March 2022 Centennial Engineer of the Month

March 2022 Centennial Engineer of the Month - Ashley Fenouil, P.E. I graduated from the University of Minnesota with my civil engineering degree, and have worked with Kimley Horn in Virginia Beach since. In my professional career, I have had the opportunity to touch a lot of different civil engineering disciplines including roadway and drainage design, stormwater management, transit, aviation, site development, program management, and grant writing. The breadth of what you can cover with a civil engineering degree is one of my favorite parts of the field! I am actively involved in profess...
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Feb 2022 CEOM

February 2022 Centennial Engineer of the Month - Emmett R. Heltzel, P.E. Emmett Heltzel joined the Virginia Department of Transportation, VDOT, in July of 2003 after a more than twenty year career that included service in the U.S. Army and engineering work in private consulting practice. In private practice he progressed from design engineer duties to office management responsibilities and worked on a variety of small and large engineering projects from small building, highway bridge, and site development projects to large, complex highway interchange designs. His first VDOT assignment wa...
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VA Meet and Greet

3rd Annual Virginia House of Delegates Meet & GreetDate: Thursday, February 10, 2022Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PMLocation: Common House Richmond, 303 W Broad StFood & Drinks ProvidedOpen to both ASCE Members and Non-MembersBusiness CasualThis event is FREE, and will be a great opportunity to connect with both your local delegates and fellow civil engineers. You can come by for part or all of the two hour event.
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Available Job Positions

Open Job Position at VDOT: Engineer Senior Project Manager The Hampton Roads District is seeking an Engineer Senior Project Manager to manage and support preconstruction project activities, design and production of right of way and construction roadway plans. Multiple positions may be filled from this posting. Experience applying roadway design criteria, construction methods, standards, specifications and materials. Experience applying principles related to roadway design. Experience applying principles of roadway safety that impact roadway standards and special designs. Experience appl...
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VA Section Centennial Events

Fink Truss Bridge Clean-up - 10/23/2021 - Lynchburg, VA 3rd Annual Virginia House of Delegates Meet & GreetDate: Thursday, February 10, 2022Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PMLocation: Common House Richmond, 303 W Broad StFood & Drinks ProvidedOpen to both ASCE Members and Non-Members Business Casual This event is FREE, and will be a great opportunity to connect with both your local delegates and fellow civil engineers. You can come by for part or all of the two hour event. Norfolk Branch Centennial CelebrationDate: Thursday, March 17, 2022Time:...
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Fink Truss Clean Up

Hello ASCE members, just a quick reminder about the opportunity to help “beautify” a historical ASCE Landmark: the Fink Truss Bridge in Riverside Park in Lynchburg. We have two missions: 1.  Primarily, cut as much bamboo as we can on the east side of the bridge.  Most of the cut bamboo needs to be hauled up the hill to the park road and laid next to the road, parallel to the road to the extent possible.  A small amount of the bamboo should be put into the gulley to the left of the trail about 100 feet downstream of the bridge.  I can point out these locations when we get there. 2. A sma...
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VT Concrete Canoe

­­­Virginia Tech Concrete Canoe team breaks a sixteen-year winning streak in regional competition Concrete is heavy, which makes it strong and durable, so it’s considered a top choice as a material for construction projects, but not an ideal choice for a canoe because it sinks easily. Each year, the Virginia Tech Concrete Canoe team takes on that challenge – of making something easily sinkable float – to build a canoe that will not only stay afloat, but can be raced in water.   Photo Credit: Peter Means During each competition cycle, the team designs, constructs, and races a 20-...
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