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• Historic Stone Arch Bridge Rehabilitation

  • When
    Wednesday, January 29, 2020
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Classics Five Banquet and Conference Center

  The Erie Niagara Chapter of NYSSPE will not be holding a Monthly PDH Meeting in January. We hope to assist any members needing a PDH by pointing out the meeting co-sponsored by ASCE and BAPG. Please go to either the ASCE website or BAPG website to sign up Historic Stone Arch Bridge Rehabilitation: Preserving the past for sustainability in the future! Speakers: ·         Brian Carlson, P.E. (GPI Inc.)  ·         Michael Mann, P.E (McMahon & Mann) Date and Location: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Classics Five Banquet and Conference Center  2425 Niagara Falls Boulevard Amherst, NY 14228 Overview The South Main Street Bridge in Jamestown, NY is a historic arch bridge built circa 1872 and comprised of two stone arches with two abutments, a center pier, and stone spandrel walls and parapets. A 2014 inspection detected severe deterioration of the arches, thereby compromising support of the bridge. Based on the historic nature of the bridge, it was decided to rehabilitate the structure instead of replacing it. During the rehabilitation, the original structure was exposed, providing an interesting snapshot into construction techniques in the late 1800’s. This presentation will review the project focusing on the foundation improvement work done, rehabilitation of the arch barrels, spandrel walls and parapets Additionally, we will discuss the impact utilities had on the project, and focus on lessons learned through the process of restoring this 140+ year-old structure. 1 PDH Approved Schedule Registration: 5:30 PM Dinner/Presentation: 6:00 - 7:30 PM Cost ASCE Member - $25 Non-Member - $30  ASCE link - http://ascebuffalo.org BAPG link - https://www.bapg.org

  
  

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• 2020 E-Week Seminar Series

  • When
    Friday, February 21, 2020
  •  
    7:15 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Grapevine Banquets (former Hearthstone Manor), Depew, New York
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  2020 E-Week Seminar Series

  Friday, February 21, 2020
  7:30AM to 5:00PM

  Grapevine Banquets 
  333 Dick Road, Depew, New York 14043

  7 PDHs Available
  (31 PDHs programs from which to choose!)
  - Civil
  - Environmental/Regulatory
  - Structural
  - Mechanical
  - Electrical

  Register online at www.erieniagarape.org/events

  Full Program will be available soon

  Cost:

  NSPE Members (Any Chapter) - $99.00

  
  Non-NSPE Members - $259.00 before February 8, 2020

  Non-NSPE Members - $299.00 between 2/8/2020 and 2/14/2020

    Students (Non-Volunteers) - No PDHs - $40.00

  Registration Closes February 14, 2020 at 10:00 pm no walk-ups on day of Seminar  

  Keynote Lunch Presentation:

  Peace Bridge Rehabilitation Project

  speaker: Mr. Timothy Coyle, P.E.

  Chief Engineer at GPI 

   Schedule:

  7:15AM-8:00AM – Continental Breakfast and Registration
  8:00AM-9:00 AM – Session 1 (1 PDH)
  9:15 AM-10:15 AM – Session 2 (1 PDH)
  10:15AM-10:45AM – Coffee Break
  10:45 AM-11:45 AM – Session 3 (1 PDH)
  11:45AM-1:30PM – Lunch & Lunch Speaker (1 PDH)
  1:30PM-2:30PM – Session 4 (1 PDH)
  2:40PM-3:40PM – Session 5 (1 PDH)
  3:40PM-4:00PM – Soda Break
  4:00PM-5:00PM – Session 6 (1 PDH)

  Tentative List of Topics- Actual Titles and Authors should be available by the first full week of February and may be slightly different than those on the present list

  Civil -Specs Alternative Project Delivery, Retaining Walls, Geophysics for Geotechnical and Environmental Investigations, Point Cloud Mapping using Drones, Continuous Inlet Design for Surface Stormwater Management, Special Inspections

  Environmental - OSHA Update, Northland Workforce Training Center, Case Study of Low Pressure Sewer Package Treatment System, Bioremediation, Storage Tank Regulations

  Electrical -Industrial Grounding/Ground Protection, Field Application of Digital Protective Relaying, Light and Human Health, Flexible AC Transmission, Lock Out Tag Out, CNG Bus Facilities

  Mechanical -Mechanical Lubrication, Conducting a Failure Analysis, Future Energy Standards, A New Era in Automation, Rotordynamic Design, Heat Treating Metals

  Structural - Concrete Admixtures, Power Actuated Fasteners, NDS Wood Design, Structural Fire Engineering, Tips for Optimizing Structural Masonry

     

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• 2020 Chapter E-Week Awards Banquet

  • When
    Friday, February 21, 2020
  •  
    5:15 PM - 8:15 PM
  • Location
    Grapevine Banquets (formerly Hearthstone Manor), 333 Dick Road, Depew, New York 14043
  • Spaces left
    58
  • Registered
    14 registrants

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  2020 Chapter E-Week Awards Banquet

  Friday, February 21, 2019

  
  

  Follow this link to register! 

  https://www.erieniagarape.org/event-3698119
  

  
  

  Grapevine Banquets
  (formerly Hearthstone Manor)

  333 Dick Road

  Depew, New York 14043

  
  

   

  Join us for an exciting evening to cap off our Engineers Week celebration as we join for dinner to recognize the 2020 awardees.

    

   

  Awards will include:

     Citizen of the Year - Dr. Joseph Zawicki, PhD - WNY STEM Hub

     Engineer of the Year - Ms. Catherine Knab, P.E.

     Engineering Manager of the Year - Mr. Joseph Fiegl, P.E.

     Engineering Educator of the Year - Mr. Franklin Silvernail, P.E.

     Basinski-Wohlers Service Award - Mr. Mark Adams, P.E.

     Young Engineer of the Year - Mr. Timothy Poe, P.E.

   

     

  Program:

  5:15 PM  Registration and Cash Bar

  6:30 PM  Dinner

  7:15 PM  Presentation of Chapter Awards

   

   

  Meal Selections:

  • Salmon with Berry Barbecue Sauce
  • Chicken Cordon Bleu
  • Sirloin Steak
  • Vegetarian Pasta Alfredo Entrée

  All entrees are served with a house salad, white cheddar mashed potato, fresh vegetable, warm rolls & butter, coffee / tea /soda.

  **The Sirloin Steak is Gluten Free**

  Dessert:  Vanilla ice cream with hot fudge

  Cost prior to 11:59 pm February 14th:

  • Chapter members, and one Chapter member guest - $25.00/person (chapter subsidized)
    
  • NSPE (non-chapter) members and a NSPE guest - $25.00/person (chapter subsidized)
    
  • Student members - $20.00/person (chapter subsidized)
    
  • Awardees and one guest - Free
    
  • All Others (non-members) - $30.00/person (chapter subsidized)

  Cost between February 15th and February 18th - $50/person regardless of affiliation. Meals will be Chef's Choice for late registrations.

  No Reservations or attendance after February 18th   

       

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• 2020 TSC Joint Dinner Meeting

  • When
    Thursday, March 12, 2020
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Salvatore's Italian Garden, 6461 Transit Road, Depew, NY 14043
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  TSC Joint Dinner Meeting with Erie Niagara Chapter NYSSPE

  Topic: GRoW Home

  Date: Thursday, March 12, 2020

  Time:   Cocktails & Social Hour at 5:30 pm (cash bar); Dinner at 6:30 pm

  Venue: Salvatore’s Italian Gardens

                6461 Transit Road

                Depew, NY

  Speaker(s) Information:   Marth Bohm, Assistant Professor – UB School of Architecture

  Abstract: “In this presentation, the faculty leader of the University at Buffalo Solar Decathlon team will discuss the overall requirements of the Department of Energy Competition, provide an overview of the mechanical system design for the house, share the results from the 2015 competition, and talk about next steps for the house as an energy education center on the University at Buffalo campus. At the conclusion of the presentation, attendees will have a better understanding of the constraints of the Solar Decathlon competition, what types of mechanical systems may be appropriate for zero net energy houses, and how such systems can be expected to perform.”

  Main Speaker Bio: Martha Bohm is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the School of Architecture and Planning, and an Associate Professor in theRegistratipo Department of Architecture at the University at Buffalo, part of the SUNY system.  She teaches design, ecological practices, sustainability, resilience, and environmental systems.  Her interests include finding ways to integrate analytical tools into design processes in order to better see the unseeable: energy, comfort, climate, air movement, and so on.  She was the faculty lead on UB’s GRoW Home, the 2nd-prize winner in the 2015 US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.  She is the co-editor of the book Beyond Patronage: Reconsidering Models of Practice, published in 2015 by Actar.  Before coming to UB she was Sustainable Design Coordinator at William McDonough + Partners in Charlottesville, VA.  Prior to that she taught at Cornell. She was a Ginsberg Research Fellow at USGBC and authored the USGBC Research Committee's National Green Building Research Agenda. She earned her M Arch at the University of Oregon, where she was director of the Ecological Design Center, and also co-founder of Design-Bridge, a community-oriented student design-build program. Before graduate school, she worked as a Natural Resource policy analyst at the National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices. She got her BA in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard.

  Credits for Education: 1 PDH (pending approval by NYSPE Society)

  Dinner Choices: 

  • Fresh Salmon
  • A Vegetarian Option
  • Chicken Parm
  • Prime Rib

  Cost:   Chapter Members - $30

              Non Members/Guests - $35                                        

  Registration ends Wednesday March 4, 2020

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