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.