Ohio Council of Sections - ASCE

The ASCE Ohio Council of Local Sections extends its congratulations to Randall Over, P.E., F.ASCE, Cleveland Section, as the newly elected President of ASCE.  ASCE Ohio Council and all the ASCE Ohio sections look forward to working with Randy the next three years on issues to promote our profession and increase resources to benefit the public and infrastructure.

At its recent meeting in March, the ASCE Ohio Council of Local Sections voted unanimously to endorse Randall Over, P.E., F. ASCE, Cleveland Section to become the next National ASCE President Elect.  The endorsement letter can be viewed below.

The Ohio Council of ASCE is soliciting nominations for the 2012 Ohio Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award.  Nominations must be received by the Ohio OCEA Committee Chair no later than 5:00 PM, Friday, March 16, 2012.  If you are unable to meet this deadline, please contact Al Esser at 440-256-6500.

Students and Younger members may now submit applications and papers for the 2012 Robert O'Shea Award.  Please contact John Konrad, P.E., P.S., F-ASCE at titanium18@live.com or at 440-209-9217 with any questions.  Papers are due by January 9, 2012.  Please see the awards section in the menu area for more information.

The 2011 March/April issue of "OC Magazine" makes reference to the 2009 Ohio Infrastructure Report Card is the articles assessment of infrastructure needs for drinking water and waste water systems.  The article also mentions the new web portal for the report card which was added this year as part of the funding received from an ASCE SPAG and Ohio Council legislative funds.  The portal is at www.OhioInfraNeeds.org .

In the ongoing effort to re-publicize the 2009 Ohio Infrastructure Report Card, a recent Columbus Dispatch editorial ran on February 15, 2011 with references to the report.