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Projects for People–The Washington Way® , part of URS Washington Division’s corporate
social responsibility program, is a division-wide initiative created last year in partnership
with EWB-USA to expand the division’s stewardship activities in international
communities lacking access to food, water, shelter, or other basic necessities. Projects
are typically small in scope and budgetary requirements but rank high in positive
community impact and sustainable design. The initiative is an employee-based volunteer
program that focuses on environmental and cultural/diversity stewardship projects
that make fundamental improvements in the lives of people around the world through
environmentally conscious engineering endeavors.
Projects for People will Bring Clean Water to a Remote
Village in Otates, Mexico
Contributed by Kathryn Dole, Denver
Projects for People–The Washington Way®
has recently been awarded our first EWBUSA project in Otates, Mexico. In the
remote village of Otates, Mexico, located
in a valley north of Puerto Vallarta,
the village children and adults lack safe
drinking water. None of the schools have
a functional water system with clean water
available, nor do they have the financial
ability to purchase water.
Currently, students fill buckets from
wells in town and use the water to fill the
A view of one of the bathrooms, with the community
barrels to the right of the building. The cistern on the
roof is nonfunctional.
In This Issue
Bring Clean Water to a Remote
Village in Otates, Mexico
1
Meet the Projects for People –
The Washington Way® Volunteer Board
2
Volunteers Needed for Projects for
People – The Washington Way®!
8
URS Washington Division’s Denver
Office Becomes Hub for Engineers
Without Border’s Application Review
Committee
7
Projects for People Reaches out to
Colleges
2
URS Washington Division’s Projects for
People Connects With the World at the
Engineers Without Borders 2008 Annual
International Conference
4
Projects for People Awarded Second
Project – Shelter Project
5
Projects for People Raising the Bar
3
Where in the World?
open community barrels sitting outside
the school bathrooms. This water is then
used by the children for flushing toilets.
The children also use these barrels as wash
basins notwithstanding how unsanitary the
water may be.
This project is managed by Carmela
Salas and Mike Hahn. The project will
require detail design and development of a
sustainable water system to provide clean
water to the local schools and health clinic,
raising the quality of life for children and
adults in this remote Mexican village.
The community barrels of water that the children must
use to flush the toilets and wash hands.
Otates, Mexico
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Meet the Projects for People – The Washington Way® Board Volunteers!
Matthew Van Liew
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Contributed by Marsha
Thomas, Denver
Matthew Van Liew
Treasurer
Board Member
ember
Board Member
Board Member
Karen Ogden
Sara Cutts
Lisa Potter
Jeff Fowler
Communication
Volunteers
Marsha Thomas – Chair
Kathryn Dole
Jeff Viano
Julie Artis
Peter Bibbo
Debby Fredrickson
Coordinator
Database Manager
Front Communication
Phone Interview
Followup Commun.
Fundraising
Michael Shakowski
College Outreach
Trinity Webb, Lead
Rita Wilson, BSU
Advisors
ARC Team
Safety
Office Liaisons
Boise: Karen Ogden
Cleveland: Amy Buser
Denver: Sara Cutts
Rachel Long
Molly Jokerst
~ 50 others
Project Champion
TBD
Otates, Mexico
Carmela Salas, Lead
Mike Hahn, Lead
Reina Newman
Sara Cutts
Art Evans
Ramon Olvera
Emergency Shelter
Emmett McClintock
Princeton: Matthew Van Liew
Romania: Alina Bucur
Dorel Gorenescu
Projects for People Reaches out to Colleges
Contributed by Alina Bucur, Romania
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWBUSA) is a non-profit humanitarian
organization established to partner with
developing communities worldwide
to improve their quality of life. The
partnership involves the execution of
sustainable engineering projects, while
involving and training internationally
responsible engineers and engineering
students.
For the EWB-USA mission to be
successful, an organizational matrix of
volunteers was created that implements
two types of chapters -- students and
professionals. Today, EWB-USA has over
200 developing and established chapters
working on 170 projects in 41 countries.
Our Projects for People organization
supports EWB-USA’s goals. Members
like Lisa Potter, project operations –
Denver, and Boise employees Rita
Wilson, project manager, and Karen
Ogden, Projects for People treasurer are
reaching out to colleges and providing
them with EWB-USA membership and
historical information. Currently, they are
connecting with 21 of 24 targeted schools
that are developing or have established
EWB-USA Chapters. The three remaining
schools are not in the process of developing
a chapter but remain on the team’s agenda.
In April, Wilson and Ogden sponsored an
informational meeting about EWB-USA
membership at Boise State University
(BSU). Their goal was to encourage BSU
to form a chapter and recruit fellow
students. Later they met with the school’s
President, Jerid Haywood; Vice President,
David Denton; and Faculty Advisor,
Casey Cline to discuss the importance of
Matthew Van Liew,
President - Projects for
People, is a structural
engineer in the Power
Business Unit in
Princeton assigned
to the nuclear power
group. Matthew joined Washington
Division in Princeton directly from Stevens
Institute of Technology. He has since
completed the Project Rotation Experience
Program (PREP) spending almost two years
rotating through P4 in Wisconsin, Mining
in Denver, and WSMS in Aiken, SC.
Matthew gathered his community
outreach knowledge during college. While
at Stevens, Matthew was a member of
Alpha Phi Omega, a community service
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an EWB-USA chapter to students and
communities. They assisted students in
establishing their own chapter and very
recently some of those students joined
EWB-USA.
Wilson, also a three-year veteran with
Habitat for Humanity in Central America
and presently project manager for the
Connecting Idaho Project, offered her
project assistance to the new EWB-USA
chapter at BSU. Subsequently, the Boise
Professional Chapter of EWB-USA
invited the college’s students to aid them
in building a school in Sierra Leone. As
a result, BSU students are in the process
of collecting school supplies for the new
Sierra Leone school.
Another school Projects for People is
supporting is the University of Alabama.
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Raising the Bar to Support the Projects for People Mission
Contributed by Julie Artis, Boise
Having successfully funded the first project
in Otates, Mexico, URS Washington
Division’s Projects for People initiative
is now ramping up fundraising efforts
to support additional worldwide
humanitarian-based engineering projects
through an upcoming payroll contribution
plan, grant opportunities, and local-office
fundraisers.
This year’s goal of $130,000 will help to
support up to five Engineers Without
Borders USA (EWB-USA) projects.
One project has already benefited from
the money donated – the Otates, Mexico
clean water project. The funds help to cover
costs for initial project-site assessments and
start-up, project development, materials
procurement, and travel expenses for
employee volunteers.
“In meeting our fundraising goals we hope
to be awarded three more projects this
year,” said Michael Shakowski, Projects for
People fundraising chairperson. Shakowski
said that raising awareness of the Projects
for People initiative and its mission is key to
success. “There are still so many people who
don’t know who we are,” he said. “We want
them to know where we are and how they
can help.”
There are several fundraising initiatives that
are in-progress to help Projects for People
achieve their 2008 goal. Starting this spring,
employees will have the opportunity to
contribute through a payroll contribution
plan that allows them to easily sign up
and donate money automatically through
regular payroll contributions.
The fundraising team is also working
on a grant application for submission
to the Washington Group Foundation
in hopes of obtaining additional project
funds. The team has also worked with
URS Washington Division’s Government
Affairs group to allow employees who have
contributed to the division’s Political Action
Committee (PAC) to contribute their final
matching PAC funds to Projects for People.
Local fundraisers are also effective, as
evidenced by the success of a recent
Projects for People fundraising event in
URS Washington Division’s Cleveland
office. Employees there helped raise money
through a Cinco de Mayo lunch buffet.
Local Cleveland restaurants and stores
donated prizes that were raffled off during
the event including several gift certificates
for some popular Mexican restaurants.
“Everybody in the office now knows there
is an organization called Projects for People
and that was the best thing to come out of
this event,” said Frank Grey, an estimator
in Cleveland who organized the event
and contributed his cooking skills to help
prepare the feast for 150 people. With a
higher than expected turnout, Frank and his
team are looking forward to their next event
which will include a holiday pie fundraiser.
“Events like this can be done in any location
and it is fun for employees,” comments Lisa
Potter, Projects for People board member
and fundraising co-chairperson. Potter said
that she encourages other local offices to
take similar steps to support Projects for
People, and that the fundraising team is
eager to provide support for this effort.
For more information on how you can
contribute to the Projects for People
through the upcoming payroll contribution
plan, local office fundraising, or other forms
of fundraising, check out the Projects for
People section on the URS Washington
Division’s Virtual Office and watch for
upcoming e-mail updates and newsletters
Left: The line goes out the door as employees of the
Cleveland office wait for their chance to help the Projects
for People–EWB-USA Cinco de Mayo fundraising efforts
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URS Washington Division’s Projects for People Connects With the World at the
Engineers Without Borders 2008 Annual International Conference
Contributed by Kathryn Dole, Denver
Educating themselves on project
performance and best practices for
international stewardship activities and
engineering projects—while at the same
time educating college students on the
global scale and specialties of URS—a team
from URS Washington Division’s Projects
for People international stewardship
initiative participated in the EWB-USA
annual conference in Seattle during March.
“This conference was a great opportunity
to network with other chapters, allowing us
to develop future relationships and bring
back lessons learned,” said Matthew Van
Liew, the division’s lead for Projects for
People and board president of Washington
Division’s EWB-USA chapter known
as The Washington Way®. “We were able
to introduce URS to a great number of
student and professional organizations and
learned a number of best practices that will
support our future efforts.”
With approximately 700 registrants, 118
EWB-USA chapters, 43 panelists and
speakers, and 20 corporate, university,
and non-profit sponsors in attendance,
the conference successfully united EWBUSA participants who are dedicated
to developing sustainable engineering
projects that improve the lives of people in
developing countries.
Bonny Dunbar, former astronaut and guest speaker at
the conference.
Above: (from left to right) Matthew Van Liew, David G. Mongan, President of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, Rachel Long, and Mike Hahn.
“The workshops we attended provided
information on EWB-USA project
management tactics and strategies,
and highlighted both successful and
unsuccessful projects,” said Michael Hahn,
one of two project leads for the division’s
EWB-USA project in Otates, Mexico.
“Attending this conference provided us with
information that will be extremely useful in
successfully organizing and implementing
our first project in Otates.” The Otates
project is in the start-up phase and a
project team will be traveling to Mexico
in the near future to conduct an initial site
assessment. The project will entail design
and development of a sustainable water
system that will provide clean water to the
village schools and health clinic, helping to
raise the quality of life for the children and
adults in this remote Mexican village.
In addition to Matthew Van Liew and
Michael Hahn, two other members of
Projects for People attended the threeday conference during the last week
of March—board member Sara Cutts
and Application Review Committee
chairperson Rachel Long. This year’s
conference theme was “Sustainable
Engineering and Global Health” and the
conference was hosted by the EWB–Puget
Sound professional chapter in Seattle;
University of Washington, Seattle; and
Seattle University.
The involvement by major Washington
universities and hundreds of college
students from across the nation gave the
team direct access to a pool of potential
URS employees. Projects for People
team members manned a booth at the
conference and spoke with over 100
students about URS’ extensive design,
engineering, and construction expertise;
the company’s expanding involvement
with EWB-USA and the culture, heritage,
and history of URS Washington Division.
“We are confident that our interaction
with these students has helped to propel
a growing interest in URS and we are
working to follow up with some of these
students as we continue to expand our
efforts through Projects for People,” said
team member Sara Cutts.
Sara Cutts and Rachel Long at the career fair.
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where in addition to learning about what
other chapters are accomplishing around
the world, they also had the opportunity
to learn a number of best practices for
minimizing communication barriers,
partnering with non-governmental
organizations, and pursuing important
projects in sanitation, water, women’s
health, and many other widespread and
critical areas of need.
Above: (from left to right) Guest speakers Bill Gates
Sr. and Bernard Amadei, Ph.D., Founder, Engineers
Without Borders USA
Various breakout sessions took place
over the three-day event, and the team
members were able to participate in a
number of different panel discussions
The trip also resulted in an unexpected
connection with fellow professionals from
URS’ Chicago office. Next year’s EWBUSA Annual International Conference will
be held in Chicago and there are already
discussions of leveraging URS’ companywide efforts to make the 2009 conference
a success and to increase the visibility of
URS Corporation.
Although the trip to the conference was
brief and the weather was largely typical
for Seattle–overcast and raining–the
team members were able to spend a small
amount of time enjoying the city’s sites,
ethnic food, and music. Team members
said the conference was a wonderful
experience and they are excited to move
forward with the division’s first project in
Otates, their URS counterparts in Chicago,
and the students and student chapters they
met at the conference.
Projects for People Awarded Second Project – Shelter Project
Contributed by Emmett McClintock, Princeton
Natural disaster, armed conflict, and
famine devastate communities and
shatter lives, but a team from Projects
for People – The Washington Way® is
supporting design of a new portable
emergency shelter intended to make
living in the aftermath of destruction a
safer and more secure existence.
On April 18, Engineers Without
Borders USA (EWB-USA) approved
an application from URS Washington
Division’s Projects for People team to
evaluate the design of a prefabricated and
portable shelter and storage unit (SSU)
for use in emergency-response situations.
Upon completion, the design will be
submitted to the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
an international agency with the mission
of safeguarding the rights and well-being
of refugees and displaced persons around
the world.
“The probable use of these structures
would be in emergency settings where
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a quick shelter response is required for
a maximum of several months before
entering into a transitional phase,
and later, onto a permanent phase,”
wrote Lolachi Manoucher, UNHCR
senior physical planner, in an e-mail
correspondence to Projects for People.
To effectively and efficiently respond to
large-scale crises and disasters, stronger,
lighter, and more portable emergency
shelters are necessary that can be
inexpensively manufactured, are easily
constructed and broken down with
minimal tools and experience, will reliably
protect occupants from the elements,
and can withstand collapse by meeting
specified weather-based loading criteria
for natural forces such as wind and snow.
“After 28 years of experience in structural
engineering, I have not come across a
portable structure design that would fully
address the required loading criteria,”
wrote UNHCR’s Manoucher, “but new
research can develop such structures with
new building materials.”
The need for these structures was
tragically illustrated by the tropical
cyclone that struck Myanmar on May
3, killing tens of thousands of people
and leaving many times more homeless.
In response to the disaster, UNHCR
has worked to assemble and ship plastic
sheeting and tents sufficient to provide
shelter to 10,000 people. While these
materials may suffice as temporary shelter
in tropical regions, much sturdier shelters
are required in areas with harsher climates.
The Projects for People design-review
team is studying the current portable
emergency shelter design to determine
if it is feasible to meet the large-scale
operational needs of international aid
agencies and their shipping, technical,
and durability requirements. “A
comprehensive analysis will likely
involve the development of models,” said
Emmett McClintock, project lead and an
engineer in URS Washington Division’s
Power business unit. “In the final report,
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we might wind up recommending realworld tests and/or modifications to the
design in order to ensure that the structure
is safe and effective.”
In addition to McClintock, the Princetonbased project team consists of a five
additional employee volunteers: Robert
Coco, supervising discipline engineer;
Cesar Popkowski, designer; Wilfredo
Rivera, consulting engineer; Ahmed
Mohamed, engineer; and John Moore,
supervising discipline engineer. Collectively,
the team represents broad-based experience
in the evaluation of design calculations,
loading criteria, foundations and site work
requirements, thermal conductivity, and a
number of other project-critical areas.
“There is no on-site construction or
fabrication required, just erection of
prefabricated wall and roof subassemblies,”
said McClintock. “The design consists of
sheathed insulated metal panels with an
aluminum frame to create walls and a roof
and can be erected with minimal tools and
training.” McClintock said the 20-foot
shelter can be erected in about an hour by a
team of six using toolkits shipped with the
shelters.
In addition to the employee volunteers,
the project team will mentor and work with
college students from the University of
Utah as part of the design evaluation. Lisa
Potter, Projects for People board member
and project operations in Denver, has
worked along with other Projects for People
team members to engage college students
in the division’s volunteer-based projects.
“Partnering with students at university
chapters allows us to help define the future
of engineering, both technically and by
developing internationally responsible
engineering students,” said Potter. “It
also allows us access to the best and
brightest engineering students for future
recruitment.”
Potter stressed the importance of the
Projects for People program as both a
humanitarian mission and as a means of
engaging with potential employees who
value excellence in project performance. “In
essence, we’re training these students in The
Washington Way® before they even come to
work for us,” she said.
Depending on final design details,
which need to be clarified with the
initial designer who is not an employee
of URS, the portable emergency shelter
design-review project is expected to be
completed near the end of summer.
Persons interested in assisting with this
project and who have relevant experience,
particularly in the area of portable shelter
design and development, are encouraged
to contact Emmett McClintock at
emmett.mcclintock@wgint.com.
Below: Donating to EWB-USA is easy and convenient
You can now support Projects for People with an automatic Payroll
Deduction
Voluntary Payroll Deduction Enrollment Form
Employee Full Name:
Employee Identification number:
Donation Amount ($5.00 minimum per pay period): $
(whole dollars only)
I authorize Washington Division of URS to make this payroll deduction. This deduction will
roll over from year to year and remain in place until I notify Payroll to stop the deduction.
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on the initiative. If you are interested in
contributing directly to the initiative with a
tax-deductible donation, please make your
check payable to EWB-USA The Washington
Way® Chapter and forward it to:
Karen Ogden, Projects for People, treasurer
URS Washington Division
P.O. Box 73
Boise, Idaho 83729
To make a credit card donation, please visit
www.ewb-usa.org and designate the EWBUSA The Washington Way® Chapter.
A special thanks to the following employees
who have helped contribute to Projects for
People fundraising campaign.
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Jim Baker
Shane Brown
Barry Christen
Jim Cravens
Inez Davis
Larry Dinger
Kevin Donovan
Jim Earley
Al Ebner
Jeff Gaines
Frank Grey
Dan Groeger
Andy Jayjack
John Lee
Karen Ogden
Omar Peck
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Lisa Potter
Gene Recher
Lisa Ross
Cathy Rupert
John Schmerber
Brady Scott
Michael
Shakowski
Dennis Silsby
Bobby Smith
Conrad Thomas
Karen Vacca
Matthew Van
Liew
Jeff Viano
Silvia Were
Payroll System:
(Required Field)
Oracle ....................
JD Edwards............
Please note that the employee automatic payroll deduction is only available to employees
on the Oracle or JD Edwards payroll systems.
Please discontinue my contribution to Projects for People.
Signature:
Date:
Completed forms may be emailed or faxed to payroll.
Please print, sign, and return this form to payroll.department@wgint.com or fax to (208)
386-5277.
The deductions are after-tax for payroll purposes. The contributions may be tax
deductible by the employee when he/she files a tax return at the end of the year.
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URS Washington Division’s Denver Office Becomes Hub for
Engineers Without Border’s Application Review Committee
Matthew Van Liew (Continued)
...Story continued from page 2
Contribued by Marsha Thomas, Denver
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWBUSA) recently approached URS Washington
Division (URS) EWB-USA Chapter
to enlist volunteers to augment their
application reviewing process. Concurrently
with the request, URS was considering
taking on a project with EWB-USA. As a
result of these timely events, we are now
supporting the EWB-USA’s Application
Review Committee (ARC) with company
volunteers and in return URS obtained
a project in Otates, Mexico without the
customary lengthy waiting period.
The EWB-USA review process involves
three volunteers for each application. At this
time, there are almost fifty ARC volunteers
at URS consisting of department heads,
engineering staff, and non engineering
personnel that lead and assist with the
reviews of about forty applications a month.
URS is the first company used outside of
EWB-USA for the ARC review process.
The review process involves examining
applications for projects from groups
such as communities, non-government
organizations, such as the Peace Corps,
government organizations, student chapters
and interested individual sponsors, such as
URS. Other applications are received from
residents of disadvantaged areas seeking
EWB-USA support. These applications
must demonstrate a clear scope of work
that the project can be completed by
volunteer engineers working in their spare
time. If possible, ARC volunteers assist the
submitting community/village with their
application to clarify the project scope to
expedite its review and acceptance.
The review committee carefully considers
the applicant chapter’s capabilities, mentor
skills, and knowledge of the area’s culture
to determine if their ability is sufficient
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to execute a successful project. Because
chapters must be aware of the project’s risk
level, the review committee also oversees
these concerns by investigating and verifying
project costs. The cost must be reasonable
enough for a chapter to raise the necessary
funds. And lastly, a site assessment by EWBUSA engineers determines what options are
required for problem areas.
Overall, the reviewer must uphold
EWB-USA’s mission to partner with
disadvantaged communities to improve
their quality of life through the
implementation of environmentally,
equitable, and economically sustainable
engineering projects while also developing
internationally responsible engineers and
engineering students.
We look forward to forming project and
volunteer teams in all URS offices. If
we have inspired interest to learn more
about getting involved and giving back
to global communities in this exceptional
manner please contact any of the following
individuals.
Matthew Van Liew, URS EWB-USA
Chapter President, (609) 720-3292
Rachel Long, ARC Committee Lead,
(303) 843-2050
Mike Hahn, Otates Project Manager,
(303) 843-2319
Carmela Salas, Otates Project Manager,
(303) 843-3162
Debby Fredrickson, Volunteer Coordinator
(303) 843-2233
Please visit our website at: virtualoffice.
wgint.com/secured/corporate/social_resp/
projects/.
organization that completes 4,000 manhours of community service annually.
He served as the local group’s Vice
President and later President responsible
for overseeing all chapter operations.
Subsequently, he served as President of
student government and committee chair
for their community service initiatives.
It is obvious that Matthew has extensive
experience in serving people through
social outreach organizations. He takes a
personal interest in each assignment. He
is a strong motivator and organizer who
listens to suggestions and ideas, believes in
sharing work and responsibility with each
member, and understands the intricacies
of working with a national association
like Engineers Without Borders to ensure
the organization’s mission is a success –
improving the lives of people experiencing
crisis or disaster in towns and villages
around the world.
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Volunteers Needed for Projects for People – The Washington Way®!
Volunteer Database Manager:
▪ Microsoft Excel and Access expertise
▪ Organizational Skills
This individual will coordinate with
the various committee chairpersons
to obtain volunteer information and
update the database as volunteers
are used in projects. This person will
also be responsible for retrieving the
volunteer information from the website
and updating the master volunteer list.
For more information, contact Sara Cutts
at 303-843-2438.
Project Champion:
▪ Outgoing individual
▪ Excellent communicator
▪ Organization skills
This individual will communicate
with the business units as well as the
Application Review Committee (ARC)
and EWB-USA to locate future projects.
This person will facilitate business units
by filling out requisite paperwork for a
project. For more information contact
Jeff Fowler at 303-843-2845.
Student Mentor with Virginia Tech:
▪ Current passport
▪ Concrete experience
▪ Willing to travel to Guatemala
Virginia Tech is looking for a mentor to
help with a Guatemalan water resources
project in August 2008. We are providing
the school with student mentoring in the
fall. For more information, contact Sara
Cutts at 303-843-2438
Safety Advisor:
▪ Excellent research skills
▪ Interested in other cultures
▪ Promote safety awareness
This individual will be responsible for
researching possible safety hazards in the
areas where potential projects may be
awarded. This individual will research
the political situation of project areas
and determine evacuation routes as well
as work with corporate staff to obtain
approval before the project is bid.
For more information contact Michael
Shakowski at 303-843-2517.
eRoom Coordinator:
▪ Organizational skills
▪ Excellent communicator
▪ Significant eRoom experience
This individual will develop a procedure
for keeping project folders as well as
overall program folders organized and
updated. The eRoom coordinator will be
responsible for ensuring eRoom access
for new volunteers. They will work
closely with the Volunteer Coordinator.
For more information contact Matthew
Van Liew at 609-720-3292.
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We are providing them with a mentor and
assisting them with starting an EWB-USA
Chapter.
The Projects for People team is working
with the Virginia Tech EWB-USA
Chapter. The university requested we
provide presentations highlighting project
management and construction techniques
during the next academic year. In response
to the request, URS Washington Division
has provided the school with three
engineering professionals. Virginia Tech
is also looking for a mentor to help with
a water resources project in Guatemala in
August. To that end, Projects for People is
supporting their search within URS.
Project Engineers:
▪ Current passport
▪ Willing to travel
▪ Organizational skills
Assessment teams will travel to various
project sites to finalize a variety of project
requirements. They will also recruit
other individuals to assist with design
and research. These projects will provide
technical support or improvement to
remote sites as selected by the Projects for
People board. Current project Otates will
have assessment trips to Mexico where
the team will provide water from a local
farm to the village. For more information
contact Mike Hahn at 303-843-2319 or
Carmela Salas at 303-843-3162.
Are you interested in
volunteering for a project
similar to one that’s been
featured in this newsletter?
Please contact Debby
Fredrickson for more
information!
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