The ASCE Central Ohio Section Younger Members along with the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers Younger Members, Engineers Club of Columbus, and Central Ohio Chapter of ASHE would like to invite everyone to a post OTEC Happy Hour on Tuesday October 19, 2010 at It's Brothers Bar and Grill (477 Park Street) from 6- 8 p.m.

Appetizers will be provided. Look for the ASCE sign to find us.

Questions?

Contacts:
AJ Smith at 793-2226 or asmith@bbcm.com (ASCE)
Ismail Jallaq 310-0184 or ijallaq@cecinc.com (OSPE)
Jen Alford at 901-2235 or jalfordpe@gmail.com (ECC and ASHE)

The October 2010 newsletter is now available for download.

Joint Meeting w/ SEAoO and ACI

Topic: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Patient Tower

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

The new Inpatient Tower is a 13-story, 720,000 square-foot addition to Nationwide Children's Hospital. Initial design studies began early in 2007, and construction is scheduled for completion in 2012. Construction costs for the building (not including furnishings and medical equipment) will be in the range of $275 million.

The Ohio State University chapter of Engineers Without Borders invites you to attend their first annual Banquet and Silent Auction on October 20, 2010 at the Ohio State Faculty Club.

EWB-OSU students will present their work on a latrine project in El Salvador. The design promotes sustainable technology and it will allow the community to receive treated drinking water in the future.

Tickets are $40 and are being sold until October 14th.

To purchase tickets online, visit http://ewb.osu.edu/banquet.html

For further questions or to purchase tickets by check, email kauppila.7@osu.edu.

Unusual Solutions in Bridge Engineering

Wind Loads: A Contrast between Bridges and Low Buildings

Learn the proper application, installation, material selection and specification of CHANCE® Helical Anchors, Helical Piles and Atlas Resistance® Piers.

The September 2010 newsletter is now available for download.

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.

Topic: Lime for Soil Drying, Modification, and Stabilization.

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

Wet, unworkable, and uncompactable soils lead to unforeseen costly delays in the construction process. Utilizing Lime to speed up the construction process is a very viable and economical solution.