President's Message - The Global Workplace

By Tapas Dutta, P.E.

The Branch President looks at the dynamics of working with people from different parts…

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Secretary's Column - National Parks & Infrastructure

By Cindy Miller, P.E.

With summer in full swing, and our National Parks an ever popular vacation destination, ASCE OC's…

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Branch News - 60th Anniversary Tour

By William Lawson, PE

The Orange County Branch is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year and to commemorate…

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In This Issue


President's Message - The Global Workplace

By Tapas Dutta, P.E.

The Branch President looks at the dynamics of working with people from different parts of the world, the outsourcing movement and the different work environment in other countries.

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Secretary's Column - National Parks & Infrastructure

By Cindy Miller, P.E.

With summer in full swing, and our National Parks an ever popular vacation destination, ASCE OC's Secretary discusses the sad state of the infrastructure at America's National Parks.   

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Branch News - 60th Anniversary Tour

By William Lawson, PE

The Orange County Branch is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year and to commemorate this important event the Branch decided to organize for the membership a tour of some of the Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks (HCEL's) in Orange County.  The Branch's Tour Planning Committee, lead by Branch Vice President Penny Lew, selected five of these sites to visit on the 60th Anniversary Historic Landmark Tour which took place on Saturday, July 20, 2013.  

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History and Heritage - Horse Cars to Red Cars

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How did we get from horse drawn cars to red cars to NO cars?  Take a look at  Southern California's trolley systems from the early 1900's with historian Carl Nelson.

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ASCE OC New Members

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Please join the Board of Directors in welcoming the newest members to ASCE OC! We look forward to getting to know you and hope to see you at an upcoming meeting.

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Law and CE News - Succession Plan

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You’ve worked hard to develop a successful practice. You’ve developed clients who regularly look to you for their engineering needs, the market is turning and your business is thriving. Now is the perfect time to plan your succession.

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Continuing Education - Seismic Design Course

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The 2013 Edition of the California Building Code will go into effect on January 1, 2014. The CBC seismic requirements are based on the seismic requirements of ASCE 7-10. Are you ready to start using the provisions of ASCE 7-10 for seismic design?

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YMF - Technical Tour

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The Sand Canyon Avenue Grade Separation project is one of the key local transportation projects under construction that are currently occurring in Orange County. A group of 29 younger professional engineers took on the opportunity to tour the construction site on July 9, 2013. The tour was jointly organized by OC YMF, the City of Irvine, and OCTA.

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YMF – General Meeting

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ASCE OC YMF’s July General Meeting was a special one that set it apart from the typical General Meetings held every month.  This meeting was cohosted with the Santa Ana River Basin Section of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA).

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YMF - Night Out at the Piano Bar

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The Piano Bar event for the Orange County Younger Member Forum was held on Saturday August 3rd at Sgt. Peppers in Long Beach.

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Board

President
Tapas Dutta, P.E.
President@asceoc.org

Vice President
Penny Lew, P.E.
VicePresident@asceoc.org

Treasurer
Gary Gilbert, P.E., G.E.
Treasurer@asceoc.org

Secretary
Cindy Miller, P.E.
Secretary@asceoc.org

Past President
Joshua Nelson, P.E.
PastPresident@asceoc.org

Committee Chairs

YMF
Ravi Shah, P.E.
Ravi.Shah@hdrinc.com

Membership
Anh Ly, P.E.
Anh.Ly@parsons.com

Marketing
Steven King, P.E.
sking@octa.net

Environmental & Water Resources Institute
Bita Sadri, E.I.T.
bitasadri@hotmail.com

Geo-Institute Chair
Clint Isa, P.E.
clint@diazyourman.com

Public Infrastructure Coalition of OC-PICOC
Yazdan Emrani, P.E.
YEmrani@hfinc.com

Engineers Without Borders Liaison
VACANT

OCEC Liaison
C.T. Bathala, P.E.
CT_Bathala@dot.ca.gov

International Committee
C.T. Bathala, P.E.
CT_Bathala@dot.ca.gov

Continuing Education
Muhammad Ataya
muataya@onwardengineering.com

Transportation Technical Group
Shafi Sharifan,Ph.D., P.E.
ssharifan@idcengineers.com

Students Activities
Eric Walker, E.I.T.
Eric.Walker@Stantec.com

Government Affairs
Clay Tanaka, P.E.
Clay.Tanaka@ndlf.com

K-12 Outreach, Co-Chair
VACANT

K-12 Outreach, Co-Chair
Brianna Arth
Brianna.Arth@stantec.com

Awards/Nominations
Ziad Mazboudi, P.E.
ziadmazboudi.asce@gmail.com

Public Relations
Lisa Hadley, E.I.T.
Lisa.Hadley@parsons.com

Programs
Josue Vaglienty, P.E.
jvaglienty@rbf.com

Newsletter and Website
VACANT

Sustainability
Sam Ali, P.E. 
sam.ali@ocpw.ocgov.com

Life Member Forum
George Dore, P.E.
gtdore@aol.com

History and Heritage
William Lawson, P.E.
wlawson.asceoc.hhc@gmail.com

Professional Practice
VACANT

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