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02.10.12	BSCES Legislative Fellow—Notes from Beacon Hill On January 10, 2012, the Massachusetts State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Trans-portation held a public hearing on eight house and senate bills that have been referred to the committee. All the bills were related to the use of mobile phones and other	Legislative Updates
02.10.12	Continuing Education Programs at Local Schools Many engineers’ careers began with eight semesters in a college engineering program followed by passing the FE. While there are no additional education requirements for taking the PE in Massachusetts, ASCE still promotes lifelong learning. They encourage	Raising The Grade
02.10.12	MAPC Launches Energy Action Program Cities and Towns Will Get Help Creating Local Energy Saving Plan The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), a mission-driven regional planning agency that serves 101 municipalities in the Greater Boston area in the interest of smart growth and regional collaboration, recently announced the launch of the Local Energ	Environmental and Water Resources
02.10.12	Engineers Week—New England 2012: February 16th and 17th Engineers Week, founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, is one of the nation’s oldest professional outreach programs, and it is still prominent today. The National Engineers Week Foundation is a recognized association consisting	Outreach
02.10.12	Revitalizing an Old Cul-de-sac to Improve Stormwater Quality The Shawsheen River is an important recreational and natural resource, although most reaches of the River are 303d listed as impaired by a multiplicity of causes, including pathogens, nutrients, metals, and toxicity. MassDEP has also set a bacteria TMDL (	Environmental and Water Resources
02.10.12	BSCES Environmental and Water Resources Group The Environmental and Water Resources Group brings together members from both the public and private sectors to discuss and promote a wide range of engineering aspects that the group is involved in. These topics include hydraulics, drinking water supply,	Tech Group
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
02.10.12	President’s Report I know and I agree, the New England Patriots should be Super Bowl Champions and we should be exalting in their win. Unfortunately, like many of you, I watched the game clock run out on what was still a great year. Not many teams make it to the Super Bowl,	President's Report
02.10.12	Renewable Energy on Cape Cod “New England is addicted to oil. In Massachusetts alone, we spend more than $10 billion a year on petroleum, and it is very clear where most of those dollars are going,” —former Congressman William Delahunt (D-10th MA), noting that Saudi Arabia alone made	Environmental and Water Resources
01.10.12	BSCES members receive national awards	Announcements
01.10.12	ASCE presents multiple awards to BSCES BSCES is the recipient of several ASCE national awards	Announcements
01.01.12	Rising to the Challenge: MBTA’s Systemwide Elevator Upgrade Program Provides Much-Needed Accessibili The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) $122 million Systemwide Elevator Upgrade Program will add, replace and upgrade outdated, small elevators and escalators to meet accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act in fi	Transportation
01.01.12	BSCES Past Presidents Committee On February 3, 2011, the BSCES Executive Committee Meeting voted unanimously to create the Past Presidents Committee (PPC) to encourage and retain past president involvement in the Society. The committee’s charge is to provide membership and technical gro	Announcements
01.01.12	BSCES Legislative Fellow—Notes from Beacon Hill The Massachusetts State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation held a public hearing November 30, 2011 on 24 house and senate bills that have been referred to the committee. Most of the bills were related to motorcycle safety and few miscellaneou	Legislative Updates
01.01.12	Educational Programs at FST I am a long time advocate of continuing education in our profession and have worked to offer several programs at our company in an attempt to encourage and reward those who partake of this employee benefit. As a senior principal at Fay, Spofford & Thor	Engineering Management
01.01.12	BSCES Buzz	BSCES Buzz
01.01.12	Green International’s Continuing Education Approach As President of Green International, I encourage continuing education at our firm on a number of levels. First off, the firm highly encourages our staff to be active members in all three sponsoring associations of The Engineering Center (TEC), namely BSCE	Engineering Management
01.01.12	BSCES Engineering Management Group The Engineering Management Group (EMG) held its first dinner event of the 2011/2012 season on Thursday December 5, 2010 at the Radisson Hotel in Boston. The event featured a panel discussion on the pros and cons of Contract Deli-very Methods including Des	Tech Group
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
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
01.01.12	President’s Report Let me start off this month by wishing all of you a very Happy New Year! I wish you all the best in the coming year, in both your personal and professional lives. Many people make resolutions for the new year, I usually do not, except for this year. I am	President's Report
12.01.11	Engineers Volunteer for Urban Search and Rescue Missions A phone call summons an elite cadre of professionals to the site of a natural or man-made disaster at the drop of a hat. As first responders, members of the Massachusetts Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team (MATF-1 USAR) voluntarily put themselves i	Outreach
12.01.11	BSCES Legislative Fellow—Notes from Beacon Hill Governor Duval Patrick’s administration recently released the Commonwealth of Massachusetts FY2012–2015 Five-Year Capital Investment Plan in November 2011. The investment plan continues the Governor’s priorities of creating jobs and improving the economy.	Legislative Updates
12.01.11	Coping with Change in Engineering Practice As engineers, we have all spent considerable time, effort, and capital developing the expertise needed to engage in our profession competently. Engineering school was a challenge, and the early years of our careers were filled with long hours as we honed	Announcements
12.01.11	Economic Challenges Behind and Ahead for BSCES Engineers In March 2004 BSCESNews reported on some of the economic challenges facing local civil engineers at the time and spoke to five senior engineers and executives about visions of the future of civil engineering in the area. In December 2011 BSCESNews corresp	Announcements

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