Nico Sutmoller, a specialist with Insulfoam (a division of Carlisle Construction Materials), will speak on the topic “Geofoam — A Lightweight Fill Alternative.” Geofoam is made from block-molded expanded polystyrene (EPS), of which Insulfoam is North America’s largest manufacturer. This technical presentation is intended to provide one Professional Development Hour (PDH) credit, as each engineer deems appropriate.

No registration fee will be charged to attend this meeting. All chapter members and any interested engineer, as well as their spouses, are welcome to attend. If you plan to attend, please call Don Lokey (256-386-2035) by noon Thursday 3-21-13 to expedite planning arrangements.

Five schools participated in our chapter’s 30th annual MathCounts contest for middle-school students Saturday 2-23-13 on the UNA campus. Muscle Shoals Middle School captured first-place team honors, and will advance with Moulton Middle School and the two highest-ranked individuals not on an advancing team to State MathCounts in Birmingham on 3-9-13. Many thanks to those who helped proctor and score the contest.

We hope to see you at the meeting!

Don Lokey
256-386-2035

Nico Sutmoller, a specialist with Insulfoam (a division of Carlisle Construction Materials), will speak on the topic “Geofoam — A Lightweight Fill Alternative.” Geofoam is made from block-molded expanded polystyrene (EPS), of which Insulfoam is North America’s largest manufacturer. This technical presentation is intended to provide one Professional Development Hour (PDH) credit, as each engineer deems appropriate.

No registration fee will be charged to attend this meeting. All chapter members and any interested engineer, as well as their spouses, are welcome to attend. To expedite planning arrangements, please call Don Lokey (256-386-2035) by noon Thursday 3-21-13 if you plan to attend or e-mail him at the following address: jdlokey@tva.gov

Five schools participated in our chapter’s 30th annual MathCounts contest for middle-school students Saturday 2-23-13 on the UNA campus. Muscle Shoals Middle School captured first-place team honors, and will advance with Moulton Middle School and the two highest-ranked individuals not on an advancing team to State MathCounts in Birmingham on 3-9-13. Many thanks to those who helped proctor and score the contest.

We hope to see you at the meeting!

Denzil Sockwell

The seminar will focus on management-skills development. The topics and speakers are:

“Planning for Catastrophic Business Loss”—Bob Barnett PE, Barnett Jones Wilson LLC

“Cyber Security”—Special Agent Jim Hlavin, FBI Business Security, Mobile Office

“Building Information Modeling”—Preston Hite, Hoar LLC

The seminar will last until 5 p.m., and is intended to offer four (4) professional development hours (PDH) credit, as each engineer deems appropriate. The chapter will provide light refreshments and soft drinks. The registration form is posted on the ASPE website homepage.

Registration costs will be $10 for ASPE members and $50 for non-members. ASPE is offering this seminar as a service to its members and to introduce the benefits of the society to prospective members. We will retroactively reimburse the member discount for any non-member who joins our society by June 2012. An NSPE membership application may be accessed on-line at:

http://www.nspe.org/

Those planning to attend the Muscle Shoals session are asked to return the registration form to Don Lokey (with checks payable to ASPE) postmarked by Monday 4-23-12. Muscle Shoals attendees may email/fax this form to me by Thursday 4-26-12 (fax #: 256-386-2499) and pay at the door. On-site registration will also be available, but to expedite planning please call or e-mail me (jdlokey@tva.gov) by 5 p.m. Thursday 4-26-12.

We look forward to seeing you at the seminar!

Don Lokey PE
256-386-2035

We need to thank the House Bill Sponsor, Rep. Greg Canfield, for getting HB132 in the House’s hopper, and voting on it so quickly.

The Senate companion bill (SB59) will be up for debate and should be addressed when the Senate meets again for the 13^th legislative day on Tuesday, April 12^th, at 3:00 pm.

On another note, the Certificate of Merit bill (SB297) has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Slade Blackwell (SB297) and assigned to the Judiciary Committee.

03.28.11 HB132*Statute of Repose Bill* After days of negotiation between the Industry Partners Coalition and the Alabama Association for Justice (aka, Trail Lawyers), a compromise was struck, which will change the statute of repose/limitations from the current time of 13 years/2 years to 7 years/2 years.   This change is very important in that it brings Alabama’s limitations in line with the average timeframe of other states.  The Senate companion bill is SB59.

HB132 is due on the House floor at any time, so please contact your Representative today and tell him/her to vote in FAVOR of this bill!

Can’t remember who your Legislator is?  CLICK HERE then enter your zip code in the appropriate field in the lefthand toolbar.

ASPE Spring Seminar   4 pdh’s

April 29, 2011  8am til Noon

SITE:     CONTACT:

BIRMINGHAM Alicia Rudolph PE   205-214-5500                    arudolph@volkert.com @AlaGasCo, 20  20th Street South

TUSCALOOSA Alicia Rudolph PE   205-214-5500                              arudolph@volkert.com @City of Tuscaloosa Engineering Dept

MOBILE Barbara Turrens PE   251-434-8000 x 1627    Barbara.Turrens@austalusa.com     @BayBears Stadium

MONTGOMERY Courtney Norris PE  334-271-0986           courtney_norris@krebsae.com   @TBA

MUSCLE SHOALS Don Lokey PE  256-386-2035                                             jdlokey@tva.gov @Board Conference Room in TVA’s Environmental Research Center at Complex E

SS11regform3 <Click Here to Download and Print Registration Form (MS Word format)

Use this link below to find your representative’s contact information:

http://www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/zipsearch.html

The ALISON (AL Legislative Information System Online) link below allows one to research a proposed bill and its history. Under the “Regular Session 2010” column on the left of the home page, click on “Bills” on the “Session” tab to view a drop-down menu, then click on “Status” to search for a bill. Type in the bill number (e.g., “SB52”) in the box, click on “Get Status,” then when the Bill Status page appears, click on the box listing the bill number under the “Instrument” column to activate the various tabs at the top of the page for that bill (e.g., clicking on “View” tab brings up an engrossed copy of Bill SB52 as passed by the Senate on 2-4-10; clicking on “History” tab gives details on its legislative history to date). Here is the link:

http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/acaslogin.asp

Here is what was said about SB52’s passage in the Senate (read the comments too):

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/02/alabama_senate_passes_ban_on_m.html