ASCE Seattle Section Meeting

October 12th 2016

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Please join us for the Seattle Section's October meeting! It will be at Mirabella. There will be a social hour, followed by dinner and a presentation. 

5:30 Social Hour
6:00 Dinner
6:30 Program 

Early Bird Rates end after Wednesday, October 5th.
$45 ($40 early bird) for General Admission
$20 ($15 early bird) for students, and free agents

 Registration closes Sunday, October 9th.

Program - SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program Update

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) recently built the world’s longest floating bridge as part of the SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program. When the $4.56 billion SR 520 Program is complete, the region will have a new floating bridge and highway corridor from I-5 to the Eastside, with major improvements to safety and mobility. The floating bridge connects to fixed bridges on its east and west ends, and includes lidded freeway sections—some with integrated transit stops—fish-passable culverts, stormwater treatment, a bicycle/pedestrian path, noise walls, and other regulatory and community mitigation.

Along with the floating bridge, WSDOT is moving ahead with major improvements along the SR 520 corridor in Seattle. The project recently received $1.64 billion in new funding from the Washington state Legislature to move forward with the Seattle elements, which include two new lidded overpasses and the construction of new in-water bridge structures to meet modern seismic standards and serve the traveling public for at least 75 years to come. This requires extensive coordination, planning, and contract development and management, in a multidisciplinary team of WSDOT and consultant experts.

This session will provide information for a wide range of technical disciplines and interests, including planners, designers and construction managers. Come learn about how WSDOT replaced the world’s longest floating bridge and its connecting segments of highway in a major metropolitan area—all while keeping traffic flowing during construction.

Speaker - Larry Kyle, P.E., S.E. (SR 520 Program Engineering Manager / GEC Manager)

Larry Kyle has program management and design experience with a major emphasis on design and planning of highways, bridges and transit/multimodal facilities. He is currently the Program Engineering Manager on the SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program, as well as the GEC Program Manager. Larry recently received the 2016 Engineer of the Year Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies’ Washington chapter.

On the I-405 rehabilitation program, he was the Program Quality Manager and also led the HDR team on the project. His responsibilities have included program and project management, quality management, detailed design, preparation of route studies, environmental impact reports and studies, plans, specifications and estimates (PS&E). Larry is a Senior Vice President with HDR, and has led major transportation management, design, construction and planning projects in the western U.S.

Dinner will be a buffet chosen by Mirabella’s Chef, to include 2 entrees,1 vegetable, 1 starch, 1 salad, dinner rolls and dessert. Return here later for an updated menu.

Special accommodations for meals are available upon request. If you have any food allergies or require special accommodations, please contact Don Nguyen at dnng@cowi.com or enter information during registration.

Attendees must preregister; there will be no on-site registration. Contact the House and Hospitality Committee to make other payment arrangements.