Calendar of Events

Climate Action for Engineers Series: Categories of Action - What to do?

Number of PDHS: 1.5

Lots of different actions can be taken. We’ll clarify mitigation vs. adaptation and resilience, as well as the various categories of mitigation - personal, professional, and political action, the effectiveness of different types of action, the economics of carbon reduction, as well as activities that have an immediate short-term benefits versus long-term effects. We’ll review the concept of geo-engineering pros and cons. We’ll also consider the role of the engineering community in the development and implementation of solutions, and what steps have already been taken by some engineering organizations.

Jim D'Aloisio is a Principal with Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, a structural engineering, landscape architecture, and building envelope services firm in East Syracuse, NY. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mr. D'Aloisio is a Registered Professional Engineer (NY and MA), Member of NYSSPE, ASCE, and SEAoNY, Certified by the Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB), and a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP). Jim’s chair of the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Climate Action Team and a former member and chair of the SEI’s Sustainability Committee. He is a former Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's NY Upstate Chapter, a former USGBC National Board Member (2009), and is a trained member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. He is an Urban Green Council trained presenter on the NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code. He’s written over 20 articles on the relationship between building structures and sustainability, and has presented over 200 times, including day-long seminars on structural building forensics, special inspections, building failures and condition reviews, and climate action for engineers.

Climate Action for Engineers Series: Structural and Infrastructure Mitigation

Number of PDHS: 1.5

Every area of engineering has a different set of opportunities for the mitigation of climate change. In this session we’ll drill down into some ideas for building and infrastructure construction. We’ll review the carbon footprint of concrete, steel, masonry and wood based on current, third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations. Then we’ll consider different types of modifications to standard construction, ranging from incremental to radical. Taking these into account we’ll do a carbon tally of a typical building project. Finally, we’ll introduce some possibilities that might, with research, be truly transformative.

Jim D'Aloisio is a Principal with Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, a structural engineering, landscape architecture, and building envelope services firm in East Syracuse, NY. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mr. D'Aloisio is a Registered Professional Engineer (NY and MA), Member of NYSSPE, ASCE, and SEAoNY, Certified by the Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB), and a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP). Jim’s chair of the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Climate Action Team and a former member and chair of the SEI’s Sustainability Committee. He is a former Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's NY Upstate Chapter, a former USGBC National Board Member (2009), and is a trained member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. He is an Urban Green Council trained presenter on the NYS Energy Conservation Construction Code. He’s written over 20 articles on the relationship between building structures and sustainability, and has presented over 200 times, including day-long seminars on structural building forensics, special inspections, building failures and condition reviews, and climate action for engineers.

Clients are from Venus, Consultants from Mars: A Guide to Effective Management of Consultants

Clients are from Venus, Consultants from Mars: A Guide to Effective Management of Consultants

Speaker: Michael Ellegood, P.E.

In today’s public works environment, the use of consultants to provide engineering services is endemic. Despite the interdependency of public client and consultant, their worlds, business models, accounting systems, and legal environments are all very different. Even the fundamental aspects of how public agencies and consultants are motivated and how they interact with other agencies and competitors differ.

This webinar showcases these differences so that client and consultant can better understand each other’s operating environment. This improved understanding will result in better communication and mutual expectations.

Topics to be covered include:

• The respective business models of public client and consultant
• The real financial world of the consultant
• How clients perceive consultants, the hierarchy of consultants.
• Tips on consultant selection
• What clients expect of consultants
• How to deal with an underperforming consultant

Michael Ellegood is a practicing Civil Engineer and has managed major projects. He was Public Works Director, County Engineer and Transportation Director for Maricopa County, Arizona, as well as Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Flood Control District of Maricopa County. He has been a consulting engineer and a senior manager in the Parsons Corporation, Tudor Engineering Company, and T.Y. Lin International.  Mr. Ellegood has also been active in the Arizona Society of Professional Engineers and served as ASPE’s president. Mr. Ellegood is a retired Army combat veteran and served in Vietnam.

Ethics Forum: Conflicts of Interest - Serving the Public

Ethics Forum: Conflicts of Interest - Serving the Public - NSPE Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel Arthur Schwartz will examine a series of cases involving building of a village road, the design and construction of a house in a flood zone, serving as a chairman of a homeowner’s association, use of a former public employee and other issues. Polling questions and opportunity for Q&A will allow opportunities for audience interaction.

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