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🌊🚢 Happy National Maritime Day! 🚢🌊 On this day, we honor the significant contributions of our maritime industry. We invite all professionals in civil engineering related to ocean, coastal, and riverine waters to participate in the ongoing conversation. The ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering invites you to submit your research! We seek original articles, comprehensive reviews, technical notes, and case studies on various topics, including developing and operating offshore facilities and efforts to mitigate the impact of hazards affecting our shorelines, waterways, estuaries, ports, harbors, and more. Check out the Journal Aims and Scope: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eZ5pDpq4 Call for Papers for Special Issue on Modeling of Liquefaction Around Marine Structures: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/esT9VeFR Submit Your Papers Today: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eXNyJayh Please share this post with colleagues who might be interested. Jennifer Jacyna, Andrew Kennedy, COPRI - Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute #MaritimeDay #CallforPapers #ASCEJournals #SustainableDevelopment #CivilEngineering #COPRI

ACOPNE Past-President and PIANC USA Commissioner Jack Cox, P.E., BC. CE, BC. NE, BC. PE: "The CEC and Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port and Navigation Engineers (ACOPNE) offer board certification to the most highly qualified specialists in their respective fields within maritime engineering. The specialization of navigation engineering is the broadest of all the specialties, as it touches on harbor works and breakwater design, vessel maneuverability, sediment management, shoreline stabilization, and ecological preservation in both coastal and riverine settings – anything that may be involved and required to sustain and support vessel movement. The scale and types of projects range from recreational marinas to ocean ports to river channels, and even inland lakes and ice infested waters. With more than 50% of the world’s population living within 3 km of water, and only 10% living further than 100 km, the need and impact of the navigation engineer is at the heart of society and its survival. To be board-certified as a navigation engineer therefore requires the broadest range and depth of knowledge and experience. The board-certified navigation engineer may be equally qualified to be a coastal engineer and port engineer, and at different times may work cross performing those related design duties as they all interact in the development of a design solution that must achieve a multitude of goals, some of which are often contradicting. The navigation engineer must therefore also be skilled in evolving a consensus solution that is at once both pragmatic in outcome and visionary in intent, being based upon a thorough appreciation of real-world physics overlain with social and societal preferences. Senior staff at Edgewater Resources, LLC, as at other leading coastal and maritime consulting engineering firms have made the personal and corporate commitment to both lifelong learning in the burgeoning field, and to then advancing and sharing the new science and focusing the ways of looking at problems to be more holistic, considering more than just the brute force approaches applied in years past.  The navigation engineer, paired with its sibling coastal, port and ocean engineers, is poised as the critical link to achieve a vibrant, robust, functional, and sustainable future for society." Apply today for the Board-Certified Navigation Engineer or a certification in Coastal, Port, or Ocean Engineering! https://lnkd.in/eJjk82u6 #CEC #ASCE #navigationengineering #civilengineering #boardcertification

Attending the American Society of Civil Engineers Golden Gate Branch monthly meeting was a great experience! The presentation on addressing Treasure Island's geophysical hazards and sea level rise modeling different future scenarios, while modeling present geological conditions, was impressive. Witnessing how they are improving existing conditions with high technology and engineering to reduce the Island's exposure and vulnerability reminded me of how high-quality engineering is both resilient and adaptable to present and future challenges such as climate change. #ASCE #engineering #climatechange #resilience #SanFrancisco #urbanplanning #civilengineering

𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 - 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐎𝐍𝐂 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 🎓 Jim Malley is a Senior Principal and COO at Degenkolb Engineers. He received both his B.S. and M. Eng. Degrees from University of California, Berkeley 🏢 With a monumental career spanning 40 years, Jim has navigated seismic design, evaluation, and rehabilitation of building structures, leaving an indelible mark on the industry. 🏅 Accolades and honors are too many to list all here… some examples are EERI Alfred E. Alquist Special Recognition Medal for 2023, SEAONC Fellow, SEAOC Fellow, National Academy of Engineering induction in 2021, the ASCE Raymond C. Reese Research Award, and the AISC T. R. Higgins Lectureship Prize…. 🌍 Leadership roles in Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, American Institute of Steel Construction, NCSEA, Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC), Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) etc. etc. illustrate his dedication to the industry. 🌟 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 - 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. Some insight from Jim from a few years ago: 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘐 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯����. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴. Read more in SEAONC’s Past Presidents Connection Series from the SEAONC newsletters: https://lnkd.in/g_7ijWSP

Thank you so much for organizing and summarizing this event Jianjun Qin. It was very enrichning to be part of it, and to meet your colleagues and students from Shanghai Jiao Tong university. In my presentation I outlined how we may directly relate engineering decisions on design and maintenance of infrastructure systems to demands on the Earth system capacities - utilizing methods of probabilistic systems modeling, Bayesian decision analysis, LCA analysis and the concept of the Planetary Boundaries. After my presentation Professor Zhen Gao asked me if - with the framework I had presented - we are now in a position to navigate and direct societal developments such as to ensure sustainability. Yes - we indeed can, as we now have a consistent "book-keeping" system. However, in order to take benefit from this we also need demand "budgets" to navigate after (e.g. for CO2 emissions). At global scale we have the budgets from the Planetary Boundaries. However, when it comes to the allocation of the global budget to individual nation states we are at loss. Surely such a budget allocation is a difficult task - but it is necessary, and untill we have agreed on and allocated the budgets we are not able to manage global sustainability.

UKREiiF: Day 1 (almost) done and dusted! At this afternoon's session on reimagining urban sites, the panel - expertly chaired by Peyrouz Modarres from Walsh - Structural, Civil & Geotechnical Engineers - extolled the virtues of a clear vision and strong partnerships to deliver it. 💪 That's why we always say that the the most fundamental aspect of any successful organisation or project is clarity of purpose and a clearly articulated vision. This helps gain early buy-in from stakeholders to ensure that everyone is working collaboratively and collectively striving to achieve the same end goal! #ukreiif #vision #purpose #collaboration #property #construction #realestate #regeneration | Rhonda Curliss

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2023-2024 Marquis Award Winner Certification for +15 yeras of Geotechnical Engineering services to the USACE and US Government. Two significant and great lessons I learned from working with the United States government and USACE: 1. No Pain, No Gain! 2. Honesty, is the best Policy.

🏗️ RUCA Engineers: Foundation Maintenance Awareness Week 🏗️ Hello, valued community! 👋 At RUCA Engineers, we're committed to ensuring the safety and longevity of your structures. Over the next week, join us for an insightful journey as we unravel the signs that may indicate foundation maintenance issues. 🕵️♂️ 🚧 Foundation problems can be subtle, but early detection is key to preventing serious damage. From hairline cracks to uneven floors, we'll be sharing valuable insights that empower you to identify and address these issues promptly. 💡 Why does it matter? Your foundation is the backbone of your property, and understanding its health is crucial for the stability of your investment. Our team of experts will be here to demystify the signs and offer practical tips for maintenance. 🛠️ Stay tuned for daily posts filled with expert knowledge, real-life case studies, and actionable advice. Have questions or specific concerns? Drop them in the comments, and our team will be happy to assist you. 🌐 At RUCA Engineers, we blend expertise with community engagement to build a foundation of trust. Let's ensure your structures stand strong for generations to come. #RUCAEngineers #FoundationAwareness #StructuralIntegrity #BuildingSafety Thank you for entrusting RUCA Engineers with your structural well-being! 🌟