Federal Forum

7th Annual Forum

This forum will link ASCE’s Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition and the TISP Congress on Infrastructure Security for the Built Environment. It will facilitate free-flowing discussion among Federal government leaders who collectively represent the largest owners/operators and managers of facilities planning, design, construction, and operations in the United States. Through employment or contract, the agencies they represent touch tens of thousands of architects, engineers and builders. They will discuss a wide range of topics, including careers for engineers in government, trends in government programs, and their agencies’ protection of our nation’s critical infrastructure in an antiterrorism and multi-hazard environment.

Moderator:

In 1992, Henry J. (Hank) Hatch completed a distinguished 35-year-career in the United States Army, retiring after serving as Chief of Engineers and Commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers. His missions included military construction and environmental engineering for the Army, Air Force, and the Army’s civil water resources program, while commanding more than 40,000 members of the Corps. More recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Hatch is active with the National Research Council (the operating arm of the National Academies of Engineering and Science), ASCE, the Society of American Military Engineers, and the Engineering and Technology Exploring Program of the Boy Scouts of America. He was National Chairman of National Engineers Week 2002.

Panelists:

William W. Brubaker has extensive experience in public works construc-tion. He has served in several capacities with the US Army Corps of Engineers, including Chief of the Department of the Army Construction Programming Division at the Pentagon. Prior to his appointment with the Smithsonian, he was Director of Facilities Engineering for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia, a master’s of Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech, and an MBA from Boston University.

Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, P.E., Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Army

Following his graduation and commissioning from the Virginia Military Institute in 1969, Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers completed Airborne and Ranger training, began his career as an Engineer Officer, and obtained a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia. Operational deployments took him into command positions during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and into Somalia and Bosnia. Before his selection as Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Flowers served as Commanding General of the Maneuver Support Center at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.

R. Adm. Michael R. Johnson, P.E., F.ASCE, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Chief of Civil Engineers, US Navy

Rear Admiral Michael R. Johnson assumed his current duties in October 2000. He previously was triple-hatted as Commander, Atlantic Division, NAVFAC; Commander, Second Naval Construction Brigade; and Director, Shore Activities Readiness, Commander-in-Chief, US Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, VA. He received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and in 1972 joined the Civil Engineer Corps. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Business/Economics from Chapman College and earned master’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Public Works Management at the University of Pittsburgh.

F. Joseph Moravec, Commissioner of Public Buildings Service, US General Services Administration

Named Commissioner of Public Buildings Service in 2001, F. Joseph Moravec is in charge of one of the major federal construction programs, including federal courthouses, as well as asset management for more than 330 million square feet in more than 8,000 public and private buildings accommodating more than 1 million federal workers. In recent months following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he has led relocation efforts for 2,800 displaced workers at the Pentagon and in New York City. Prior to his appointment, he served as Senior Advisor for Business Development at George Washington University and had a long career as a real estate executive.

Charles E. Williams, Director and COO, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, US Department of State

Charles E. Williams holds a bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee Institute and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Atlanta. He attended the Senior Manager in Government program at Harvard University. He spent nearly 30 years with the US Army Corps of Engineers. After retiring in 1989 as a distinguished Major General, he served as President and COO of the New York City School Construction Authority, the largest school building program in the nation. In his current position with the State Department, he manages the day-to-day activities of construction management, real estate, operations and maintenance, design and engineering, planning and programming, and budget management of more than 15,000 facilities in multiple locations overseas.

As in the past, this Federal Forum will be videotaped and made available for presentation to students, local ASCE Sections, and company groups. Advance ordering is available, using the Registration Form: $49.95 plus $7.50 for shipping/handling. Orders will direct-ship after the Conference.