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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
NORTH CAROLINA SECTION
EASTERN BRANCH
LUNCHEON
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NOTICE: This meeting is offered in-person and virtually. See below for details.
In-person registration closes at midnight on Monday, January 15, 2024.
Speaker: Jim Talian
Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024
Topic: CMAR Helps Preserve Downtown Businesses During Disruptive Construction
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Summary: The Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) process has helped a highly disruptive construction project in a downtown central business district to be performed while reducing impacts to the thriving but fragile downtown business community.
The features of the CMAR process that contributed to project success are the ability to select a CM based on their willingness to be flexible: the guaranteed maximum price which enabled the selected manager to successfully budget contingencies; the ability of the CM to select subcontractors based on capability and understanding; and the participation of the CM in the design process so that surprises during the project were minimized.
Bio: James Talian, P.E., has over 45 years of professional engineering experience, primarily in water resources engineering.
He has modeled flood plains in Kentucky and Missouri; regulated dams on the Mississippi River; designed subdivisions in St. Louis; developed management policies for multi-purpose reservoirs in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama; designed and managed water, sewer, stormwater, street, and building projects for the City of Lynchburg, Virginia, and currently serves as the Capital Projects Program Manager for the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Mr. Talian has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Penn State. He has been active in engineering licensing policy, and government affairs with the American Society of Civil Engineers and is currently chair of ASCE’s national History & Heritage Committee. He is a licensed professional engineer in North Carolina, Virginia, and Missouri.
Location: This luncheon will be held at the beautiful NC State University Club at 4200 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27606. You can contact the NC University Club at (919) 828-0308 if you need assistance locating their establishment.
We are also offering a virtual-only option for those wishing to continue practicing social distancing. Instructions and a link to the virtual meeting (via Zoom) will been sent to the registered participants. If you do not receive the login information, please contact us. You will have the option to install software for a better viewing experience, but the video will otherwise play in a standard web browser. You will not need to create an account.
Fees:
$25 for ASCE Members
$30 for Non-ASCE Members and Guests
$10 for ASCE Life Members and Unemployed ASCE Members.
$10 for Virtual Only
Free for Students
If you are paying at the door, please bring cash or a check made out to "ASCE NC Eastern Branch".
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We understand your schedule may change and you might not be able to make it to the event. Cancellations with refunds can be honored up until four days prior to the event by sending an email. If you are neither able to attend nor cancel in time, you may send a replacement.
PDH: To help Professional Engineers in attendance acquire 15 Professional Development Hour (PDH) units per license renewal period in accordance with 21 NCAC 56.1703, a one hour PDH certificate will be emailed to registered participants after the presentation.