Complete Streets: State of the Practice
*Open only to Central Ohio Section Members
*Seating is limited to the first 25 people
*Bring your own lunch
Purpose and Background
Complete Streets can benefit all communities, regardless if they are rural, suburban or urban. Complete Streets are intended to be safe, comfortable, and convenient for all users regardless of age or ability - motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transportation riders.
This webinar will provide an overview of the current practice in Complete Streets policy, planning and design. The material covered will define Complete Streets, communicate their transportation, public health and environmental benefits, overview leading design guidance and discuss policy and implementation strategies. The information provided will help professionals and agencies understand the need for and processes for balancing the needs of all users. Additionally, participants will receive guidance on how to develop and implement effective policies to routinely create complete streets projects and networks.
By attending this webinar, engineers, planners, local leaders and decision makers will gain a solid framework for delivering Complete Streets locally. After completing this session you will understand how Complete Streets can help your community along with specific tools and next steps you can take to ensure Complete Streets are appropriately planned and provided.
RSVP to newsletter@centralohioasce.com by Friday, May 1, 2015.
FHWA's Long-Term Pavement Performance Program
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program was initiated in 1987 and is the largest pavement study ever conducted.
The program has monitored more than 2,500 test sections on in-service highways located throughout the United States and Canada.
The program's goal is to understand how and why pavements perform as they do. As highway agencies transition to a performance based approach to managing highway investments, this goal is more important then ever.
T.H. Wu Distinguished Lecture - 2015
Risk and Decision-Making for Extreme Events: What Terrorism and Climate Change Have in Common?
By Professor Mark G. Stewart, ARC Australian Professorial Fellow
Director, Centre of Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, The University of Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia
Abstract
Recycled Base Aggregates in Pavement Applications
*Open only to Central Ohio Section Members
*Seating is limited to the first 20 people
*Bring your own lunch
Purpose and Background
2015 Ohio Valley Student Conference
The 2015 Ohio Valley Student Conference will be hosted March 26 – 28 by the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati State. The conference will be held in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
Blue Jackets vs New Jersey Devils Hockey Game - SOLD OUT
Based on the popularity of our previous Blue Jackets outings, we, in conjunction with ASHE, have a group package of 40 tickets to the Blue Jackets-Devils game. Tickets are $10 per member and $15 per guests. We're accepting pre-payment using PayPal. As these tickets usually sell for $50 face value, it's a great deal.
You can pick up the tickets from Matt Baxendell at Brother's before the game. Contact Matt (Matt.Baxendell@woolpert.com) for more info or any questions.
Blue Jackets Tickets - Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
SOLD OUT
Ohio Engineers Legislative Day
Ohio Engineers Legislative Day
Earn 5.0 CPD Hours!
Join us in Columbus for Ohio Engineers Legislative Day on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. OSPE and ASCE members may register for a 30% reduced price!
Topics will include:
- Working With Government Entities for Maximum Impact
- Legislative Update
- Ways to Cure Ohio's Lake Pollution
- Project Status Report, Ohio Turnpike Commission
- National Transportation Funding
- Plan Stamping and Industrial Exemption Update
19th Annual ASCE Golf Outing
19th Annual ASCE Golf Outing June 12th!!
Don’t forget to mark your calendars and signup for the 19th annual ASCE Central Ohio Section Golf Outing to be held June 12th, 11:00a.m. at Darby Creek Golf Course. The format is the ever popular 2 person mixed format. For a low entry fee of $70 you get greens fees, cart, driving range, drink tickets, lunch, steak and chicken dinner, beverages, tons of hole and place prizes and lots of “those” pies at the end.
March Luncheon Meeting
Joint meeting with SEAoO
Topic: Case Study - Bridge Park Development
(Online registration and payment available, see bottom of page.)
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.