Video: GITA Keynoter: Blaine Leondard, ASCE president-elect, Tells Why U.S. Infrastructure Rates a “D” in Report Card

Blaine Leonard, the American Society of Civil Engineers president-elect, gave the keynote address at this year’s Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference, GITA’s annual event. Leonard is the Research Program Manager with the Utah Department of Transportation in Salt Lake City, where he is responsible for balancing research needs and resources within the Department, and for managing a wide variety of research projects. Prior to joining the Department, Blaine spent 20 years as a consulting civil engineer in Utah. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Utah. Mr. Leonard currently serves as the 2009 President-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has served ASCE in numerous capacities at the national and local level, and is currently the Chair of the Task.

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