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NJSME
Entries are now being accepted for the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers 2018 Municipal Project of the Year Awards Program. The intent of this program is to give recognition to municipal engineers and engineering consultants to municipalities who have contributed to the public health, safety and welfare by way of designing projects or implementing programs which are of an outstanding nature.
In order for an entry to be eligible, the project must have been located in the State of New Jersey, and the engineer who name appears on the entry must:
- have been the officially appointed municipal engineer for the city, township, or borough in which the entry is located
- have been the municipal engineer or consulting engineer to the municipality in responsible charge of the project/program
- have submitted with entry a resolution from the governing body or a written endorsement from the named municipal administrator for which the work has been completed, naming the engineer in responsible charge of the project or program and consenting to the submission of an award application. (Only applies to consulting engineers who are not the named municipal engineer.)
- have signed and sealed the plans and specifications (if there are any) for all entry categories except Category F (Municipal Construction Management Projects) and Category G (Municipal Projects Involving Intergovernmental Cooperation)
Click here for more information on the program. Please send completed entries by 5 p.m. ET, Friday, Sept. 7, to Lori Lee. All other inquiries can be directed to either Todd M. Hay or Tim Kernan.
NJSME
Mark your calendars! NJSME will continue offering continuing education credits for PEs at our general membership meetings in 2018. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 12, at The Ellora (2863 Woodbridge Ave.) in Edison.
We pride ourselves on offering low cost options and relevant topics for our membership. If you would like to recommend a topic or speaker for one of these meetings, please email Vice President Tim Staszewski with your suggestions. Further, to help subsidize our meeting costs, we rely on meeting sponsors who can participate in our meeting with a tabletop display and brief remarks for a relatively small contribution. Any potential sponsors should also be directed to Tim via the email above, or they can call NJSME at 609-393-0102.
Click here for additional meeting information.
Click here for registration information.
New Jersey Department of Transportation
Applications are now being accepted through the New Jersey Department of Transportation's electronic grant
administration system, SAGE, for the following programs:
- Municipal Aid
- Transit Village
- Bikeways
- Safe Streets to Transit
The applications must be completed and submitted on or before Monday, Oct. 8.
Please login to the SAGE using the Division of Local Aid's website here.
Click here to
find the instructions on how to apply, or click here for more information. All
questions or concerns regarding how to apply in SAGE should contact the Technology Solutions Group at DOT-LocalAid.TechSolutions@dot.nj.gov.
NJSME
Click here to find out more information on how you can become a Sponsor of the 2018 NJ Society of Municipal Engineer's Annual luncheon.
The Annual Awards Luncheon, as part of the NJ League of Municipalities Conference, is attended by over 200 municipal engineers and elected officials. What a great way to get your company name out there in front of such a great target audience!
The luncheon will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
New Jersey Future
A key feature of New Jersey Future's Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure program is the advancement of demonstration projects that illustrate the powerful benefits of green stormwater infrastructure in private-sector development or redevelopment projects. New Jersey Future's Developers' Green Infrastructure Grants Program will identify and support at least two private sector development or redevelopment projects located in one of the William Penn Foundation Delaware River Initiative Areas of the Highlands of northwest New Jersey, or the broad area of southern New Jersey underlain by the Kirkwood or Cohansey aquifers.
Builders, developers, property owners or design professionals interested in applying for a Developers' Green Infrastructure Grant should follow the application guidelines and complete the online application form. Applications will be accepted through midnight Monday, Nov. 19. Winners will be chosen by Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.
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New Jersey Department of Transportation
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has announced the application deadline for the federally funded Safe Routes to School grants is being extended to Tuesday, Sept. 18, to allow schools additional time to gather information required to be eligible for a grant.
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WCAU-TV
Long-term water damage likely caused a central New Jersey home to collapse, killing a woman and injuring her two daughters, according to preliminary findings from a licensed engineer. Officials released the report from consulting engineer Robert Busch, who was hired to investigate the deadly collapse of a three-story home that once stood along South Broad Street near Joseph Street in Hamilton Township.
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WABC-TV
Traffic was moving fairly smoothly for the most part during the morning and evening commutes Monday, as drivers faced their first weekday commute with lanes closed on the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel from the New Jersey Turnpike. The epic construction project on Route 495 outside the Lincoln Tunnel began Friday night, with officials saying many drivers avoided the area.
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The New York Times
Just seven months into his first term, New Jersey Gov. Philip D. Murphy is already resorting to emergency measures to try to fix New Jersey Transit, the state agency that has been failing to keep its trains running on time — or at all. After admitting that he had underestimated the dysfunction at New Jersey Transit, Murphy now is calling for help from residents of other states. He asked for a waiver that would allow the agency to hire train engineers and other workers who do not live in New Jersey.
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centraljersey.com
An engineering firm that was hired by Tinton Falls has estimated that it will cost $182,000 to remove mold and make repairs at the building that houses the Tinton Falls Public Library. A report prepared by T&M Associates, Middletown, was placed on the borough's website within the past two weeks. The library has been closed since August 2017.
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NJ.com
The vast majority of New Jersey does not use public transportation to get to work, but residents still hop on trains and buses more often than almost every other state. About 11 percent of people in New Jersey utilize public transport, excluding taxis, according to U.S. Census data.
Only New York checks in higher, with more than a quarter relying on public transportation, largely because of New York City. If Washington, D.C., was a state, it would win out with more than a third commuting to work. Within New Jersey, just a handful of mostly northern counties dominate, and there's only one town where a majority of residents use public transportation.
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Construction Dive
According to the latest American Society of Civil Engineers report card, the percentage of structurally deficient U.S. bridges dropped from 12.1 percent in the society's 2009 report card to 9.1 percent in its most recent update in 2017. In the society's 2009 report, the average age of U.S. bridges was 43 years old — the same as in the 2017 report — which means many of the structures are still creeping up on the traditional, functional lifespan of 50 years old.
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Long Island Business News
When it comes to building projects, clients expect a higher level of specific expertise than ever from their architects, engineers and construction managers. Firms that provide these services have adapted over the years, deepening their areas of specialization by industry as well as by service area.
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Engineering News-Record
About half of the United States must follow the controversial 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule (WOTUS), while the other half does not, following an Aug. 16 ruling by a federal district court judge in South Carolina. But that picture could change, as another lawsuit initiated by the American Farm Bureau Federation is seeking a nationwide injunction against the rule.
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Engineering News-Record
Union carpenters have formally broken with the other building trades unions that have been protesting outside Related Cos.' massive Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's west side all year. The unions have been trying to hold off Related's goal of negotiating with one trade at a time, a process that could reap significant savings for the developer and concessions from building trades that have already seen their market power badly eroded.
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