2011 Outstanding Reviewer Award

The 2011 Outstanding Reviewer Award for the Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities is given to Charles Hanskat.

Charles S. Hanskat, P.E., F.ASCE, FACI, is managing principal at Concrete Engineering Group, LLC, a consulting firm he founded in 2008, which is located in Northbrook, Illinois. He is a licensed professional engineer in 22 states. Hanskat has been involved the design, construction, and evaluation of environmental concrete and shotcrete structures for nearly 35 years.

He is an active voting member of many ACI technical and board committees. He is also a board member on the American Shotcrete Association (ASA) and chair of the ASA Sustainability Committee. He has served on AWWA technical committees developing standards for prestressed concrete for more than 25 years.

Hanskat has been active in professional and technical engineering societies since engineering school. He served as state president of the Florida Engineering Society and as a national director of NSPE. He served as a district director for Tau Beta Pi for 25 years. He is a fellow member of ACI, ASCE, and FES and an active member of ACI, ASA, ASTM, AWWA, and NFPA. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Florida.

The Outstanding Reviewer Award was established in 2009 by the Journals Division of ASCE. As a voluntary peer reviewer, Charles Hanskat demonstrates contributions that are exemplary in every aspect that the award is intended to recognize: timely, conscientious reviews that provide constructive comments. In addition, he has made an extraordinary effort to ensure that manuscripts published in this journal are of practical value, because many of our readers are consultants in engineering practice. His wide range of engineering practice is particularly useful in this regard.

As Editor, I am sincerely gratified to present this new award. The success of ASCE peer-reviewed publications has always been dependent on the altruistic contributions of dedicated reviewers. Of course, our reviewers know that their efforts are appreciated and that they are integral to advances in theory and practice. But in my judgment, this formal recognition is long overdue. I congratulate Charles Hanskat, and look forward to recognizing many other deserving colleagues in the future.