New Organization to Develop Tool for Measuring Infrastructure Sustainability

The new organization's nine-member board of directors will include representatives from the three founding organizations. From ACEC: Gerald Stump, P.E., COO, Wilbur Smith Associates; Terry F. Neimeyer, P.E., Chairman and CEO, KCI Technologies; Timothy Psomas, P.E., FACEC, Exec. Eng.; Chairman, Psomas Engineering. From APWA: Vicki Vikery Quiram, P.E.,  Public Works Director, Westwood, MA; Howard B. LaFever, BCEE, P.E., Principal, GHD, Inc.; Larry Stevens, PE, Senior Project Manager, Howard R. Green Company. From ASCE: Christine F. Andersen, Public Works Director, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Peter D. Binney, P.E., National Director of Sustainable Infrastructure, Merrick and Company; and D. Wayne Klotz, P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE, President, Klotz Associates and Past President, ASCE.

ISI membership will be open to individuals, organizations and agencies, and the organization will also be developing certification and continuing education programs for rating system users.