BSCESNews May 2024

UESI Boston Chapter/Utility Infrastructure

VOLUME 48 | ISSUE 9 | May 2024

By Michael R. Cunningham, PE, Senior Principal Engineer, Kleinfelder

Greetings members, I hope you're all having a nice spring! We are entering the last month of the BSCES fiscal year and my final month as president. But we have many great events and trainings still planned for our members before the summer is fully underway. Please check out these upcoming events in our weekly member emails and on the BSCES website. ... Read more

Building Steel Bridges and Floating Concrete Canoes

By Christine McLaughlin, PE, Structural Engineer, HNTB

BSCES members judged the Student Steel Bridge competition in this year’s ASCE Northeast Student Symposium at UNH. As always, the conference was well attended by ASCE Student Chapter members from over a dozen universities and colleges throughout the northeast, who showed off their year’s hard work in the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge competitions. ... Read more

BSCES Student Chapter Grants are Being Put to Good Use

By Michael T. Sullivan, PE, Sr. Project Manager I, CHA, and BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board Chair

Each year, the BSCES Board of Government votes to appropriate funds for ASCE Student Chapter Grants. This grant program is used to fund activities and events at participating Massachusetts colleges and universities with active ASCE student chapters. This fiscal year, the leaders of five of the state’s 10 student chapters requested and received modest grants. ... Read more

BSCES Announces 2024-2025 Board of Government

By Michelle Monette, BSCES Senior Membership Associate

Members of the BSCES Board of Government are pleased to announce the results of the 2024-2025 BSCES Board of Government elections which concluded on May 17, 2024. ... Read more

Renew Your ASCE & BSCES Dues!

If you haven't done so already, to remain an active BSCES member, don't forget to pay your ASCE & BSCES dues. Click here to log in and renew your membership

Announcements

BSCES Welcomes New Members

View all Announcements

Organization News

View all Announcements

Job Board

Town Engineer - Town of Plymouth

The Town of Plymouth, Mass. (pop. 62,000), is seeking an experienced and professional leader with superior engineering skills, proficient communication and presentation skills, and the ability to maintain high morale within the division to serve as Town Engineer. Plymouth has a five-member Select Board, a representative Town Meeting form of government, a preliminary FY25 budget of approximately $280.3 million, and an AA+ rating. Preferred candidates will have a demonstrable record of municipal engineering success, be able to build collaborative relationships, and be excited to serve as the leader of a dynamic engineering division.

Learn more and apply

Looking to promote a job to BSCES members? Click here to learn more about posting on the BSCES job board.

Advertising Opportunities

BSCES has a variety of options for advertising in BSCESNews and on the BSCES website. Click here to learn more about advertising with BSCES.

Get Involved

BSCES Civil Engineering Practice Journal Needs Your Help

Are you working from home? You can use the time you're saving by not commuting to perform a household chore or better yet, write an article for the BSCES Civil Engineering Practice journal. ... Read More

Suggest a Seminar Topic

If you have a topic that you would like BSCES to feature in an upcoming seminar, send your suggestion to BSCES Continuing Education Committee Chair Katie Swanson at conteduccomm@bsces.org

Learn about the Continuing Education Committee

Become a BSCESNews Contributor

Would you like to contribute to the newsletter of the oldest civil engineering society in the country? The BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board is seeking members who are willing to write articles for publication in BSCESNews or to join the Editorial Board. BSCESNews articles can be related to an issue’s theme or on any topic of interest to civil engineers. Please see the BSCESNews Article Submission Form containing article submission requirements. Click here to email the Newsletter Editorial Board for more information.

Submit Member News

Help us build the BSCES community by sharing your achievements. Have you or your company recently been recognized for a professional accomplishment, passed the Professional Engineer Exam, received a promotion, or changed employers? Send your news to BSCES Executive Director Rich Keenan rkeenan@engineers.org.

2023 - 2024 Society Sponsors

BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board

Chair: Michael T. Sullivan, PE

Michael R. Cunningham, PE

Anna Dastgheib-Beheshti, PE

Richard F. Keenan

Rishabh Iyer, PE

Angus J. O’Leary, PE

2023 - 2024 BSCES Board of Government

President: Michael R. Cunningham, PE

President-Elect: Christopher P. Hersey, LEED AP

Secretary: Rishabh V. Iyer, PE

Treasurer: Gregory L. Mirliss, STS

Assistant Treasurer: Vacant

Senior Vice Presidents: Kathryn Swanson, PE, Richard A. Matson, PE

Vice Presidents: Antonios Vytiniotis, PhD, PE, Anuja Kamat, PhD

Past President: Ronald K. Burns, PE, LSP, LEED AP

Western MA Branch Vice President: Vacant

Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Daniel B. Robbins, PE

Construction Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Edward G. Breed

Engineering Management Group Chair: Vacant

Environmental & Water Resources Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Yan Zhang, PhD, PE, CFM

Geo-Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Scott J. Kibby. PE

Structural Engineering Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Diego S. Arabbo, PE

Transportation & Development Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Anna Dastgheib-Beheshti, PE

Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Sean P. Donlon, PE

Younger Member Group Chair: James B. Gayle

2023–2024 BSCES Program Sponsors

Beals and Thomas, Inc. | Benesch | BETA Group, Inc. | CDM Smith

CHA Consulting, Inc. | Collins Engineers, Inc. | Dewberry | GEI Consultants, Inc.

Geocomp, Inc. | Green International Affiliates, Inc. | GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. | Haley & Aldrich, Inc.

HNTB | Howard Stein Hudson | Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. | Nitsch Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. | Skanska USA Civil | Stantec | Tighe & Bond | TranSystems

TREVIICOS | Tufts University - Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Vanasse & Associates, Inc. | VHB | Weston & Sampson | WSP USA Inc.

Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE

One Walnut Street, Boston, MA 02108

Phone: 617/227-5551, Fax: 617/227-6783

Email: bsces@engineers.org, Website: www.bsces.org

The BSCES newsletter, BSCESNews, is designed to provide information and opinions in regard to the subject matters covered. BSCES and its Board assume no responsibility for statements made or opinions expressed in this publication. It is published with the understanding that the Board and the authors are not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional services. If assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. The Newsletter Editorial Board encourages reproduction of BSCESNews with appropriate acknowledgment. © 2024 BSCESNews.