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winter 2014 | newsletter 46
Carolina Triangle
American Society of Highway Engineers | Carolina Triangle Section
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January 22, 2015 - Dinner
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May 27-31, 2015 ASHE NATIONAL
CONFERENCE 2015
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ASHE DINNER NOVEMBER 6 at NC STATE
At the dinner meeting held on Thursday, November 6 at the NC State
University Club we enjoyed an outstanding presentation by NCDOT Chief
Engineer Mike Holder, as well as guest appearances by the ASHE National
President, Samir Mody, and the ASHE Mid-Atlantic Region President, Roger
Carriker.
Mr. Moody provided the audience with an overview of the structure of
ASHE, and outlined his vision for the future of the organization. This vision
includes strengthened and empowered regional boards and a smaller presence
at the national level.
On May 27-31, 2015 the Mid-Atlantic Region will be hosting the ASHE
National Conference in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Carriker cordially invited
everyone to attend the conference. He noted that in addition to the technical
sessions, a number of exciting and fun activities are planned for the attendees
and their families. If you are interested, more information can be found in the
sidebar.
Titled “Transportation in NC: Moving Forward”, the presentation by
NCDOT Chief Engineer Mike Holder outlined Govneror McCrory’s 25year vision for North Carolina transportation infrastructure. The plan focuses
on specific solutions for the four main regions of the state: Coastal, Eastern,
Central, and Western, as well as investments needed across the state to address
comprehensive needs.
Following the overview of the Governor’s 25-year vision, Chief Engineer
Holder discussed the Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) Law, the
Strategic Mobility Formula, established as part of the STI law, and NCDOT’s
progress on its implementation. To date nearly 3,100 projects have been
analyzed using the new formula. These projects include highway and nonhighway modes (Aviation, Rail, Bicycle and Pedestrian, Ferry and Public
Transportation). According to Mr. Holder, NCDOT will be able to fund
significantly more projects over the next ten years as a result of STI.
For additional information, you can view the slides from the presentation
by clicking on the image above/below. q
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Carolina Triangle
2014-2015 CENTURY CLUB MEMBERS
3001 Weston Parkway
Cary, NC 27513
OFFICERS
Barbara Benifield
Chris Kreider, PE
Drew Joyner, PE
Tim Hayes, PE
Jason Pace, PE
Kyle Compton, EIT
PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT 1st VICE PRESIDENT 2nd VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER DIRECTORS
Lisa Feller, PE Josh Hurst, PE Mike Young, PE Steve Browde, PE Chris Werner, PE
Jonathan Hefner, PE
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
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Joe Piccirilli, PE
Josh Hurst, PE
Mike Young, PE
Katrina Washington, PE
Chris Kreider, PE
Steve Browde, PE
Tommy Register, PE
Barbara Benifield
Kyle Compton, EIT
Pete Thompson, PE
Jay Stem, PE
Drew Joyner, PE
Roland Robinson
Chris Powell
Tim Reid, PE
Nick Ramirez, PE
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-Mission StatementThe mission of the American Society of Highway Engineers
is to promote the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of safe and efficient highways; to foster
a general understanding of the value of highways and seek
support for their fiscal viability; to stimulate and publicize
technology advances in the highway field; to encourage
communications among all segments of the highway industry; to stress the value of individuals; and to facilitate
ethics, leadership, and career growth of the members.
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ASHE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
Steve Miller, PE - SEPI Engineering - Steve is a Traffic Control Design Engineer with over 6 years
of experience creating Transportation Management Plans. He graduated from The Pennsylvania
State University in 2002 with a BS in Civil Engineering. He lives in Raleigh with his wife, Suzanne,
and 3-year-old son, Elijah. Steve enjoys disc golf, woodworking, and table top roleplaying games.
Michael Burns, EI – Stewart – Michael is a Roadway Engineering Intern in Stewart’s Transportation
Group. He graduated from North Carolina State University in 2013 with a BS in Civil Engineering.
He is originally from Middletown, MD, having ended up in Raleigh to attend NCSU. In his free
time, he enjoys running and fishing, as well as numerous other sporting activities such as baseball
and football.
Doug Taylor, PE, CPM – Stewart - Doug has over 30 years of engineering and progressive
leadership experience focused in staff development, change management, policy/program
development and supervision. He recently retired as Assistant State Roadway Design Engineer with
NCDOT, prior to joining Stewart. He lives in Knightdale with his wife of 32 years, Diane, and
enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter and grandson.
Russ Rivenbark, PE - Schnabel Engineering – Russ is an NC State graduate with 35 years of
geotechnical engineering and project management experience. He is a North Carolina native who,
with his wife Leslie, is returning after 23 years in Virginia to be closer to family, barbeque, and the
Wolfpack. Russ is Branch Manager for Schnabel’s Raleigh Office. q
RALEIGH, CARY LOOK TO IMPROVE RAIL CORRIDOR BEFORE
TRANSIT ARRIVES
RALEIGH — In West Raleigh and eastern Cary, government planners are laying the groundwork
for the development and traffic that may accompany a string of proposed passenger rail stations.
A coalition of local governments and others has put half a million dollars toward a study of the
roads between the two municipalities, aiming to improve safety and traffic flow at a half-dozen
places where rail lines cross pavement.
The study, kicked off with public meetings on November 17 and 18, where planners discussed
whether the intersections should be closed, bridged or otherwise made safer.
“All of these efforts are in the view that we’re going to have more rail service of various kinds – and,
at the same time, there’s going to be more urbanization of this area, especially around the light-rail
stations,” Raleigh Councilman Russ Stephenson said.
He was referring to long-debated plans to put new light-rail lines and more commuter trains in the
Raleigh-Cary corridor. The Wake County Board of Commissioners has long delayed action on the
proposed railway construction, which could result in increased taxes, though a new Democratic
majority is expected to move more quickly on the proposal.“As we look toward heavier rail usage,
there’s obviously going to be more delay for traffic trying to get back and forth, and less safety,”
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Stephenson said.
The study includes Northeast Maynard Road, Trinity Road, Nowell Road, Powell Drive, Beryl
Road and Royal Street, along with several proposed new crossings.
Of course, governments and railroads have long aimed to close such “at-grade” crossings, where cars
drive directly across rail lines. In the last 20 years, the six intersections under study have seen two
fatal collisions, and four collisions in total, according to data from the Federal Railroad
Administration.
The effort to improve the Raleigh-Cary crossings will start with a broad look at several factors,
according to Shelby Powell, a senior transportation planner at the Capital Area Metropolitan
Planning Organization, or CAMPO. Besides existing traffic patterns, the study will account for the
area’s potential for development.
“It’s kind of an open slate out there,” she said.
This is the most comprehensive rail study that CAMPO has ever taken on, she said.
Freight trains and Amtrak passenger trains run through the Raleigh-Cary corridor about 20 times
per day. The set of two rail lines runs between Chapel Hill Road and Hillsborough Road; if built,
light-rail lines would run through the same right-of-way.
The $520,000 study is funded by CAMPO, the state transportation department, Raleigh, the N.C.
Railroad, Norfolk-Southern, Cary and Triangle Transit. It will conclude next June.
While the study may outline possibilities for safety improvements – such as new signs, barriers,
bridges or closures – it won’t recommend any one course of action. It also won’t address Blue Ridge
Road, where an existing plan would bridge the railroad over the road.
The eventual fixes for the intersections could be expensive. It can cost millions of dollars to separate
a railway from a road, and rail companies typically pay about 5 percent of that cost.
But the investment, according to be Stephenson, could be one step toward redevelopment along the
railway.
“There hadn’t been much development along any of our traditional rail corridors, because they’ve
been seen as industrial corridors,” he said.
Now, he said, “they’re being seen as much more valuable real estate.” q
Read more here:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/16/4327996_raleigh-cary-look-to-improve-rail.
html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
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NEXT BIG I-440 PROJECT TENTATIVELY PLANNED FOR 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Transportation is planning $92 million in
improvements along a 3.5-mile stretch of Interstate 440 in Wake County to help alleviate traffic
troubles caused by a bottleneck during busy commute times.
The state held a public meeting on November 12 to present its plans to expand I-440 – from just
south of Walnut Street in Cary to north of Wade Avenue in Raleigh – from two lanes in each
direction to three lanes. Beginning in 2018, bridges will also be replaced, the road will be resurfaced
and interchanges will be changed on the section.
DOT spokesman Steve Abbott said the stretch was the first portion of I-440 completed in the
1960s and was not designed to handle the approximately 80,000 vehicles that travel on it daily.
"You've got to remember that when it was built, Raleigh was much a much smaller community,"
he said. "Traffic impact is going to get bigger and bigger and bigger." Abbott said the DOT plans
to keep traffic delays to a minimum when work begins. That will be after it completes work on its
Fortify project – an initiative currently underway to improve an 11.5-mile stretch of I-440. "The
goal is to maintain two lanes of traffic through the construction zone the whole time," he said.
"Except for nights and weekends – there might be some lane closures." q
Read more at:
http://www.wral.com/next-big-i-440-project-tentatively-planned-for-2018/14168584/
COMPANY NEWS
VOLKERT WELCOMES TWO NEW TEAM MEMBERS
Wally Bowman, PE, has joined the Raleigh,
NC, office of Volkert, Inc., as CEI Manager.
Wally brings vast experience gained from a 28year career at NCDOT, where he worked in a
variety of positions including Division Engineer,
Deputy Division Engineer, Division Construction
Engineer, Resident Engineer and Materials
Engineer. As Division Engineer, he managed
all construction, maintenance, and operations
activities in seven counties, including two counties
in the Research Triangle metropolitan area and five
rural counties. Wally’s role at Volkert will include
managing CEI services in the western half of North
Carolina and marketing all of Volkert’s services to
municipal and state governments. Wally graduated
from North Carolina State University in 1981 with
a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
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Volkert, Inc., welcomes Doug Petry to their
Raleigh, NC, office as a Senior Designer. Doug
brings 27 years of transportation engineering
industry experience, 16 of which are in highway
design. Doug will prepare roadway plans for
NCDOT using Microstation and Geopak. His
experience includes preparing roadway plans
dealing with widening projects, interchanges, and
projects on new location; quantity computations
for NCDOT, including earthwork summaries,
right-of-way data sheets, and drainage summaries;
and the preparation of design public hearing maps.
Mr. Petry also has experience with signal plans
and construction administration. He has been
responsible for the preliminary roadway design for
NCDOT planning and environmental projects.
Before joining Volkert Doug was a Roadway
Designer 2 at ARCADIS G&M of North Carolina,
Inc., where he was responsible for the preliminary
roadway design of NCDOT’s planning and environmental projects.
MCKIM & CREED ANNOUNCES NEW CEO
Raleigh, NC—The board of directors of McKim
& Creed, Inc., a 350-person engineering, planning
and geomatics firm with offices throughout the
South, announced today that John T. Lucey, Jr.,
PE, has been named the company’s next president
and chief executive officer, effective November 1.
Lucey was previously the executive vice
president of engineering and business development
at Heckmann Water Resources (now Nuverra
Environmental Solutions), an oil/gas water
management company that is also one of the
largest environmental solutions firms in the U.S.
Lucey will succeed Michael W. Creed, Ph.D.,
PE, who will continue serving as McKim & Creed’s
chairman of the board. Herbert P. McKim, Jr., PE,
PLS, will remain on the board of directors and will
continue full-time work assisting with major client
retention, business development and special projects.
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“John is a proven leader and industry veteran who brings a strong engineering and technology
background and impressive communication and management skills. I am excited about the future
of McKim & Creed and am pleased to have the opportunity to continue serving our employees,
clients and shareholders as chairman of the board,” said Creed. Added McKim, “John Lucey was
selected from several very qualified candidates because of his experience leading a similarly sized
firm through a successful period of growth, because of his experience in synergistic markets that we
can enter, and most importantly, because of his leadership ability, his business skills, and his cultural
fit with McKim & Creed.”
“McKim & Creed is one of the most innovative and respected companies in the engineering
and geomatics industry, and I am honored to have been chosen to lead the organization,” said
Lucey. “I look forward to working with the great team at McKim & Creed and to build from its
strong foundation an organization that grows consistently by providing value to our customers with
high-quality, innovative solutions.”
Lucey began his career in 1977 with Chester Engineers, where he rose through various levels of
management to become president of the company in 1995. He oversaw the acquisition of Chester
by U.S. Filter in 1997 and helped grow the 300-person, $55-million firm to more than 500
employees with $200 million in annual revenues. After U.S. Filter was sold to Veolia, Lucey became
a key member of the management team, assuming responsibility for developing and managing
Veolia’s North American Technology Center.
From 2005 until 2011, Lucey worked with HDR Engineering, where he led the industrial
water and wastewater practice group that provided services for the ethanol, power, mining, oil/gas
and fertilizer industries. Under his leadership, the group grew from $5 million in annual revenues
to $75 million in five years. In 2011, Lucey joined Heckmann Water Resources (now Nuverra
Environmental Solutions), where he played a major role in securing business and managing business
with two of the largest customers of the company, and initiated a water treatment partnership with
a major service provider.
Lucey has an undergraduate degree in water resources engineering from Pennsylvania State
University and a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Raleigh, N.C.-based McKim & Creed, Inc. was established in 1978 as a two-person structural
engineering firm. Since that time, the company has grown to more than 350 employees in 19 offices
throughout the South, including Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Texas. Today,
the employee-owned firm offers civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering
services, as well as airborne and mobile LiDAR, subsurface utility engineering, hydrographic and
conventional surveying services for the water, energy, transportation, land development, building
and federal government markets.
For the past three years McKim & Creed has been ranked by Engineering News-Record
Southeast as the #1 surveying and mapping firm in the Southeast, and since 1992 has been named
one of the top 500 design firms in the U.S. by ENR. For more information about McKim &
Creed, visit www.mckimcreed.com.
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MULKEY ENGINEERS & CONSULTANTS IS PLEASED TO WELCOME TWO
ADDITIONS TO OUR TEAM.
Martha Hodge joins our Raleigh office as planning project manager. She will ensure that projects
are completed on time, within budget, and of the highest quality. Martha specializes in compliance
with federal, state, and local environmental regulations, with extensive experience in the preparation
of NEPA/SEPA statements and assessments. She is also trained in GIS mapping and analysis,
agency coordination, public involvement, transportation and land use planning, context sensitive
project design, socio-economic data research and analysis, and NCDOT project development
procedures. Martha earned her Masters of Public Administration from East Carolina University
and dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Environmental Studies and Communication Studies from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Emily Stewart joins our Raleigh office as transportation engineer intern. She will work closely
with our professional engineers to complete roadway design plans, including calculations, CAD
support, and supporting the transportation group. A 2013 graduate with a B.S. in Civil Engineering
from NC State University, Emily's background includes recognition as an NCSU engineering
ambassador and an internship with the NCDOT.
ALPHA & OMEGA GROUP IS GROWING!
Alpha & Omega Group is excited to announce
an addition of Amit Sachan, PE, CFM to our team
as Water Resources Principal.
With a career spanning academics and private
sectors, Amit serves Alpha & Omega Group with
experience in both civil engineering, and business
development. With a history working with
municipal, state, federal, and private clients and
a strong professional network in North Carolina,
Amit’s water resources portfolio includes projects in
riverine modeling, stream restoration, stormwater
capital improvement and systems master planning,
roadway drainage, hydrologic and hydraulics, and
erosion control design.
Amit holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resources from Virginia Tech as well as
a Masters of Business Administration in Services and Innovation Management from North Carolina
State University. Amit is an active board member for NC Association of Floodplain Managers and
NC Water Resources Association. Amit is vice-chairman for Environmental committee for ACECNC and chairman for PENC Central Carolina MATHCOUNTS program.
As the lead H&H QA/QC engineer for the NC and MS Floodplain Mapping Programs, Amit
led the review of more than 18,000 miles of riverine studies and was involved in programmatic
support tasks for the FEMA contracted North Carolina Flood Mapping program.
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RAMEY KEMP & ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES NEW SENIOR ROADWAY ENGINEER
RALEIGH, NC – October 13, 2014– Ramey Kemp & Associates, Inc. (RKA) is pleased to
announce the hire of Claudette Roque, P.E. as a Senior Roadway Engineer in RKA’s Raleigh office.
Much of her work will be focused on roadway design.
On the hiring of Claudette, Montell Irvin, President/CEO of RKA, stated, “We are very excited
to have Claudette join our firm. She brings a skill set that complements our current services very
well, but also allows for our continued expansion into additional roadway design and engineering
services.”
Ms. Roque has over 27 years of experience in roadway design, including over 11 years with the
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in the Roadway Design and Engineering
Coordination section. Her experience included preparing roadway plans for the NCDOT that
included functional, preliminary, right of way, and final construction plans from bridge replacement
projects to complex interchange designs. Ms. Roque's project management experience includes
preparing manday estimates, negotiating contracts, preparing progress reports and invoices, and
overseeing design and coordination through project letting.
SUMMIT ADDS EXPERIENCED HYDRAULIC ENGINEER TO SUPPORT ITS
INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING BRANCH
RALEIGH, N.C. – Summit Design and Engineering Services is pleased to announce D.C.
(Dan) Duffield, PE has joined our Infrastructure Engineering Branch as Water Resources Manager.
Mr. Duffield completed a 20-year career with the North Carolina Department of Transportation
Hydraulics Unit where he progressed through numerous positions to the role of project engineer
(TE III). He gained experience in all aspects of transportation hydrologic and hydraulic design,
including extensive highway drainage design on various types of projects, modeling, and flood
studies on more complex projects. His project experience includes: bridge replacement projects
(B-projects), interstate drainage (I- and R-projects), urban curb & gutter drainage facilities
(U-projects), and rural SR drainage. Prior to joining Summit, Mr. Duffield served as Water
Resources Group Manager for Mulkey Engineers and Consultants in Cary, N.C. Summit’s
Infrastructure Engineering Branch now offers hydraulic engineering services and is NCDOT
prequalified for Hydraulic Design Tiers I and II.
For more information regarding Mr. Duffield or Summit’s Infrastructure Engineering Branch,
please email [email protected].
ELI OPENS TRIANGLE OFFICE
Energy Land & Infrastructure, LLC (ELI) is excited to announce the opening of a branch office
located at 1015 Passport Way, Cary, NC 27513. This office was opened to meet the growing need
for professional engineering and field services in the infrastructure market place. If you would like
more information about our firm, please contact Michael Young, PE by phone at 919-234-1974 or
by email at [email protected].
Founded in 2013, ELI is a Nashville, TN based multi-disciplinary civil engineering firm
specializing in natural gas pipelines, transportation, bridges, utilities, water resources, civil works
and infrastructure. ELI also offers environmental permitting services with experience in multiple
jurisdictions and regulatory agencies as well as expertise in NEPA documentation. We are certified
by the NCDOT as a Small Professional Services Firm (SPSF) and we are prequalified to perform
the services listed above. ELI is committed to staying abreast of the constantly changing industry
trends and technologies and updating our cutting edge professional services to successfully address
the burgeoning energy market, creative new land developments, and aging infrastructure. We
consistently deliver value with commitment to unwavering principles through a broad array of
services. Our team approach promises that our talented professionals will always collaborate to
deliver projects in the most timely and cost effective manner practical.
CH ENGINEERING AWARD
CH Engineering was awarded by the City of Durham the Outstanding Achievement in
Professional Services Award for their MED Week 2014 Minority Enterprise Week.
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