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:

• Summary of all 5 briefing sheets
• Wipes Labeling can Save Ratepayers $; Keep Waters Clean
• Water Infrastructure Investment Creates Jobs
• PFAS - Communities Face Many Challenges
• Transportation Infrastructure
• Maximizing Private Sector Innovation

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.