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SW WA Public Agency Liaison
Liaison Committee
MISSION STATEMENT
To commit to a meaningful partnership between our organizations in the common purpose of providing quality and responsive consulting engineering services to the communities of southwest Washington.
OBJECTIVE
Meet twice a year (fall and spring) to network and share information with southwest Washington local agencies.
- Facilitating a cooperative dialogue between southwest Washington public agencies and ACEC;
- Enhancing professionalism and integrity throughout the design and construction industry;
- Promoting quality and value through improved business practices; - Investing in the future by promoting education, new technology, and research and development; and
- Promoting the use of project delivery methods that best serve the public interest.
The group plans to meet quarterly.
Pictured above, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, PE, PBS Engineering + Environmental, takes questions from the group during their January 28 meeting. He and Dan Swensen, City of Vancouver's Engineering Manager, provided the public agency update. About 40 members, guests and representatives from various southwest Washington public agencies attended the presentation on "Practical Design: Transforming Design Policy." Kevin Miller, SW Region Design and Engineering Services Manager, Washington State Department of Transporation, delivered the talk.
For more information please contact the steering committee chair, Matt Shanahan, mshanahan@gri.com, or mwebber@acecOregon.org.
NEXT MEETING / PRESENTATION
Thursday, April 5, 2018
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
City of Vancouver
Water Resources Education Center
TOPIC
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Design
Good for one (1) continuing professional development credit.
Lunch provided.
Click HERE for more info and to RSVP.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR
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PAST MEETINGS / PRESENTATIONS
October 5, 2017
Clark County Public Works
Connecting Mass Transit and Trails - A Win-Win for Both
May 3, 2017
WSDOT Headquarters
Bus on Shoulder Study & Pilot Project for SR-14 and I-205
January 26, 2017
WSDOT Headquarters
Adapting Water Supplies Post-Condit Dam Removal
October 19, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Collaborative Design of Context Sensitive Rockfall Mitigation - Challis Highway Project, Idaho
July 28, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Landslide Mitigation using Anchored Shear Piles
April 28, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People
January 28, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Practical Design: Transforming Design Policy
October 6, 2015
Clark Regional Wastewater District
Performance Based Intersection and Interchange Evaluations
Matt Shanahan, GRI
mshanahan@gri.com
STEERING COMMITTEE BOARD REP
Jason Tell, WSP USA
NEXT MEETING
Thursday, April 5
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
City of Vancouver
Water Resources Education Center
Click HERE for more info and to RSVP.
SW WA PUBLIC AGENCY INVOLVEMENT / PARTICIPATION
- City of Battle Ground
- City of Camas
- City of Kelso
- City of Longview
- City of Ridgefield
- City of Vancouver Public Works
- City of Washougal
- Clark County Public Works
- Port of Vancouver
- Regional Transportation Council
- WSDOT SW Region
- Western Federal Lands Highway Division