President's Message

The 2007-2008 ASCE calendar is in full swing! For those of you who made it out to the 7th Annual Gold Classic sponsored by VSE, all I can say is “what a great day to play golf!” The weather definitely cooperated this year (compared to the rainy day last year). I am definitely not at the ‘Tiger Woods’ caliper, but I even had a couple of good swings!

For those of you, who could not make it, please think about joining us next year. It is for a great cause and it was fun getting to play golf with fellow Civil Engineers.

Please mark your calendars for our next ASCE event. October 17, 2007 is our first VTASCE dinner meeting at The Breeding Barn at Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT. Dr. Jean-Guy Beliveau and a few of his students will be presenting an exciting presentation about the structural assessment of the roof truss of the Breeding Barn. We will have a site tour of the barn prior to our dinner being catered by Outer Space catering on-site in the Breeding Barn. This should be a most enjoyable evening. I hope to see you at the meeting!

Lastly, I have been hosting ASCE sponsored Pizza Parties for Vermont Consulting Firms. These lunch Pizza Parties are for VTASCE to meet with fellow Civil Engineers and discuss membership in ASCE. So far I have visited Engineering Ventures, Dubois & King, and Stantec and I am planning on visiting Phelps Engineering. Your firm could be next! If you have interest in VTASCE visiting with your firm, please email or call me. I would love to visit your firm and remember the Pizza is on me (actually ASCE National)!

Shawn P. Kelley, Ph.D., M. ASCE

2007-2008 President, VTASCE