Monday, December 3, 2012

Local ASCE Meeting Presents Envision Rating System

For those of you who work on infrastructure projects, the Seattle and Tacoma-Olympia chapters of ASCE are hosting a speaker who will talk about the Envision rating system and it's use on a recent project.
Seattle Section December Meeting - Joint Meeting with the Tacoma-Olympia Section and the Sustainability Committee:
When: Wednesday, December 12 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Embassy Suites Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 15920 W Valley Hwy, Seattle, WA 98188
Cost: General Admission $40
Student or Unemployed $15
Late General Admission $45
Late Student or Unemployed $20
Program: The New Envision Rating System for Infrastructure Sustainability, with a Case Study of the 18th Avenue Street Improvement Project in Olympia
(Speaker: Fran Eide, P.E., City Engineer, City of Olympia)
Please make reservations by 5:30 p.m., Monday, December 10.
Register online at ascedecember2012.eventbrite.com
The American Society of Civil Engineers worked jointly with the American Council of Engineering Companies and the American Public Works Association to develop the Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System, launched in January 2012. Read about Envision. Administering the rating system is the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.