Marquette to host nationally recognized civil engineering speaker for presentations on the Hoover Dam and Brooklyn Bridge

March 19, 2019

Paul Giroux to present 鈥楤uilding the Hoover Dam鈥� on March 21 and 鈥楤uilding the Brooklyn Bridge鈥� on March 22

MILWAUKEE 鈥� 蜜桃影像鈥檚 Opus College of Engineering will host Paul Giroux, senior estimating manager at Kiewit and distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, for a series of presentations on the challenges and lessons learned from two major civil engineering projects in the Unites States.

Thursday, March 21

Giroux will present 鈥淏uilding the Hoover Dam鈥� at 8 p.m. in Engineering Hall 236, 1637 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. This event is only open to members of the media.

The Hoover Dam is highly regarded as one of the greatest civil engineering achievements in history. Giroux will discuss why this is still true today, as well as the challenges faced in building the dam, the importance of the Colorado River in the dam鈥檚 construction and how those leading the project successfully leveraged new construction technology to build a structure of unprecedented scope.

Friday, March 22

Giroux will present 鈥淏uilding the Brooklyn Bridge鈥� at noon in Engineering Hall 323. This event is free and open to the public.

Giroux first presented 鈥淏uilding the Brooklyn Bridge鈥� while serving as ASCE chairman in 2008, when he was the featured speaker for the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. Giroux鈥檚 presentation highlights many of the challenges faced by and lessons learned from the Brooklyn Bridge鈥檚 master builders and the relevance of those lessons in modern bridge and design construction.  

Thanks to the Opus Dean鈥檚 Fund, the Connecting with the World Lecture Series brings speakers to the Opus College of Engineering to present on a variety of engineering topics.

About Giroux

Giroux鈥檚 work has focused on a variety of heavy civil engineering mega projects throughout the United States, including notable projects such as the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, the Zakim/Bunker Hill Bridge in Boston and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge east span. In addition to his presentation at the Brooklyn Bridge鈥檚 125th anniversary, he was also involved in the ASCE鈥檚 Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary Symposium, the Golden State Bridge 75th anniversary and the centennial anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal.