Students,
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Beavers Charitable Trust and invite you to a landmark presentation:
Addressing the climate crisis will require a massive building effort to produce better, cleaner, smarter, safer infrastructure. Veteran builder, engineer, and historian Paul Giroux looks to past iconic projects to extract timeless lessons on what traits GREAT BUILDERS need to meet the challenge today.
What: GREAT BUILDERS presentation by Paul Giroux
When: Tuesday, December 5th, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Paccar Hall, Room 192 (Shansby Auditorium)
Why go: Hear the best construction presenter in America on what makes a GREAT BUILDER
Who’s invited: All are welcome
Paul’s presentations are legendary from his wizard-like use of PowerPoint (trust me, it’s mind-blowing), to his meticulous research, to his 45 years of construction engineering experience. Just for a moment, shut out the chaos of the quarter’s last week and sink into a great story on building great things. All are welcome: friends, family, other students, and interested parties.
More on the presentation
In the past century the means and methods to design and build infrastructure have evolved at an ever-increasing rate. Yet, there are timeless lessons from the builders of the “Great Projects”; Brooklyn Bridge, Panama Canal, Hoover Dam, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Veteran builder and award-winning civil engineering historian Paul Giroux will share his unique perspective of the great projects their builders. Paul will also share what he’s learned about great builders throughout his 45-year career with the Kiewit Companies. Indeed, there are timeless lessons from the great builders.
Learning Objectives: After attending the Great Builders lecture, participants will be able to:
- Describe the challenges of designing and building the Great Projects
- Describe the role of the key individuals who worked on the Great Projects
- Identify lessons from the Great Builders that are still relevant to modern practice
- Identify the essential traits of great builders
About Paul Giroux
Raymond “Paul” Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE, NAC received his BS in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University in 1979. Paul worked for Kiewit for 45 years on a wide variety of heavy civil engineering mega projects throughout the United States. Paul played a key role in notable projects such as the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, several projects on the Big Dig in Boston — including the new Zakim/Bunker Hill Bridge, the new San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge East Span.
Currently, Paul is a visiting professor of engineering practice at Purdue University Lyles School of Civil Engineering. Paul has served on numerous industry advisory board and has been an active member of several national committees for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). During the past two decades Paul had leadership and speaking roles at numerous anniversary events including the Brooklyn Bridge 125th, the Hoover Dam 75th, the Golden Gate Bridge 75th, the Panama Canal 100th, the Grand Coulee Dam 75th, the Transcontinental Railroad 150th, as well as lectures on the Eads Bridge, and the Mackinac Bridge.