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Anyone in New Jersey who travels to work by car or mass transit is well aware the region's transportation network is old and overburdened. The Natural Resources Defense Council is out with a new report that stresses the need to improve public transit, reduce congestion and pollution, and make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
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NJSME
NJSME would like to welcome its newest members:
Jeffrey Betz, PE, MBA, CME
Nicholas Brown, CME
Edward Frank D'Armiento, CME
Kurt Eifert, CME
Inkyung Englehart, PE CFM
Jaclyn Flor, PE, PP, CME
Alexandra Handel, PE, PP
Pamela Hilla, CME
James Hutzelmann, PE, PP
Douglas Johnson, CME
Nickoletta M. Louloudis, PE, PD
Nicola Marucci, PE, PLS
Yosef Portnoy, PE, PP, CFM
Eric Rundstrom, CME
Stephen Schwartz, PE, CME
Fawzia Shapiro, CME
Anand Stephen, CME
Matthew Zwingraf, CFM
NJSME
Sustainable Jersey, the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers Univeristy, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and Together North Jersey are offering free training and technical assistance to municipal officials, staff and the public to support implementation of complete streets at the municipal level.
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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.
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.
NJ.com
A long awaited $10 million plan to make over a tough-to-navigate Garden State Parkway interchange got a green light on Tuesday. NJ Turnpike officials approved awarding a $10.89 million construction contract to Earle Asphalt Company to rebuild Exit 109 in Middletown where the Parkway meets Newman Springs Road.
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NJ Spotlight
New Jersey has been picked as one of five states that will be participating this year in a National Governors Association "learning lab," a program that is designed to highlight ways digital technology can help states enhance the delivery of government services. The initiative is expected to complement some of the efforts that first-term Gov. Phil Murphy's administration is launching to improve state government and foster economic growth with innovation and technology.
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Jersey Digs
Demolition is underway to make room for an upcoming building in Morristown, according to architect Dean Marchetto of Hudson County-based Marchetto Higgins Stieve. The development will be located at 35-41 Market Street, also known as 45 Market Street, and will stretch back to Bank Street.
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Engineering News-Record
A coalition of more than 130 groups and nearly 90 individuals is calling on the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue the first nationwide U.S. standard to protect workers in construction and all other industries against excessive heat on job sites. In a petition sent to OSHA on July 17, the groups, led by advocacy organization Public Citizen, recommend that the proposed heat standard include mandatory rest breaks away from the heat, including a complete halt at certain extreme heat levels.
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Construction Dive
In just the first half of the year, investments in construction technology have surpassed last year's total amount by 30 percent, according to a Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. report. Spending in the segment is outpacing overall tech startup investment growth in the United States, the report found.
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Construction Dive
Delegated design comes into play in construction when a general contractor or subcontractor assumes responsibility for some aspect of a project's design. This can occur with any project delivery type, and adds a new layer of responsibility — and potential liabilities — for construction companies.
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