On March 17th, the UToledo Student Chapter in partnership with the ASCE Toledo Parent Chapter will be hosting our annual Joint Chapter meeting. The meeting will start at 6 PM in the Senior Design Lab at the University of Toledo Nitschke Hall (NI 1052).

At the meeting the Student Chapter will present their annual report for the 2025 year along with receiving a grant from the parent chapter for student symposium. The annual student scholarship will also be presented. Finally, Matt McFadden of the Lucas County Engineer’s Office will present on “Implementation of Two-Stage Ditches Across Lucas County.”

Dinner from Vito’s Pizza along with 1 CPD hour will be provided to all attendees.

Register using the button below. Payment through PayPal can also be made using the button below or by check/cash at the event. Cost is $15 per adult member and free for our student members.

Parking must be purchased for the event also! Please use the link below to purchase your parking pass!!!

IF PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED FOR THE JANUARY 25TH DAT YOU WILL BE KEPT ON UNLESS YOU NOTIFY US. IF YOU PAID PREVIOUSLY YOU ARE ALSO GOOD TO GO.

On Sunday, February 15th, the ASCE Toledo Section will be hosting a family fun event. The event will be held at Toledo Pickle Co. This facility is affiliated with the metroparks and has food and pickleball facilities inside. The event will run from 3 PM to 6 PM. We will have access to the championship court for 2 hours. Buffet will be set up and include the following foods and non-alcoholic drinks:

• Pulled pork and cheeseburger sliders

• Pizzas

• Chicken nuggets

• Whipped feta with house-made pita chips

• Tony Packo’s fried pickles

• Cauliflower bites

Registration for the event will close at noon on February 11th. Price will be $30 per adult and $15 per student. Please register using the button below and pay using our PayPal below, or by cash/check at the event.

Toledo Pickle is located at 1030 Water Street, Toledo, OH.

Once registered, please also feel out the waiver by clicking on the WAIVER BUTTON below.

On Wednesday, February 4th, we held our February Lunch and Learn Event. At this event, Zuri Carter, Chief Natural Resources Officer for Metroparks Toledo, presented on the restoration of Audubon Island. Lunch was provided along with 1 CPD hour. We had 24 members in attendance.

The event was held at the Brookwood Metropark Lodge, 5604 Swan Creek Dr., Toledo, OH 43614.

On December 10th, the ASCE Toledo Section will be hosting an online webinar. This will be a webinar presentation discussing the broad range of civil and environmental engineering applications of AquaBlok. John Hull of AquaBlok will be our presenter for this topic. The webinar will be hosted on GoToMeeting. This presentation will begin at 12:00pm. This event will be free of charge.

On December 8th, the ASCE Toledo Section hosted its annual ethics presentation. This was a webinar presentation. The presenter was Mike Pniewski, P.E., P.S., Lucas County Engineer.

There were 48 professionals in attendance.

On November 12th, the Ohio Northern Student Chapter hosted their annual joint chapter meeting. This meeting included Student Chapter Awards along with a presentation on the CR99/I75 Interchange Project by ODOT District 1 Deputy Director Chris Hughes.

At the meeting, the annual student scholarship was awarded to Stacey Legg, along with the annual grant to the student chapter. There were 43 students in attendance! We also had 12 professionals.

This was our October “Lunch and Learn” event, where Mark Salveter, P.E., Region Engineer for Western Ohio and Kentucky of Geopier, along with Greg Buhoveckey, P.E., Associate/Project Manager for the Mannik and Smith Group, Inc., presented on CPT vs. SPT and the geotechnical applications in poor soil conditions.

This event was held at the office of the Mannik and Smith Group, Inc. in Maumee, Ohio. Lunch as well as 1 CPD hour was provided for all in attendance. There were 32 professionals (including the speakers) in attendance at this event.

This was our Central Avenue Cleanup event, where we collaborated with our student chapters to pick up trash along Central Avenue between Secor Road and Douglas Road. Immediately following the cleanup, all participants were invited to meet at Buffalo Wild Wings on Central Avenue for lunch, provided by ASCE Toledo Section. There were 3 professionals and 11 students in attendance at this event.

On Wednesday, September 24th, we will be held our September “Lunch and Learn” Meeting. Michael Stormer, P.E, of Colliers Engineering & Design, presented on the Holloway Rd. and Salisbury Rd. Roundabout Project. Design of the project was handled by Colliers on behalf of the Lucas County Engineer’s Office.

The meeting was held at Brookwood MetroPark Lodge. We had 30 attendess attend the meeting. Overall it was a successful meeting for all attendees.

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.