ASCE Lehigh Valley Section’s Post

ASCE's Region 2 Assembly is coming up! Saturday November 9th at York College of Pennsylvania. Great opportunity to connect with our other nearby sections! And best of all, it's free! Check out the flyer for more, and send an email to ASCERegion2@gmail.com to register

The 7th Annual LVASCE EPIC Golf Outing was a huge success again this year. Over $5,000 raised for our scholarship and pre-college outreach committees. We had 21 groups (82 golfers) at this year’s event. The weather held off and course conditions were incredibly great. Congratulations to the following winners. Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. (-15) Bill’s Cabinets (-14) Bethlehem Soccer Club (-12) Special thanks to Michael Derr, P.E. for organizing the event and Nicholas Giglio, PE , Charles Snyder, Stephen Ressler, and Maximilian Beedle for helping the event run smoothly.

Our annual Bethlehem Bridge Tour is coming up - it's set for Wednesday October 16th at 4:30PM! Check out the attached flyer, and if you'd like to attend, send an email to Gregory Kuklinski, P.E., F.ASCE at gkuklinski@benesch.com. Please RSVP by Tuesday October 15th!

We have some exciting events planned! -This Wednesday 9/18 at 6:30PM, the Younger Member Forum is hosting a happy hour at Mollys in Bethlehem -Friday 9/27 we have our annual golf outing at Bethlehem Golf Club! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eEF8_znW -Thursday October 10th, 3:00PM, a tour of the Waterfront in Allentown is planned, featuring the new Riverside Drive project and a meeting with the Lehigh Valley Planning Comission. Registration info to come soon! -Wednesday 10/16: our annual Bethlehem Bridge Tour. More info to come! Send a message if you have any questions. Hope to see you at one of the events!

Sign up for our 7th Annual EPIC Golf Outing! Friday, September 27, 2024 8:00 a.m. Registration, 9:00 a.m. Shotgun Start Bethlehem Golf Club, 400 Illicks Mill Road, Bethlehem, PA Enjoy a day on the links while contributing to our scholarship program! 4-person team scramble format Fabulous prizes for low team score, most honest team score, longest drive, and closest to the pin 50/50 drawing Prize raffle Beverages will be provided before, during, and after the round Awards ceremony and lunch following the round All proceeds will support ASCE Lehigh Valley Section scholarship and educational outreach programs. Registration Fee Foursome Registration - $450 Individual Registration - $125 Player Pack (optional) - $50 Sponsorship Options PLATINUM SPONSOR ($1500) - Includes 2 golf foursomes, 8 player packs, 2 tee signs, acknowledgment at event welcome and luncheon, and social media sponsorship. GOLD SPONSOR ($1000) - Includes 1 golf foursome, 4 player packs, 2 tee signs, acknowledgment at event welcome and luncheon, and social media sponsorship. LONGEST DRIVE/CLOSEST TO THE PIN SPONSOR ($700) - Includes 1 golf foursome, 2 tee signs, acknowledgment at event welcome and luncheon, and social media sponsorship. BEVERAGE CART SPONSOR ($700) - Includes 1 golf foursome, 1 tee sign, cart sign, acknowledgment at event welcome and luncheon, and social media sponsorship. LUNCH SPONSOR ($500) - Includes 1 golf foursome, 1 tee sign, acknowledgment at event welcome and luncheon, and social media sponsorship. TEE SPONSOR ($100) - Includes 1 tee sign, acknowledgment at event welcome and luncheon, and social media sponsorship. Sponsorships are due by September 6, 2024. To Register To register a foursome, individual golfer, or sponsor and pay online, please click the REGISTER button below. If you prefer to pay by check, please click the REGISTER button, download the appropriate registration form from the landing page, and mail it to the address provided on the form. IMPORTANT NOTE: The registration page is in the ASCE Collaborate system. When you register, you will be prompted to log in to Collaborate. If you do not have ASCE login credentials, just hit the "Create a New Account" link on the login page. You do not need to be an ASCE member to create an account--or to participate in this event! Questions? Contact Mike Derr at lvasce.epic.golf@gmail.com To register, click the link. On the registration page, click the Register Now or RSVP button on the right-hand side. If you are asked to log in, use your ASCE login credentials. If you do not have an ASCE account, just click the "Create a New Account" link and sign up. You do not need to be an ASCE member to create an account. https://lnkd.in/e7-Px3vb

Our next YMF event is next Wednesday, hope you can join!

Have you seen our latest newsletter? One of our best events of the year is two weeks away! Register here: https://lnkd.in/enFSrgMZ

June brought us an in-person construction site tour of the I-80 Exit 308 interchange realignment in Stroudsburg, which is a near $100 million construction project reconstructing the interchange with two bridge replacements, two new roundabouts, new ramps and road reconstruction, and plenty of retaining walls, new signs, curbs/sidewalk, and drainage/utility work. A great turnout of ASCE Lehigh Valley Members made the trip to brave the 90+ degree weather for a project tour, and then afterwards, head to Stroudsmoor Country Inn to enjoy dinner and a presentation on the project by lead designer Tyler Kerstetter, PE of CDM Smith. Special thanks to Tyler for participating and presenting, as well as Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and J.D. Eckman, Inc. for allowing the tour to take place, and Nicholas Giglio, PE of Urban Engineers for organizing the event! Joseph McFadden and Ian Carson, EIT of Michael Baker International were also of great assistance for planning and participating in the event!

LVASCE had their annual awards dinner last night at Lafayette College, where students and career professionals were honored for their engineering achievements. Students from each student chapter in our section were recognized as exceptional leaders. Congrats to Joseph Giannella and Jonathan Nowak from Kings College, Amanda Sprague from Lafayette College, and Kyra Boston from Lehigh University, for being recognized as winners of the 2024 ASCE Student Leadership award! Congratulations are also in order to Matt Evans, PE for being awarded as our 2023 Young Civil Engineer of the Year, and Keith Weitknecht for being awarded 2023 Civil Engineer of the Year! Another award that is given each year is for Project of the Year, and this years winner was the City of Allentown and Michael Baker International for their work on the Jordan Creek Greenway between Turner Street and MacArthur Road. Always nice to see a new project that benefits pedestrians and gives recreational opportunities! Special thanks to Sean Dooley for leading the awards committee, Kristen Sanford for leading the planning with Lafayette, and Lane Wilder, MEng, PE for overseeing the planning of this whole process! So much work is done behind the scenes to make this happen. Thank you to everyone that was able to attend, and thank you to everyone that volunteers their time to further contribute to the civil engineering profession!