-art groundwater monitoring system. The reservoir will provide the water supply required to meet the long-range needs for the communities served by the Columbus Division of Water and Del-Co Water Company.

Topic: I-71/670 Design Build: Will You Be Ready

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The Columbus Crossroads project, one of the largest highway projects in Ohio, is kicking off this September with reconstruction of the I-71/670 interchange. This first phase of I-70/71 construction will be completed in 2014 and will create as many as 300 jobs. The $200 million I-71/670 project will improve safety, reduce congestion and connect neighborhoods. It will add a new travel lane on I-670 and reduce weaving across traffic lanes to exits. Twenty-two new bridges will be built, including a first of its kind cultural wall on the Long Street Bridge.
The presentation will discuss the project’s overall scope.