This page contains information about past events organized or sponsored by the Northeast Chapter or by NEC members through their respective businesses. The information is posted so that folks who are unfamiliar with the NEC can get a sense of what we do. It also allows attendees of past events to access information about speakers they heard, etc.
For information about the 2006 & 2007 Annual Conference & Trade Expositions, click on the tabs, above.
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PLANNING FOR SUCCESS BY THINKING AHEAD OF THE MACHINE --
2 events in Portland, Maine
Wednesday March 26, 2008 - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Maine Nonpoint Source Training & Resource Center, in cooperation with NEC member John W. Deering (founder of Earth Management: The Team Concept®) and the Associated General Contractors of Maine, put together a one-day course on nonstructural best management practices. The program discussed the nonstructrual best management items that are part-and-parcel to the structural items during the planning & design of a major construction site, and covered the due dilligence and standards of care associated with the Spearin Doctrine 1918.
For additional info about Nonpoint Source Training Center offerings, see the Calendar page. For information about Associated General Contractors of Maine, go to www.agcmaine.org.
Thursday March 27, 2008 - 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Contech Construction Products Inc. and WH Shurtleff Company hosted a Special Breakfast Presentation of "The Team Concept® and Planning for Success by Thinking Ahead of the Machine" that included discussion by three NEC members: John W. Deering (founder of Earth Management - the Team Concept®), William Laflamme (Director of Maine DEP Nonpoint Source Training & Resource Center and NEC New Hampshire Representative Randall Shuey (Senior Soil & Wetland Scientist with New England Environmental, Inc, Concord Office). Attendees learned how work zones, phasing and sequencing can reduce pollution, increase profits and save time & money on a construction site.
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March 26th: Planning for Success by Thinking Ahead of the Machine |
March 27th: Special Breakfast Presentation "The Team Concept and Planning for Success by Thinking Ahead of the Machine" |
Cape Cod Coastal Erosion |
Team E.J. Prescott presented a KNOW H2OW seminar:
CAPE COD EROSION CONTROL WORKSHOP
Wednesday March 12, 2008 in Hyannis, MA
The agenda included a panel discussion on Protecting Cape Cod Shorelines, a presentation on Groundbreaking Technology and three Coastal Erosion Control case studies.
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The NEC put on two workshops for RI NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials):
Everthing You Need to Know about Erosion & Sediment Control: Installation, Maintenance and Inspection
two dates - Feb 27th and Mar 10th - both at the URI Kingston campus
For more information about RI Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials, go to http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/NEMO/index.htm
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RI NEMO workshops, Winter 2008 |
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