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The National Society of Professional Engineers has named Jeffrey Shopek, PE, F.NSPE to its 2010 class of Fellow Members. The Fellow membership grade honors those active NSPE members who have demonstrated exemplary service to the profession, the Society and the community.
"The 2010 class of NSPE Fellows exemplifies the attributes for which the Fellow recognition program was initially conceived,” said Monte Phillips, P.E., Ph.D., F.NSPE, the chairman of the executive committee of the Council of Fellows. "Achieving NSPE Fellow status is an honor reserved for only a select few NSPE members who have demonstrated truly outstanding service to the engineering community. As chair of the Council of Fellows, it is my honor and privilege to be associated with such an outstanding group.”
NSPE launched its Fellow Recognition Program in 2001 and has named over 400 of its members as Fellows. Shopek is a member of NSPE and its state counterpart, the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers. Shopek is the President and Principal Civil Engineer for Loucks Associates, a civil engineering, surveying and planning firm in Maple Grove, MN.
The National Society of Professional Engineers is the national society of licensed professional engineers from all disciplines that promotes the ethical and competent practice of engineering, advocates licensure, and enhances the image and well-being of its members. Founded in 1934, NSPE has been promoting professional excellence for 75 years. NSPE serves more than 43,000 members and the public through 53 state and territorial societies and more than 500 local chapters. For more information, please visit www.nspe.org.
The Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers represents over 1200 Minnesota engineers in all disciplines and is devoted to the professional, ethical and economic aspects of engineering. MSPE supports the interests of our members through leadership training, professional development, engineering and licensure advocacy, networking and outreach programs that support future engineers.
Finance & Commerce | 04.19.10
Rory Synstelien, Land Surveyor, Wrote an article for the Finance and Commerce newspaper:
The 2010 Minnesota Construction Association (MCA) Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held at Majestic Oaks Golf Club on June 3. Golfers and sponsors include representatives from all aspects of the construction industry. As the 2009 tournament proved, this event is a fun day on the course and provides scholarships for students in a construction-related field.
MCA | 02.24.10
Congratulations to Nick Mannel (Civil Engineer), who has been appointed as director to the Minnesota Construction Association. MCA is a non-profit organization that provides networking, business development and education opportunities for construction managers, project managers, general contractors, subcontractors, owners, engineers, architects, attorneys, suppliers, developers, educators and students involved in the construction industry.
Stella's Fish Cafe | 12.12.09
We at Loucks Associates enjoyed our holiday season by celebrating in the banquet room of Stella's Fish Cafe in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We enjoyed excellent food, drinks, entertainment, and holiday games.
Gillette Children's expands their St. Paul campus | 11.17.09
Loucks
Associates provided surveying, civil engineering and landscape architecture
services to BWBR Architects for the design of the Gillette Children’s Ambulatory Care
Center and Skyway in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Mike St.
Martin (Civil Engineer) notes that project is unique because the entire back side of the three story building is built into a seventy foot
tall wooded bluff which presented significant earth retention challenges. The
landscape, designed by Paul
Kangas (Landscape Architect), will compliment the unique building design and enhance the surrounding
outdated streetscape. Loucks Associates also worked closely with McGough
Construction in securing FAA, Watershed and MPCA permits in a short four month
time span. Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare has provided a live view of the construction on their web site. See the Construction Live here
Loucks Associates offers land surveying in North Dakota | 9.02.09
We are pleased to announce that Rory L. Synstelien (Land
Surveyor) has past the Professional Land Surveyors exam issued by the North
Dakota State Board of Registration for Professional Surveyors
Article posted in the MSCA Connection | 8.01.09
Eric Beazley (Civil
Engineer) posted an article in the Minnesota Shopping Center Association (MSCA)
monthly news letter about CVS Pharmacy, a growing business in a down economy. Read this article here.
Children's Hospital grand opening | 6.24.09
Nick Mannel (Civil Engineer), Richard L. Licht (Land Surveyor) and Tom Gregory (Civil technician) helped Children's Hospital (Minneapolis) celebrate the completion of the first phase of the largest expansion in the hospitals history. A speech was given by Mayor R.T. Rybak. Loucks Associates performed the civil engineering and the land surveying services for this development.
TCF Bank Stadium Tour | 5.20.2009
Minnesota Construction Association event. Nick Mannel (Project Engineer) and Rory Synstelien (Land Surveyor) toured the new TCF Bank Stadium Wednesday afternoon. The tour was given by Mortenson Construction. See pictures of the tour here.
Hilton Garden Inn (Minneapolis Downtown) | 4.30.09
Richard L. Licht (Land Surveyor) and Rory Synstelien (Land Surveyor) attended the Hilton Garden Inn (Minneapolis Downtown) Grand Opening Garden Party. The event began with a ceremonial ribbon cutting followed by speeches by Lisa Goodman, Council Member; Melvin Tenant, President & CEO of Meet Minneapolis; Mark Globus; Brett Hildreth; Scott Hoffman, Global One Commercial; Steven Schwartz, CEO of First Hospitality Group. The event ended with a “butterfly release” where the guest simultaneously opened little boxes and let go hundreds of butterflies into the air. Loucks Associates performed the land surveying services for this development.
New Hire | 2.16.09
Loucks Associates is pleased to welcome Vicki VanDell to our engineering team. Vicki has many years of experience in civil engineering.
Tom Loucks Retires | 10.20.08
Loucks Associates announced the retirement of company founder Thomas Loucks effective December 20, 2008. Additionally, Jeffrey Shopek, Principal Civil Engineer, was promoted to President. Paul McGinley, Principal Surveyor, has been promoted to Vice President.
Tom Loucks has been the President of Loucks Associates for many years, overseeing the company’s planning discipline. He has provided expert witness testimony in numerous eminent domain cases throughout the years. Additionally, Loucks has assisted several municipalities in developing comprehensive land-use plans.
Tom Loucks founded Loucks Associates in 1976.
Going “Green” | Fall 2008
Loucks Associates understands the increasing importance “green” building practices have on project development and design. To better serve both our clients and our planet, several of Loucks Associates’ employees have become LEED® Accredited Professionals. This means that our current client-centered approach is becoming an equally environmentally sensitive approach. In addition, Loucks Associates’ professionals have worked on many LEED-Certified projects, and are familiar with both their approval and their development.
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