YOU ARE INVITED TO THE NEXT
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
NORTH CAROLINA SECTION
EASTERN BRANCH
LUNCHEON
Speaker: Robert L. Cagle III, P.E., F. ASCE
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021
Topic: Engineering Ethics – 2020 ASCE Code of Ethics
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Summary: A discussion on where the current code of ethics came from and how it has been updated to keep it current in today’s world.
Speaker: Bob Cagle is the most recent past American Society of Civil Engineers’ Director from Region 4. He has been involved with ASCE for over 48 years in some fashion since he was a student at North Carolina State University where he received his BS in Civil Engineering, Construction. He earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina – Wilmington.
Bob has served the Society in many roles as Branch and Section officer, Region Governor, and member, corresponding member and/or Chair of numerous ASCE Committees. Some of those include the Public Policy Committee, the Committee on Leadership and Management/Developing Leaders, the Committee on Technical Advancement, the Program and Finance Committee, the Member Communities Committee, and a number of task committees. He has also served as the Chief Judge for the Concrete Canoe Competition for the Carolinas Student Conference and been a regular participant in ASCE’s Fly-In to influence the Congress and Senate on issues relating to our Nation’s infrastructure needs.
In his professional life, Bob worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers for over 35 years in the construction field. During his career, he was a cost engineer, project engineer, Chief of Construction Contract Administration for the Wilmington District, the Hurricane Fran Area Engineer, the Seymour Johnson AFB Resident Engineer for the Savannah District, the Barracks Resident Engineer on Fort Bragg, the Air Force and Special Operations Area Engineer for North Carolina, and he retired from the Deputy Chief of Construction for the Savannah District overseeing all the Army and a large portion of the Air Force major construction in the Southeast. In addition to his involvement with ASCE, he is the Treasurer of NC Go!, a transportation advocacy group of North Carolina transportation needs and served as the Engineer member and a past Chairman of the Wayne County, NC Department of Public Health Board of Direction. He is a professional engineer. He's been married to Jan for over 40 years and has two adult children.
Location: We will be conducting this luncheon virtually in order to continue practicing social distancing guidelines as recommended by North Carolina. Instructions and a link to the virtual meeting (via Zoom) will been sent to the registered participants. If you do not receive the login information, please contact us. You will have the option to install software for a better viewing experience, but the video will otherwise play in a standard web browser. You will not need to create an account.
Registration Fee: Please register online and provide a $10 registration fee.
To help Professional Engineers in attendance acquire 15 Professional Development Hour (PDH) units per license renewal period in accordance with 21 NCAC 56.1703, we will offer one PDH certificate after the presentation.