Idaho Society of Professional Engineers

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                               Hall of Fame 

Successful Professional Engineering –

Beyond “Technically Correct”

Thursday June 9^th, 2011

8:00 – 9:30 AM                Registration

9:30 AM                           Welcome – Jay Hassell, P.E. -

                                         ISPE State President 2010-2011, ISPE Foundation Board

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

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

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 AM to 12:00 PM     Break

12:00 PM to 1:15 PM       Luncheon

Welcome – Jay Hassell, P.E. - ISPE State President 2010-2011, ISPE Foundation Board

KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Roland N. Horne - Stanford University (1 PDH)

The Deepwater Horizon Disaster – What Happened and Why?

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

                                        Prairie Aquifer –  (1 PDH)

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 PM to 3:20 PM         Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs for

                                        Water Reclamation Facilities -  (1 PDH)

Mr. Raymond Daigh, PE - Trindera Engineering

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

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 PM to 5:30 PM            ISPE State Board Meeting

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

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM            Dinner Event 

Awards

Main Event/Entertainment

Officer Inductions

Friday June 10^th, 2011

7:00 AM to 7:30 AM          Breakfast

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

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

Steve 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 each utility if not addressed early. 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 AM to 10:55 AM    Allocating Liabilities Among Public Owners,

                                         Engineers and Contractors  (1 PDH)

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 AM to 12:00 Noon  ISPE/ISPLS Northern Chapter Ad Hoc Committees Update:

                                         Design Utility Locates and Monument Preservation (1 PDH)

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 PM to 1:30 PM        Luncheon

                                         Professional Engineers are LEADERS! (1 PDH)

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 PM to 2:40 PM           Complete Streets (1 PDH)

Chris Bosley, PE - J-U-B Engineers, Inc

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

Host: Greg Brands PE, 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 PM to 4:45 PM           Closing Remarks

Meeting Adjourned

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