Author Archives
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CANCELLED: SAME Ft. Worth Post 2020 Holiday Event, December 10th at the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
This event has been cancelled due to updated COVID-19 Guidelines from National and to proceed with an over abundance of caution for non-essential meetings
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Monday, November 2nd Monthly Meeting – VIRTUAL: Project Spotlight – Mill Creek/Peaks Branch/State Thomas Drainage Relief Project, Presented by Milton Brooks, P.E., CFM
The Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel consists of two miles of 35-foot diameter tunnel and three miles of 30-foot diameter tunnel. The tunnel will be mined in the Austin Chalk formation between 70 and 150 feet below the surface and will outfall to White Rock Creek. Once complete, the tunnel will provide drainage relief for the Mill Creek, Peaks Branch and State Thomas areas of Dallas.
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Monday, October 5th Monthly Meeting – VIRTUAL: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas National Economic Update, presented by Jim Dolmas
Jim Dolmas is a senior research economist and advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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Tuesday, September 8th Monthly Meeting – VIRTUAL: Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors – Professional Practice Update and Ethics Presentation, presented by Dr. Lance Kinney
Updates on engineering and surveying ethics and Code of Conduct, Board Activities, rule and statutory changes, and general updates on Board initiatives.
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Monday, August 17th: Resiliency and Emergency Response Webinar, presented by the SAME Dallas and Fort Worth Posts
“Texas called disaster capital of U.S.” Dallas Morning News, March 10, 2018
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All organizations face risks simply by virtue of operating in an uncertain world. This year has brought home this message. We have all been forced to operate in a COVID world and are thinking about the scenarios embedded in a post-COVID operating environment. Because of this concern we have added several COVID related speakers to the webinar.
