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NJSPE
NJSPE is offering 6 hours of Continuing Education, in two locations, to satisfy CE requirements. Mark your calendar! Full information will be sent next week!
Wednesday, March 9, The Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset, New Jersey
Monday, April 18, Crown Plaza, Cherry Hill
PEC
Please join us once again for this popular networking event. This annual
celebration has largely a social purpose in bringing together the diverse
interests of the Construction Industry in common recognition of our important
role in building a better New Jersey and improving the quality of life of all our
citizens. Recently, there has been increased emphasis on the need for
transportation funding and other infrastructure as well as construction's
positive impact on our economy.
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PSPE
The PSPE Conference Planning Committee works to offer a balanced program of educational sessions. Proposals are needed on structural, mechanical, electrical, chemical, ethics, law, case studies, project management, estimating, civil projects and other topics. (Topics related to sales and marketing cannot be accepted.)
Send a note to jennifer@wannerassoc.com with your idea.
PSPE 2016 Conference
Sept. 21-24, 2016 | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
NSPE
Click here to learn more or join NSPE.
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Asbury Park Press
Though the state's Transportation Trust Fund will run dry in 135 days, the state's 2017 budget doesn't include any plan to replenish it.
In his annual budget address before the Legislature, Gov. Chris Christie called for a "reasonable agreement" on a way to renew transportation funding, echoing previous demands that any plans for a gas tax increase come with "tax fairness."
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The Record
A man-made chemical used in the manufacture of stain-resistant carpets, waterproof clothing, non-stick cooking pans and other products that make life less messy has spread so far through the environment that it can be found everywhere from the fish in the Delaware River to polar bears in the Arctic — and even some drinking water in North Jersey.
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WTXF-TV
There are concerns about the drinking water in one South Jersey community.
The town council met with residents to address the issue.
The township council in Moorestown held an emergency meeting with people demanding answers as to why their drinking water is contaminated. Township officials assured residents the water is safe, despite higher traces of chemicals are still being found in the water after more than 2 years.
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NJ.com
And then there were three.
Five original plans, to mitigate the flooding impact of an another Sandy-like storm in Hoboken, Weehawken and Jersey City, have been whittled down to three plans that, officials said, have all been substantially modified.
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Press of Atlantic City
This rural borough with an annual budget of $1.3 million must refund $45,000 to South Jersey Industries to settle a property-tax appeal for 2014 and 2015.
And Folsom will collect about $22,578 less each year from the company going forward. The headquarters of SJI, parent company of South Jersey Gas, on Route 54 is the borough's largest ratable.
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Mount Olive Chronicle
Sometimes patience is a virtue.
Because of a developer's agreement from the 1990s, the township will shortly take over the water system that serves the Morris Chase and Morris Hunt developments off Gold Mine Road. The two developments include around 300 customers now served by N.J. American Water Co.
With the change in ownership, water rates will be stabilized and the town will not have to apply for permission to the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to change rates.
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NJ Spotlight
At least for the short term, New Jersey will not have to adopt tough new plans to curb emissions that contribute to global warming as ordered by the Obama administration.
With the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to temporarily block implementation of the Clean Power Plan, the state can hold off imposing some of the most stringent limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants in this part of the country.
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By Ryan Clark
New York and New Jersey's new Hudson River tunnel "Gateway" project is making the rounds in the news as it is predicted to become the largest public works project in the country. A recent news article explains how much more funding is necessary because the Gateway project attempts to tackle issues in a broader sense than its canceled predecessor, The Access to the Region's Core project. It turns out the story is a bit more complicated than that.
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NJ Spotlight
The Christie administration is being sued in court once again over its steps to streamline the state’s environmental regulations.
In a lawsuit brought in the appellate division of Superior Court in Mercer County, two environmental organizations and eight residents of Eagleswood are seeking to block new coastal rules adopted last summer by the Department of Environmental Protection.
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NJ.com
The first steps to building a back-up power system to keep sections of NJ Transit's busiest rail lines running, after a blackout or storm knocks out electricity, were taken by NJ Transit's board.
Board members approved a $17 million contract with Jacobs Engineering Group of Morristown to design and do preliminary engineering for what could be the nation's first mass transit micro power grid.
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Bloomberg via Tribune-Review
Not in my backyard, under my street, through my woods, near my dream house or, for that matter, around my chubsuckers.
Thousands of New Jerseyans want nothing to do with proposals to build or expand about 15 natural-gas pipelines. No matter that utilities say the projects are necessary in a part of the United States where 45 percent of electricity comes from natural-gas combustion. No matter the promises of better reliability, four years after New Jersey's costliest natural disaster left 1.4 million customers without power.
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| | 2015-2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
| President |
Michael J. Hope, PE |
| President-Elect |
Mark Janiszewski, PE |
| Vice President |
Vatsal A. Shah, PE |
| Secretary |
Michael J. Bennink, PE |
| Treasurer |
William Castle, PE |
| First Past President |
Mark V. Shourds, PE, PP |
| NSPE Director At Large |
Brian Van Nortwick, EIT |
| NSPE Delegate |
Richard Olsen, PE |
| Counsel |
Lawrence Powers, Esq. |
| Executive Director |
Joseph A. Simonetta, CAE |
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