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ACEC's Director of Transportation Programs Visits ACEC Oregon

ACEC Oregon was pleased to host Matt Reiffer, ACEC’s Director of Transportation Programs, at a federal transportation update breakfast held March 2, 2010 in Portland. The event was well-attended by more than 60 members and also included a brief presentation about the ACEC PAC. Pictured from left are: ACEC Oregon President Gayle Harley, OBEC Consulting Engineers; ACEC Oregon Executive Director, Alison Davis; Matt Reiffer; ACEC Vice Chairman and ACEC Oregon Past President Ken Wightman, David Evans and Associates, Inc.; ACEC Oregon Secretary/Treasurer Kay Van Sickel, Mead & Hunt, Inc.; ACEC Oregon Past President and PAC Champion, Jack Beemer, David Evans and Associates, Inc.; and ACEC Oregon President-Elect Troy Bowers, Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc. Thank you to David Evans and Associates, Inc. for sponsoring this event.

Transportation Advocate Cong. Earl Blumenauer visits ACEC Oregon

Congressman Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, visited ACEC Oregon January 6, 2010 at the offices of David Evans and Associates, Inc. Pictured, from left, are: ACEC Oregon Executive Director Alison Davis; ACEC Vice Chair and ACEC Oregon Past President Ken Wightman, David Evans and Associates, Inc.; Congressman Blumenauer; ACEC Oregon President Gayle Harley, OBEC Consulting Engineers; and ACEC Oregon National Director Gregg Scholz, R&W Engineering.

Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner, Portland, January 13, 2010

Pictured above e njoying the Engineering Excellence awards dinner are, from left: Stacie Steel,
Abe Izen and Mark Swank, all with Kleinfelder. Approximately 300 members, clients and guests attended the annual event held in Portland.

Pictured at right holding their “hot off the press” complimentary copies of the Daily Journal of Commerce announcing all of the Engineering Excellence award winners are, from left: ACEC Oregon President-Elect Troy Bowers, Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc., Christopher Young, DYK, Inc.; and Kevin Thelin, Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc.

Sharing a laugh during the awards dinner

are, from left: John Kalvelage, OBEC Consulting Engineers and Park Piao, Shannon & Wilson.

Breakfast with Congressman Kurt Schrader, August 3, 2009, Portland

ACEC Oregon members held a PAC fundraiser for Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) on August 3. During the meeting, Congressman Schrader voiced his support for highway transportation reauthorization for the repeal of the three percent withholding mandate. Schrader also took time at the event, held at David Evans Associates, Inc. in Portland, to answer questions concerning healthcare legislation.

Pictured from left: Associated General Contractors of America President-Elect Ted Aadland, Aadland Evans Constructors, Inc.; Congressman Kurt Schrader; ACEC Oregon Past President and ACEC Vice Chair Ken Wightman, David Evans and Associates, Inc.; and ACEC Oregon Executive Director Alison Davis.

"Day at the Capitol," Salem, Oregon, March 10, 2009

State Rep. Terry Beyer addressed our group during lunch. At left is ACEC Oregon's lobbyist, Marshall Coba.

The event was a big success with more than 40 members present.

Pictured during "Day at the Capitol" activites, are, from left, Darryl Anderson, Anderson Engineering & Surveying, Inc.;
Bill Annen, PBS Engineering + Environmental;
Steve Litchfield, HNTB; and Mike Baker, David Evans and Associates, Inc.

Legislative Issues Briefing Breakfast, Portland, February 17, 2009

Pictured at right is Zak Toledo, HDR, as he engages in a role-playing exercise with former Oregon legislator Mike Burton during the legislative issues briefing breakfast on February 17. The meeting prepares members to discuss issues with their legislators during  ACEC Oregon's biennial "Day at the Capitol" in Salem.

Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner, Portland, January 14, 2009

Janet Gillaspie, Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies (ACWA); Alan Zelenka, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants; and Susie Smith, Oregon ACWA, show-off their winning project's front page story in the January 15 edition of the Daily Journal
of Commerce.

Emcee Gary Peterson,
Peterson Structural Engineers,
kept the awards presentation
moving right along.