Charles H. Sain, P.E.
Hack Sain is a volunteer trustee. He is a strong advocate for leadership development for engineers and other professions. The Hack Sain Leadership in Engineering Program is named for Hack because of his leadership and determination pioneering efforts to provide leadership training for engineers.
Hack is a 2006 inductee into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. He founded Sain Associates, an award-winning professional practice that focuses on civil engineering and surveying. During Hack's 50 years in engineering, he has founded a company that has offices in multiple states, led volunteer organizations, and taught principles and practices of leadership as well as engineering. He has been involved with the development of over 1,000 commercial projects; design and/or construction of Corps of Engineers dam projects and power plants; municipal, correctional, educational, housing, and health care facilities; and over 10 million square feet of industrial/distribution center projects on sites of 200 acres and more. Hack is an expert consultant on blasting, soils, and the hydraulics of streams. He is the author of Chapter 13, "Earthwork," Merritt's Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers.
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Education and Professional Licensures
Bachelor of Civil Engineering/Soils and Hydraulics, University of Florida, 1949
Registered Professional Engineer (performed civil engineering work in 39 states).
Technical and Professional Society Memberships, Service and Accomplishments
Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame 2006
Past President, Alabama Society of Professional Engineers
Engineer of the Year 2000, Engineering Council of Birmingham
Trustees’ Distinguished Service Award – International Council of Shopping Centers
Life Achievement Award, Alabama Section – Alabama Society of Civil Engineers
Board of Advisers, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, UAB
Board of Advisers, Civil and Coastal Engineering Department, University of Florida
Foundation Council, College of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Chairman, Water Quality Committee, ICSC
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, National Society of Professional Engineers
Member, Joint Engineers Council of Alabama
Member, Alabama Council of Engineering Companies
Consultant to Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
CHURCH
Past Board of Deacons, Vestavia Hills Baptist Church
Past President, Board of Directors – Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers
Member, Baptist Center for Ethics
Past Sunday School Teacher
Community
Past Chairman, Board of Trustees and Leadership in Engineering Committee
Johnny Johnson Loyalty Award, Personal Leadership Association (Life Leaders)
Member, Newcomen Society--Birmingham, Alabama
Member, The Exchange Club
Vice Chairman, Jefferson County Board of Zoning Adjustments
Chairman, Vestavia Hills Board of Zoning Adjustments
Hack Sain is a volunteer trustee. He is a strong advocate for leadership development for engineers and other professions. The Hack Sain Leadership in Engineering Program is named for Hack because of his leadership and determination pioneering efforts to provide leadership training for engineers.
Hack is a 2006 inductee into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. He founded Sain Associates, an award-winning professional practice that focuses on civil engineering and surveying. During Hack's 50 years in engineering, he has founded a company that has offices in multiple states, led volunteer organizations, and taught principles and practices of leadership as well as engineering. He has been involved with the development of over 1,000 commercial projects; design and/or construction of Corps of Engineers dam projects and power plants; municipal, correctional, educational, housing, and health care facilities; and over 10 million square feet of industrial/distribution center projects on sites of 200 acres and more. Hack is an expert consultant on blasting, soils, and the hydraulics of streams. He is the author of Chapter 13, "Earthwork," Merritt's Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers.
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Education and Professional Licensures
Bachelor of Civil Engineering/Soils and Hydraulics, University of Florida, 1949
Registered Professional Engineer (performed civil engineering work in 39 states).
Technical and Professional Society Memberships, Service and Accomplishments
Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame 2006
Past President, Alabama Society of Professional Engineers
Engineer of the Year 2000, Engineering Council of Birmingham
Trustees’ Distinguished Service Award – International Council of Shopping Centers
Life Achievement Award, Alabama Section – Alabama Society of Civil Engineers
Board of Advisers, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, UAB
Board of Advisers, Civil and Coastal Engineering Department, University of Florida
Foundation Council, College of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Chairman, Water Quality Committee, ICSC
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, National Society of Professional Engineers
Member, Joint Engineers Council of Alabama
Member, Alabama Council of Engineering Companies
Consultant to Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
CHURCH
Past Board of Deacons, Vestavia Hills Baptist Church
Past President, Board of Directors – Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers
Member, Baptist Center for Ethics
Past Sunday School Teacher
Community
Past Chairman, Board of Trustees and Leadership in Engineering Committee
Johnny Johnson Loyalty Award, Personal Leadership Association (Life Leaders)
Member, Newcomen Society--Birmingham, Alabama
Member, The Exchange Club
Vice Chairman, Jefferson County Board of Zoning Adjustments
Chairman, Vestavia Hills Board of Zoning Adjustments
