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11.01.11	14 Bridges, Ten Weekends Introduction The amassed construction materials and equip-ment along I93 has largely been removed, personnel are being siphoned off to other projects, and punch lists are being compiled toward final acceptance of fourteen new bridges into the State’s inv	Structural
09.01.11	163rd Annual Awards Dinner Please join us on Tuesday, September 27, for an evening celebrating BSCES and the engineering profession.	Announcements
11.01.11	163rd BSCES Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner	Action Alerts
11.01.11	1st Annual BSCES YMG Inter-Collegiate Kickball Challenge Networking Event On September 24, 2011 the BSCES Younger Member Group sponsored and organized the 1st (Annual) Inter-Collegiate Kickball Challenge tournament and networking event at Fletcher Field, Tufts University in Medford, MA. The purpose of the event was to bring tog	Younger Member
12.01.10	2010 ASCE Student Chapter Officers’ Caucus Fall Kickoff Meeting On October 19th, members of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE invited ASCE Student Chapter officers, and their advisors, from the local colleges and universities to attend the annual Fall Kickoff meeting. The pur-pose of this meeting was	Younger Member
05.01.11	2011 ASCE Fly-In in Washington DC March 29–31 The 2011 ASCE Legislative Fly-In was held in Washington DC on March 29, 30 and 31. The event was well attended with over 200 ASCE members from 46 states in attendance. The Fly-In is an opportunity for ASCE Members to meet with their congressional represen	Legislative Updates
01.01.12	2011 ASCE Student Chapter Officers’ Caucus Fall Kickoff Meeting On October 18th, members of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) invited ASCE Student Chapter officers and their advisors from local colleges and universities to at-tend the annual Officer	Younger Member
06.01.11	2011 Design Professionals Day at the State House On May 10, 2011, the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE (BSCES) in conjunc-tion with American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) and Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE) co-sponsored	Government Affairs
06.01.11	2011 Mathcounts National Championship On Friday, May 6, 224 of the nation’s best 6th, 7th and 8th grade math students competed in the 2011 Raytheon Mathcounts National Competition in Washington, DC. The teams were each made up of four students representing the 50 United States, the District o	Outreach
11.01.11	A Discussion with the Commonwealth’s New Secretary of Transportation Richard Davey was sworn in as Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Department of Transporta-tion (MassDOT) on September 1, 2011 replacing Jeffrey Mullan to become Governor Patrick’s fourth Secretary of Transportation.	Government Affairs
02.01.11	A New Year and a New Name: The Waterways Technical Group is now the COPRI—Boston Chapter Over the last couple of months the BSCES Board of Government and Waterways Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI) of the American Society of Civil Engi-neers (ASCE).	COPRI
06.01.11	Accelerated Bridge Program’s Innovative Projects of 2011 This summer, the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program (ABP) is living up to its reputation as MassDOT’s ‘laboratory of innovation’. The ABP’s highest-profile 2011 project is the 93 Fast 14 (see cover story). This project will replac	Structural
04.01.11	All Hands Volunteers: Project Leogane With another year comes another devastating disaster and the latest volunteer project for All Hands Volunteers. All Hands was previously known as Hands On Disaster Response and has spent this past year focusing their efforts on the Haitian city of Leogane	Outreach
12.01.11	American Competitiveness: 2012 New England Construction Overview America’s economic competitiveness in an interconnected world is under threat and the convergence of power, water and sewer infrastructure integrated thru communication technology is one solution to economic competitive advantage. New England, with its ag	Construction
02.10.12	An Innovative Wastewater Solution for Easton, Massachusetts Easton, Massachusetts is a small town located southwest of Boston. Primarily a residential community, commercial growth and redevelopment have been limited by the absence of a municipal sewer system and unfavorable conditions for septic systems. Easton, l	Environmental and Water Resources
10.05.11	Announcing BSCES Executive Director Anthony Puntin BSCES is pleased to announce to hiring of Anthony "Tony" Puntin, P.E. as Executive Director.	Announcements
10.01.11	Announcing the Launch of the New BSCES Website - www.bsces.org If it’s been a while since you last visited the BSCES website, then you should stop by and check it out. BSCES is pleased to announce the launch of its newly updated website! This project has been in the works over the last two years, initially being le	Announcements
03.01.11	Annual Metro Region MATHCOUNTS Competition Every year for the past twenty-eight years, MATCHOUNTS competitions have been occurring at local middle schools in every state and territory in the United States. Since then six million students have competed in MATHCOUNTS. Roughly 6,000 students a year p	Outreach
01.01.12	Are We Really Designing Sustainable Projects? So you think you’re incorporating “sustainability” into your design projects these days? Certainly, if you are designing a site development project that is pursuing LEED certification or a project that has to comply with the MA Wetlands Protection Act, yo	Engineering Management
09.01.10	ASCE and Governing Magazine Hold Infrastructure Roundtable Discussion in Boston ASCE and Governing Magazine Hold Infrastructure Roundtable Discussion in Boston	Government Affairs
04.01.11	ASCE Legislative Fly-In Over 200 engineers from 46 states (including Hawaii) spent two days during the annual ASCE Legislative Fly-In meet-ing with Senators, Congress-men, and their staff to discuss issues of concern to Civil Engineers in the upcoming legis-lative sessions. I ha	Legislative Updates
01.10.12	ASCE presents multiple awards to BSCES BSCES is the recipient of several ASCE national awards	Announcements
05.01.10	ASCE Student Chapter at Wentworth Institute of Technology ASCE Student Chapter at Wentworth Institute of Technology	Students
04.01.11	ASCE, ACEC and APWA Join to Form New Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure Many engineers regularly consider a variety of sustainable design features—such as cost effectiveness, energy efficien-cy and sensitivity to the environment—during their daily design work. However, the general public (and environ-mentalists in particular)	Announcements
10.01.10	Assessment of Dams in the SuAsCo Watershed Recent development and hydrometerological trends have highlighted two key aspects to the condition of our nation’s dams: 1. Flood protection benefits; and 2. Consequences due to potential failure.	Environmental and Water Resources

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