. >> julie labonte has been named 2013 government civil engineer of the year by the american society of civil engineers. it's a great privilege to win such an honor and i wanted to personally thank her. she is going to go to charlotte, october 11th, where you will receive the award. it's an amazing accomplishment for julie and represents the department well. julie why don't you come up and say a few words and then you can do your presentation. [ applause ] >> >> thank you. the award certainly did come as a surprise, but i was obviously very pleased. as part of my update today i wanted to first go over some key milestones that were reached in the last month or so and two of those milestones relates to two agenda items on your consent calendar today. it's the closeout of the crystal springs pipeline no. 2 and pipeline no. 3 and 4 crossover and i'm pleased to report in both cases those were completed on schedule and one was completed with change orders adding up to 4.9% and the other 4.4% and so well below the 10% allocated for a project contingency. so we're very pleased with that. als