{"id":5113,"date":"2025-08-18T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/?p=5113"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:45:52","slug":"august-2025-asce-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/august-2025-asce-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2025 ASCE Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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August Newsletter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Volume 14, Issue 7, August, 2025<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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In This Issue <\/span><\/p>\n

August Luncheon<\/span><\/p>\n

Awards Announcements <\/span><\/p>\n

Annual Awards Dinner<\/span><\/p>\n

SF Section Needs Secretary & Treasurer<\/span><\/p>\n

Joke Corner<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n

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August Luncheon – This Thursday 8\/21 with WTS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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WTS Central California and ASCE Fresno are partnering for our August Monthly Membership Luncheon – Driving Fresno’s Future: <\/span>New Director and Key City Projects<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Join us for an exclusive luncheon event featuring <\/span>Denix<\/span> <\/span>Anbiah<\/span>, the City of Fresno’s new Director of Capital Projects, as he shares his vision and unveils the current and upcoming initiatives that will shape Fresno’s future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Quote of the Month<\/span><\/p>\n

“I work for myself, which is fun. Except when I call in sick, I know I’m lying.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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August Luncheon Registration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Awards Announcements!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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We are proud to announce this year’s ASCE Fresno’s award winner for their contributions and impact on our local community. This years’ award recipients are listed below, and information about our first awards banquet in five years! <\/span><\/p>\n

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Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination!<\/span><\/p>\n

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2025 Individual Awards<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Lifetime Achievement Award<\/span><\/h3>\n

Rick Ransom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Private Sector<\/span><\/p>\n

Greg Gross<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n

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Outstanding ASCE Faculty Advisor<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Siddaiah Yarra<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Outstanding Younger Civil Engineer & ASCE Practitioner Advisor<\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Weaver<\/span><\/p>\n

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Outstanding ASCE Branch Officer<\/span><\/p>\n

Shawn Cullers<\/span><\/p>\n

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Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Service<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Neva Popenoe<\/span><\/p>\n

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Outstanding YMF Officer<\/span><\/p>\n

Ivan Reynaga<\/span><\/p>\n

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Outstanding ASCE Civil Engineering Student<\/span><\/p>\n

Byron Alessandro Toledo Salazar<\/span><\/p>\n

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Outstanding Civil Engineering Student Chapter Officer<\/span><\/p>\n

Marco Muniz<\/span><\/p>\n

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2025 Project Awards<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Bridge Project of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

Kings River Bridge Replacement<\/span><\/p>\n

Submitted by: NV5<\/span><\/p>\n

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Community Improvement Project of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaiser Permanente Medical Office Building<\/span><\/p>\n

Submitted by: Provost & Pritchard<\/span><\/p>\n

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Structural Engineering Project of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

East Reedley Bridge Replacements<\/span><\/p>\n

Submitted by: Fresno County<\/span><\/p>\n

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Historical Project of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahwahnee Hotel Seismic Retrofit<\/span><\/p>\n

Submitted by: Degenkolb Engineers<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flood Management Project of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

Woodlake Stormwater Drain Pipeline Project<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roadway and Highway Project of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

2021 Madera County CMAQ Shoulder Paving Project<\/span><\/p>\n

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Small Project of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

Hidden Lakes Emergency Tank Replacement Project<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parks and Recreation Project<\/span><\/p>\n

Trolley Park (aka Van Ness and Weldon Pocket Park)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Transportation Project of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

Tulare Ave.\/State Hwy 137 Roundabout Project<\/span><\/p>\n

Submitted by: CCME<\/span><\/p>\n

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Can You Believe Our LAST Awards Dinner Was in 2019?<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s been a long time, no thanks to COVID. But the wait is over! Join your friends and associates on <\/span>Thursday, September 18th <\/span>at The Painted Table for an evening of award presentations as well as our featured speaker, Fresno County Supervisor (and former Mayor of Clovis), <\/span>Nathan Magsig<\/span>. He’s running for a State Senate seat in 2026. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Click on the link below to register for this exciting awards banquet.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Following the dinner, there will be an Order of the Engineer ceremony (it’s like the Hippocratic Oath for engineers). If you’d like to be inducted, <\/span>the cost is only $15 and there are no dues or meetings <\/span>ever<\/span>. Simply contact Doug Taylor at (559) 978-0011 or <\/span>dtaylor@outbackmaterials.com<\/a><\/a> and provide your ring size (pinky finger of your working hand).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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Open for the Latest on ASCE News and Events!   August Newsletter Volume 14, Issue 7, August, 2025 In This Issue  August Luncheon Awards Announcements Annual Awards Dinner SF Section Needs Secretary & Treasurer Joke Corner Page 1 2 3 4 5 August Luncheon – This Thursday 8\/21 with WTS WTS Central California and ASCE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asce-staging.org\/sf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}