PEOPLE/AWARDS

EPTDESIGN, a California-based landscape architecture firm with offices in Pasadena and Irvine, received a 2014 Quality of Life Design Merit Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the River Oaks Park project in San Jose. The project is a result of a private-public partnership between the City of San Jose and the developers of Crescent Village. The 5-acre public park provides important community space for San Jose’s longtime residents and Silicon Valley’s expanding job market. The project preserves existing mature trees on site, in addition to featuring an innovative stormwater runoff system that highlights the beauty and benefit of low-impact design.

The Jayhawk Boulevard Project on the University of Kansas campus received a 2014 Sustainable Success Story Award from the Mid-America Regional Council. The award highlights projects that advance the three pillars of sustainability — social equity, economic vitality and environmental stewardship. The Jayhawk Boulevard Project was honored for keeping sustainability in mind “by improving transit stops, providing green solutions for stormwater management, creating additional places for student interaction and green space, and reviving the historic landscape and street canopy.”

Mark Jaconski and Joe Jaconski, owners of Stanley’s True Value Hardware Store in Roxborough, Pa., were honored as Stormwater Pioneers by the Philadelphia Water Department. The Stormwater Pioneers Program is an initiative established to recognize Philadelphia property owners, developers and designers for their innovation and dedication to better managing stormwater runoff. In 2010 the Jaconski brothers embarked on a plan to build a new, larger building on the existing site of their family-owned, 66-year-old hardware store. Faced with the new challenge of stormwater on their larger property, they called upon the Ruggiero Plante Land Design Company in Manayunk to assist them with creating a system to manage their water efficiently and environmentally.

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LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

American Society of Civil Engineers

The ASCE is offering the following courses:

• March 5-6 – Leadership Development for the Engineer, Cincinnati
• March 12-13 – Computer Workshop, Reston, Va.
• March 12-13 – Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers, Baltimore
• March 19-20 – Financial Management for the Professional Engineer, Orlando, Fla.
• March 26-27 – Storm Sewer System Design Using SWMM, Las Vegas

Visit www.asce.org.

Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin Department of Engineering-Professional Development is offering the following courses:

• March 23-24 – Using WinSLAMM v.10.1: Meeting Urban Stormwater Management Goals, Madison
• April 13-14 – Advanced Modeling Using HEC-RAS, Madison

Visit http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu.

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CALENDAR

March 30-April 1 - American Water Resources Association Spring Conference: Water for Urban Areas, Los Angeles Airport Hilton, Los Angeles. Visit www.awra.org.

April 12-15 - American Public Works Association North American Snow Conference, DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, Mich. Visit www.apwa.net.

June 7-10 - American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exposition, Anaheim, Calif. Call 303/347-6181 or visit www.awwa.org.

July 26-29 - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Conference, New Orleans. Visit www.asabe.org.

Aug. 2-6 - StormCon North American Surface Water Quality Conference & Expo, Austin, Texas. Visit www.stormcon.com.

Aug. 30-Sept. 2 - American Public Works Association International Public Works Congress and Exposition, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix. Visit www.apwa.net.

Sept. 28-30 - National Rural Water Association WaterPro Conference, Oklahoma City. Visit www.nrwa.org.

Oct. 11-14 - American Society of Civil Engineers 2015 Convention, New York City. Visit www.asce.org.

Oct. 12-16 - American Water Works Association 2015 Water Infrastructure Conference and Exposition, Bethesda, Md. Visit www.awwa.org.