Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 04/09/04
UPCOMING EVENTS:
● ISPE Southwest Chapter Luncheon, Tuesday,
April 20, 2004, 12:00 Noon, Burger n Brew Restaurant, 6125 Fairview Avenue (near
Curtis), Boise, Speaker: Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch
● ASCE April Dinner Meeting, Thursday,
April 22, 2004, 6:00 pm Social Hour, 7:00 pm Dinner, DoubleTree Hotel
(Riverside), 2900 Chinden Blvd, Boise, Presentation - Outstanding Civil
Engineering Award Banquet Dinner, RSVP or more information - Ryan Adelman,
288-1992,
radelman@kellerassociates.com
● IBPEPLS Board Meeting, April 30 and May
1, 2004
● NSPE 2004 Convention and Expo, July 8 -
10, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii
A REALLY USEFUL WEB SITE: ENGINEERING
REFERENCES
Tenlinks.com has great appeal as a resource for those seeking a wide range of
information on engineering and technology. Click on
http://www.tenlinks.com for civil,
electrical, and mechanical engineering information, and CAD technology
resources.
New EJCDC Custom CDs
Now you can get the EJCDC documents you want burned to a custom CD! Choose from
the full set of contract documents, specific subsets, or individual documents
related to construction, procurement and more.
CH2M HILL - BOISE OFFICE JOB OPENINGS
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEER/SCIENTIST REQ#: 5481BR – We are looking for an
experienced project leader who desires to be challenged by a variety of project
assignments. You will have the opportunity for personal and professional
development at CH2M HILL, including the delivery of small to large size water
resources related projects within Idaho and the Pacific Northwest. Typical
projects within the hydrology discipline include water quality, sediment
transport, stream restoration planning and design, drainage, and water systems.
Typical project assignments include project management or technical lead for
planning, studies, preliminary design, final design, and services during
construction. For motivated candidates this opportunity will provide a variety
of rewarding project experiences, potential for rapid career growth, and the
flexibility to shape your consulting career. The successful candidate will be an
enthusiastic, well rounded individual with good written and verbal communication
skills, team oriented work approaches, and the ability to lead and work with
multiple discipline teams. A candidate will have at least 10 years of water
resources engineering/science, project management, and business development
experience. Typical water resource engineering/science requirements would
include a working knowledge of open channels, water quality and sediment
transport, storm water, flood studies, and stream restoration. Project
management experience includes preparing detailed scopes, budgets, workplans,
and the ability to direct workers. The candidate must also provide mentoring
opportunities by managing and training junior staff. Business development
efforts include developing client contacts, proposal preparation, and project
positioning activities.Qualifications: BS or MS degree (preferred) in an
engineering or scientific discipline. Prefer a professional registration (PE).
Position requires excellent oral and written communications, self-motivation,
team-oriented work practices, technical problem solving, strong organizational
skills, multitasking ability and excellent computer skills.
The annual salary is determined by experience. CONTACT INFORMATION: When
submitting resume please reference Req Code 5481BR Please apply online at:
www.ch2mhill.com
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEER REQ# 5479BR – CH2M HILL is looking for an
experienced project leader who desires to be challenged by a variety of project
assignments. You will have the opportunity for personal and professional
development at CH2M HILL, including the delivery of small to large size water
resources related projects within Idaho and the Pacific Northwest. Typical
projects within the hydraulic and hydrology discipline include drainage, flood
control, irrigation systems, conveyance, fish passage, and water systems.
Typical project assignments include project management or technical lead for
planning, studies, preliminary design, final design, and services during
construction. For motivated candidates this opportunity will provide a variety
of rewarding project experiences, potential for rapid career growth, and the
flexibility to shape your engineering career. The successful candidate will be
an enthusiastic, well rounded individual with good written and verbal
communication skills, team oriented work approaches, and the ability to lead and
work with multiple discipline teams. A candidate will have at least 10 years of
water resources engineering, project management, and business development
experience. Typical water resource engineering requirements would include a
working knowledge of open channels, hydraulic structures, irrigation facilities,
storm water, flood studies, and conveyance systems. Project management
experience includes preparing detailed scopes, budgets, workplans, and the
ability to direct workers. The candidate must also provide mentoring
opportunities by managing and training junior staff. Business development
efforts include developing client contacts, proposal preparation, and project
positioning activities.Qualifications: BS or MS degree (preferred) in an
engineering discipline. Requires a professional registration (PE). Position
requires excellent oral and written communications, self-motivation,
team-oriented work practices, technical problem solving, strong organizational
skills, multitasking ability and excellent computer skills.
The annual salary is determined by experience. CONTACT INFORMATION: When
submitting resume please reference Req Code 5479BR Please apply online at:
www.ch2mhill.com
MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
The Quest for the National Title is On!
There’s a very exciting National Championship approaching, and I’m not talking
about the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final! The competitors for the 2004 MATHCOUNTS
National Competition have all been identified now that the State Competitions
are complete. The following are some of the problems that these students had to
tackle (successfully!) to earn their way to the National Competition this May in
Washington D.C. How would you have done?
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Sprint #19 (the format has been adapted for this posting): The points (2, -5),
(p, -14) and (p + 2, -17) are on a straight line. The point (13, q) lies on the
same line. What is the value of p + q? Express your answer as a decimal to the
nearest tenth.
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Target #3: A license plate consists of two letters followed by two digits: for
example, MP78. Neither the digits nor the letters may be repeated, and neither
the letter “O” nor the digit “0” may be used. When reading from the left to
right, the letters must be in alphabetical order and the digits must be in
increasing order. How many different license plate combinations are possible?
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Team #9: In each blank below a single digit is inserted such that the following
six three-digit numbers, in this order, form an arithmetic sequence:
1 _ _ , _ _ 9 , 2 _ 2 , _ 6 _ , 2 _ _ , _ 3 _
What is the value of the next number in the sequence?
Answer to last week's problem:
Any of the five continents could be first, followed by any of the remaining
four, and so on. Therefore there are 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 5! = 120 different
orders to visit five other continents.
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The torch is only known to be stationary from April 1 to June 3. This is a total
of 30 + 31 + 3 = 64 days. The entire span of time from March 25 through August
13 is 7 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 13 = 142 days. (The addition shows the breakdown
of days per month from March through August.) Therefore, the torch is at the
stadium 64 ÷ 142 = 45% of the time, to the nearest whole percent.
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First, we can convert the kilometers to miles and see that this portion of the
route is 1500 × 0.62 = 930 miles. This distance is now shared by 3600
torchbearers, which brings us to an average of 930 ÷ 3600 = .26 miles per
person, to the nearest hundredth.
If you want to see last week's problem again, click on
http://www.mathcounts.org/Queries/POW_Archive.taf?_function=detail&Q_A_uid1=488&_UserReference=6A97FF79AA00A14A4072EA87
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