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FEBRUARY 2015
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NORTHERN
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WASATCH
FRONT
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CENTRAL
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SOUTHERN
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YMF
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GEO-INSTITUTE
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FLYERS/
SPONSERS
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Annual Section Meeting and Technical Program
Providing Water for Utah’s Future Growth
Snowbird Resort – Friday, May 15, 2015
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Come to the beautiful Snowbird
Resort to enjoy the 2015 ASCE
Utah Section Annual Meeting and
Technical Program. The topic is
Providing Water for Utah’s Future
Growth. The speakers will look at
the issue, such as water sources,
protection, demands, and costs.
Checking in and late registration
will begin at 8:30 AM with the
program starting at 9:00 AM. The
slate of speakers will include:
 Alan Matheson, Utah’s
Governor’s Office
 Eric Mills, Director, Utah
Division of Water Resources
 Tage Flint, Weber Basin
Conservation District
Jeremy Williams, Carollo
Engineers
Kent Jones, Utah State Water
Engineer – Luncheon Speaker
The Business Meeting will be
under the direction of Seth Olsen,
ASCE Region 8 Governor, and will
include the swearing in of officers
and awards. After the meeting the
following three technical tours or
Snowbird programs will be
available
Tour #1 Canyon Water – water
supply for Snowbird, tunnel,
bulkhead, underground water
treatment facility. Limit of 25 per
tour, but can schedule a second
tour at 3 pm.
Tour #2 Peruvian Express Chairlift
and Tunnel - $15, can take chair
up and down to tunnel or walk up
to the lift and ride down (may not
be available at this time.)
Tour #3 Technical presentation of
the Little Cloud Lift and Gad Lift
Upgrades.
Do you want to enjoy the activities
at Snowbird with your family on
Thursday, May 14th and/or Friday,
May 15th? If we rent 10 or more
rooms on a single night Snowbird
will reduce the price from $159 to
$119 per night single or double.
Upgraded rooms are also
available.
A registration link will be setup on
the ASCE Utah Section Web page.
The technical program will offer
3.0 PDH’s, The cost of the
technical program and luncheon is
$125, but the luncheon can be
attended separately for $50 per
person. Those persons registering
and paying online by April 20th will
receive early bird prices of $100
and $40 respectively. Guests may
also register for the Luncheon.
Company sponsorships are
welcomed at $200 or more.
Vendor tables are available at
$400 and include one registration.
For more information contact
Stanley Klemetson at
[email protected] or
801-368-6476
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NORTHERN UTAH BRANCH UPDATE
We would like to thank Randy
Julander for his presentation on March
19 at the Bluebird in Logan!
We have two planned events for April
this year.
On Friday, April 17 at 6:30PM, we will
be meeting on the USU campus in the
engineering building, room 101. We
will hear from Matt Roblez from
McNeil Engineering. Following Mr.
Roblez, we will have an Order of the
Engineer ceremony. We have already
sent out an announcement and sign
up applications and we encourage you
to participate in this joint event with
the ASCE USU Student Chapter. Your
families are invited to attend this
special event with you. We will have
pizza and drinks for a cost of $5.00
per person. There is parking on the
south side of U.S. Highway 89, through
the tunnel from the engineering
building. You can show up and
register and pay at the event, but we
would really prefer that you sign up in
advance so we can plan accordingly.
Please contact Jeremy Jensen @
[email protected] if you need an
application or announcement.
On Saturday, April 25, at noon, we are
planning to have the closing social.
We plan to have a couple of the
concrete canoes from USU at Logan
River’s first dam at the mouth of
Logan Canyon. We will be having BBQ
sandwiches and Dutch oven potatoes
and once again, you are welcome to
WASATCH BRANCH UPDATE
The Wasatch Front Branch thanks
Christina Osborn and Lizel Allen with
Women of Water (WOW). Christina
and Lizel presented to our group on
the topic of women working in the
engineering field and challenges with
attracting women to this field and
retaining women in the engineering
workforce. It was a very informative
presentation that was followed with a
great question and answer session.
We are grateful for the engaged
members of our branch and their
willingness to attend and sometimes
present at our meetings.
The Community Giving Committee has
coordinated a service project for April
BY STEVEN EARL
bring your families to this event. This
is also a combined activity with the
USU Student Chapter. Please RSVP
with Steven Earl @
[email protected] if possible.
Food is free for ASCE members and
their families. We plan to have some
fun with the concrete canoes at 1:00,
after we eat. This should be a lot of
fun, so please come!!!
There are 2 nominees on the ballot
this year for ASCE NUB President for
2016-2017: John Powell and Cameron
Draney. Please be sure to vote!
Ballots will be coming out soon.
We hope to see you both on April 17th
and also on April 25th! Please come
out and support ASCE!!!
BY BLAKE THOMAS
25th in conjunction with the Jordan
River Commission. Efforts will be
focused on restoring the lower section
of the Jordan River Corridor. The
overall restoration project is a threeyear effort to clean-up garbage and
plant 1,000 native trees and shrubs
along the Jordan River. If interested,
please meet up at the south gate to
the Legacy Nature Preserve in North
Salt Lake at 9:00 am. After the
project concludes at 1:00 pm the
Community Giving Committee will
provide pizza at a nearby park.
Additional information may be found
online at:
http://jordanrivercommission.com/ev
ent/lower
Our April luncheon will be held at
WesTech on Friday, April 24. Since
April is earthquake awareness month
here in Utah we felt it appropriate to
have Jerod Johnson with Reaveley
Engineering speak to us about
structural engineering challenges in
regard to earthquakes. We encourage
all to participate in The Great Utah
ShakeOut Day of Action on April 16.
You can register online for this event.
I look forward to seeing you at these
events and thank you for your activity
in our Branch activities.
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CENTRAL UTAH BRANCH UPDATE
BY ALANSON TAYLOR
event. The currently plan is to have a
lunch, presentation, and a tour of the
Utah Lake Pump Station Replacement
Project Utah Lake Pump Station.
Alanson Taylor, P.E.
There was a great turn out for the
question and answer panel discussion
with local City Engineers at our March
luncheon. Discussions included water
conservation, development process
and web site access to municipal
ordinances. We appreciated Andy
Spencer with American Fork City,
Dave Bunker with Cedar Hills, Degen
Lewis with Pleasant Grove City and
Chris Thompson with Spanish Fork
City for their willingness to participate.
Our April luncheon is in conjunction
with AWWA. The Young Professionals
Committee at AWWA is planning the
The Utah Lake Pump Station pumps
water from Utah Lake into the Jordan
River. The construction of the Utah
Lake Pump Station Replacement
Project was completed last year. The
old pump station was over 100 years
old and was replaced with (4)
operating and (1) future 350 HP
vertical propeller type pumps, each
with a capacity of 200 cfs, for a total
of 360,000 gpm (800 cfs). The
project also included design of a new
intake and pump house, maintenance
shop, and operator’s residence. The
project included significant hydraulic
3D computer modeling and a physical
model was built and tested at the
Utah State Water Research Laboratory
to model the pump station intake
hydraulics. Environmental permitting
and compliance for the project, which
includes a biological assessment for
the June Sucker, permitting with the
Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife were also required for this
project.
SOUTHERN UTAH BRANCH UPDATE
Anthony B. Schmid S.E.
This last month we had the
opportunity to have Michael Smith
present to us on ethics and
procurement for engineering
professionals. Michael Smith has
been the Executive Director of the
American Council of Engineering
Companies of Utah since 2005.
The engineer on the project was
Bowen-Collins and Associates. One of
their engineers, Todd Olsen, will be
presenting. The luncheon will be at
Inlet Park in Saratoga Springs, Utah.
The luncheon is currently scheduled
for Wednesday April 29, 2015.
This month is the election of CUB
officers and Utah Section officers for
the 2015 and 2016 term. We are
looking for nominations and people
that would like to be a CUB or Utah
Section officer. Those that would like
to run for office may email Alan Taylor
at [email protected] .
BY ANTHONY SCHMID
Before his involvement with ACEC
Utah, Michael served on the staff of
Governor Olene Walker and Governor
Michael Leavitt. He also has worked
in sales and sales management for
several fortune 500 software and
business service companies. He is
also one of the founders and the
Chairman of the Board of Trustees for
Monticello Academy, a Kindergarten
thru 9th grade charter school. He
completed a bachelor’s degree in
business management at Brigham
Young University. It was a very
informative presentation on the ethics
he also spent some time discussing
some of the latest legislature that has
been passed. On behalf the Southern
Utah branch I would like to thank him
for his time.
I would like to encourage our Southern
Utah Members to attend this year will
be held at Snow Bird Resort on May
15, 2015. It is a great opportunity to
network with engineers that work
throughout the state. They have a
great line up of presenters and also
are offering some tour opportunities.
See the flyer located this month
This month we will be having our
luncheon on April 16th, so watch for an
upcoming email with more details. If
you would like to get involved with the
Southern Utah Branch of ASCE please
contact us. We will be looking for
volunteers or nominations for a new
president elect so email us at
[email protected] if you are
interested or know somebody who is
nomination are due April 13, 2015.
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YOUNGER MEMBER FORUM UPDATE
BY CLARK ANDERSON
as recent graduates and help the
students prepare for their transition to
the career field.
Imanuel
Alex
Tiffany Clark
If you are reading this you are likely a
member of ASCE; however, you may
not have known that the ASCE Utah
Section has a Younger Member Forum
(YMF). The YMF is a great place where
young engineers can encourage each
other along our paths to becoming the
future engineering leaders in the
state. Often times it can be a little
nerve racking to show up at an event
without previously knowing any
attendees. I promise you will have a
good time, make new friends, and
begin to see the value of your
membership in ASCE.
Each month we hold an informal
networking social, generally after work
hours. On March 26th, we had a
combined networking social with
students from the University of Utah.
We met at the Pie Pizzeria near
campus. The event was a great
opportunity to interact with students.
We were able to share some
experiences of successes and failures
Our networking social in April will be
combined with our Annual Spring BBQ
and YMF Elections. It will be held at
6pm on Friday April 24th at the Rice
Terrace Pavilion at Liberty Park
(Northeast end of park). There is no
cost to attend and the event will be
family and pet friendly. Food will
consist of the “Burgers and Dogs”
style BBQ. Please bring your favorite
side to share. We will have some
small games with ASCE “swag” for the
winners. This is an event you won’t
want to miss! Please RSVP to
[email protected] with the
number of people who will attend with
you and if you have any dietary
restrictions. We look forward to
meeting you!
The YMF Spring PE Review Course is in
its final weeks and feedback from the
participants has been positive. A
HUGE thanks goes out to UDOT for
providing the facilities for our review
course, our volunteers who put this
together, and our incredible
instructors who do an amazing job
preparing students to PASS the PE!
The Spring PE Exam is on April 17th at
the South Towne Expo Center. Good
luck to all who are sitting for the exam
this spring. If you are planning on
taking the PE Exam in the near future,
please consider the YMF Review
course as your primary method of
studying for the exam. We hold
review sessions prior to each exam
(Spring and Fall). Email
[email protected] to receive
more information on future PE Review
courses.
On March 24th – 26th the YMF
participated in judging the annual Salt
Lake Valley Science and Engineering
Fair (SLVSEF) held at Rice Eccles
Stadium. Each year the YMF has the
opportunity to judge student projects
from Elementary, Junior High, and
High School divisions and award three
prizes for each category. The students
had some great projects relating to
structural engineering, transportation
planning, alternative transportation
concepts, water resource
management, and slope stability
concepts.
The YMF is full of ideas, but many
times short on volunteer power. If you
would like to volunteer to help plan
community outreach projects, socials,
professional development events, and
more, please contact Clark Anderson
713-679-9136 or
[email protected].
Find us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/ASCEUtahYMF.
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UTAH GEO-INSTITUTE (G – I) UPDATE
BY RYAN COLE & RYAN MAW
work with other great organizations
and universities to provide technical
opportunities to membership. This
next year we look forward to the joint
Structural Engineering and GeoInstitute conference in Phoenix.
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We had the opportunity to attend the
combined Geo-Institute International
Foundations Congress and Equipment
Expo (IFCEE) in San Antonio this past
month. This combined event
represents the efforts of the GeoInstitute, on a national level, to
collaborate with other geoprofessional
organizations. This large event
contained interesting presentations
and discussions on forthcoming
research with a broadened focus. This
effort for better collaboration will be a
focal point of the Geo-Institute at a
national level in the months and years
to come. Locally Salt Lake has been
an example of how the G-I chapter can
A 2 day NHI training course on
LRFD seismic analysis and design
of transportation geotechnical
features is planned for May 6th
and 7th. The training course will
focus specifically on the
geotechnical earthquake
engineering aspects of
geotechnical design. It will be a
comprehensive and practical
training, addressing seismic
analysis and design of
transportation geotechnical
features including ground motion
characterization, development of
the AASHTO acceleration
response spectrum for structural
design using the 1000-yr USGS
hazard map for reference site
conditions, and evaluation of
AASHTO site class and application
of AASHTO soil factors to account
for local soil conditions; site
characterization for geotechnical
seismic analysis; equivalent linear
site response analysis;
identification of geotechnical
seismic hazards; seismic stability
and deformation analysis of
embankments and slopes;
analysis procedures for
liquefaction and liquefactioninduced lateral spread or flow
failures; seismic settlement
analysis; and geotechnical hazard
mitigation measures.
We hope that you all enjoyed the great
EERI short course this past month and
we look forward to the continued
collaboration with our direct
membership and that of our affiliated
members in other organizations.
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ASCE Utah Section Contacts 2014‐2015
Date of Elections:
Date Officers are Installed:
May 7, 2014
May 14, 2014
Utah Section
Name
* Bob Lamoreaux, P.E.
* Stanley Klemetson
* Cody Palmer, P.E.
* Brian J. Andrew, P.E.
* Paul Feser
Office
Phone No. 1
President
(435) 817‐5371
President‐Elect
(801) 368‐6476
(801) 863‐8165
[email protected]
475 E 1960 S, Orem, UT 84058
Secretary/Treasurer
(435) 227‐2218
(208) 252‐1950
[email protected]
140 E. 2200 N., Office 1, Logan, UT 84341
(801) 362‐1844
Past‐President
(801) 216‐8890
UEC Representative
(801) 891‐9376
Phone No. 2
Email
Mailing Address
[email protected]
2301 Julie Drive, Santa Clara, UT 84765
[email protected]
1107 Nathanial Drive, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062
[email protected]
1001 Arbor Way, Layton, UT 84041
Northern Utah Branch
* Steven Earl, P.E., P.L.S.
President
(435) 713‐0099
(435) 787‐1199
[email protected]
1011 W 400 N Ste. 130, Logan, UT 84321
Jeremy Jensen, P.E.
President‐Elect
(801) 718‐6518
(208) 852‐0405
[email protected]
135 Ranch Loop Road, Preston, ID 83263 Justin Maughan, P.E.
Secretary/Treasurer
(435) 770‐0727
(435) 716‐9165
[email protected]
290 North 100 West, Logan, UT 84321
Craig Rasmussen, P.E.
Past‐President
(435) 753‐7214
(435) 232‐7265
[email protected]
160 West 100 North, Hyrum, UT 84319
[email protected]
4117 Juniper Hills Drive, South Jordan, UT 84095
Wasatch Front Branch
* Blake J. Thomas, P.E.
President
(801) 446‐5323
Craig Friant, P.E.
President‐Elect
(801) 886‐9052
(801) 319‐8267
[email protected]
2875 South Decker Lake Drive, Suite 575, SLC, UT 84119
Jeff McBride, P.E.
Secretary/Treasurer
(801) 352‐5980
(801) 214‐4967
[email protected]
6955 Union Park Center, Suite 370, Midvale, UT 84047
LeeAnn Miller, P.E.
Past‐President
(801) 450‐5734
[email protected]
2055 Riggs Dr, Sandy, UT 84092
[email protected]
2650 North 180 East, Lehi, Utah 84043
Central Utah Branch
* Alan Taylor, P.E.
President
(801) 400‐9784
Alex Vaz, P.E.
President‐Elect
(801) 756‐0309
Marshall Shore
Secretary/Treasurer
(385) 439‐6568
Stanley Klemetson
Past‐President
(801) 368‐6476
Anthony Schmid, S.E.
President
Mike Chandler
President‐Elect
James Thompson
Jason Ward, P.E.
President
(801) 766‐3246
[email protected]
[email protected]
10622 Bermuda, Cedar Hills, UT 84062
(801) 863‐8165
[email protected]
475 E 1960 S, Orem, UT 84058
(435) 632‐7660
(435) 656‐2064
[email protected]
389 East 500 South, Ivins, UT 84738
(435) 656‐3299
(435) 668‐8525
[email protected]
20 N. Main Street Suite 107, St. George, UT 84790
Secretary/Treasurer
(435) 673‐8586
(435) 673‐8397
[email protected]
352 E Riverside Dr. Suite A‐2, St. George, UT 84790
Past‐President
(435) 673‐8586
(435) 680‐3580
[email protected]
352 E Riverside Dr. Suite A‐2, St. George, UT 84790
(801) 561‐1555
(713) 679‐9136
[email protected]
7324 S Union Park Ave, Ste 100, Midvale, UT 84047
(385) 414‐2344
[email protected]
488 E Winchester Street, Ste 400, Murray, UT 84107
[email protected]
2010 S 2760 W, SLC, UT 84104
[email protected]
2875 S Decker Lake Dr, Ste 575, SLC, UT 84119
[email protected]
756 E Winchester St, Ste 400, SLC, UT 84107
Southern Utah Branch
*
Younger Member Forum
* Clark Anderson, EIT
Tiffany Pocock, PE
President‐Elect
(801) 262‐3735
Alex Fisher, EIT
Secretary
(801) 964‐5501
Imanuel Aswandi, PE PTOE
Treasurer
(801) 886‐9052
Dave Lehman, PE
Past‐President
(801) 904‐4055
Chair
(801) 930‐9262 (801) 849‐0055
[email protected]
Vice Chair
(435) 232‐4984
(801) 904‐4000
[email protected]
756 E Winchester St, Ste 400, SLC, UT 84107
[email protected]
1295 N State Street, Orem, UT 84057
(801) 809‐0852
Geo‐Institute (GI) Chapter * Ryan Cole, Ph.D., P.E.
Ryan Maw, P.E.
Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Chapter *
Conrad Guymon, S.E.
Chair
(801) 222‐0922 ext 128
Newsletter Editor
* Board of Directors
Last Updated: March 9, 2015
NHI 2-Day Training Course
LRFD Seismic Analysis and Design
Of Transportation Geotechnical Features
(FHWA-NHI-132094A)
Date:
May 6th-7th, 2015 (Wednesday - Thursday)
Time:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location:
Region 2 Hurley Conference Room
2010 South 2760 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84104-4592
Course Fee:
$575.00 -Workshop manuals included
Registration Deadline:
Who to Contact:
Tuesday, April 14th, 2014. Receipt of your fee will reserve your space in this
workshop.
To register contact – Jennifer Avila (801) 965-4188 or [email protected]
For more information contact - Keith Brown (801) 965-4234
Jon Bischoff (801) 633-0094
Darin Sjoblom (801) 964-4474
A limited number of slots are available for this course to be filled by consultants on a firstcome first-serve basis, so call or email soon.
(Continuing Education Credits awarded)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This 2-day NHI training course 132094A entitled "LRFD Seismic Analysis and Design of Transportation Geotechnical
Features" is a shortened version of the NHI training course 132094 "LRFD Seismic Design of Transportation Geotechnical
Features and Structural Foundations" focusing specifically on the geotechnical earthquake engineering aspects. It is a
comprehensive and practical training course that addresses seismic analysis and design of transportation geotechnical
features including ground motion characterization, development of the AASHTO acceleration response spectrum for
structural design using the 1000-yr USGS hazard map for reference site conditions, and evaluation of AASHTO site class
and application of AASHTO soil factors to account for local soil conditions; site characterization for geotechnical seismic
analysis; equivalent linear site response analysis; identification of geotechnical seismic hazards; seismic stability and
deformation analysis of embankments and slopes; analysis procedures for liquefaction and liquefaction-induced lateral
spread or flow failures; seismic settlement analysis; and geotechnical hazard mitigation measures. The 132094A course
also focuses on interactions between the geotechnical specialist and the bridge design engineer in the seismic design
process.
OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
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Describe the AASHTO seismic design performance criteria and develop an AASHTO acceleration response
spectra for reference site (weak rock) conditions.
Calculate fundamental period of the site and peak ground velocity from a spectral acceleration.
Identify key soil properties necessary for seismic analysis and methods for evaluating them.
Identify conditions warranting, establish input parameters, and conduct a one-dimensional equivalent linear site
response analysis.
Assess seismic slope stability and deformation potential in accordance with the AASHTO specifications and
national state of art analysis and design guidance.
Evaluate the potential for earthquake-induced liquefaction and its impacts on geotechnical transportation
features in accordance with AASHTO specifications and national state-of-practice analysis and design guidance.
Identify common mitigation methods for geotechnical seismic hazards.
ASCE Service Project July 16 
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