SEATTLE SECTION
NEWSLETTER
January 2013
Volume 48 No. 5
Celebrating 100 Years of People, Projects, and Policies – ASCE Seattle Section, 1913–2013
Section Officers
October 1, 2012—September 30, 2013
SEATTLE SECTION OFFICERS
James Chae, President
425-990-6832
Perry Cole, President-Elect
425-471-9022
Emily Spahn, Secretary
425-646-8806, x304
Sam Swartz, Treasurer & Budget Chair
206-689-3324
Melissa Wu, Immediate Past President
425-233-3306
Stefanie Herzstein, Director (2012)
425-821-3665, x219
Laura Ruppert, Director (2013)
425-451-4009
Mike Harney, Director (2014)
206-695-6850
YMF OFFICERS
Shane Binder, President
425-821-3665
ASCE Seattle Section Meeting - Joint Meeting with the
Tacoma/Olympia Section and the Sustainability Committee
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Place: McCormick & Schmick’s Harborside, 1200 Westlake Ave. N.,
Seattle, WA 98109
Cost: General Admission $40
Student or Unemployed $15
Late General Admission $45
Late Student or Unemployed $20
Meal: Meat, Vegetarian & Vegan entrees are available.
5:30 Social Hour
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Speaker: Knute “Skip” Berger, Award-Winning Writer
Elizabeth Clark, President-Elect
206-770-3661
Amanda Shellenberger, Board Representative
206-903-3371
Adam Hill, Secretary
206-219-5894
James Le, Treasurer
206-382-9800
Rhiannon Parmelee, Past Executive
206-325-5254, x64724
UW/SEATTLE U CONTACTS
Nicholas Ringstad, UW Student Chapter President
[email protected]
Chris Padin, Seattle U Student Chapter President
[email protected]
KITSAP BRANCH OFFICERS
David Dinkuhn, President
360-850-5319
NORTH BRANCH OFFICERS
David Lee, President
360-855-3219
John Tuttle, President-Elect
360-733-5760
Elizabeth Sowers, YMF Chairperson
360-937-0828
BOEING BRANCH OFFICER
Karen Dix-Colony, President
425-266-8899
WEBMASTER
Ann Bryant
[email protected]
Please make your reservations by
5:30 pm, Monday, January 7.
To register visit january2013asce.eventbrite.com
To pay at the door with cash/check, select
“Show other payment options.”
For assistance with online registration, please contact House
and Hospitality at [email protected].
Direct questions or comments regarding meetings to Section
President James Chae at [email protected]
Program: The Origins of the Needle
The Space Needle made headlines around the world when it opened
in 1962 for the Seattle World’s Fair, but while it was an instant success, it was long in the making. Knute “Skip” Berger’s talk will look at
why and how the Needle was built, examine the process of its design,
conception, and construction. Mr. Berger’s research is based on original documents and interviews with some of the people who financed,
engineered and built the Needle. What began as a doodle on a placemat in a hotel coffee shop became a global symbol of the Space Age,
an emerging high-tech city, and the aspirations of an America looking
to the future amid the Cold War. It has been called “America's Eiffel
Tower.” The story of the Needle and her builders is a remarkable one.
President’s Column
The deadline for the
February 2013 issue is
5:00 p.m.
Friday, January 18, 2013
By James Chae, Seattle Section President
Happy New Year!
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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
CIVIL ENGINEERS, SEATTLE SECTION
http://www.seattleasce.org
Volume 48 No. 5, January 2013
Published 10 times a year
As we start this New Year, I hope everyone had a
very Merry Christmas and some much deserved
“downtime” to reflect on the many blessings of this
past year. As many of us set new personal goals and
challenges for 2013, this year will also be a very special and meaningful year for our ASCE Seattle Section, as we celebrate 100 years of serving our Seattle
members as an official Section of ASCE. In honor of
this Centennial year, many of our members have been working extremely
diligently planning out a year-long program to “honor the People, Projects, and Policies central to the advancement of the civil engineering profession and development of the Seattle area.” As I think about some of our
most significant achievements that played a key role in Seattle’s growth
over the past century, many of our iconic Seattle area landmarks come to
mind—the Chittenden Locks, our two floating bridges across Lake Washington, Stevens Pass, and of course, our beloved Space Needle. We have
been blessed with forward-thinking civil engineers in our history that
were able to balance the need for growth with the need to protect what
makes our part of the country so special—our abundant water and mountains. I look forward to this Centennial as we celebrate our rich engineering heritage and some of our most significant figures that contributed
greatly to our region—pioneers such as Hiram Chittenden, John Stevens,
and R.H. Thomson. Throughout 2013, our Section has many special events
planned including a special presentation on the history of the Space
Needle at our January dinner meeting, Centenary exhibits at Sea-Tac
Airport, a Washington State Report Card, and a gala dinner to close out
our 100th anniversary. It is going to be an exciting year!
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See President’s Column on page 3
Knute "Skip" Berger is a Seattle native and award-winning writer. He
pens the Mossback column for Crosscut.com, a Pacific Northwest nonprofit online daily. His latest book is the 50th anniversary history Space
Needle, the Spirit of Seattle (2012). He is also author of the regional
bestseller Pugetopolis (2009). He is Editor-at-Large of Seattle magazine and
a regular weekly news commentator on Seattle’s NPR affiliate, KUOW.
He was appointed the Museum of History and Industry’s Denny Lecturer
for 2012 and served as Writer-in-Residence at the Space Needle in 2011.
He has a life-long fascination with world’s fairs, which began when he
attended the Century 21 Exposition in 1962. Berger has attended eight
world’s fairs in eight different countries: USA, Canada, Spain, Portugal,
Germany, Japan, China and South Korea. He lives with his wife in
Madison Park.
Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers
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President’s Column (continued from page 2)
All of these events and activities would not be possible
if it were not for the countless volunteer hours by our
Centennial planning committee, co-led by Sunny Rose
and Ron Bard. They have been planning for over a
year to get to this starting point in our Centennial, and
I heartily thank everyone involved for their sacrifice
and commitment. Lastly, I would like to express our
gratitude for all the sponsors for the Centennial who
have provided the resources that allow us to celebrate
this special year.
Looking forward to a hopeful and prosperous 2013!
James Chae
Seattle Section
Leadership Opportunity
Our ASCE Seattle Section is looking to fill our
Program Chair position for the coming 2013 year.
This position is responsible for evaluating and reserving speakers for our monthly dinner meetings,
and works closely with our Section board members
to provide interesting topics for presentation at our
meetings. This is a great opportunity to network
with leaders in our region, and develop contacts
over a broad range of expertise in our profession.
Please contact Jessica Aguilar at
[email protected] for more information or to
express your interest in the position.
Seattle Section President
The Seattle Section thanks the following corporate sponsors who have provided support for the Section’s Centennial Year in 2013.
January 2013
Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers
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The ASCE Seattle Section Turns 100 Years Old in 2013!
By Sunny Rose, P.E., Centennial Committee Co-Chair
The ASCE Seattle Section was founded on June
30, 1913, and has since grown to nearly 2,500
members within King County and the surrounding areas including Kitsap and Snohomish
Counties. The Section’s commitment to the advancement of civil engineers is demonstrated
through its leadership, sense of community and
dedication to the profession. From organizing
professional development opportunities to recognizing the outstanding achievements of local
civil engineers, the Section has a longstanding
history of fostering the growth of civil engineers
and celebrating their successes.
In 2013, the ASCE Seattle Section celebrates its
centennial year. To commemorate 100 years of
professional service and civil engineering
achievements, the Section is hosting a yearlong
centennial celebration. This program will feature
a series of events and activities to both honor the
professional community and engage the public
and civic leaders in the celebration of local civil
engineers.
From the bridges and infrastructure that connect
the diverse landscape of Puget Sound, to the
landmarks that distinguish the Seattle area as a
hub for innovation and technology, civil engineers have profoundly shaped the development
of the Puget Sound region. The centennial year
celebration will honor the People, Projects and
Policies that are monumental to both the advancement of the civil engineering profession
and development of the Seattle area.
To kick off the year, the Seattle Section has developed the Civil Engineers that Built Seattle –
Centenary Exhibit to showcase the heritage of
civil engineers in the Northwest and to raise
public awareness within the non-engineering
community of the essential contribution of civil
engineers.
The exhibit’s introductory panel.
The series of 10 museum-quality display panels spotlight the “people” aspect of civil engineering. The introductory
panel is shown above. The panels focus on the civil engineers who have built projects and created organizations that
have contributed to the growth of Northwest Washington state. From George Vancouver’s mapping of the Puget
Sound, to Hiram Chittenden’s locks, railroad tunnels at Stevens Pass, and power generation at Snoqualmie Falls, the
exhibition describes the dreams, failures, and political battles that characterized these works and the civil engineers
that created them.
The exhibit will open on January 14, 2013 at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at Gate B4.
January 2013
Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers
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EERI Annual Meeting Registration Open
Registration is open for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Visit
https://eeri.org/cohost/registration/eeri-2013-annualmeeting. The meeting will be held February 12–15, 2013,
at the Grand Hyatt Seattle. With the theme “Building
Resilient Communities Through Policy and Mitigation,”
the meeting has much to offer engineers, scientists, emergency managers, and policy makers, highlighting earthquake policy issues while also offering insights from researchers and practitioners from around the country. A
free half-day pre-meeting workshop will be held February 11 on “The Canterbury Earthquakes—Lessons and
Implications for Regions Worldwide.”
If you register by January 15, the registration fees are
$475 for regular EERI members ($650 nonmembers) and
$295 for EERI young professional, student, and retired
members. For nonmembers who become EERI members,
the fee is $700 — a combined savings of $220. After January 15, fees will increase by $100. The program brochure
is available as a PDF on the above registration web page,
which also has a link to make hotel reservations. Register
today to take part in this program that will deepen and
broaden your understanding of earthquake risk reduction, and where you will meet other leaders in the field!
Employment Notice
To post an employment notice in the newsletter and on the Section’s web site, please contact the editor in advance of the
monthly deadline. Rates for advertising are shown on page 2.
Water & Sewer Senior Systems Engineer
The City of Bellevue Utilities Department is recruiting for a Water & Sewer Sr. Systems Engineer. This
full time position provides professional, technical,
and strategic direction to Utility System Planning
engineers and support staff; manages complex water
and wastewater planning studies including periodic
updates to the Water and Wastewater System Plans
(aka Comprehensive Plans); manages and runs water
and wastewater system hydraulic computer models;
and reviews development proposals for utility capacity issues. Learn more and apply online
at https://apply.govjobstoday.com//
JobAnnouncement.aspx?jid=2811.
Seattle Section Transportation
Committee Meeting
The Transportation/Urban Planning Committee’s next
Brown Bag Lunch Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 15. If you would like to attend and be notified of
meeting details, please send your email contact information to: [email protected].
Topic: Jon Layzer, Director of Major Projects for the
City of Seattle, will provide a presentation on City of
Seattle transportation projects.
When: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Where: City of Seattle Department of Transportation
Offices, 700 5th Avenue, 38th floor, Room 3832
New Member Report
Based on the new membership information from the ASCE national database, the following members enrolled
to the Seattle Section in November 2012.
Deepa Mungasavalli Prabhu
Marie Alicia Adams
Sheng Wang
Casey Browne
Anthony J. Vandermuss
Charles D. Gerdes
Natalia Y. Pavlenko
Arumugam Gopalasingam
Lisa Ann Dunham
Lee Tumbleson
John E. Malek
Yunteng Lao
Gretchen Leann Kayser
Marek Joseph Danilowicz
Hillary Adrienne Tervet
Caroline Ruwe
Henry John Koppelman
Victor Gumbs
Patrick E. McDermott
Elyssa Dixon
January 2013
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ASCE Seattle Section Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Minutes for November 14, 2012
Attendees: Jessica Aguilar, James Chae, Perry Cole, Paul
Grant, Mike Harney, Ed Huston, Doug Knapp, Laura Ruppert, Amanda Shellenberger, Emily Spahn, Sam Swartz,
Melissa Wu
Meeting called to order at 4:32pm
Motion to approve October meeting minutes, as amended,
brought by Melissa, second by mike; passed unanimously.
Motion to pass September minutes brought by Laura and
seconded by Melissa; passed unanimously.
Treasurer's Report:
Budget has been finalized. Closed out last fiscal year.
It was discovered that two checks for dues allotments,
from Sep 2011 and June2012, were never made it to our
bank account. These were stopped and reissued by ASCE
National.
lege’s civil engineering club got disbanded, but now have
an all-disciplines engineering group. They would still like
to affiliate with ASCE in some fashion.
Request for volunteers: Gary Foss at Boeing is looking
for volunteers to meet with Cleveland High School science students. They're trying to find ~12 folks to act as
mentors.
Branch Report:
Got reports from all branches. North and Kitsap branch are
both active. The Boeing branch sent an updated contact
list.
Technical Committees:
Report is on E-room
All ASCE updates have been updated on the website
Urban Transpo / Water: No meetings in Nov or Dec.
Between these two checks and the society allotment, we
Ports & Harbors: Joint meeting tonight
are stable financially, although we do have to consider the
Structural: The Washington Shakeout got 800,000. The
centennial celebration costs.
SEAW website has an article about things homeowners
Ann will be managing the lump sum webmaster budget
can do about earthquakes. SEAW did a member survey
of $1500 total for website maintenance. (This is cheaper
on dinner costs and lots of feedback saying that their exthan what we spent on this in previous years.)
isting venue is inadequate and would prefer to have it
back downtown, probably at the Monaco hotel. The NoSeattle University received funds last year, but got reimbursed by ASCE National. They would like to apply these vember meeting is going to be at the Space Needle, a panel discussion by engineers who worked on it 50 years ago.
unused funds towards attending the EWRI conference.
The board is agreeable.
Infrastructure report card, meeting in Nov, need to ramp
up efforts. Laura has started a discussion on LinkedIn
Motion to approve Treasurer’s report brought by Melissa
about it.
and seconded by Mike; approved unanimously.
Sam represented ASCE Seattle at the pile driving associa-
Membership report:
13 new people have joined in the last month. We currently
have approximately 2380 members total.
tion conference.
YMF
Perry has sent out a welcome to the new members; some
will be attending tonight’s meeting.
A volunteer event will take place on Dec 1 in lower
Standing Committees:
Plan to get the YMF webpage updated.
Centennial: Very busy with preparations. Cindy Hirsh
Old Business:
says we’re archived.
Woodland Park, through the Green Seattle partnership
Fundraising is proceeding slowly. There is no simple
Diversity: Would like to get informative links added to
the website.
PSEC: Intersociety officers workshop was very poorly
attended (4 people), most likely due to poor promotion.
fundraising approach to cover all the fields ASCE represents. Firms have come forward to sponsor unemployed
and student members’ dinners. Fundraising ideas are
welcomed.
University Advisory: Lake Washington Technical ColJanuary 2013
Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers
See November Minutes on page 7
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November Minutes (continued from page 6)
University Mentor Night Help Needed
New Business:
By Paul Grant, PE
The board is considering switching the email blast ser-
vice provider to Constant Contact, which is provided to
us for free from ASCE National. The board agrees that
we should switch provided we do not lose functionality.
If you are interested in being a mentor for a night for
college students, the Puget Sound Engineering Council
(PSEC) needs your help!
Time and Location:
James would like to nominate Ron Bard for region
Seattle Central Community College (SCCC)
Thursday, January 31st, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Location: TBA
governor; nominations are due in spring. The board is
agreeable.
The Seattle Section and/or its members won 4 awards
from ASCE National: YMF won a community service
award, Arthur Fleming for citizen engineer of the year,
last spring’s K-12 outreach event at Southcenter won a
community service project award, and Doug Knapp
won a young engineer award. Good job everyone!
Remember, post files up by COB Tuesday.
ASCE Seattle Section Executive
Board Meeting Minutes
Minutes for December 12, 2012
The December 12 minutes will be published in the
February 2013 newsletter.
The purpose of the mentor night activity has been to
bring as many practicing engineers together with as
many students as possible. We are trying to inspire the
students, most of whom are freshmen and sophomores
as well as high school seniors, toward a career in engineering. The mentor night allows engineers to relay their
experience in the profession and answer questions posed
by students. The event will be kicked off with a brief
introduction of the engineering disciplines represented
by the volunteers followed by open forum where the
students visit various tables and converse with the mentors. Mentors are encouraged to bring a sample of work
that will fit on a 30" x 30" table top for potential discussion with the students.
If you are interested in participating, please sign up
online at: http://www.pseconline.org/Events/
MentorNights or contact Paul Grant at
[email protected]. Maps and further instruction
will be sent out prior to the event.
Congratulations to Centennial Year Seattle Section Life Members
By Melissa Wu, P.E., Immediate Past President
In our centennial year, we are pleased
to honor 18 new Seattle Section Life
Members! Life Member status is an
honor awarded to members that have
made a lifetime commitment to ASCE
and the civil engineering profession.
To obtain Life Member status, ASCE
Members, Associate Members, and
Affiliate Members must have reached
the age of 65, paid dues for at least 30
years, and had 10 years continuous
membership immediately preceding
the attainment of Life Member. Life
Member status exempts a member
from further payment of membership
January 2013
dues and are only required to pay to
receive membership publications
such as Civil Engineering magazine.
Many congratulations to this year’s
Seattle Section Life Member class:
Larry Amans
Roger Beieler
Ming-Fang Chang
Scott Christensen
Paul Grant
Douglas King
Fariborz Labib
Jeffrey Layton
Charles Lockhart
Kenneth MacDonald
James Maras
W Martin McCabe
Robert Munchinski
D Gerald Mutter
John Sell
Lynn Takaichi
David Walsh
Wade Watson
Join us at the January Seattle Section
dinner meeting where we will be honoring the new Life Members and celebrating their achievements. If you
know or work with any of these
people, make sure to congratulate
them on their accomplishments!
Seattle Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers
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Geotech Group Dinner Meeting on January 24
By John Bickford, P.E.
The ASCE Seattle Section Geotechnical Group / G-I Seattle
Chapter will hold their dinner meeting on Thursday, January 24, 2013.
Designing facilities very near active faults presents unique
challenges that require an interdisciplinary approach.
Sound engineering and earth science principles can be employed to address the hazards associated with surface fault
Topic:
Building Near Faults
rupture and near-fault ground shaking. Robust procedures
exist for evaluating the consequences of permanent and
Time:
5:30 – Social Hour
transient ground movements. Whereas their use in design6:30 – Dinner
ing systems to accommodate ground movements due to a
7:30 – Program
variety of phenomena is widely accepted, their use in areas
Location: Best Western Executive Inn, 200 Taylor Avenue containing surface traces of active faults is often questioned, even when the anticipated ground movements are
North, Seattle, WA 98109, 206-448-9444
minimal. Active faults cannot always be avoided, nor
RSVP:
Please RSVP with your dinner entrée preference should they be avoided when their hazard is far less than
(London Broil or Teriyaki Stir Fry [vegetarian]) other hazards. We can live with the earth’s faults.
via the website (www.seattlegeotech.org), or eJonathan Bray is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the
mail to [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. on University of California, Berkeley. He earned engineering degrees
Tuesday, January 22, 2013, for the advance
from West Point (B.S.), Stanford University (M.S.), and U. C.
RSVP rate.
Berkeley (Ph.D.). He has been a registered professional civil engineer since 1985, and he has served as a consultant on several key
Cost:
$35 with advance RSVP via PayPal. $40 with
engineering projects, peer review panels, and legal cases. Prof.
reservations made after January 22 deadline or Bray has authored more than 250 research publications. His exat the door. $15 for non-reimbursed public
pertise includes surface fault rupture, ground motions, liquefacagency employees and students. A limited num- tion, seismic slope stability, and post-earthquake reconnaissance.
ber of student sponsorships will be provided on He has earned several honors, including the Joyner Lecture, Praa first-come, first-served basis. You can pay via kash Research Award, ASCE Huber Research Prize, Packard
Foundation Fellowship, and NSF Presidential Young InvestigaPayPal or credit card online, or $40 at the door
tor Award.
by cash or check payable to “ASCE Seattle
Geotechnical Group.”
Speaker:
Dr. Jonathan D. Bray, U. C. Berkeley, PhD., P.E.
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March 15, 2013
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(Photos by Robert Ashworth, Benjamin Benscneider)
ASCE Seattle Section
Centennial Year
Local Outstanding Civil Engineering
Achievement Awards Program
2011 LOCEA Award Winners – Whatcom Middle School Reconstruction and Brightwater Treatment Plant
CALL FOR ENTRIES
2012
Your Project Deserves Recognition!
Did you complete an innovative project in 2012? Be sure to apply
for a Local Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (LOCEA)
Award!
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain recognition for you, your
organization, and clients. The application process is easy!
Winners receive important benefits, including:
 A presentation about your project at the June ASCE Seattle Section
meeting.
 Award plaques for your organization and client.
 A feature article in the Daily Journal of Commerce.
 A personal letter of recognition from our elected officials.
 A feature page in the ASCE Seattle Section newsletter, which reaches
over 2000 civil engineers in the Puget Sound area.
 Recognition on the ASCE Seattle Section website.
 A prestigious recognition on your resume.
 A project display at the ASCE Seattle Section Centennial Gala at the
new Museum of History and Industry in South Lake Union
Entries are due March 15, 2013.
Applications and rules are available
at www.seattleasce.org.
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Each Partner and its employees is supported by a
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Partner employees who are members under ASCE’s
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and discounts with various companies such as Geico
and Hertz). In addition, each employee is entitled to
complimentary enrollment in two of ASCE’s eight
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Carol Vargas, CAE, Aff.M.ASCE
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Reston, VA 20191
(703) 295-6046
[email protected]
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Coordinator, Partners Program
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Reston, VA 20191
(703) 295-6377
[email protected]
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The following is a list of Associate Partner Benefits:
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Associate Partner Employees who are members under
ASCE Associate Partners Program are afforded the full
benefits of every member (including access to liability
insurance, and other exclusive discounts.) In addition,
each employee is entitled to complimentary enrollment in
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of ASCE Continuing Education Webinars On-Demand at
a significant discount.
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Each Associate Partner receives a predetermined
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ASCE’s Associate Partners are given organizational
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Carol Vargas, CAE, Aff.M.ASCE
Director, Industry Relations
1801 Alexander Bell Dr
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 295-6046
[email protected]
Ian Motley, Aff.M.ASCE
Sr. Coordinator, Industry Relations
1801 Alexander Bell Dr
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 295-6377
[email protected]