ASCE NCS April 2014 Section Meeting 

William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery

Michaella Wittmann, LEED Fellow, ENV SP, Director of Sustainability and Senior Vice President for HDR, Inc.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 as we celebrate sustainability in civil engineering in the National Capital region. This year Ms. Michaella Wittman, LEED Fellow, ENV SP, the Director of Sustainability, and Senior Vice-President for HDR, Inc. will be presenting the challenges encountered during the planning, design and construction of the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery in Anchorage, AK which was the first Certified Envision™ Project. The project achieved a rating of Gold level Envision™ Certification from the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure. Ms. Wittman will be providing an Envision™ overview with commentary on designing a project to be Envision™-Ready with lessons learned including cost impacts and benefits.

About the Presenter: As the founder and director of HDR’s Sustainability program, Michaella has been a leader in the sustainability and green building industry for more than 16 years. A strong proponent of matching sustainable strategies to the goals and characteristics of each project, she has worked closely with a multitude of clients to balance environmental, economic, and social equity goals. Her aptitude for leadership, innovation, and integration have led clients in all industry sectors to the successful completion of projects that have benefits such as reduced environmental impact, increased productivity, improved quality and reduced operations and maintenance expenditures.

Under Michaella’s direction, HDR began a process for integrating sustainable design concept into its work beginning in the mid 1990s. In 1994, Michaella signed on HDR as the first Architecture/Engineering/Consulting firm to join the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). She was actively involved in the development of the first Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating Tool. Some of her early projects included a green building training program for the General Services Administration and overseeing two LEED Certified projects at the Pentagon. She has worked on over 25 LEED projects.

After successfully starting a sustainability consulting practice at HDR that includes energy, commissioning and sustainable architecture services, Michaella also began to work on sustainable infrastructure projects. From 2004–2006 she oversaw the Context Sensitive and Sustainable Solutions program for the repair and replacement of more than 300 bridges with the Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners.
Michaella was one of the first individuals in the country to receive her credentials as an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and worked on the first-ever Envision certified project. The Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System evaluates, grades, and gives recognition to infrastructure projects that use transformational, collaborative approaches to assess the sustainability indicators over the course of the project’s life cycle.

 Event Details 

Registration and networking will be from  6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., followed by dinner. The program will conclude by 8:30 p.m.  The meeting is sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, National Capital Section (ASCE-NC). 

One (1.0) Professional Development Hour (PDH) will be awarded for attendence.

  When

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

6:00-8:30 p.m.

  Where

Hilton Arlington

Gallery Ballrooms (second floor)

950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203

  Registration Fees

Pre-Registration     $45

(prior to April 16)

 Student     $10

 Walk-In Registration     $55

(pending availability)

Click on the link below to register.

Please register by Wednesday, April 16, 2014