The 3rd
annual Professional
Engineers Day
will
be celebrated
this year on August
1, 2018.
PE Day seeks
to raise
awareness and
appreciation
for the vital
contributions
of
professional engineers,
and serves as
a very visible
opportunity to
educate the
public about
the importance
of
Professional
Engineers.
Recent
Projects
Forensic
engineering
consultation
regarding NYC
licensure
requirements
for
construction
contractor
operations
Evaluation
of lighting
needs and
conditions for
a property
located in
Suffolk
County, NY
Design
of structural
modifications
for an
existing
Westchester
County, NY
residential
structure
$7.9B
project to
overhaul
LaGuardia
underway
On
July 10th Engineering
News-Record
reported that
"the
$7.9-billion,
10-year
overhaul of
New York
City’s
LaGuardia
Airport—outdated,
crowded and
derided by
passengers,
pilots and
politicians—is
monumental
enough, with a
crowd of
contractors
using unique
project
delivery
approaches to
replace its
three busiest
terminals and
upgrade
complex
infrastructure
on a tight
site hemmed in
by water and
highways. Amid
that tally of
risk factors,
along with
Gov. Andrew
Cuomo (D) as a
watchdog over
one of his
signature
projects,
LaGuardia
strives to
maintain full
operations by
accommodating
100,000
passengers on
peak days
while erecting
new structures
and razing old
ones".
Andrew
R. Yarmus,
P.E.,
as President
of the Lower
Hudson Valley
Branch of the
American
Society of
Civil
Engineers
(ASCE),
is helping
to plan an
event
scheduled for
September 12th
in White
Plains, NY
which will
review and
discuss some
of the details
and challenges
associated
with this
project.
Please contact
our office if
you have an
interest in
attending this
event, or are
otherwise
interested in
ASCE.
Safety
in bridge
construction:
some say it's
as simple as
ABC
On
July 18th Construction
Dive reported that
"when a newly
installed
pedestrian
bridge
collapsed and
killed six
people at
Florida
International
University in
Miami in
March,
investigators
including the
National
Safety
Transportation
Board and the
Florida
Department of
Transportation
began
scrutinizing
the project's
construction
process...The
investigation
is ongoing,
and so far
there's been
no conclusion
yet that the
method used —
known as
accelerated
bridge
construction,
or ABC — is
inherently
flawed or even
fit to blame
in this
particular
instance...So,
while there
are still many
unknowns
surrounding
the FIU bridge
failure, one
question can
be answered,
and that is
why the ABC
method is
being chosen
in increasing
numbers by
bridge design
teams, state
transportation
departments
and
infrastructure
contractors".
Andrew
R. Yarmus,
P.E.,
as Outgoing
Chair of
the National
Society of
Professional
Engineers PE's
in
Construction Interest
Group, has
spent the past
year helping
to facilitate
discussions
between
Professional
Engineers
across the
country on
important
matters such
as safety and
innovation in
the
construction
industry. Yarmus
Engineering,
P.C. is
available to
consult with
property
managers, real
estate
developers,
builders,
attorneys,
contractors,
insurance
professionals,
adjusters, and
other related
parties
regarding
construction
site safety
issues. Please
contact
our office if
we can be of
assistance to
you or your
clients
regarding such
matters.
