Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania

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Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania
Formation1880
Typenot-for-profit membership organization
Headquarters Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Location
  • 337 Fourth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    United States
Membership
1000+
Official language
English
President
Tammi A. Halapin, P.E.
General Manager
David A. Teorsky, CCM
Website www.eswp.com

The Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania (or ESWP) is a non-profit membership professional association based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The society was founded in 1880 to "promote social, technical, and business interaction in Western Pennsylvania." [1]
Among other activities, the ESWP is the sponsor of the International Water Conference (IWC) annually since 1940; [2] the International Bridge Conference (IBC) annually since 1983; [3] and is a co-sponsor of the Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference (formerly named the Industrial Site Recycling Conference). ESWP regularly recognizes individuals and projects of distinction with awards and medals during their Annual Engineering Awards Banquet, thought to be the longest-running banquet of its type in America. [4]

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Mission statement

The mission of the society is to:

Advance the engineering profession and position Western Pennsylvania as a center of engineering excellence. [5]

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References

  1. "About the Society". Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  2. "Water Home – ESWP".
  3. Bridge Home - ESWP
  4. Annual Awards - ESWP
  5. "Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania" . Retrieved 2014-12-21.