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i Passport Information 2008 Distinguished Award of Merit Recipient David P. Billington The Council’s highest award bestowed upon an individual will be presented to one of the world’s foremost engineering educators. Engineering News Record named Billington “one of the five top educators in the construction industry over the past 125 years.” He speaks to worldwide audiences on the scientific, social and artistic aspects of large structures, illuminating “structural art” as an art form parallel to but distinct from architecture. Since 1952, ACEC’s Distinguished Award of Merit honorees have included Presidents Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Carl Sagan, W. Edwards Deming and Astronaut Neil Armstrong. 2008 CASE Convocation Highlights include: • The Independent Expert Cost Estimator in Dispute Resolution • Ethics Reform and New Risks to the Business of Engineering • Risk Issues Related to Green Design and Green Building Certification Special Activities and Spouse Programs • • • • • Best of Montréal City Tour Ethnic Neighborhoods and Wine Tasting Tour The French Canadian Experience and the Sugar Shack Cirque Performance Post-Fall Conference Tour to Québec City PAC Activities Tourisme monTréal • Sweepstakes Drawing Grand Prize: $10,000 CASH! Cost: $200 per ticket • ACEC/PAC Golf Tournament Top Educational Sessions Highlights Include: • Sustaining the World’s Infrastructure • Turning Wastewater into Wanted Water: A Case Study • Managing Environmental Permitting Risks in a PPP Environment—Completion of A25 in Montréal, Quebec • Risk Issues Related to Green Design and Green Building Certification • “Big Box” Owner Panel Discussion • Lessons Learned from the PBS&J Embezzlement Incident • Special CAMEE, COPS Sessions Hotel Information Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel This internationally renowned hotel has attracted luminaries from around the world and has carved an enviable place for itself in the hearts of Montréalers. Join in the celebration of the hotel’s 50th anniversary 900 Rene Levesque Blvd., West and discover thematic menus, Montréal, Québec H3B 4A5 Phone: 514-861-3511 special packages and comGuest Fax: 514-954-2258 memorative activities. www.fairmont.com/queenelizabeth Important note about registration and hotel reservations: All attendees must be registered and paid in full for the Conference in order to book a room at the Conference hotel. A special housing code is required. Detailed hotel information is available at www.acec.org. For more information or to register online, go to: www.acec.org philippe renaulT/GeTTy imaGes f you don’t have a current passport, you should know it may take two to six weeks to get one. For more information, visit travel. state.gov/ passport. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008 ENGINEERING INC. 35 http://travel.state.gov/passport http://www.acec.org/advocacy/pdf/0925_conference_ltr.pdf http://www.acec.org/conferences/fall-08/

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Engineering Inc. - September/October 2008

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