Professional of the Year for 2008 in Excavations and Earth Moving Consulting: David A. Day, P.E.

	David A. Day, P.E.
Industry	Engineering/Construction
Title	Principal & Owner
Expertise	Excavation, earth moving, foundations and tunnel construction
Current Organization	David A. Day, P.E.
Type of Organization	Engineering consulting
Major Product	Writing and consulting
Area of Distribution	National/International
University/Degree	B.C.E., with Honors, Cornell, Univ., 1945; M.S. Structures, Univ. of Illinois, C-U, 1951; Ph.D., Construction
Born	November 22, 1924, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Published Works	"Construction Equipment Guide", John Wiley & Sons, 1973 and 2nd edition with Professor Neal Benjamin, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1991; Hard-covered reports with designs to USDOE on Nuclear Waste Repositories, 1980-83; "Moving the Earth", 4th, 5th and 6th editions, McGraw-Hill Co. Inc., 1999, 2005, 2010
Affiliations	Fellow and Life Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Life Member, National Society of Professional Engineers
Career Accomplishments	Served as Editor and Chair of the National Construction Division of ASCE and President of Colorado, ASCE, 1965, served as President of Professional Engineers of Colorado, 1971, and the Colorado Engineering Council, 1975; Included in Who's' Who in America since 1976
Work History	Public Works Officer, Civil Engineer Corps, USNR; Field Superintendent, Raymond Concrete Pile Co., 1946-48; Faculty to Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Dept., Univ. of IL, 1948-58; Professor of Civil Engineering, 1958-74 and Dean, College of Engineering, 1960-68, Teaching and research, 1968-74, Univ. of Denver; Stearns Roger Inc., Senior Staff Engineer, 1974-78, foundation design for Pawnee Power Plant, Brush, CO; Project Engineer, Raw Water Intake Systems (shafts, tunnels, pipeline), Antelope Valley Power Plant and ANG Co., Beulah, ND; Project Civil Engineer, USDOE's Nuclear Waste Repository Study in salt domes, basalt formation at Hanford, WA and tuff formation at Yucca Mtn, NV; Other projects at Stearns Catalytic Corp until retirement in 1986
Children	Marilyn D. Williamson, Barbara E. Day, Suzanne D. Peterson, Frederick E. Day, Caroline E. Day
Spouse	Mary Squires
Married	September 8, 1945
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