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NJSME
NJSME will be publishing the 2017 Membership Directory. Please be aware that the deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 1. The directory will be distributed to over 500 engineers, associates and business affiliates in the surrounding area. The directory will include a list of NJSME members, state department agencies and the New Jersey townships and municipalities.
If you would like to purchase an advertisement in this year's directory, please click here to download the form to reserve your space. An invoice will be mailed to you for the amount of your ad. Ad copy is due by Friday, April 14. You can send the final copy to kbiddle@njpsi.com as a PDF, EPS, JPG or TIF file with supporting fonts and graphics. All ads will be printed in black and white. Prime placement ads (inside front, and back) are reserved on a first some first serve basis.
NJSME
At the Feb. 8 NJSME General Membership meeting, in front of nearly 100 members, Vice President Dan Burke publicly acknowledged the efforts of the Review Committee, which volunteers their time to evaluate each individual application.
Art Vitale, Charles Adamson and Claudia Knezek were applauded for their time spent on 37 detailed submissions over seven unique categories.
This praise is typically outlined at the annual luncheon in November, but due to formatting changes, the recognition was unintentionally omitted.
New Jersey Asphalt Pavement Association
The 60th Annual New Jersey Asphalt Paving Conference will be held on Tuesday, March 14, at The College of NJ, Brower Student Center (2000 Pennington Road) in Ewing. Online registration is now open. Click here to to view registration information and to register your employees.
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New Jersey State League of Municipalities
The League has first-class office suites and singles available in its headquarters building at 222 West State Street in Trenton. The Roebling Mansion has shared conference rooms and kitchen facilities while being just steps away from the State House. It is a perfect location for firms that seek a Capital City address.
The attached flyer offers a glimpse of what this address has to offer.
For information call:
Michael J. Darcy, CAE, Executive Director
609-695-3481, Ext. 116
mdarcy@njslom.org
New Jersey Herald
Two Sussex County-owned bridges, construction of which was interrupted by the Transportation Trust Fund moratorium last year, now have midsummer completion dates, according to updates released Friday by the county Department of Engineering and Planning. The anticipated road opening for the Passaic Avenue bridge in Ogdensburg is July 14; the Roseville Road bridge in Byram should be open in early August, the updates noted.
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Newsworks
A bill advancing in New Jersey's Legislature would require water companies to determine how much water is lost because of leaks and breaks in aging pipes every year. Natural Resources Defense Council attorney Larry Levin told an Assembly committee such audits can guide efforts to control water loss.
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NJ.com
A former construction contractor for U.S. military facilities in New Jersey admitted Tuesday to paying more than $90,000 in bribes to an Army employee to secure subcontracts at two bases. George Grassie, of Covington Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States and commit bribery, and providing unlawful kickbacks, according to a statement from the office of U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.
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NJ.com
It will cost $2 million to renovate eight bathrooms at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, according to a report. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority signed off on the project, which will take about five months to finish, the report said.
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Asbury Park Press
The Muslim Society of Jersey Shore is hoping to build an expanded mosque and Islamic school on five acres of land they own. But a zoning ordinance requiring 10 acres of land for places of worship has put the project on hold.
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For Construction Pros
Earlier this month, a six-alarm fire in Maplewood, destroyed part of an apartment complex under construction, reigniting the debate over the use of lightweight wood framing. The fire marks a troubling recent history for wood-framed construction in New Jersey. In January 2015, a fire destroyed a 240-unit apartment building in Edgewater, burning for seven hours and leaving 500 people homeless.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
A search for expertise has stretched across the country in the effort to repair the Delaware River Turnpike Bridge. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission have hired four construction firms, eight engineering contractors and two national engineering experts, including the man who first publicly identified welds as a factor that caused a crack in a beam in the bridge, to assist in the repair work. That crack prompted closure of the bridge Jan. 20, and it is expected to remain closed to traffic until at least April.
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Engineering News-Record
The board that oversees the reliability of the high-voltage power system in 13 Northeast and Midwest states has authorized $1.5 billion in construction projects to strengthen the power grid. The approvals include several large and midsize projects that address reliability issues in multiple areas, regional transmission group PJM Interconnection LLC said on Feb. 15. Projects valued at $918 million are in the transmission zone of Public Service Electric and Gas, in New Jersey.
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Engineering.com
Imagine a not-so-distant future where engineers and managers can access information gathered from the shop floor just by talking to their computers. This concept isn't fantastically futuristic — computers can communicate through speech software today — but imagine if they could communicate intelligently and authentically, while independently pulling together information by request in a digestible format. Think J.A.R.V.I.S. from the "Iron Man" movies.
Maana, a knowledge technology provider has recently partnered with exClone, a chatbot developer, to advance chatbots to a conceptually similar level.
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Engineering News-Record
As infrastructure becomes a higher-profile national issue, a new coalition has taken shape, aiming to promote investment in transportation, energy, water and broadband systems and calling for both direct federal spending and public-private partnerships. In announcing the Feb. 13 launch of the Coalition to Modernize American Infrastructure, former U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told reporters that U.S. infrastructure needs an estimated $3.3 trillion. He said the coalition members believe "it is essential that the momentum for an infrastructure solution continue."
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