ASCE Richmond Branch Newsletter

Volume 4 Issue 12 September 2012

Welcome to the new Richmond Branch ASCE Newsletter! We envision this
being a great tool to keep everyone in the loop about all of our news and
upcoming events. We welcome all suggestions that would help us further
expand and improve our monthly newsletter. Also, please make sure to
check out our website at www.ascerichmond.org for all of the information
contained in this newsletter!

If you have any comments, please contact me at mleckey@dewberry.com.

Thanks!
Melanie Leckey
ASCE Richmond Branch Communications Chair
President's Message

I have a confession. I've officially been out of college
longer than I was there. To some of you, this makes me
seem old, but others of you may have kids older than I
am. Now for the big question - why does this matter?

In college, there tends to be a feeling of being invincible.
Students are more prone to taking risks because they
haven't felt the burn of failure. There's excitement
building from trying new things and working to improve
them for next time. Once you've been displaced from the protective
bubble, this eagerness and optimism tends to follow you to your first job.
I'm sure many of us remember the first time we were trusted with
something reasonably important, and the first time we gave a suggestion
that was used on a project. Can you remember the last time you felt that
way?

The further one gets in their career, it seems the more conservative they
become. Many times things are done a certain way because that's the way
things are done. This doesn't happen every time, of course, but when was
the last time you were really excited to work on something? Engineers
become bogged down with proposals, contracts, meetings, and all sorts of
other tasks that limit the time for trying something new.

Now to my point - How many opportunities do you get to try something
new in your career? To reach out to someone you wouldn't normally
interact with? If you're a new engineer, have you found a mentor to reach
out to? For the veterans, have you passed your wisdom on to the next
generation and capitalized on learning their cutting edge ways? I challenge
you all to use ASCE to push the limits, and to expand your professional
world. Come to a luncheon to learn about a topic you know little to
nothing about. You never know what you might learn or who you might
meet. If you see a younger engineer, seek them out, and vice versa. Both
of you may have more to offer each other than either of you realize. Try
out an event you might not ordinarily attend. It doesn't hurt to try, and you
may find something new you really enjoy.
In This Issue
President's Message
Exciting Upcoming
Events
Local News and
Projects
Sponsors of the
Month

Meet the Board
and Chair
Members!

Click here for our
bio's and contact
information

President - Amy Bird

President Elect - Austin
Clark, P.E.

Vice President - Brooke
Young

Secretary/Treasurer -
Tony Gaynord, P.E.

Past President - Mike
Howell, P.E., S.E.

Communications Chair -
Melanie Leckey

Education Outreach Chairs
- Caleb Lange, Ashley
Johnson, and Josiah

I hope that most of you will consider this and use ASCE to learn and grow
within the civil engineering community. If you have any questions or
suggestions on things you'd like to try, I'm always available to you. As
always, I hope to see you soon!

Exciting Upcoming Events!

September Branch Meeting - Huguenot Bridge Tour


Date: September 18th
Time: 11:45AM - 1:00PM
Cost: $20
Included: Lunch and 1 PDH
Required: Hard hats, eye protection, steel toe boots and Class III safety
vests (with 'sleeves') will be required
Location: Lunch will be provided during the project briefing at Einstein
Bros Bagels (3058 Stony Point Road, Richmond, VA 23235). After lunch, we
will travel to the site. Please carpool if possible as parking on the site is
limited.
Questions: Contact Amy Bird at abird@dewberry.com

Maximum Attendance: As this is a live construction site, we must limit
attendance to 25. Please sign up today to guarantee your spot!





10th Annual ASCE Golf Tournament and Picnic
Thursday October 11th, 2012

Registration & Box Lunch - 12:00 to 12:45 am
Shotgun Start - 1:00 pm
Dinner, Prizes, and Awards - 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm

Hosted by: ASCE Richmond Branch, Young Members Forum
To benefit: ASCE Richmond Branch's Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund and
Educational Outreach Efforts

Providence Golf Club
1160 S. Providence Road, Richmond, Virginia 23236

Johnson

Government Relations
Chair - Chris Vaught

Membership Chair - Ed
Buchanan, P.E.

Website Chair - Kevin
O'Neill

Young Member Chair -
Justin Watson


For more information and the registration form, please visit our website.






Science Museum of Virginia - Lunch Break Science

PaveDrain Permeable Pavement
System Nuts and Bolts
Lunch and Learn - 1 PDH
September 12, 2012
Noon - 1 p.m.
Science Museum of Virginia
Lunch Provided by EMCO SiteSolutions

Lunch Break Science Presentation by
Dan Bishop of EMCO Site Solutions

PaveDrain Performance Pavement
A Viable Solution for Stormwater Management
Interactive presentation to include:

What is a P-ACB/M and Why Would I Want It?
Buried Treasure - Keep Stormwater On-Site In The Ground
Matching up Geotextiles with the Site Application
What's it take to maintain?





2012 Virginia Engineers Conference

Registration for the Virginia Engineers Conference is now open. On
September 18-20 this annual, statewide educational conference, hosted by
ACEC Virginia and VSPE, is geared towards all engineers and principals.
This year includes a Tuesday afternoon tour of NASA Langley followed by
two full days of educational sessions. It will be held at The Williamsburg
Hotel & Conference Center.

Register for one day or all three days, earning up to 14 PDHs.

Go to www.VirginiaEngineersConference.org to sign up!




ASCE Award Nominations


Nominations can be submitted electronically to awards@asce.org

You may also submit paper nominations to Honors and Awards, ASCE, 1801
Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400; phone: 1/800/548-2723;
email: awards@asce.org


For a full list of ASCE Awards and their nomination deadlines, please
click here.
Local News and Projects

Contech
Engineering Solutions
Stormwater System In
Albemarle County, Virginia

In Albemarle County, near
Charlottesville, Virginia, a large
neighborhood model development is completing Phase One construction of
a 65-acre site. Stonefield, this 270,000-square-foot retail center with a
central plaza and 245 residential units, is scheduled to open in late 2012.

The original site plans included nearly 1,200 linear feet of 30-foot-high
retaining wall that was necessary to construct two stormwater
management ponds. A significant investment was required for the
stormwater management portion of the project. So the owner, South
Carolina-based Edens, and the engineer, WW Associates of Charlottesville,
worked with Contech Engineered Solutions for a more cost-effective
solution.

After reviewing multiple Contech stormwater management products, the
project team chose a treatment train solution that uses Best Management
Practices (BMPs) through integration of pretreatment, detention and
treatment. This treatment train not only met all regulatory needs and
allowed the developer to retain more usable land than alternative options,
it even reduced the cost estimate of constructing the ponds by one third!

The Contech stormwater management system included:
A corrugated metal pipe (CMP) underground detention system
engineered from 2,411 LF of 138" diameter, 10-gage, Aluminized
Steel Type 2 (ALT2) pipe
A StormFilter 8' x 10' x 48' box culvert comprised of 98 filter
cartridges, using a variety of sustainable media to remove
challenging pollutants
A Vortechs 3000 hydrodynamic separator - a high-performance,
low-energy swirl-chamber system ideal for very fine sediment
removal (down to 50 microns)
Two temporary sediment basins with outfall pipe

With this stormwater treatment train solution, Contech reduced both
production time and logistical costs for the site contractor, Faulconer
Construction of Charlottesville, during the early project construction. This
was accomplished, in part, by utilizing the Contech Mobile Production
Vehicle (MPV) where Contech manufactured most of the CMP detention
pipe on the project site within just five days.

The Contech MPV is designed to be an intermodal, self-supporting factory
used for quick deployment to produce CMP with diameters from 3' to 16',
and up to 35' long, that are ready for installation in as few as four hours.
Using the same quality construction levels as Contech plant-manufactured
products, the MPV is ideal for remote job sites; projects requiring large
continuous pipe production, such as windmill foundation forms, vertical
shafts or caissons; support for immediate rebuilding and deployment
following a natural disaster; and, sites with limited storage space or
restricted traffic patterns, including mines, military bases or airports.

Contech is a market leader for stormwater management, wastewater
treatment, bridge, structure, pipe, drainage and erosion control products
and solutions for the civil engineering industry. For more information on
Contech Stormwater Solutions, the Contech Mobile Production Vehicle, the
ability to Design Your Own Detention System (DYODS) at no cost, or
products and markets served, please contact:

Contech Engineered Solutions
www.ContechES.com
1-800-338-1122

To see pictures of this exciting project, please click here.





ASCE and the Flying Squirrels

The Younger Member Group took in a Flying Squirrels baseball game
Saturday, July 21. A light mist kept the temperature cool and despite a
10-1 drubbing of the home team, we managed to enjoy the evening filled
with good times. Thanks to all those who came out!





Thanks to our Sponsors this Month!