February 21 Technical Meeting – Water Resources

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Please join your ASHE colleagues for a meeting on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Engineers Club in Baltimore. This month’s meeting theme is Water Resources. Click on the “Register Now” text above to register for the meeting.

Three (3) PDH’s will be offered for attendance at the technical sessions.

The program for the evening includes:

3:00 – 3:50 pm: SHA Impervious Restoration/TMDL Modeling and SWM Implementation
Ryan Doran, SHA-WPD Team Leader
Travis Vance, SHA-WPD Team Leader

3:50 – 4:40 pm: Updates to the Maryland Hydrology Panel Report
Kaye Brubaker, UMD Associate Professor

4:40 – 5:30 pm: Understanding the Watershed Resources Registry (WRR) – An Integrated Approach to Watershed Management
Mike Herzberger, Maryland Environmental Services
David Guignet, Chief of the Regulatory Services Program for the Wetlands and Waterways Group, MDE

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Social Hour

6:30 – 7:30 pm: Dinner Hour
ASHE Business

7:30 – 8:00 pm: Keynote Speaker – Ellicott City Flood of 2016: The Realities of Dealing with Climate Change Patterns
Jim Caldwell, Director, Howard County Office of Community Sustainability

MHSO Aggressive Driving Webinar on February 2

ASHE Chesapeake will be hosting the next MHSO webinar on Thursday, February 2 at 12:00PM EST.

The session will focus on aggressive driving and will present the steps that Maryland’s Highway Safety Office is taking to curb aggressive driving in Maryland.

Register for this  free webinar at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4609509362831374082

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes with time for questions and answers.

As a reminder, subsequent webinars will generally be held on the first Thursday of the month from 12:00PM-1:00PM. Subsequent webinars will focus on areas of program emphasis – distracted driving/occupant protection, highway infrastructure, and pedestrians and bicyclists.

November 15 Technical Meeting – Planning

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Please join your ASHE colleagues for a meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at the Engineers Club in Baltimore. This month’s meeting theme is Planning.

Three (3) PDH’s will be offered for attendance at the technical sessions.

The program for the evening includes:

3:00 – 3:50 pm: MDTA I-95 Port Covington Access Study – Connecting Developing Port Covington to I-95
Glen Smith, Project Manager (MDTA) and Jacob Smith (STV)

3:50 – 4:40 pm: MTA Baltimore Link – Overhaul of Baltimore City’s Bus System
Michael Helta, Project Manager (MTA)

4:40 – 5:30 pm: Baltimore City Protected Bike Lanes and Toward Zero Baltimore
TBD

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Social Hour

6:30 – 7:30 pm: Dinner Hour
ASHE Business

7:30 – 8:00 pm: Keynote Speaker – Light City Baltimore
Ashley Molese, Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts

October 18 Traffic Meeting – Joint Meeting with ITE

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Please join your ASHE colleagues for a joint meeting with ITE on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at the Engineers Club in Baltimore. This month’s meeting theme is Traffic.

Three (3) PDH’s will be offered for attendance at the technical sessions.

The program for the evening includes:

3:00 – 3:50 pm: Adaptive Signal Control
Diederick VanDillen, Jacobs

3:50 – 4:40 pm: Traffic Management for the Pope’s Visit to DC
Robin Fish, Sabra, Wang & Associates

4:40 – 5:30 pm: Managing DC Work Zones: DDOT’s Citywide Transportation Management Plan
Will Haynes, RK&K

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Social Hour

6:30 – 7:30 pm: Dinner Hour
Gold Sponsor Presentation, ASHE and ITE Business

7:30 – 8:00 pm: Keynote Speaker
Mike McGeady
Sail Baltimore

Younger Member Happy Hour – July 21

ASHE Chesapeake is starting a Younger Member group!

The goals of this group are to boost younger member (and non-member) attendance at events and involvement in the Chesapeake section, provide more relaxed networking opportunities and to have a good time!  We plan to have 3-4 events each year focused toward younger members, the 1st event being a summer happy hour!

Date: Thursday, July 21
Time: 5-7 PM
LocationPratt Street Ale House
RSVP: by Wednesday, July 20 to Amanda Lafleur at amanda.lafleur@kci.com

ASHE will be providing drink tickets and appetizers for this event.  Although these events are targeted towards younger members, all are welcome.  Hope you can join us!

Please post the event flyer in your office.

If you are interested in receiving information for future events or becoming more active in the Younger Members group, then contact Amanda Lafleur at amanda.lafleur@kci.com.

April 21, 2016 Member Appreciation Night

Please join your ASHE colleagues for our annual Member Appreciation Night on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at the Engineers Club in Baltimore.  The event will begin with networking and an open bar followed by a dinner featuring keynote speaker, ASHE National Past President, Samir Mody.  In addition, we will be presenting the John Bruck Memorial Scholarship to three local University students.

The program for the evening includes:

6:00 pm: Networking and Open Bar

7:30 pm: Dinner 

8:00 pm: Keynote Speaker and Scholarship Awards

The event is free for members and $20 for member’s guests.  Want to join ASHE?  Sign-up to become a new member before or at the event and you pay nothing to attend.   Visit our Membership page for details on how to become a new member. The event is $50 for non-members and their guests.

Registration closes Monday, April 18 at noon.   Click here to register.   Click here to download the event flyer.

March 15, 2016 Highway Meeting

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Registration is now open!  Please join your ASHE colleagues for our Highways meeting on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Engineers Club in Baltimore. Three (3) PDH’s will be offered for attendance at the technical sessions.  SHA Administrator Greg Johnson will be the dinner keynote speaker. Registration closes Monday, March 14 at noon.

The program for the evening includes:

3:00 – 3:50 pm: Piscataway Drive Project
Prince George’s County DPW&T

3:50 – 4:40 pm: 3D Design Initiative
Maryland State Highway Administration

4:40 – 5:30 pm: Asset Management Standards
Maryland Transportation Authority

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Social Hour

6:30 – 7:30 pm: Dinner Hour
Gold Sponsor Presentation, ASHE Business

7:30 – 8:00 pm: Keynote Speaker
Greg Johnson, SHA Administrator

February 16, 2016 Water Resources Meeting

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There’s still time to register!  Please join your ASHE colleagues for our Water Resources meeting on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Engineers Club in Baltimore. Three (3) PDH’s will be offered for attendance at the technical sessions.  Registration closes Monday at noon.

The program for the evening includes:

3:00 – 3:50 pm: Bridge Scour Assessment with Updated Tools
William Pines, PE
Deputy Director for Engineering, MDTA

3:50 – 4:40 pm: Construction Issues with Water Resources Focus
Margaret Martin
Deputy Director, SHA Office of Construction

4:40 – 5:30 pm: Installation Issues to Consider for Box Culverts and Storm Drain Structures
Hank Gottschalk
Concrete Pipe and Precast, LLC

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Social Hour

6:30 – 7:30 pm: Dinner Hour
Gold Sponsor Presentation

7:30 – 8:00 pm: Keynote Speaker
ASHE National, Regional, and Section Business