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May 2018

In This IssueMeeting Minute

Upcoming Events

New Members &Birthdays

Branch Recognition &Awards Dinner

Education Outreach

Younger Member Group

Sports

A/E Board

Student Chapter Updates

Job Postings

Key Contacts

Branch OfficersPresident - Clint CampPast President - BlakeTurnerPresident-Elect - ChrisGwaltneyVice President - SuzanneHerronTreasurer - DustinScruggsSecretary - Cole Wigger

Board of DirectorsEric GardnerKevin McAlisterMonica SartainAshley SmithKyle McLemore

PractitionerAdvisorsLipscomb - Jeff Hooper& Michael CochraneTennessee State - JohnBrew & Ron OniszczakVanderbilt - Ashley Smith& Kyle McLemoreTennessee Tech - PatrickLeap & Tyler Marshall

Greetings!

This month is a busy one for the civil engineeringprofession. Many projects are underway; you arehopefully following along to the conversations aboutfunding our infrastructure at the national level; locallythere is a referendum on transit in Davidson County. Inaddition to the above, your local Branch has multipleways that you can be engaged. We are in the thick ofour sustaining membership drive, as well as hosting ourannual golf tournament. Both ultimately allow us tocontinue the longstanding tradition of providingscholarship support to future engineers, so I hope you'llread more below and step up to support these worthycauses.

May is also host to Infrastructure Week (May 14 - 21). Ihope you'll take that time to sign up for our Key Contactprogram within ASCE if you haven't already, or findanother way to help share the importance that ourinfrastructure has on our economy and quality of life.

As always, don't hesitate to emailme if you'd like to know how youcan assist your local Branch ofASCE further.

Sincerely,

Clint Camp, P.E., M.ASCENashville Branch President

Meeting Minute

Our May Branch Luncheon meeting will be Thursday,May 17 with a presentation entitled "The 8th Ave.Reservoir: Then and Now." Presenters will be SoniaAllman and John Barnett of Metro Water Services. OnePDH will be provided. Registration at the Science andAdventure Center begins at 11:15 AM; lunch will startpromptly at 11:30 and the meeting should adjourn by1:00 PM. Click HERE to register. Contact SuzanneHerron for questions. There will not be a June luncheon

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2018 SustainingMembers

Advanced DrainageSystems, Inc.

Barge Cauthen &Associates, Inc.

Barge Design Solutions,Inc.

Benesch

Brown & Caldwell

Civil & EnvironmentalConsultants, Inc.

Civil Site Design Group,PLLC

Dempsey Dilling &Associates, P.C.

ELI, LLC

Geotek

Lose & Associates, Inc.

Neel-Schaffer

Power ConsultingAssociates, LLC

Ragan-Smith Associates,Inc.

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Committee ChairsAwards - MonicaSartain & Phillip StuckertEducational Outreach -Janey Camp & BrianReynoldsNewsletter - Ashley Smith Scholarships - Bill ForteSocial Media/Webmaster -Kenneth PerkinsSports - Eric GardnerSustaining Membership -Mike Kusch & BrianMulliganDiversity & Inclusion -Christian Reid

YMG OfficersChair - Kyle McLemorePast Chair - WilliamMcCloyVice Chair - KateMcBreenSecretary/Treasurer - Michael McDonaldService Director - JamesEnsleySocial Director - MarvinMartinezStudent Liaison - KatieRothPE Review Director - Kenneth PerkinsTechnical Director - KyleMcKittrick

meeting, but make sure you sign up for the annualASCE GOLF OUTING! The next luncheon meeting istentatively set for July 19th.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, May 10th - Annual Scholarship FundGolf Scramble and Lunch: Hermitage Golf Club,11:30amThursday, May 17th - Monthly Branch Meeting:Tennessee Engineering Center, 11:15am -1:00pmWednesday, May 23rd - Monthly Branch BoardMeeting: TEC Board Room, 11:30am - 1:00pm

New Members & Birthdays

Welcome to these new members:

Gregory Gash, TimothyHuff, Ranganathan Parthasarathy, &Bradley Polanco

Happy May Birthday to these members:

Peyton Abernathy, MarkAdams, Barry Allen, RicardoAmoyo, Akar Aran, JamesBarham, David Bayer II, ByronBohrman, Walter Boles,Alexander Butcher, KennonButtrey, Emily Carr, EthanCarr, Ronald Carter, StevenCasey, Carl Chambers,Donald Chambers, Michael Cochrane, Hunter Dyer,Charles Eaves, Matthew Ellenberger, Robert Faulhaber,Winston Gaffron, Jeremy Godwin, Donald Golden,Harold Gregory, Thomas Hall, Charles Hamblin, AlanHand, Kenneth Harmon, Justin Harris, Jerry Hatcher,Jonathan Haycraft, Anthony Hendren, Suzanne Herron,William Huddleston IV, Timothy Huff, Robert Hutcheson,Renee Jackson, David Jacobs, Enoch Jarrell Jr., WilliamLamb, Justin Lawrence, Michael Light II, Roger Lindsey,Roy Loutzenheiser, Ward Malisch, Gordon McClellan,Jonathan McDowell, Mathew McKendree, NathanMelson, Ryan Miller, Amir Mirian, Cortez Mitchell,Harrison Ooi, Vasant Pandit, Jason Perry, KrishnakumarPillai, Robert Polk, David Powell, Thomas Quinn, ReginaSantana, Kelley Severns, Murray Shanklin, MatthewShields, Ashley Smith, Thomas Smith, William Smith,James Snyder, Patrick Starnes, Adam Sudberry, BarrySulkin, Richard Sullivan, Brandon Taylor, BrandonThomasson, Raymond Throckmorton Jr., TommyUpchurch, Misty Vazquez, Michael Vines Jr., EdwardWasserman, Robert Weithofer, & George Welch

Branch Recognition & Awards CelebrationDinner

Sain Associates, Inc.

Structural Design Group

Trestles, LLC

T-Square Engineering

Thanks to all of oursustaining members!

To renew yourmembership for2018, please contactBrian Mulligan or MikeKusch.

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Over 40 members and guests joined in the celebrationas the Nashville Branch recognized our Life Membersfor their dedication and service to the Branch.Additionally, the Branch celebrated our project of theyear along with several outstanding members. TheBranch also was able to award four (4) scholarships toarea civil engineering students, thanks to the efforts ofour Sports Committee and all those that have sponsoredor participated in the past year.

Life Members:

James Crews (not present) Robert Westerman (not present)

Thomas Green (right) Winford Petrone (middle)

Douglas Tate (not present)

Branch Awards:

Large Project of the Year: Division Street ExtensionBridge Project / Gresham Smith

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Government Engineer: Jonathan Vest, P.E., TDOT

Young Engineer: Kyle McLemore, P.E., Palmer

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Student Member: Taylor Sanders, Lipscomb University

As in the past, Branch Award winners will be submittedto the TN Section for the opportunity to be honored atthe Section level in the Fall.

Scholarship Winners:

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John Brackins, Tennessee Tech University

Addie Case, Tennessee State University (not pictured)

Brian Cook, Lipscomb University

Miranda Mangahas, Vanderbilt University

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ASCE Student Chapters receiving their allotments fromthe Nashville Branch

Education Outreach

Middle TN STEM Expo on April 11 at MTSUOnce again this year, ASCE has helped sponsor theMiddle TN STEM Expo where middle school and highschool students present their science, engineering, andtechnology projects in a science fair format. We had atable with information for students, helped judgeprojects, and were able to select an project for the ASCEaward. The winner of the ASCE sponsor award wasErin Vanhook from Siegel Middle School. Erin wasworking to reduce the number of diapers in landfills bycreating biodegradable diaper coverings by mixing a setof common household ingredients together to create aplastic-like material that could serve as diapercoverings.

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Younger Member Group

Summer Social - Save the Date!It's that time of year again! Come join other Nashvilleemerging professionals for the 3rd Annual SummerSocial! The event is FREE and is sure to be a night offun, networking, cornhole, food, raffle prizes and more!Stay tuned for more information.Where: Little Harpeth BrewingWhen: Thursday, May 31st

5:30 - 8:00pm

Sponsorship Opportunities:There are still plenty of opportunities to sponsor andhave your company recognized during the event. Wehave multiple levels for sponsors that include door andcornhole prizes, food, and beverage. If you or yourcompany are interested in engaging with ourorganizations and being recognized during the event,please forward any inquiries to Will McCloy.

Cornhole Tournament:Early bird team entry fee: $15 (Day of event: $20)The tournament is limited to the first 24 teamsThe winning teams will be awarded prizes!

Sports

Annual Scholarship Fund Golf Scramble andLunch

ASCE will hold its 26th Annual Scholarship Fund GolfScramble and Lunch at Hermitage Golf Course onThursday, May 10th. Proceeds raised from our GolfScramble help to fund our annual scholarships giveneach April to civil engineering students.

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Click HERE for more information on the event and toregister. Contact Eric Gardner by email or by phone at615-979-4382 with any questions.

To register online with Constant Contact, click HERE.

A/E Board

Board Meeting BriefingMeetings are recorded and live-streamed (not live thismonth). See HERE.

Announcement was made that Roxana Gumucio hasbeen appointed as the new Director for the AE Board.Roxana has been serving as the Interim Director sinceJohn Cothron left that position.

A Work Group Session was conducted on April 12 tobegin the preparation of a QBS document that can beprovided on the AE website to address questionsregarding QBS.

A motion was made and passed to start a rule change toreduce registration fees from $140 to $125.

See the recorded meeting audio at the link above foradditional info.

The next Board meeting is scheduled for June 13 and14, 2018.

Student Chapter Updates

Lipscomb UniversityAs the semestercomes to a close, theLipscomb chapterhas a lot toreflect on and be proud of. For the work and activitiesour chapter did in 2017, we received an HonorableMention on our annual report, putting our chapter inthe top third of all ASCE student organizations.

Our individual members also received honors this year.Taylor Sanders, our student chapter president for 2017,received the 2018 Nashville Branch Student MemberAward at the Branch Awards Banquet on April 26th.Brian Cook, a rising senior in our program, also receiveda scholarship from the Nashville Branch. Congrats toboth Taylor and Brian!

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Our chapter held its last ASCE meeting on April 18th,where we heard from Younger Members Chair KyleMcLemore on the various disciplines of Civil Engineeringand their respective ASCE Institutes. Thank you Kyle fortaking the time to speak to us! As we go our separateways for the summer, we would like to thank our facultyadvisers and members for all the hard work they put into make this year our chapter's most successful year yet!We look forward to another great year in the Fall!

Tennessee State UniversityAs the semesterwinds down atTSU, we arefinalizing ourplans/goals for thesummer and early

fall. For our members who are local and who will be inthe area this summer, we are planning a service day foran organization that sends medical supplies to countriesall over the world that don't have access to basicmedical care. We will also be deciding which competitionto compete in next year and making arrangements forthe regional leadership conference and southeast regionconference.

Our President, AddieCase, and FacultyCo-Advisor, Dr. DeoChimba (pictured),attended the ASCEAward's Banquet onApril 26th. Addiereceived the ASCEScholarship and alsoaccepted the studentchapter allotmentcheck on behalf ofTSU. As always, weare grateful for thesupport of theNashville Branch andthe Tennessee

Section of ASCE.

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Tennessee Tech UniversityThe month of April has beenvery busy for TTU ASCE! Wehave successfully elected newofficers for the 2018-2019school year and look forward toseeing the impacts they willmake. We are grateful for theofficers who served during the2017-2018 school year. We also held our third annualgolf outing on April 20th. It was great to see alumni andcatch up with old friends. Looking forward, we areexcited to spend the summer brainstorming ideas andways to make TTU ASCE even better!

Vanderbilt UniversityWith the semester ending, Vanderbilt'schapter has already begun preparingASCE for another event filled semesterafter the summer. Several plans arebeing worked on to keep the chapterbusy. Our goal is continue building onour success for an even bigger year.

Vanderbilt ASCE would also like to say congratulationsand thank you to our graduating seniors who were soimpactful to ASCE and Vanderbilt the last few years.

Job Postings

City of Fairview

City EngineerThe city engineer isresponsible forproviding highlyskilled engineeringservices to the city ona wide variety of projects. The city engineer will workclosely with the city manager, the city planner, the publicworks staff, the city attorney, the city's planningcommission and the city's board of commissioners. Thisis a professional position requiring an individual who iscapable of exercising independent judgment and whopossesses the educational and relevant experience asrelates to Civil Engineering principles. The city engineerreports to the city manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or universitywith a degree in civil engineering or a similar or relatedengineering field, with a degree in civil engineeringpreferred. Applicants must be licensed as a professionalengineer in the State of Tennessee and have a minimumof three (3) years of engineering experience, preferablyin a municipal, county or state environment. Experiencesupervising employees in a municipal, county or stateenvironment is preferred but not required. Must possessa valid Tennessee driver's license.

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Advises the administration and department headsengaged in infrastructure requirements, infrastructuremaintenance, property acquisition, constructioninspection, storm water control, public rights of way andpublic easements.

For funded capital improvement projects to be designedby City employees, manages or performs the survey,design, drafting, preparation of specifications and bidpackages, prepares right-of-way or easementdocuments, negotiates with property owners andmanages construction.

For funded capital improvement projects to be designedby a consultant, prepares or assists in the preparation ofthe scope of work for the engineers involved, reviewsand approves preliminary and final design plans andspecifications, and manages key construction activities.

Recommends and prepares ordinances and revisions tothe city's zoning ordinances, design review manual, andsimilar regulatory documents.

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For more information and to apply, visit the opportunityon the City's website HERE.

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