The Engineers' Extra
The Raleigh Engineers Club (REC) has been in existence since 1926. The club seeks to promote the Engineering field through monthly technical meetings and support of those pursuing a future in the Engineering discipline. We award an annual scholarship to a Raleigh area graduating high school senior to enter the school of engineering at NC State. Our members have a diverse background of engineering disciplines and represent several companies and government agencies located in the Raleigh area.
The Raleigh Engineers Club
Join the Raleigh Engineers Club!
Annual membership is only $35. Our goal is to provide interesting and technically-oriented programs to its members, offer licensed members an opportunity for continuing education credits, and award a semester of tuition to a deserving, graduating Raleigh area high school senior choosing engineering as a career at NC State. Membership is available to anyone working in support of the engineering profession. You do not have to be an engineer. Download an application here and email the completed application to secretary@raleighengineersclub.org. We'll get you on the mailing list right away!
The Raleigh Engineers Club has monthly lunch meetings that cover engineering topics of interest to all types of engineers and people interested in engineering activities regardless of discipline. The Raleigh Engineers Club is a NC Board of Registration for Engineers Certified provider of professional development hours (PDH credits) for licensed engineers. Eleven meetings are held annually with one set aside for scholarship awards and updates on successes of engineering graduates from NCSU. So ten professional development hours are provided each year. Note that you do not need to be a licensed engineer or a graduate engineer to be a member! View our Constitution and Bylaws !
George Sharpe, PE
2025 Club President
PROGRAM
May19, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Introduction to NCDOT Funding and Prioritization of Projects.
with
Brian M. Wert, PE
STIP Central Region Manager
Planning and Programming Division
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Announcements
- Scholarship Donations - Each year we offer one scholarship for one semester of NCSU tuition paid to one Wake County high school graduate who is entering their Freshman year at NCSU and have been accepted into the College of Engineering. The success of our scholarship depends on your donations. If you would like to donate, you can do so through our Eventbrite or on any meeting event or anytime on our 2025 Raleigh Engineers Club Membership Dues Event.
- 2025 Membership Dues - You can pay for your 2025 dues on line today. The promo code for free webinars is included in your confirmation email of your paid dues. Click on this link to pay now if you are not already registering for this webinar.
- The Raleigh Engineers Club is continuing to offer free webinars to their members. The non-member webinar fee is $10 + taxes and fees.
In this program, Brian Wert will present an overview of NCDOT's Funding and Prioritization of Transportation Projects. With over $30 Billion of projects, the NC State Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP) is a 10-year planning document that details which projects the State intends to build as well as when those projects are expected to be delivered. Guiding the development of the STIP is the Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) legislation which governs the disbursement of funds across the State as well as requires NCDOT to utilize a prioritization process for selecting the best transportation projects.
The presentation will walk viewers through the basics of transportation funding, The STIP, the NCDOT Prioritization Process, and will culminate in an overview of the Draft 2026-2035 NCDOT STIP, which is currently scheduled for adoption by the NCDOT Board of Transportation in July of this year. This presentation should help viewers understand where funds come from to support transportation projects, how to find which transportation projects NCDOT will be working on, and how NCDOT chooses projects.
Brian serves as NCDOT's Central Unit STIP manager where he oversees the STIP for the central part of North Carolina (Divisions 5, 7-9). Prior to taking this role Brian was the manager of the NCDOT Strategic Prioritization of Transportation (SPOT) Office, which is responsible for overseeing and delivering the NCDOT Prioritization process. Brian has held numerous roles in his career working for NCDOT, private industry, and local government. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2001 and his Masters of Civil Engineering in 2008 and is a registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina.
