Governor Gary Herbert has graciously accepted our invitation to join us for our annual ASCE Section Meeting this year. In order to accommodate the Governor we have scheduled the meeting for Wednesday, May 14th. The meeting will include a catered lunch and will be held in a downtown Salt lake City location. The location has not been determined, but please mark your calendars now

to join us for this meeting.

Advocacy is defined as a political process by an individual or group which aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions. ASCE is the leader in infrastructure advocacy. The members of the ASCE Utah Section have been pushing

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infrastructure and especially funding for many months. I have learned that the “squeaky wheel gets the grease.” The following is a letter supporting funding in our legislature. Please use this as a format to contact your representative, add your own words, and get some grease on the tracks of

infrastructure funding.

(Note: the sample letter appears in

the Flyers section of this newsletter)

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Save the Date for the Save the Date for the Save the Date for the Save the Date for the

Annual ASCE Section MeetingAnnual ASCE Section MeetingAnnual ASCE Section MeetingAnnual ASCE Section Meeting

Wednesday, May 14

Time: TBD

Place: TBD (Downtown Salt Lake City)

Guest: Utah Governor Gary Herbert

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We would like to thank everyone who attended our February meeting. We would also like to give special thanks to Tim Rose for presenting on UDOT’s I-15 Point project. It was interesting to see the issues that UDOT is trying to address and how the priorities were determined. We look forward to seeing what the Design Build team comes up with to address them and how much will be accomplished with the project.

We had a very successful Eweek volunteer activity at the AMES school located in the Cottonwood High School. Tuesday was a gumdrop and toothpick bridge building activity, Wednesday was a straw and

paperclip tower activity and Thursday was an engineering panel discussion with the students. Thank you to all those that volunteers to help the students with this activity. It was a resounding success and the students were very creative in their solutions.

We would like to remind everyone that the Wasatch Front Branch now has a LinkedIn Page. We are starting to post items related to activities in the Branch on the page. We will soon be posting information on our Order of the Engineer ceremony that will be happening in April at our luncheon wihich is planned for the 18th. If anyone has any questions about it, you can contact me about it. Our LinkedIn Page can be accessed at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=6598027&trk=groups_members-h-dsc&goback=%2Egna_6598027%2Eanp_6598027_1395344682943_1

The Sustainability Committee is putting together a power point on the new Envision process and is looking for information on current projects that are being done in Utah under this process to include in the power point. If anyone has information that could be contributed please forward it to me at leeanndm@gmail.com.

Our next luncheon will be hosted by the Salt Lake Community College ASCE student chapter on March 21, 2014 at 11:30 in Room 130 - Student

Event Center. Kevin Robins is

presenting on the Salt Lake Inter nat ional Ai r por t -T erm inal Reconstruction Project. Parking is

being provided in the north side visitors parking at the Student Center Building.

We look forward to seeing everyone and interacting with the up and coming engineering students.

LeeAnn Miller, P.E.

W A S A T C H F R O N T B R A N C H U P D A T E B Y L E E A N N M I L L E R

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Craig Rasmussen, P.E.

N O R T H E R N U T A H B R A N C H U P D A T E B Y C R A I G R A S M U S S E N

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The Central Utah Branch held its annual Engineers Weeks meeting with the Brigham Young University ASCE Student Chapter on Thursday, February 20th at the Hinckley Center on the BYU Campus. The CUB award $300 scholarships to three BYU students: Samuel Mineer, Samantha Ruggles,

and Ethan Condiff.

Our speaker for the meeting was Dr. Kevin Franke, Ph.D., P.E. He spoke on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles

(UAV) for maintenance and inspection of installed infrastructure. His research has been in earthquakes, but he has started working with applications of UAVs to civil engineering. He is a Principal Investigator for the Center of Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS) at BYU. They are the only NSF sponsored site in the United States. They use small remote control and autonomous aircraft with a variety of cameras and detection systems, such as Lidar. The UAV can have automatic targeting and vision-based landing capabilities. They have used UAV to track wild fires b o u nd a r i e s a n d c o n d u c t i n g topographic data collection to create 3-D models of the terrain. They use point clouds to detect changes in conditions that would be good for inspection of

civil engineering infrastructure.

Our next meeting will be held on March 20th at the Pleasant Grove City Council Chamber meeting room at 80 E 100 S, Pleasant Grove. Our speaker will be Carl Carpenter talking about lesson learned from his many years as a civil engineer. He has also published a book

about his experiences.

The Structural Engineers Institute (SEI) presented an ASCE Webinar on March

6 in room CS 404 on the Utah Valley University campus. The ASCE Webinar was on “High Performance Buildings.” The presentation was by Richard Parades about the Whole Building Design Guide (www.wbdg.org). They look at the life cycle analysis (lca) to evaluate the cost efficiency of the building, and used building information modeling (bim) to track individual

building components.

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Stanley Klemetson, Ph.D., P.E.

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Jason Ward, P.E.

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Y O U N G E R M E M B E R F O R U M U P D A T E B Y C L A R K A N D E R S O N

Every March for our outreach activity, the YMF participates in the Salt Lake Valley Science & Engineering Fair (SLVSEF) by sponsoring Special Awards for 9 students whose projects demonstrate significant knowledge, research, and application of the challenges faced by civil engineers. This year SLVSEF was held March 18-21. The YMF had 10 volunteers who participated judging projects from Salt Lake, Tooele, Granite, Park City, and Murray School District students in the elementary, junior, and senior divisions. The recipients of the ASCE-YMF Special Awards ranged in civil engineering application from transportation to materials strength to water quality. With the students time and effort towards their respective projects, the future of civil engineering

will be in good hands down the road.

March 4th kicked off the first of 10 classes for the PE Review. We hold 2 classes for each discipline and offer the review course prior to the PE Exam

in both the Spring and Fall. If you would like more information regarding future PE Review courses, contact Steven Lord at StevenL@horrocks.com or at

801-850-8965.

As a well-deserved reward for studying for the PE, the YMF hosts our annual Spring BBQ. There is free food and the event is open to everyone. It’s a fun chance for everyone to socialize and network as well as remember that there is life after studying for the PE! More details to come in the next issue

of the Civil Source.

Let’s have some fun and play some KICKBALL!! ASCE’s YMF is fielding a team of kickballers to play in the Beehive Sports league this spring. Games will be held on Thursday evenings at Fairmont Park between April 24th and June 26th. Sign up by April 9th for the regular pricing of $60, otherwise, late registration is $70 per player. The cost includes the 7 games plus playoffs and a team shirt. To sign up, go to www.beehivesports.com/

registration and select ‘Thursday Kickball Spring 14’. Register as a team player and choose the “UnCIVILized” team. Our team captain, Connie Hollo, will then add you to the team! This will be a great way to get active, have some fun, and meet new friends in the ASCE

YMF!

If you would like to get more involved in planning YMF events or want to share your input or ideas for future events, please email or call me at clarkanderson83@gmail.com or 713-679-9136. Remember, the benefits of your ASCE membership are directly related to your input and participation! Make sure you are receiving our news and announcements and keeping track of any YMF activities by subscribing to our email list (respond “SUBSCRIBE” to utahasceymf@gmail.com), Join our Facebook page (search “ASCE YMF Utah”), or link to our public google calendar (follow

utahasceymf@gmail.com)

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The Utah Geo-Institute would like to encourage members to attend a short course on liquefaction sponsored by EERI this spring. An announcement with more detailed information including venue and costs is included

in this newsletter.

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Transit in Utah Transit in Utah Transit in Utah Transit in Utah ---- 2013 2013 2013 2013 By Richard HodgesBy Richard HodgesBy Richard HodgesBy Richard Hodges

Hodges Transportation ConsultingHodges Transportation ConsultingHodges Transportation ConsultingHodges Transportation Consulting

Current conditions for mass transit networks in Utah are possibly the best they have been in more than 30 years. There are many opportunities for improvement and pressing needs for system enhancement, expansion and financial stabilization, but overall, Utah residents in urban areas are seeing types and levels of service that have not been experienced in their lifetimes. There are few providers in Utah’s rural areas beyond community and local government social service transportation, but this is a reflection of

population location, funding availability and density.

The most significant provider of public transportation services and facilities in Utah is the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). UTA provides transit services throughout the Wasatch Front including Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Utah counties and portions of Tooele, Summit and Boxelder Counties. This service area covers nearly 80 percent of Utah’s population and the areas of greatest transit demand. Other urban systems include the University of Utah’s Shuttle system, SunTran in St. George City, Cache Valley Transit

District in Logan area and Park City Transit in the Park City area.

All transit service planning is coordinated through one of four Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Utah as part of the long

range planning process.

UTAUTAUTAUTA

Utah Transit authority operates Commuter Rail (FrontRunner), Light Rail (TRAX), Bus and Paratransit services as well as providing

carpool and vanpool services.

Other SystemsOther SystemsOther SystemsOther Systems

The other transit systems in Utah are somewhat modest by comparison, but in total are an important element in the overall

transportation picture for the state.

TrendsTrendsTrendsTrends

There are several large trends that affect transit demand and transit supply. They are similar to those trends seen throughout this

report but bear mentioning in the context of mass transit. Transit ridership trends are generally flat and remain so largely as a result of economic factors, pricing and service cutbacks

that resulted from local and federal funding reductions.

Demographic trends, Utah’s youthful population skew with the addition of a growing senior cohort, should be working in favor of transit ridership growth, but have been dampened but economic sluggishness and the slow progress of land use

changes in the region.

Transit supportive land use trends have been improving in the Wasatch Front as developments of medium and higher density have been constructed and planned for transit station areas and transit, bicycle and pedestrian amenities have been placed in new and infill developments. Salt Lake City has been particularly aggressive and supportive in building and supporting livable communities efforts. These will be longer-term trends that will have positive transportation, air quality and community

efficiencies over time.

LongLongLongLong----term Transportation Modes and Requirementsterm Transportation Modes and Requirementsterm Transportation Modes and Requirementsterm Transportation Modes and Requirements

Impressive amounts of fixed- guideway transit have been

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UTA Service Statistics, audited FY 2011

Mode Annual riders (unlinked

trips)

Avg. weekday

riders

Fleet Operating Cost per revenue

mile

Cost per pas-

senger trip

Operating Ex-

pense

Fares as percent

of Revenue

Commuter

Rail * 1,611,000 34 $10.66 $12.74

Light Rail 15,333,000 71 $9.06 $2.27

Bus 21,560,000 481 $6.79 $5.00

Demand

Response 561,000 173 $6.86 $36.27

Vanpool 1,417,000 438 $0.47 $2.67

Total 40,488,000 141,700 $187,386,434 19%

OperatorOperatorOperatorOperator Estimated Annual RidersEstimated Annual RidersEstimated Annual RidersEstimated Annual Riders

Cache Valley Transit District 2,100,000

Park City Transit 1,900,000

University of Utah Shuttle

System 1,600,000

SunTran – St. George 420,000

Total excluding National Park

Service 6,200,000

Total Including UTATotal Including UTATotal Including UTATotal Including UTA 46,700,00046,700,00046,700,00046,700,000

Source: ntdprogram.gov and published reports

built along the Wasatch Front in the last 24 years. Light rail and commuter rail did not exist in operation 25 years ago in the region. Most systems have been built to their maximum practical extent at this time and only margin system extensions are currently planned. Commuter rail, light rail, streetcar and bus rapid transit service growth will likely be evolutionary and of moderate scale for the next 10-15 years. Challenges will include the maintenance, operation and upgrade of the systems that have been built over the last two

decades as they age.

Future planning efforts are currently focused on canyon transportation issues in the Wasatch Mountains and the growth and linkage of areas in Summit, Morgan and Wasatch Counties, know as the Wasatch Back, to transit networks in the urban regions. These efforts will eventually lead to further development and geographic

expansion of transit networks.

System and Community GoalsSystem and Community GoalsSystem and Community GoalsSystem and Community Goals

UTA has announced through its 2040 Unified Transportation Plan its goals to double transit ridership by 2020, increase bus services by 50 percent in the same time period, improve transit trip times by 25 percent and restore bus services that were cut in recent years for budget balancing purposes. The plan also calls for a two-thirds increase in sales tax funding in the district to achieve these

goals.

Park City, St, George and Logan all have all conducted various transit expansion and service improvement studies in recent years. As funding improves and stabilizes it is likely that there will be some

service expansion in those other urban areas as well.

Transit Success StoriesTransit Success StoriesTransit Success StoriesTransit Success Stories

The unprecedented and explosive growth in rail transit in northern Utah stands as a tremendous story of success and determination. Over 100 miles of fixed guideway services have been implemented in the last 25 years. This is a huge testament to the people of Utah and many of the public officials and dedicated employees that helped make it happen. Utah has some of the newest and arguably best rail transit services of any comparable

urban are in the nation.

Salt Lake City, the University of Utah, and several major employers have partnered for many years to improve transit access and success to major traffic generating areas and current trends are quite positive for further success. The University of Utah began offer students, faculty and staff very deeply discounted transit passes in the early 1980’s. With the expansion of transit options to the University, the program has grown immensely and been of great value to UTA and the University of Utah. Recently, the program was expanded to include transit service as part of ticketed athletic events on campus. Based on that program, Salt Lake City began offering discounted transit passes to city residents for purchase

through their utility bills.

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There are a great number of positive trends in place to support and expand the use and success of mass transit in Utah, but there remain several challenges that must be addressed in the future in order to achieve the level of success

that is promised.

Transit ChallengesTransit ChallengesTransit ChallengesTransit Challenges

The greatest challenges facing transit statewide, but particularly in northern Utah are financial. Federal funding sources for capital projects have diminished greatly in the last

ten years and show no sign of returning to previous levels.

UTA in particular has financed its rail construction program through sales tax revenue bonds. Sales tax revenues have recovered slightly since 2008, but still remain tenuous in terms of growth. Debt service payments will be a drain on UTA’s resources for many years to come. This financial pressure will make UTA’s goals of restoring and increasing bus services very

challenging unless funding rates are increased.

Controlling operating costs of their transit system will also be a challenge in the future for UTA and the other transit operators. Nearly all cost indicators have increased slightly over the last five years and while fuel costs have moderated in the

near term, labor and equipment costs continue to rise slowly.

UTA in particular must carefully manage not only its internal cost structures, but also balance out its goal for fare revenue. Currently, UTA has raised its base fares to levels that are comparable to much larger cities and exceed the levels of peer agencies. While it is admirable to set aggressive fare recovery goals, they must be balanced with the passenger’s willingness to

pay and perception of value.

All of these challenges are also constrained by the air quality problems facing the state. Solutions will demand increases in transit services, but offer no clear path to effective

and affordable implementation of these strategies.

Overall, mass transit in Utah is moving into a more relevant and critical role in communities. Transit is slowly overcoming land use and planning inertia and starting to establish a market relevance that it has not had since the early 20th century. The key will be providing customers, attractive, affordable and cost

effective service both now and into the future.

St. George Sun Tran, Park City Main St. Trolley, UTA TRAX, and Front Runner

Dear Representative ______________:

I am writing on behalf of the Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to

urge you to move to enact new revenues for transportation. Founded in 1852, ASCE represents

more than 140,000 members of the civil engineering profession worldwide and is America's

oldest national engineering society. ASCE has more than 1,400 members in Utah.

ASCE is a major proponent of repairing and maintaining America’s infrastructure, which is vital

to the overall health of our communities. The infrastructure of the nation as a whole is aging

and is in need of upgrade and maintenance. Aging and insufficient infrastructure has significant

ramifications on public health and safety as well as the economic viability of our communities.

We are encouraged that the legislature is moving to take action on transportation investment,

and urge you to finish the job by enacting SB 60.

In Utah, adequate revenues must be collected and allocated to maintain and improve the state’s

transportation systems, and sustained source of revenue is essential to achieve these goals.

Utah is not alone in that our state transportation revenues are not keeping pace with escalating

construction costs and burgeoning travel demand. Years of underinvestment in aging

infrastructure are building into a crisis.

The public roadway system continues to deteriorate largely due to the age of the system. Much

of the state’s public roadways system was built or modernized between the 1940s-1960s which

means there is wave of infrastructure needs that require significant investment due to their life

cycle.

The state faces an $11.3 billion shortfall during the next 30 years for planned highway and mass

transit projects. Revenues from the gas tax are not keeping up with the costs of maintain Utah’s

infrastructure, and the state has not increased the gas tax in 17 years.

Aging and insufficient infrastructure has significant ramifications on public health and safety as

well as the economic viability of our communities. ASCE supports a variety of revenue streams

for infrastructure investments, including an increase in the motor fuels tax. The Utah legislature

needs to act now to stem the tide of inadequate infrastructure funding in the state.

According to ASCE’s 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, driving on roads in need of

repair costs Utah motorists an average of $197 per motorist in extra vehicle repairs and

operating costs. The Report Card also notes that 25% of Utah’s roads are in poor or mediocre

condition.

Surface transportation infrastructure is a critical engine of the Utah economy. It is the thread

which knits the state and nation together. To compete in the global economy, improve our

quality of life and raise our standard of living, we must successfully maintain the State’s public

infrastructure. Faced with that task, the State must continue to maintain, improve and expand

the state’s surface transportation system, which can only be accomplished through maintaining

adequate levels of funding.

We are encouraged that the issue of transportation investment has received serious discussion

in the Utah legislature this year. Now, we urge you to finish the job by enacting a plan to help

address this critical issue.

Sincerely,

1

Utah Chapter EERI Short Course EVALUATION AND MITIGATION OF LIQUEFACTION HAZARD FOR ENGINEERING

PRACTICE

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 7:30 am to 5:00 pm

Maverik Center 3200 S. Decker Lake Dr. West Valley City, Utah

4th Floor Centennial Room

Cosponsors See course website for listing

For more information and to register for course, go to course website: http://utah.eeri.org/?page_id=184 Who should attend? Geotechnical and structural engineers, building and transportation officials, and risk managers. Purpose: Improve engineering practice in Utah through thorough review and discussion of state-of-the-art procedures applied by engineers to evaluate and mitigate liquefaction hazard. Emphasis will be on urban infrastructure, including bridges, buildings and planned development. Invited instructor: W.D. Liam Finn, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, University of British Colombia; Liam is an expert in geotechnical earthquake engineering with particular interest in liquefaction, seismic response of sites and earth structures, seismic safety evaluation of dams, seismic response of pile foundations and seismic risk. Additional presentations will be made by local experts--Loren Anderson, Steve Bartlett, Les Youd, Kyle Rollins and Kevin Franke Registration fee with advance online payment (until April 2): Nonmember $250.00

Member of Utah Chapter EERI $210.00 If not a member, may join at EERI website ($25.00) and receive member price

(please consider joining EERI as well) Member of cosponsoring society $240.00 Student $ 25.00 (Registration at the door will be $50 greater than the prices listed above, except for students, which will be $5 greater.)

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS - DEADLINE: April 8, 2014

Conference: September 30 – October 1, 2014

Presentations are requested from the experts in our industry. Topics may concern planning, design,

construction, operation and maintenance of public works infrastructure including streets, storm drainage, water, sewer, public buildings

and other facilities, emergency response, and public relations, snow removal and construction safety, technology and asset

management.

Presentations are generally one hour and may include time for questions and answers. To become a presenter, please complete a

one page abstract on the topic of your choice and return this to our Chapter Secretary, Angela M. Richey

(richeyangela@stanleygroup.com) located at 383 West Vine Street, #400, Murray, UT 84123, or by fax 801.293.8886.

Please contact Greg Poole for any questions you may have 801.566.5559.

Please provide the information, as specified, below.

Primary Presenter

(name and title)

Organization

Affiliation:

Phone and Email: Secondary Presenter

(name and title)

Organization

Affiliation:

Phone and Email:

Address

City, State, Zip:

Presentation/Workshop Title: Equipment needed:

Prepare a synopsis (75 words max.) of the material you intend to present:

Provide a brief bio that can be used for your presentation introduction:

Clayter F. Forsgren 1931 - 2014 Fruit Heights, Clayter F. Forsgren, 82, passed away on Thursday,

March 13, 2014, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Clayter was born on March 22,

1931 to John Clifford Forsgren and Mary Oneta Fuhriman, in Preston,

Idaho. On September 9, 1953 Clayter married his sweetheart, Diane

Burgi in the Logan, Utah Temple. Clayter and Diane had two sons:

Vance and Kent, and they raised their family in Rexburg, Idaho, where

they lived for more than fifty years.

Prior to his mission Clayter attended Brigham Young University where he played football

for one year. After his mission he graduated from Utah State University in Logan with a

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering in 1956. Following graduation he moved to Rexburg

to work for the State Highway Department. He later worked for the Atomic Energy

Commission as a project engineer.

He established Forsgren Associates in 1962, in his basement, and grew the business with

offices in Idaho, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Montana until retiring in 1998. He was

honored for his many professional and civic accomplishments, including receiving the

Outstanding Businessman of the Year Award. He was truly an outstanding engineer and

leader – in his community, his church and the civil engineering profession.

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