ASCE MID-PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE MAILER II
CAL STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY HOHAI UNIVERSITY HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY SAN JOSE UNIVERSITY SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY TONGJI UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
January 2, 2015 Mid-Pacific Regional Conference Participants, The American Society of Civil Engineers at the University of Nevada, Reno thanks you for your prompt attention to the financial and logistic deadlines set in Mailer I! It was a big help to get all of that information and funds in where we needed them. This mailer is the second of three that will be released up until competition. The mailer will concern various information regarding the competition, and will be updated with each successive mailer. Please do not delete this mailer, as it contains valuable information for your various competition teams. Please distribute it to them at your discretion. Included in this mailer are: Receipt Confirmation Summary of Deadlines Registration Information Conference Schedule Hotel Accommodations Website & App Information Please confirm you have received this mailer by emailing or mailing the enclosed form by January 16 th, 2016 to the address listed. The attendee pre-registration deadline is March 5 th, 2016, and the attendee registration deadline is April 2, 2016. The conference shall take place on April 7-9, 2016. If there are any questions, or comments about the content of this mailer, please feel free to email us at midpac2016.reno@gmail.com. Sincerely, Evan Jordan 2016 Mid-Pacific Regional Conference Coordinator
RECEIPT CONFIRMATION Fax: (775) 784-4213 Mail: Email: American Society of Civil Engineers, Attn: MidPac 1664 North Virginia Street, Mail Stop 258 Reno, NV, 89503 Evan Jordan midpac2016.reno@gmail.com Please print or type the information in this form: School Name: Updated Estimated Attendance: This receipt confirms that we have received Mailer II regarding the 2016 Mid-Pac Regional Conference.
DEADLINE INFORMATION DUE DATE INFORMATION DUE October 17, 2015 Mailer I Released October 24, 2015 Water Treatment Rules Released November 14, 2015 Mailer I Receipt Confirmation December 5, 2015 School Registration January 2, 2015 Mailer II Released January 16, 2016 Mailer II Receipt Confirmation March 1, 2016 Mead Paper March 4, 2016 Water Treatment Technical Paper (Postmark) March 5, 2016 Attendee Pre-Registration Concrete Canoe Technical Paper Transportation Technical Paper March 13, 2016 Water Research Paper GeoWall Technical Paper March 20, 2016 Mailer III Released March 27, 2016 Mailer III Receipt Confirmation April 2, 2016 Attendee Registration Concrete Canoe Presentation GeoWall Design Poster Geowall Design Paper April 4, 2016 Professional Paper Presentation Transportation Project Presentation Water Research Presentation April 5, 2016 Water Treatment Presentation April 7-9, 2016 Mid-Pac!!
ATTENDEE REGISTRATION INFORMATION Attendee Registration Deadline: March 5, 2016 April 2, 2016 Attendee Pre-registration Attendee Registration Attendee Registration Fees: Attendee Pre-Registration $75.00 Attendee Registration $90.00 Provided Meals Day Breakfast Lunch Dinner Thursday * Friday Yes Yes Yes (Social) Saturday Yes Yes Yes (Banquet) *Refreshments will be provided at the Captain's for Captains The attendee registration sheet should be attached to the email that this Mailer has been distributed to you in. Please have any interested participants fill out all fields accordingly. The spreadsheet will calculate your total costs on the second page and have all of your t-shirt sizes as well. Please, review this sheet diligently and then email it to midpac2016.reno@gmail.com if you believe it is correct in its entirety. Your checks for registration must also be postmarked by either March 5, 2016 or April 2, 2016, based on whichever point you decide to register. If you encounter any issues with this, please let us know and we will be happy to work with you. Address for checks: Mail to: American Society of Civil Engineers, Attn: MidPac 1664 North Virginia Street, Mail Stop 258 Reno, NV, 89503
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE General 12:00 PM General 12:30 PM Captain's Thursday, April 7, 2015 Concrete Canoe Steel Bridge Water Treatment Geowall Water Research Captain's Captain's Captain's Captain's Professional Paper Captain's 1:00 PM 1:30 PM Presentations 2:00 PM Arrival and Setup 2:30 PM 3:00 PM Presentations 3:30 PM 4:00 PM Aesthetics Judging 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM Dinner on own 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM Social Downtown 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM Transportation Captain's
Friday, April 8, 2015 General Concrete Canoe Steel Bridge Water Treatment Geowall Water Research Professonal Paper Transportation 7:00 AM Breakfast Arrival and Setup Arrival and Setup 7:30 AM 8:00 AM Construction and 8:30 AM Loading 9:00 AM Final Product Construction and Loading 9:30 AM Judging 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM Lunch 12:00 PM Breakdown 12:30 PM 1:00 PM Breakdown Presentations 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM Presentations Poster/Box Juding 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM Breakdown 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM Set Up 7:00 PM YMF 7:30 PM Social 8:00 PM Poster Judging
Saturday, April 9, 2015 General Concrete Canoe Steel Bridge Water Treatment Geowall Water Research Professonal Paper Transportation 7:00 AM Breakfast Arrival and Setup Arrival and Setup 7:30 AM 8:00 AM Dunk Test Reinforcement 8:30 AM Construction 9:00 AM Endurance Races Wall Construction 9:30 AM 10:00 AM Heat 1 10:30 AM Sprint Prelims 11:00 AM Heat 2 11:30 AM 12:00 PM Lunch 12:30 PM 1:00 PM Sprint Finals 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM Banquet 7:30 PM 8:00 PM
HOTEL RESERVATIONS ASCE at the University of Nevada, Reno has reserved over 200 rooms for the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino in downtown Reno. It is advised to stay here due to the discount on rooms you will receive from our large group and being in close proximity to the other schools staying for the competition. There are several events that we will be hosting within the Silver Legacy as well, meaning that getting from your room to the event will be easier than coming from another venue. If you would like to reserve your room, please click the following link and it will take you directly to the reservation page with the discount code included on your order: https://reservations.silverlegacy.com/cgibin/lansaweb?procfun+rn+resnet+res+funcparms+up(a2560):;unre416;;?/ The rates for the rooms are dependent on which style of room you select, but will typically be $59.00 on Thursday and $95.00 on Friday and Saturday excluding tax. There is also a plethora of perks offered from the hotel, as seen from the above link. You can also go to our website at ascemidpac.weebly.com and reserve from there! Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino 407 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89501 775-325-7401 If there are any questions related to lodging, please contact Lander Burns at landerburns@gmail.com.
WEBSITE & APP If you haven t seen it already, the new Mid-Pac website is up! Please use the following link to access it: http://ascemidpac.weebly.com/ You will find all sorts of information here, so please explore! Please note the button on the Locations tab that will directing you to reserving your room at the Silver Legacy. Also, there is an RFI section for each competition direct the competition team captains towards this direction for clarification on certain issues. In place of our standard paper registration handbook for the competition, we decided to take things more digital this year, and we are happy to present the new Mid-Pac App! The steps for downloading are below: 1. Go to either the Google Play Store or Apple Store 2. Download the app Guidebook 3. Use the Passphrase: midpac 4. Download it from there and you are good to go! There are a bunch of features including a personal schedule, image uploader, Facebook/Twitter postings, and a mass message system we can use to send you all updates from the event. Not a single piece of paper, either!