The new State Route 99 tunnel in Seattle is the largest, machine-bored double-deck highway corridor in the world. Tens of thousands of vehicles now drive the two-mile-long tunnel each day and pass safely under streets, bridges, utilities and 157 buildings of all sizes. Making this tunnel required an industry heavyweight. “Bertha” was 57.5 feet wide and weighed more than 8,000 tons. She was anything but
ASCE presents nearly 100 Society awards every year, recognizing civil engineers who advance the profession either through achievement or published papers. The most recent Society awards are: • Ben Leshchinsky, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award • Timothy K. Dougherty, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award • Yang-Ping Yao, Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE; Yang-Zhi Ruan, Aff.M.ASCE; Jun
Yinhai Wang, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor of transportation engineering in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Washington, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Wang is also the founding director of the UW Smart Transportation Applications and Research Laboratory (STAR Lab) and has
David Kerins, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior onshore civil and structures consultant at ExxonMobil, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Kerins is recognized as an expert in structural engineering for industrial facilities both with ExxonMobil and externally. He is vice chair of the Executive Committee, Energy Division and chairs the Task Committee on Onshore Heavy Industrial Modularization Guidelines. He is also
Allen Johnson, P.E., F.ASCE, a pioneer of public infrastructure design-build and public-private partnerships, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Johnson has managed large and highly significant infrastructure programs and projects throughout the United States valued at more than $1.7 billion. His work with AECOM, Gresham Smith and Partners, Parsons, APAC, Fluor and HNTB defines the practice of civil engineering and
David Swallow, P.E., F.ASCE, the deputy chief executive officer of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Swallow is a civil engineer with over 25 years of transportation-related experience, and has been with Southern Nevada RTC since January 2001. In his position he oversees the RTC’s planning, engineering and funding programs for transportation infrastructure,
Christopher S. Decker, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior vice president and project manager for RDM International Inc., has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Decker has more than 27 years of experience working as a pavement engineer on airfield and roadway projects for miscellaneous state department of transportation agencies, commercial airports and military bases. Over the course of his career, a firm
Douglas D. Gransberg, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, founder and president of Active Continuing Education Systems LLC, and a consultant and academic, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Gransberg has made significant contributions to civil, military and construction engineering as well as construction engineering education and research over his 45-year career. As president of Gransberg & Associates Inc., a construction management /
Tor J. S. Anderzen, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior aviation engineer at HDL Engineering Consultants LLC, in Palmer, Alaska, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Anderzen has 14 years of airport planning, design and construction experience. After a 10-year career as a land surveyor, he returned to school to obtain both bachelor and master’s degrees. He went on to perform planning,
The ASCE Board of Direction has given its input; now it’s time for Society membership to have its say – and vote. The Board discussed, edited and voted to approve a second reading of a series of ASCE Constitutional amendments at its quarterly meeting, Jan. 9 in Detroit. The Constitutional changes, first proposed by the Governing Documents Committee last fall, include: • Giving Affiliate members
