You can also view the video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/al68YGRag5Q

To learn more about NFL’s Scouting Combine promotion visit Rich Eisen’s blog at http://richeisen.nfl.com/2012/02/21/run-with-me/

Students are visiting our Columbus office already interested in various types of engineering specialties, including mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering. This year, we are also welcoming a student who has an interest in architectural design. The day-long program will provide these students with the opportunity to learn more about the engineering and architectural professions, in addition to learning more about different types of disciplines within the professions. Throughout the day, students will have a chance to shadow ms staff, including environmental engineers, transportation engineers, landscape architects and architects.

ms consultants welcomes these students during National Engineers Week, which runs February 19-25. The National Engineers Week’s theme this year is focused on estimated world population and the need for engineering solutions to solve world challenges: “7 billion people. 7 billion dreams. 7 billion chances for engineers to turn dreams into reality.” The National Engineers Week Foundation delivers programs and resources to partners of the program locally to help the next generation of talent overcome upcoming world challenges.

To learn more about National Engineers Week or the National Engineers Week Foundation, visit the National Engineers Week Foundation’s website. If interested in learning more about ms consultants’ Engineer for a Day program, please e-mail info@msconsultants.com.

In September 2007, the Ohio School Facilities Commission passed a resolution (Resolution 07-124) that requires all school construction projects not already in the design phase to meet at least LEED® Silver certification, with a goal of meeting LEED® Gold certification. This resolution has helped spur the construction of LEED® school buildings and has helped Ohio become the example for sustainable school construction and design. To seize the opportunities the LEED® resolution presents, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) – Central Ohio Chapter, in cooperation with Reynoldsburg City Schools, is holding an inaugural Ohio Green Schools Rally on February 22, 2012. The rally will bring together building professionals, school administrators, and community leaders to discuss and learn more about how “green schools” benefit students, school districts, communities and even help create jobs.

Event Details
The rally will be held at Reynoldsburg’s eSTEM Academy – Summit Campus, 8579 Summit Road, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 – from 11 am to 6 pm Wednesday, February 22.  To register, please visit http://ohiogreenschoolsrally.eventbrite.com/

To learn more about the USGBC – Central Ohio Chapter, please visit its website at http://usgbc-coh.org/

We are so thankful for the dedication our staff has brought to our clients, this project, and all other projects throughout the year.

To learn more this project, please visit the I-70/I-71 case study.

Uday has been active in ITE since he joined ms consultants in Columbus, Ohio, in 2004. He has been chairman of the uniformity committee since 2008. As chairman, he has coordinated ITE’s efforts in reviewing the federal MUTCD and its adoption for Ohio. He was also a member of the signals review committee set up by ODOT for the 2011 OMUTCD.

Uday has a master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Michigan State University and has a bachelor’s degree from India. He is a licensed professional engineer in Ohio and Michigan. He is experienced in traffic signal design, signing and pavement marking, MOT, highway lighting design and traffic studies.

For more information about Uday, visit our Who We Are page. For more information about Ohio ITE, please visit their web site.

Some sessions for this year include:

• Tools for Counties – Auditor of State Policy Initiatives
• Mechanical Concrete Applications for Low Volume Roads
• Current Survey and Mapping Issues; and
• Conservation Everywhere – How Can I Make My Bills Shrink?

For more information about the conference’s sessions, please visit the CCAO/CEAO Winter Conference and Trade Show website.

ms consultants is once again a contributing sponsor, and our display booth is #314 on the trade show floor in the Columbus Convention Center. The show starts Monday (12/12) at 2:00 pm and runs until 6:30 pm, then again on Tuesday (12/13) from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm.

For more information, please contact us at (614) 898-7100.

We are truly appreciative of Jeff’s devotion to the engineering profession and his commitment to the ms consultants team. We look forward to his continued guidance and leadership within the engineering profession for years to come!

To learn more about Jeff, please visit his Featured Team Member page.

The Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) opened this fall on the Youngstown campus and gives the athletic program an indoor facility to use during the typically cold and dreary northeast Ohio winters.

The issue should be published and available by the last week of November.

Our thanks to the many visitors who stopped by to say hello and chat. Please contact us if you would like more information about I-70/71 or check out the case study under the “Traffic Engineering + Planning” section of our website.

And one other note – someone left a black “pop up” umbrella at our booth. We have it here at the Columbus office … so if you’re missing it please let us know.

The 2011 Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference (OTEC) got underway this morning at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

ms consultants is once again sponsoring a booth and presenting at one of the sessions. The exhibit hall is open today, October 25, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and tomorrow, October 26, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The ms display booth is #713. Stop by and visit with Valerie Croasmun and some of our other transportation engineers – they’ll be at our booth during both days.

OTEC 2011 marks the 65^th annual meeting of this statewide conference and is a two-day event attended by over 2,600 people. The conference this year is co-sponsored by the Ohio Department of Transportation and The Ohio State University, and is organized to provide something for everyone interested in Ohio’s transportation industry. The program tries to address the latest policy and technical information, as well as covering new ideas in transportation policy, planning, environmental, design, construction, maintenance, operation, local government, and management of transportation resources.

Tom Hibbard, PE, a senior transportation project manager for ms, and ODOT project manager Brad Jones are presenting “The Long Street Bridge – Reconnecting Neighborhoods” on Wednesday, October 26, at 2:45 pm.

They’ll be giving an update on the plans for the Spring Street and Long Street bridges, which are included in the first phase of the I-70/I-71 South Innerbelt project(s). The Long Street bridge includes a cap over the freeway along the south side of the street that is planned as a large public space that can support a future building.