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Engineers & Land Surveyors @ the State House + Water’s Worth It Day Held on May 11

Engineers & Land Surveyors @ the State House + Water's Worth It Day



From left: BSCES President Mike Cunningham, MAWEA leader Mickey Nowak, MWWA Exec. Director Jennifer Pederson, MALSCE External Affairs Chief Abbie Goodman, State Representative Sean Garballey, ACEC/MA President Colleen Moore, ACEC/MA VP Gerry Preble, MALSCE President Ken Conte, TECET Chair Ko Ishikura, MALSCE Legislative Affairs Chair/MALSCE Past-President Scott Cameron at the State House on May 11. 


On Thursday, May 11, 2023, more than 70 ACEC/MA, BSCES, and MALSCE members and public works and public water infrastructure professionals gathered at the Massachusetts State House for our Annual Engineers and Land Surveyors Day at the State House along with leaders from other engineering and design-related associations. 


These organizations co-sponsored the day:


  • American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA)

  • Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE (BSCES)

  • Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE)

  • Massachusetts Water Works Association (MWWA)

  • Massachusetts Water Environment Association (MAWEA)

  • Massachusetts Highway Association

  • MMA Policy Committee on Public Works, Transportation and Public Utilities

  • MMA Policy Committee on Energy and the Environment

  • The Engineering Center Education Trust 


We arranged for meetings with our members’  Massachusetts State Representatives and State Senators based on where our members live and vote. 


This important advocacy isn’t limited to only one day a year, so even if you were unable to attend,  we encourage you to set up local meetings. Legislators need to hear from constituents about the challenges facing our water and transportation infrastructure and how they can help.


You can meet with your State Senator and your State Representative during their district office hours, usually held at least once a month in a local library, community center or another municipal location.


Legislative Offices: 


To find contact information for your legislators, to ask about local office hours, and so you might email them to set up a local time to meet in the next month or so, see this state site: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator


Here are the Issue Briefing Sheets we used on May 11 for your meetings; we distributed these to all legislative offices on May 11, but your local contact will help to deliver the messages on these:


Issue Briefing Sheets – pdfs:



People from these firms and agencies participated in the 2023 event:


Acton Water District

Beals and Thomas, Inc.

BETA Group Inc.

Bloom Companies, LLC

Bourne Water District

BSC Group, Inc

CDR Maguire, Inc

Chess Engineering

City of Quincy Mass DPW

City of Worcester

City Point Partners

Collins Engineers, Inc

Comprehensive Environmental

Concord Public Works

Dawood Engineering, Inc.

DGT

East Bridgewater Water Department

Fuss & Neill

Geosyntec Consultants

Greater Lawrence Sanitary District

Green International Affiliates, Inc

HNTB Corporation

Hoyle Tanner & Associates, Inc.

Jacobs

Kimley-Horn & Associates

Kleinfelder

MA Water Environment Association (MAWEA)

Mass Water Works Association (MWWA)

Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA)

Menard USA

Meridian Associates

Michael Baker International

MWRA Advisory Board

Patrick Engineering

Pristine Engineers, Inc.

PSC Engineering

RCAP Solutions

RND Consultants, Inc.

Robert E. Cameron & Associates, Inc.

Sharon Water Department

Springfield Water and Sewer Commission

Stantec

STV Incorporated

Sudbury Water District

TEC, Inc

The Engineering Center Education Trust (TECET)

Town of Andover

Town of Andover – Department of Public Works

Town of Andover – Engineering Department

Town of Ayer

Town of Harvard

Town of Lexington

Town of Natick

Town of Wareham

Upper Blackstone Clean Water

Wastewater Advisory Committee of MWRA

Water Supply District of Acton

Weston & Sampson

Wright-Pierce

WSP USA


Please plan to join us for advocacy at the State House next year.