Rock Island Post
Society of American Military Engineers

The mission of the Society of American Military Engineers is to promote and facilitate engineering support for national security by developing and enhancing relationships and competencies among uniformed services, public and private sector engineers, and related professionals.

Who We Are

Centered in Rock Island, Illinois, the Rock Island Post serves the Upper Mississippi River Valley, with members in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Indiana and Ohio. The post boasts over 250 individual members and over 35 sustaining member firms. Monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month. In addition to hosting an annual golf outing and commander briefings, the post is also active in various community activities.

For more information on the Society of American Military Engineers, please visit the SAME National web site at http://same.org.


Current News

The May Post Notes.

Please join us on Thursday, 8 May as Thomas Mack of the USACE, Rock Island District will present the Lockport Pool Slurry Wall Cutoff Barrier project that is located on the historic Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC). Mr Mack's presentation will discuss the overall Lockport Pool Major Rehabilitation project, introduce the history of the CSSC, discuss the ongoing design and construction, and address the future rehabilitation needs. The project is currently in the construction phase; installing 180,000 square feet of slurry wall within a century-old 40-foot high navigation embankment. The contractor is installing the slurry wall using a hydro-mill excavation in a bentonite slurry filled trench while maintaining a full navigation pool. For all the details about this event, see the May Post Notes.

The presentations from the 2008 Commander Briefings & Small Business Conference can be retrieved from the link below:

Conference Presentations

Rock Island Post to Co-Host National Conference

The Rock Island Post is proud to co-host the 2008 Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo with the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Post at the Minneapolis Convention Center from 20-23 May 2008. For all of the details please visit the Conference Website.

For information on future events, see the 2008 Calendar.


Sustaining Members

Ayres Associates Fuller, Mossbarger, Scott & May Engineers, Inc. Norris & Associates, Inc.
Barr Engineering Co. Graef Anhalt Schloemer & Associates, Inc. Pangea Group
Bergmann Associates GSG Consultants, Inc. River Stone Group, Inc.
Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp. Hanson Professional Services, Inc. Shaw Environ. & Infrastructure, Inc.
CH2M Hill HNTB Shive-Hattery, Inc.
C. H. Guernsey & Co. Horner & Shifrin Inc. Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc.
Caterpillar, Inc. Howard R. Green Company Stanley Consultants, Inc.
CDM KJWW Engineering Terracon
Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. MACTEC Engineering and Consulting URS Corporation
CT Laboratories McClure Engrg. Assoc., Inc. W. F. Baird & Associates
Daily & Associates, Engnrs., Inc. Michael Baker Corp./Michael Baker Jr. Inc. WESTON Solutions, Inc.
Dakota Intertek Corp. Missman Stanley & Associates P.C. Zambrana Engineering, Inc.
Earth Tech, Inc. Montgomery Watson Harza



Rock Island Post
Clock Tower Building
Rock Island, IL 61204-2004
Telephone: (309) 794-5790

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Last modified: May 7, 2008