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NJSPE Installation & Awards Reception

June 27, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that the NJSPE Installation & Awards Reception was a resounding success! It was a wonderful evening filled with celebration, recognition, and camaraderie among New Jersey’s finest engineering professionals. We were honored to install our new officers and celebrate the outstanding achievements of our members.

A special thank you to our sponsors for their generous support. Your contributions were instrumental in making this event unforgettable.

Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to making this evening unforgettable. We look forward to another year of excellence and innovation in the engineering community!

To see all the photos from this memorable event please click here

The New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers (NJSPE) is proud to introduce its dedicated and esteemed board members for the 2024-2025 term. These individuals bring a wealth of experience and commitment to the engineering profession.

Pictured from left to right:

• Gregory Stolowski, P.E. Vice President

• Christopher Iacono, P.E. Secretary

• Patrick Stewart Executive Director

• Carolyn Feigin, P.E., President

• Erica Vigliorolo, P.E. President Elect

• Jeffrey Laux, P.E. Immediate Past President

• Darren Ferlazzo, P.E. Treasurer

• Isaac Forero, P.E. NSPE Delegate

NJSPE and NJMPO Networking and Planning Panel Event

Invited Guests to Include DVRPC, NJTPA, and SJTPO

October 11, 2024

9am-11am

Trenton Country Club

The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) has welcomed five (5) professional engineers to its 2024 class of Fellow members. The Fellow designation honors active NSPE members who have demonstrated exemplary and devoted service to their profession, the Society, and their community. Requirements for the title include holding at least one elected office at any level and active involvement at the national level.

“It is with great pride and admiration that we recognize this year's class of Fellows, who have been selected by their peers for this distinguished honor,” said Majella Stevenson P.E., F.NSPE, the chairman of the executive committee of the Council of Fellows. “These exceptional individuals have demonstrated unwavering commitment and dedication to their profession, the Society, and their community. We are honored to welcome them as Fellows and look forward to their continued leadership and service at the local, state, and national levels.”

NSPE state and territorial societies can nominate one person for each 500 voting members on their rolls per year. Nominations are also open to NSPE interest groups, chartered affinity groups, and the Board of Directors. Since its establishment in 2000, around one percent of all NSPE members have advanced to this highest rank in volunteer membership.

The 2024 NSPE Fellows include the following (in alphabetical order):

• Michael Gunsch, North Dakota – North Central

• Edward Hubner, DC– Northeastern Region

• Joe Pasaturo, New York – Northeastern Region

• Michael Purol, Missouri – North Central

• Chett Siefring, Ohio – Central Region

Founded in 1934, the National Society of Professional Engineers supports over 500,000 professional engineers and the public by fostering licensed professional engineers in service to society, ensuring the public can be confident that engineering decisions affecting their lives are made by qualified and ethically accountable professionals. Through education, licensure advocacy, leadership training, multidisciplinary networking, and outreach, NSPE enhances the image of professional engineers and their ability to ethically and professionally practice engineering. For more information, please visit www.nspe.org.

Registration is open for NSPECon24 (Raleigh, North Carolina, August 7-9), the prime national event for professional engineers to engage and connect with their peers and to advance their careers. The early-bird discount rates are available until June 27. Access registration information and rates here. Access the preliminary conference program for details on keynote speakers and session topics.

The deadline for reserving a hotel room at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley for the NSPECon24 rate is July 15. We encourage you to make your reservation early since there are a limited number of conference rate hotels rooms available.

NSPECon24 also offers a variety of sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities to put your company or organization in front of senior executives and other decision-makers from across the industry. A special exhibitor discount is being offered to Research Triangle-based businesses.

Legislative Update

Legislation moving in the final days before the summer recess, bills that impact the NJSPE:

A4360 - "New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program. Passed both the Senate and Assembly on Friday, June 28^th and now heads to the Governors desk for his signature.

This bill directs the Department of Community Affairs to establish a program through which it is required to certify an architect or engineer who satisfies certain criteria to be a qualified design professional. This certification enables the certified professional to take responsibility for a construction project’s compliance with the State Uniform Construction Code, and to self-certify that an application for a construction permit, and the plans and specifications submitted therewith, comply with the Uniform Construction Code and other applicable laws. The bill requires an enforcing agency to: accept a self-certified permit application and accompanying documents; conduct a supervisory check acknowledging the enforcing agency’s receipt of all materials required under the Uniform Construction Code; and issue a permit following receipt of a submission, depending on the scope of the project. The bill directs the department to establish eligibility requirements for a design professional to qualify to participate in the self-certification program. 

The bill requires the department to establish and promulgate on its website a design professional of record self-certification form and requires a qualified design professional of record to complete, sign, and deliver the completed form to the enforcing agency together with the construction permit application and accompanying documents. The bill requires a qualified design professional to submit a design professional of record self-certification statement, and the qualified design professional’s attestation of the accuracy of submitted information and the compliance with State requirements. The bill also requires the department to establish and promulgate on its website an owner certification statement and an owner hold harmless letter. 

The bill empowers the department to conduct random audits of qualified design professionals to determine whether a construction permit application and plans and other documents submitted in support of the application, comply with the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code and other applicable laws. The bill also authorizes the department to charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs associated with an audit. The bill enables the department to exclude, suspend, or sanction a qualified design professional for cause for actions specified by the bill. The bill also requires the department to create and maintain a searchable database on its website of all qualified design professionals who have been excluded from the program, suspended, or sanctioned by the department, and requires notice of such actions to be provided to the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, or the State Board of Architects. The bill requires the department to undertake a study, in consultation with the Code Advisory Board, within three years of the bill’s effective to determine construction activity that may be added to the self-certification program. The department also is to prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the self-certification program and the results of the study within this three-year period.

For a copy of the bill, please click here.

On Friday, June 29th the New Jersey Senate unanimously passed Senate Joint Resolution (SJR 29) 40-0 to designate August of each year as "Professional Engineers Month" in NJ and first Wednesday in August of each year as "Professional Engineering Day."

Nearly 10,000 professional engineers in New Jersey contribute significantly to the technological growth and economic well-being of this State through their work in manufacturing, engineering services, scientific research and development, construction, education, government, industry, and private practice. It is appropriate that professional engineers should be recognized for their many achievements on behalf of the industries, commerce, and the people of New Jersey.

The Assembly counterpart AJR 50 – has passed the Assembly Regulated Professions Committee and await full approval of the NJ Assembly.

News from the Governor’s office:

Gateway Development Commission Secures Full Funding for Hudson Tunnel Project

On Monday, July 8^th The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) signed a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for $6.88 billion in federal funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) and closed on Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loans from the Build America Bureau totaling $4.06 billion to fund the local share of the project.

With these actions, GDC has secured the entire $16 billion commitment needed to complete the HTP. This includes $12 billion in federal funding – the largest federal funding commitment to a rail transportation project in modern history. 

For more details and next steps for the project click here:

Continuing Education Webinars 

Explore a wealth of knowledge with our past continuing education webinars available at NJSPE.org, designed to empower professionals in their pursuit of ongoing learning and growth. Elevate your expertise at your own pace with these valuable resources.

Enroll in the Enterprise program

Enterprise membership allows a company to sponsor NSPE membership for multiple employee engineers and to design specialized benefits around their needs. Through the Enterprise program, NSPE will develop a package option perfectly suited to your organization.

Why should your company enroll its engineers in NSPE?

• NSPE membership is an employment benefit that will help you hire and keep the best engineers a real competitive edge for your company.
• By joining NSPE at a corporate level, your clients will recognize your company's commitment to engineering and ethical best practices, and will trust that your engineers will provide them with the best service available.
• Your employees will recognize your commitment to their professional growth, and will remain loyal and engaged.
• Employees will benefit from maximum access, value and convenience in everything NSPE membership has to offer.
• Your company may also be able to save on its professional liability premiums. Through NSPE benefit partner Victor, qualifying engineering firms are eligible for an underwriting premium credit of up to 5% if at least 50% of the firm's professional staff are NSPE members.

For more information on Enterprise Membership, or to receive a

customized package for your organization, contact NSPE Member Services

at 888-285 NSPE (6773) or memserv@nspe.org

NJSPE Would Like to Welcome Its New Members. Thank you for your membership!

Carolyn Feigin, P.E., P.P.

Erica Vigliorolo, P.E.

Gregory Stolowski P.E.

Darren Ferlazzo, P.E

Christopher Iacono, P.E.

Tejal Patel, P.E.

Brian Van Nortwick, P.E.

Isaac Forero, P.E.

Lawrence Powers

Patrick Stewart