New York, NY – Andrew W. Herrmann, PE, SECB, F.ASCE, has been elected President-Elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for 2011.  He will be inaugurated in late October at ASCE’s 140th Annual Conference in Las Vegas and will succeed to the Presidency in 2012.

Herrmann, a Principal of Hardesty & Hanover, LLP, has been with the firm for 37 years in roles ranging from Structural Designer to Managing Partner. During that time he has been responsible for the management of the firm and many of the firm’s major fixed and movable bridge projects. His experience covers design, inspection, rating, rehabilitation, and construction of bridges.

He is past President of ASCE’s NYC Metropolitan Section and past Chair of ASCE’s Technical Administrative Committee on Bridges.  Andrew was co-chair of the 2005 Structural Engineering Institute’s Structures Congress in NYC and served on the Advisory Council for ASCE’s 2003 and 2005 Report Cards for America’s Infrastructure and was the Chair for the Advisory Council for the preparation of the 2009 Report Card.  He has served on the ASCE Board of Direction as  Region 1 Director,  been Chair of ASCE’s Region 1 Board of Governors, been Chair of the Publications Committee, and is presently serving as ASCE Treasurer. He has testified multiple times on behalf of ASCE before the House Committee on Infrastructure and Transportation and the Senate Committee on Public Works and Environment on the topics of infrastructure and the condition of our nation’s bridges and has been interviewed by magazines, newspapers, radio, and television, and participated in cable documentaries on the subject of bridges and our nation’s infrastructure.

For more information on the election, Herrmann’s biography and vision statement go to www.asce.org.