Idaho Society of Professional Engineers

2011 ISPE Annual Meeting

Successful Professional Engineering –

Beyond “Technically Correct”

June 9 & 10, 2011

The Best Western

Coeur d’ Alene Inn & Conference Center

506 West Appleway

Coeur d’ Alene, ID 83814

Contributors

The Idaho Society of Professional Engineers gratefully appreciates support from the following Sponsors:

Platinum

J-U-B Engineers Inc

Walker Engineering P.C.

Gold

Stapley Engineering

2011 ISPE Annual Meeting Committee

Greg Brands

Larry Comer

Jay Hassell

Eric Olson

Rob Palus

Mike Paul

Nels Trygstad

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ISPE 2011 Annual Meeting

Successful Professional Engineering –

Beyond “Technically Correct”

Thursday, June 9

8:00 AM Registration

Registration Desk

8:00 to 9:30 AM Continental Breakfast

Syringa-Garnet Room Enjoy a continental breakfast at your leisure while

you catch up with old friends and meet new ones.

9:30 AM Welcome

Sherman Room Jay Hassell, PE –

ISPE State President, ISPE Foundation Board

9:45 to 11:45 AM Risk Drivers: Understanding the Dynamics

Sherman Room of Risk in the A/E Industry (2 PDH)

Introduction – Jim Baker, PE –

ISPE Secretary Treasurer

Jeremy Kroll - The Hartwell Corporation

This seminar looks at how economic trends impact the design professions; explores how understanding your clients’ needs can improve your firm’s quality; demonstrates how the A/E professional liability industries interrelate; and reveals the technical and non-technical causes of claims.

11:45 to 12:00 PM Break

12:00 to 1:15 PM Luncheon

Syringa-Garnet Room The Deepwater Horizon Disaster –

What Happened and Why? (1 PDH)

Welcome/Introduction – Jay Hassell, PE -

ISPE State President, ISPE Foundation Board

Roland N. Horne - Stanford University

The Deepwater Horizon disaster was the largest oil spill in US history, and the second largest spill in the world. 11 men lost their lives in the explosion and fire. Although the impacts of the spill were evident to large numbers of people, its causes were harder to understand. This lecture will focus on the technical aspects of the events that led to the spill itself: what happened on the rig before, during and after the event, up to the time the rig sank. As with many engineering disasters, the accident was due to a sequence of failures, including both technical systems and procedural issues. Although the causes were complex and interacting, the lecture will focus on four main problems: (1) the failure of the cement and casing seal, (2) the failure to recognize and respond to hydrocarbon flow into the riser, (3) the ignition of hydrocarbons on the rig, and (4) the failure of the blow-out preventer (BOP) to seal the well.

The lecture will conclude with some suggestions as to how events such as the Deepwater Horizon disaster can be avoided in the future.

1:30 to 2:20 PM Management and Planning for Idaho's

Sherman Room Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer (1 PDH)

Introduction – Mike Paul, PE

Northern Chapter Secretary Treasurer

Robert Haynes, PE – IDWR

Covers the northern Idaho adjudication; secondly, our work in defining the resources of the Rathdrum Prairie aquifer, and thirdly, the Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan. These three things are all pieces of the picture water management in this area.

2:30 to 3:20 PM Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs

Sherman Room for Water Reclamation Facilities (1 PDH)

Introduction – Eric Olson, PE

Northern Chapter President

Raymond Daigh, P.E - Trindera Engineering

· The Five W’s of Energy Incentives

· Types of Incentives

· Case Study: Airways Heights Water Reclamation Plant (AHWRP)

· Sample Calculations

· Startup Data

· Verification

· Energy Incentive Pitfalls & How To Mitigate

Monetary funds are available from several sources to assist owners of wastewater pumping and treatment plants, and water reclamation plants with energy efficiency improvements at existing facilities and/or procurement of energy efficiency systems for new construction. Through a case study of the new Airway Heights, WA Water Reclamation Facility project, Trindera Engineering will discuss the process of pursuing energy efficiency incentives available from federal programs (such as Bonneville Power Administration), state programs, and local utilities.

Trindera Engineering will also discuss other recent projects with public utilities and power administration companies related to energy efficiency programs. This will demonstrate the process and outcomes of pursuing energy efficiency in the greater Pacific Northwest region.

3:30 to 4:20 PM Update on Hot Button Issues from the IBPEPLS Sherman Room (1 PDH)

Introduction – Joe Canning, PE/PLS

ISPE President Elect

Idaho Board of Licensure of Professional

Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors

A discussion of current issues high on the Board’s radar screen effecting engineers in Idaho including a legislative update. This will be an opportunity for the professional engineering community to ask questions of the attending board members as well as an opportunity for the board members to receive input from the professional community.

4:30 to 5:30 PM ISPE Board Meeting

Idaho South Room

5:30 to 6:30 PM Time to get casual and go to the park for dinner

6:30 to 8:30 PM Dinner Event

City Park/Gazebo Host - Jay Hassell, PE –

ISPE State President, ISPE Foundation Board

NSPE Fellow Award –

Nestor Fernandez, PE, FNSPE, ISPE QBS Committee Chair

Introduction by: Christopher M Stone, PE, FNSPE, LEED, AP,

NSPE President Elect

Officer Inductions

Friday, June 10

7:00 to 7:30 AM Breakfast Served

Syringa-Garnet Room

7:30 to 8:50 AM ISPE General Membership Meeting

Syringa-Garnet Room

9:00 to 9:50 AM Trends in Water and Wastewater (1 PDH)

Sherman Room Introduction – Nels Trygstad, PE

Northern Chapter President Elect

Stephen James, PE –

J-U-B Engineers, Coeur d'Alene

The water and wastewater industry is changing rapidly as issues such as sustainability, energy, tighter permits, increasing costs, new technologies, alternative funding/financing, and public sentiment come to the forefront. These issues have the potential to dramatically affect how engineers approach our work. The key to stretching limited infrastructure dollars farther is to predict significant upcoming issues early to minimize their impact.

This presentation will provide an overview of the current trends that we see in both the water and wastewater industries as well as ways that engineers can get ahead of those trends to better prepare their systems.

10:05 to 10:55 AM Allocating Liabilities Among Public Owners,

Sherman Room Engineers and Contractors (1 PDH)

Introduction – Jay Hassell, PE –

ISPE State President, ISPE Foundation Board

Jerry Mason, Municipal Attorney - Mason & Stricklin, LLP

The usual public works project (if there is such a thing) involves a contract between a public agency owner and a design professional leading to a contract between the owner and the constructor chosen to build the project. Allocation of liabilities among the parties is shaped by legal principles and shared, but sometimes divergent, interests. This presentation will look at the forces that can shape balanced agreements in ways that would diminish uncertainty for all – while maintaining compliance with legal requirements.

11:10 to 12:00 Noon ISPE/ISPLS Northern Chapter Ad Hoc

Sherman Room Committees Update: Design Utility Locates and Monument Preservation (1 PDH)

Introduction – Larry Comer, PE

Northern Chapter Director

Melissa Cleveland, PE– Welch-Comer Engineers

Eric Olson, PE – Ruen-Yeager & Associates, Inc.

Rob Stratton, PE/PLS – Stratton Land Services, Inc.

The Northern Chapters of ISPE and ISPLS have formed Ad Hoc Committees in the past year concerning utility locates and survey monument preservation. The goal of these committees is to make it easier for local engineers and land surveyors to comply with Idaho Code and to protect public interest. The Utility Locates Committee consists of engineers, surveyors, utility company representatives, and public agencies representatives, and has started to put into place procedures for locating utilities prior to design. This has proven to be problematic in the past in North Idaho. The Monument Preservation committee consists of two engineers and two surveyors, and has drafted suggested procedures for following the requirements of Idaho Code 55-1613. This session is an opportunity for these committees to have an open discussion with engineers from around the state to determine if these issues are present statewide.

12:10 to 1:30 PM Luncheon

Syringa-Garnet Room Professional Engineers are LEADERS! (1 PDH)

Introduction – Joe Canning, PE/PLS

ISPE President Elect

Christopher M. Stone, PE, FNSPE,

LEED AP, NSPE President-elect

As the next President for the National Society of Professional Engineers, I follow a long and distinguished line of engineers who have risen to the office of President for NSPE. My goal is that we want the public to know what a professional engineer is, and to recognize P.E. as the only recognized standard for the engineering profession; we want the public to know that P.E.’s are a learned, honorable profession; that we take an oath to protect the health safety and welfare of the pubic; that P.E.’s are held to the highest ethical standards, and; that P.E.’s are LEADERS in the engineering profession, in business, and our communities. LEADERS is my acronym for my focus during my term is President of NSPE, and I think very appropriate for where we are today as a society of professional engineers: LEADERS = Licensure, Ethics, Advocacy, Diversity, Education, Recruitment, and Sustainability.

1:50 to 2:40 PM Designing for Accessibility (1 PDH)

Sherman Room Introduction – Greg Brands, PE

ISPE Regional Director

Chris Bosley, PE,

J-U-B Engineers Inc. – Transportation Engineer

Gary Johnson, Architects West - Architect

This presentation will describe the importance and fundamentals of designing facilities without barriers, answering common questions such as “What if I don’t follow ADA?” and “How do I comply with ADA?” General requirements for accessible design within public rights-of-way, parking lots, and buildings will be discussed.

2:40 to 3:00 PM Break

3:00 to 4:30 PM What Would You Do? (1.5 PDH)

Sherman Room Introduction – Kyle Cotton, EIT

Northern Chapter Secretary Treasurer - 2011-12

Gregory Brands PE,

ISPE Regional Director,

ISPE President Elect – 2011-2012

In keeping with the theme: “Beyond Technically Correct”, this title question can be one of the most important any of us may ever encounter in our professional careers. Have you ever wondered whether something that you were about to do was ethical or appropriate? As a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, you have a resource many engineers do not have, and wish they did. In this hard-hitting seminar, the attendees will review a series of actual ethics cases that land very close to home for most practicing professional engineers. These are cases that were brought before the NSPE Board of Ethical Review, with the names and details changed to protect privacy. The audience is invited to participate by discussing the issues, and then asked to propose hypothetical recommendations to the Board of Ethical Review. After this, the actual ruling of the Board is disclosed, and discussed. This has frequently been both a lively, as well as enlightening seminar, and is always intensely thought-provoking. Many attendees have come away with a much greater appreciation for the value benefit that the Board of Ethical Review represents to members, and a heightened awareness for how easy it can be to make poor choices in this arena, if a person lacks access to resources that could help.

4:30 to 4:45 PM Closing Remarks

Sherman Room Jay Hassell, PE –

ISPE State President, ISPE Foundation Board

Biographical Sketches

Chris Bosley, PE –

Chris Bosley is a transportation engineer in J-U-B’s Coeur d’Alene office. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Michigan Technological University in 1997 and joined J-U-B in 2001, working on transportation projects. Though his project experience ranges from sidewalks to multi-lane interstates, his passion is for non-motorized transportation. Chris is the lead of J-U-B’s Non-motorized Transportation group, consisting of over 30 professionals in 14 offices with expertise in multi-modal transportation. He is an avid cyclist, year-round bicycle commuter (even in Coeur d’Alene), and is actively involved in several local and national pedestrian and bicycle advocacy organizations.

Gregory Brands, PE –

Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Washington State University in 1982; Engineering Supervision and Construction Management - Kiewit Pacific Co – 1982-1989; Civil/Structural Engineer, and Project Manager - R.W. Beck and Associates - 1989-1994; Business Entrepreneur – 1994-1997; Director of Engineering - Meckel Engineering; 1997-1999; Principal Engineer - 1999-2007; Staff Engineer – Idaho Transportation Department – 2007-present. PE licenses in WA (1989), ID (1997), and OR (1999). Member ASCE – 1981-1995; Member Idaho Society of Professional Engineers – 2003-present; Served several terms as Northern Chapter President, as well as consecutive terms on the ISPE Executive Board as Jr. Regional Director, Regional Director, and on the House of Delegates representing Idaho at the NSPE meetings. Currently Chairman of the NSPE Standard of Care Task Force, Member of the ISPE Executive Board, and President Elect of the Idaho Society of Professional Engineers – 2011-2012. Regularly assist with local MATHCOUNTS competitions, and as a volunteer organizing and assisting with other ISPE educational and professional development activities.

Melissa Cleveland, PE –

Melissa is a project manager with Welch-Comer in Coeur d’Alene. She is a professional civil engineer with seven years of experience in rural and urban transportation engineering. She holds both bachelors and masters degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Idaho. Her work coordinating with utility companies is the result of several road reconstruction projects that required significant utility relocation. She lives in Dalton Gardens with her husband and two children.

Raymond Daigh, PE –

Mr. Daigh has over 28 years of experience, focusing on the municipal, industrial, mining, metals, pulp/paper, manufacturing and other industries. He has expertise in software programming, project planning, construction management and start-up/commissioning services. Mr. Daigh is licensed in WA and ID, and is a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers and the Instrument Society of America. He has his OSHA and MSHA certifications and focuses on facility improvements programs.