Design Professionals Day at the State House Held on May 8, 2012

Design Professionals Day at the State House -Tuesday, May 8, 2012

 Sponsored by ACEC/MA, BSCES and MALSCE
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 8:45 AM- 12:00 Noon  

 Len Ruszczyk (SMC) and Bill Reed (FST) met with Senate President Therese Murray during Design Professionals Day at the State House on May 8, 2012.  Thank you to the Senate President's staff for this photo.

From Left:  Mary Hall (ACEC/MA President), Ko Ishikura (ACEC/MA President-Elect), State Representative Alice Peisch, Peter Richardson (BSCES President-Elect), David Humphrey ( MALSCE President) at Design Professionals Day at the State House 

State Representative Alice Peisch (D-Wellesley), House Chair of the Joint Committee on Education, welcomed us to the State House on Design Professionals Day

Link to issue briefing materials:    http://www.engineers.org/index.cfm?cdid=10911&pid=10225

Download the Issue Briefing sheets from May 8:   http://www.engineers.org/index.cfm?cdid=10911&pid=10225

On May 8, American Council of Engineering Companies/Massachusetts (ACEC/MA), Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE (BSCES), and Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE) members joined together to visit their state legislators at the State House. Association members briefed legislators on issues important to the engineering and land surveying community.  This year's Design Professsionals Day focused on: 

• Transportation Infrastructure;
  
• Water Infrastructure;
  
• Fixing the Dam Problem in Massachusetts; and
  
• Harnessing Private Sector Innovation 

Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and other design professionals are important resources for public policy makers at all levels of government, bringing problem-solving skills, insights and expertise needed by public officials.  More information about the issues is available on www.engineers.org