BSCESNews January 2025

Younger Member Group/Outreach & Volunteerism

VOLUME 49 | ISSUE 5 | January 2025

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Flood Resistant Design: Building for Current and Future Conditions

Sponsored by the Environment & Water Resources Institute Boston Chapter

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Annual Networking & Billiards Tournament

By Christopher P. Hersey, Project Executive, Suffolk Construction

This newsletter’s featured group is the Younger Member Group (YMG) and its theme of Outreach and Volunteerism. Apropos to this theme, I am pleased to report on a number of associated events. A number of outreach events have occurred recently. The New England Future City Competition, which was sponsored by the BSCES Public Awareness & Outreach Committee, held the New England Regional Finals on January 25, 2025, at Wentworth Institute of Technology. ... Read more

BSCES Younger Member Group

By Brendan G. Herridge, EIT, ENV SP, Structural Engineer, Jacobs, and BSCES Younger Member Group Chair

The BSCES Younger Member Group (YMG) serves with the mission to foster the professional growth, ethical awareness, and technical competence of the section’s younger members. The YMG often organizes and encourages community outreach, supports engineering students at local colleges and universities, and promotes membership and participation in ASCE and BSCES committees, institute chapters, technical groups, and plans other activities. ... Read more

Student Outreach: Novel Efforts to Impact Communities and AEC Pipeline

By Kelvin Wong, PE, Haley & Aldrich, Inc.

Haley & Aldrich has had a long-standing ethos of focusing on our people, and how our people impact our communities. Our company culture has defined how we work; fostering innovation and continuous learning have long been core values. While the outcomes of these values are often more visible in H&A’s technical work and professional services, company culture has readily manifested itself in our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, including some of the good work we’ve accomplished in the past 5+ years. ... Read more

Massachusetts Infrastructure Report Card Now Underway!

By Mike Cunningham, PE, Program Manager, Kleinfelder, BSCES Past President

Thanks to the efforts of the BSCES Government Affairs & Professional Practice (GA&PP) Committee, a group of volunteers recently started preparing the first ever ASCE Massachusetts Infrastructure Report Card! Massachusetts is one of a few remaining states without an ASCE State Infrastructure Report Card. ... Read more

Legislative Fellow Report – The Extension of My Fellowship

By Bruce Jacobs, PhD, PE, 2023-2024 BSCES Legislative Fellow

This has been an unconventional period of service for the BSCES Legislative Fellow. Rather than being posted to the Transportation Committee as had been the practice, I found a home in the office of Senator Cynthia Creem, last term's chairperson of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change. As the name implies, the Committee is focused on mitigation of and adaptation to the impacts of climate change. ... Read more

Announcements

Volunteer to be a Judge at the ASCE Student Symposium at UMass Amherst this Spring!

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Organization News

Jennifer Johnson Named President & CEO of Nitsch Engineering

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Job Board

Traffic Engineer - Town of Weymouth

The Town of Weymouth is currently accepting applications for a Traffic Engineer in the Department of Planning. In order to be considered, the candidates must possess a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering; seven to ten years of traffic engineering experience preferably within a municipal/state government environment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A master’s degree is preferred.

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2024 - 2025 Society Sponsors

BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board

Chair: Angus J. O’Leary, PE

Elizabeth Clark, PE

Anna Dastgheib-Beheshti, PE

Christopher P. Hersey, LEED AP

Michael T. Sullivan, PE

Richard F. Keenan

2024 - 2025 BSCES Board of Government

President: Christopher P. Hersey, LEED AP

President-Elect: Kathryn Swanson, PE

Secretary: Elizabeth A. Clark, PE

Treasurer: Gregory L. Mirliss, STS

Assistant Treasurer: John T. Brooks, PE

Senior Vice Presidents: Richard A. Matson, PE; Antonios Vytiniotis, PhD, PE

Vice Presidents: Anuja Kamat, PhD; Rishabh V. Iyer, PE

Past President: Michael R. Cunningham, PE

Western MA Branch Vice President: Vacant

Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Daniel B. Robbins, PE

Construction Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Edward G. Breed, ENV SP

Engineering Management Group Chair: Craig M. Steigerwalt, PE, PSP, PMP, CCM

Environmental & Water Resources Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Emanuel D. DeAndrade, PE

Geo-Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Jorge E. Fuentes, PE

Structural Engineering Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Ryan Marshall, PE, SE

Transportation & Development Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Wayne A. Keefner, PE, LEED AP

Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Cory A. Cormier, PE

Younger Member Group Chair: Brendan G. Herridge, EIT

2024–2025 BSCES Program Sponsors

Beals and Thomas, Inc. | Benesch | CDM Smith | CHA Consulting, Inc.

Collins Engineers, Inc. | Dewberry | GEI Consultants, Inc. | Geocomp, Inc.

Green International Affiliates, Inc.| GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. | Haley & Aldrich, Inc.

HNTB Corporation | Howard Stein Hudson | Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. | Kleinfelder

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University

O'Reilly, Talbot & Okun Associates, Inc. | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. | Stantec

TranSystems | TREVIICOS | Vanasse & Associates, Inc. | VHB

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