CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB

NEXT MEETING ___________________________________________________

Monday, August 6 , noon.

AN AWARD-WINNING STORM WATER SCREENING FACILITY

David Bible, Project Manager, ARCADIS G & M.

The Apex Street Storm Screening Facility in Nashville is a fully automated screening facility using an innovative gripper-type traveling rake on an overhead monorail. The screen is designed to remove trash and debris from a large storm drainage ditch that drains over 1,200 acres. The site was subject to chronic plugging by debris and caused flooding of nearby residences and industries. The new facility is operated by the Nashville Department of Water and Sewerage. It is the only installation of its kind in the United States.

David Bible, Project Manager, ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller will show us how the facility was designed and built and explain how it works. The Consulting Engineers of Tennessee selected the project as the top engineering project in the state of Tennessee for 2001.

OUR PREVIOUS EVENT ________________________________________

Frank Anthony, Operations Manager of the Chattanooga News Free Press, provided us a grand tour of the facilities of a modern newspaper. Our large group was treated to the sites of the circulation department, the computer room, the pre-press area with its electronics and plate-making facility and, the operations of the huge printing presses. Frank’s explanation of how a newspaper is assembled and prepared for printing provided us a very educational and interesting perspective. Our many thanks go to Frank for a fantastic field trip.

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS ______________________________________

August 13: The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Project

August 20: Water for the People. A global view of a vital but increasingly scarce resource

August 27: Recent Developments in Medical Imaging Technology

September 3: No meeting, in observance of Labor Day

September 10: Genetic Engineering. Advances and Prospects

September 17: Efforts to meet the water requirements of the Sequatchie Valley

September 24: Sewage and Wastewater Treatment. New Requirements, New Technology

On the burner for October/November:

NASA Technology Transfers: important technology spin-offs from NASA’s research and development efforts that significantly effect our lives. Marshall Space Flight Center

Chandra X-ray Telescope. This orbiting telescope is changing our perception of the universe. Marshall Space Flight Center

November meetings hosted by ASME to be announced

WHERE WE MEET ___________________________________________

All of our presentation meetings are held at the Cellar Restaurant at Union Square Downtown, Chattanooga from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Free parking is available for these occasions at the Days Inn Motel (on Carter St. and MLK Blvd), courtesy of the Days Inn management.