On Wednesday, May 14th we held our 2024-2025 annual awards. Our Engineer of the Year was awarded to Steve Lange, P.E. and the Project of the Year was awarced to the Ford Road Pump Station Project. Following the presentation of the Engineer of the Year and Project of the Year Awards there was a presentation on the design and development of the Ford Road Pump Station Replacement by Ted Bennett, P.E.

The meeting was held at the Secor Room at the Secor Metropark (10001 W. Central Ave., Berky, OH 43504). The meeting had 32 attendees. This will be our last meeting until September. We would like to thank everyone for their support so far this year and we cannot wait to see you all once the summer months are over!

On Thursday, April 17th we held a meeting with the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority as our presenter. Joe Cappel and Brian Perz provided an overview of Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority’s seaport as well as discussing some of their recent capital improvement projects.

The meeting was held at the Brookwood Metropark Lodge (5604 Swan Creek Dr., Toledo, OH 43614). We had 30 attendees.

On Thursday March 13th, we held our annual UToledo Joint Chapter Meeting with the Student Chapter. The U.T. Student Chapter provided an overview of their annual report. This was followed by a presentation by University of Toledo’s Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. Mohammad Elahinia, discussing his life experiences and how it led him to his new position at the University of Toledo. CPD hours were given for all professional members. For the meeting we had 12 professional members and 20 student members in attendance.

Also, a special congratulations to our 2024 Student Chapter Scholarship Winner Holden Cobb. Holden was a key member in leading the Student Chapter during 2024 as their president. The Toledo Section thanks Holden for his leadership and wishes him luck in future endeavors.

On Wednesday, February 26th, U.S. District Court Judge, Jeffrey J. Helmick led a tour of the new Federal Courthouse located in downtown Toledo. The James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse is being renovated after a new addition was completed. We had 16 of our members join us for the tour during their lunch hour.

On Wednesday, January 15th, 21 professionals joined us for our first “Lunch and Learn” Event of the year. Theodore Bennett, P.E., presented for us. Inspired by past, enduring projects such as the AW Bridge, Theodore looks to rediscover and teach timless design principles through his “Built to Last” Video Series.

The event was located at the Brookwood Metropark Lodge. We would like to thank everyone who came for helping us set up in a timely fashion.