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From NYC Department of Buildings: "Special Inspections replace Controlled Inspections on July 1, 2008. While there are substantial similarities between the 1968 Code’s Controlled Inspections and the 2008 Code’s Special Inspections, you will need to quickly familiarize yourself with the differences, including enhanced required qualifications and standards. The link below will take you to the new OTRC web page on the NYC Buildings site.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/model/otcr.shtml "
On our Local Chapters and Groups page:
May Meeting -- ASCE National Capital Section, Geotechnical Executive Committee
Guest Speaker: John Sankey, P.E., V.P. of Engineering, The Reinforced Earth Company
"Engineers without Borders—Project by the Chesapeake Chapter"
May 21, 2008, 11:30 – 1:30 PM
Tyson's Corner, Virginia
May 14, 2008 is the new deadline for submitting Technical Paper Abstracts for the International Foundations Congress and Equipment Exposition (IFCEE) '09.
Contact Magued Iskander or Mohamed Hussein for more information, or visit our Calls for Papers page.
Save up to $150 -- Early Bird registration has been extended to Thursday, April 24, 2008.
Save on your hotel: Book your reservation by Monday, April 28 to qualify for special conference rates. Visit the conference website for rates and more hotel information.
It's not too late to exhibit at GEEDS 2008! View the Exhibitor Prospectus, or contact jsandersen@asce.org for more information.
For information on Technical Tours and Short Courses, visit www.geesd.org .
On our G-I Chapters and Local Groups Page:
New events posted on our G-I Chapters and Local Groups page:
Pictures from the 2008 GeoCongress are now available for viewing and purchase. Check out our front page for a link and the log-in information.
On our Industry News page:
The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee recently held a hearing on improving the nation's infrastructure. ASCE President David Mongan, P.E., F.ASCE, and others testified supporting the concept of creating a national infrastructure bank that would coordinate funding for qualified infrastructure projects as outlined in the National Infrastructure Bank Act (S. 1926), introduced in 2007 by Senators Christopher Dodd ( D-CT) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE).
In August 2007, Sen. Christopher Dodd ( D-CT) joined with Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to introduce the National Infrastructure Bank Act (S. 1926), a bill to establish a National Infrastructure Bank to provide funding for qualified infrastructure projects, including wastewater and drinking-water plants, public transit systems, roads and bridges, and public housing. S. 1926 currently has eight cosponsors.
"The bill addresses an issue of paramount importance to our country and its quality of life--the deteriorating condition of our infrastructure systems," said Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
The bill would create the National Infrastructure Bank as an independent entity of the federal government. The bank would be required to evaluate and fund "capacity-building infrastructure projects of substantial regional and national significance."
Infrastructure projects with a potential federal investment of at least $75 million would be submitted to the bank by a project sponsor, state, locality, tribe, or local infrastructure agency, e.g., a transit agency. To determine a level of federal investment, the bank would employ a sliding-scale method that incorporates conditions such as the type of infrastructure system or systems, project location, project cost, current and projected usage, non-federal revenue, regional or national significance, promotion of economic growth and community development, reduction in traffic congestion, environmental benefits, land use policies that promote smart growth, and mobility improvements.
Please contact your Senators in support of the National Infrastructure Bank Act (S. 1926).
Please contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the National Infrastructure Bank Act (S. 1926).
G-I members: Tell us what you think! Visit the members only page of the G-I website and answer the Question of the Month.
This month: Hard copy? Electronic? When you attend a G-I event, how would you like your copy of the Proceedings?
Join the broad community of geo-professionals working on earthquake engineering and soil dynamics problems for this comprehensive decennial examination of our technical challenges.
GEESD IV includes technical workshops and short courses, plenary sessions, tutorials, a poster session, networking events, and more!
The Geo-Institute is planning to remember Dr. Peck in the September/ October 2008 issue of Geo-Strata.
You can help by sharing your memories of Dr. Peck. To contribute, please send a short piece (up to around 150 words) describing a conversation, an anecdote, or another story about Dr. Peck to geo-strata@asce.org . We also welcome high-resolution photos. Your tribute will help those who knew Dr. Peck, and those who did not, a chance to better understand his many facets and the important roles he played in our profession and as a friend.
So that we can meet publishing deadlines, please send us your contribution by April 15. Your submission grants Geo-Strata permission to reprint your piece and/or pictures.
On our Calls for Papers page:
The deadline for the 17th ICSMGE has been extended! U.S. authors now have until March 28, 2008, to submit their abstracts. The 17th ICSMGE will be held October 5-9, 2009, in Alexandria, Egypt.
Abstracts for GeoHunan 2009 are due March 30, 2008. GeoHunan will be August 3-6, 2009, in Hunan, China
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