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CIVIL ENGINEERING MUNICIPAL LAND SURVEYING STRUCTURAL www.ensigneng.com YES, WE DO IT. 435.843.3590 801.255.0529 435.896.2983 801.547.1100 435.865.1453 OFFICE LOCATIONS Sandy Layton Tooele Richfield Cedar City President. Hewas employedby U.S. Geological Survey andprepared the first comprehensive study of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin. While he lived in Salt Lake City, he married Mabel Ruth Elton, and it has been reported that he “went on a survey trip and called it a honeymoon.” Little is known about the actual events at the founding of the section. During thepast hundred years—since theUtah Sectionof theAmeri- can Society of Civil Engineers was founded in 1916 to our centennial year of 2016 — there have been many significant civil engineering projects completed in Utah. Some of these include the following: 1916 – Utah State Capitol Building 1922 – Strawberry Project 1928 – Zion-Mount Carmel Highway 1941 – Ogden River Project 1946 – Scofield Project 1952 – Duchesne Tunnel 1970 – Starvation Collection System, Dam and Reservoir 1988 – Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System 1994 – Jordanelle Dam and Reservoir 2013 – UTA’s Frontline Project There are far more significant projects than the list conveys, but what matters most is that many engineers and others that worked on them and become part of our heritage. We have an opportunity now to select those persons and projects that will be known in the future as the historical moments of today. For the American Society of Civil Engineers you can nominate those persons andprojects for local, state, regional andnational recognition. UTAH SECTION AWARDS Engineer of the Year Educator of the Year Fresh Face ASCE REGION 8 AWARDS Region 8 Engineer of the Year (4 Categories) Project of Year Completed in 2015 (>$10 million) Project of the Year Completed in 2015 (<= $10 million) ASCE NATIONAL AWARDS CE-Magazine Awards Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award – Exem- plary Civil Engineering Projects ASCE Society Awards – There are 85 awards available Outstanding Section and Branch Award Each member organization of UEC has a history with important people and projects that should be recognized. (801) 956-3500 RECOGNITION | continued from page 29 30