Please join us for a complimentary tour of Prestress Services Industries, LLC’s Grove City plant as they make the prestressed/post-tensioned concrete beams and precast/post-tensioned concrete arches for the new Rich Street Bridge in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The new Rich Street Bridge will replace the earthen-filled concrete arch Town Street Bridge, built in 1917, with a modern, concrete rib-arch bridge composed of five spans over the Scioto River. The bridge is designed to complement the adjacent bridges and will include 10-foot sidewalks, three traffic lanes, and plazas on each bank.

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.

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

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey and the Ohio Geological Society in cooperation with DLZ-Ohio, Inc., invite engineering and geoscience professionals to unravel the mysteries of the near-surface geology of central Ohio. Workshop attendees will earn professional development hours while learning about the diagnostic environmental and geologic characteristics; hydrogeologic properties; general engineering characteristics; potential environmental and geologic hazards; and economic uses for each mapped, geologic unit.

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

WHEN: March 3, 2010: 8:30 AM -3:30 PM
COST: FREE
WHERE: Ohio Department of Transportation - Auditorium
1980 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH

RESERVATIONS TO: Rita Shapter 614-228-1007 (Ext. 15892) rshapter@hntb.com
Please make a reservation to help us coordinate space and supplies.

PDH GUIDE: Workshop as scheduled is worth 4.5 Professional Development Hours

PROGRAM

Registration: 8:30-9:00
Opening Remarks – Ohio ITE President Katherine Zehnder, 9:00-9:05

MORNING SESSION
AASHTO Highway Safety Manual, 9:05-10:00
Larry Sutherland, Parsons Brinckerhoff

The Engineering Education Innovation Center at Ohio State is co-sponsoring a lecture with Knowlton School of Architecture and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science. The lecture is by Nina Rappaport of Yale University. The lecture will be based on a new book out on cutting edge engineering practices; SUPPORT AND RESIST: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND DESIGN INNOVATION by Nina Rappaport published by The Monacelli Press, New York.

Join us for a seminar program presented by Robert J. Schutz, P.E., P.S., CBO from the International Code Council to learn about the differences between the 2006 and 2009 IBC. Attendees will receive a copy of the International Code Council published book "Significant Changes to the International Building Code (IBC), 2009 Edition".

Earn 6.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Sponsored by the Engineers Foundation of Ohio
with support from the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers.

Earn up to 10.5 CPD Hours on Friday and Saturday, February 5-6, 2010, at the Columbus Airport Marriott.

Engineering leadership expert, James G. Dalton, C.A.E., will discuss the following topics:

• History of Leadership Research

• Traits and Behaviors of Effective Leaders
• Case Studies in Situational Leadership
• Developing Leader Strategies
• A Systems Approach to Leadership
• Management Skills of the Engineering Leader
• Leadership Poetics

2010 OSU Civil Engineering PE Refresher Course

The OSU Civil Engineering PE Refresher Course will meet each Tuesday and Thursday evening from 7:30-10:30 for eight sessions beginning the 26th of January. Registration is required and must be completed at least two weeks in advance of the section starting date. Payment or contract must accompany application to ensure enrollment. All checks or money orders should be payable to The Ohio State University. If enrollment does not meet the minimum required, the course will be cancelled and all money will be refunded.