SAVANNAH POST

James Gatling

MARCH SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT

As the leader of the Electrical and Mechanical Design Section for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Mr. James Gatling, P.E., provides engineering solutions for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies that desire to optimize energy performance, conserve water, and enhance indoor environmental quality. Gatling has worked for the Corps since 2004 and before that as a mechanical engineer for the Directorate of Public Works, Fort Bragg, N.C. He is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C.

Congratulations! MG Todd Semonite (left), Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division, presents Beth Williams with the prestigious Connolly Award at the Savannah E-Week Technical Training Conference, February 22, 2012. This award recognizes individuals’ notable contributions in the field of engineering, particularly in design, construction, and methods, bringing credit and distinction to the engineer and the Savannah Community. (The award criteria does not include Savannah Harbor). Col Jeff Hall, USACE Savannah District Commander and SAME Savannah Post President is pictured on the right.

ISSUE 06March 2012

E-Week

Photo Highlight

Sustaining Member Listings

March Sustaining Member Highlights

Welcome to New Member

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“To be recognized among my peers is such an honor and

a testament to those who have taken the time to educate and

mentor me along the way. I am thank-ful to work with an amazing group of

smart, talented, and fun people who care about what they do.”

Beth Williams Connolly Award Winner

and Young SAME MemberUSACE Photo by George Jumara

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2011 SAMESavannah Post

Officers & Committee ChairsCol Jeffrey Hall

President

Joel Burke1st Vice President

Gwen Parker2nd Vice President

Scott VeenstraSecretary

Gavin CareyTreasurer

Sally RikerChairman of the Board of

Directors and past president

Justin ArnsdorffProgram Chair

Maureen HokeLeadership & Mentoring

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Anna LucasEducation & Training

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Adam RagsdaleRelationships & Recognition

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Kelly HayesEmergency Preparedness & Homeland Security Streamer

Frank RandonScholarships & Camps

Hugh GigglemanSustaining Members

Hollie DupesNew Members

Heather WishartFellow

Emily AndreasPost Web Page

Larry ChristopherNewsletter

More than 150 engineers and construction-related professionals gathered at the annual Savannah E-Week Technical Training Conference to share knowledge on the theme of “Zero in on Energy” on February 22, 2012. The conference was hosted by the SAME Savannah Post and Georgia Tech-Savannah. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District Commander Col. Jeff Hall, who is also the SAME Savannah Post president, attended the conference and presented opening remarks. Breakout sessions, featuring subject expert keynote speakers, were held and included Army Net Zero initiatives, smart grids for the Department of Defense, sustainable building solutions, waste to energy technologies, and more. In addition, the luncheon guest speaker was MG Todd Semonite, Commander of the Corps of Engineers’ South Atlantic Division. The conference was another successful event and learning opportunity for everyone who attended.

The 2012 E-Week Technical Training Conference ‘Zeroed’ in on Educating and Networking.

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MG Semonite, USACE South Atlantic Division Commander,

was the keynote featured luncheon speaker at the

conference. MG Semonite’s presentation was “The

Public’s Engineer of Choice in the Southeast.

The SBA released the final rule regarding the size standard increases for industries in NAICS Sector 54 and one industry in Sector 81. The final rule is effective March 12, 2012. The full notice from the SBA regarding the final rule can be found on our website at http://pilieromazza.com/rules-regulations.

New Rule in Effect March 12

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LINKS TO KNOW:

SAVE THE DATE! Check out the Post web site for more details about the following upcoming events:

• June 13 Annual Golf Tournament

• June 13 Icebreaker/ Small Business Showcase

• June 14 Annual Program Review

Gavin Carey, post treasurer and young member, and Kristin King, vice president of the SAME Savannah Student Post at Georgia Tech, get ready for the E-Week luncheon event. Both recently attended the Post Leadership conference in San Diego.

MG Semonite and Col. Jeffrey Hall, presented MG’s Division Commander a coin for Layal Akkad (not pictured) with Leo Daly Architects. Ed Piekarczyk (center), also with Leo Daly Architects, accepted the award on her behalf.

MG Semonite presents a Division Commander coin to thank Camille Krolikowski for chairing the 2012 E-Week Technical Training Conference.

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JANUARY AECOMAlliant CorporationAMECApplied Engineering Solutions, Inc.ARCADISBarge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc.Bhate Environmental Assoc. Inc.Brasfield & Gorrie General ContractorsBristol Alliance of Companies

FEBRUARYBRPH Companies Inc.Building & Earth Sciences Inc.Burgess & NipleBurns & McDonnellCampbell & Paris EngineersCAPECardno TBECarothers Construction, Inc.Castle Engineering, LLCCDA ArchitectsCEMS Engineering Inc.

MARCHCH2MHILLCollins Engineers Inc.Columbia Engineering & Services, Inc.Cromwell Architects EngineersCrowder Construction CompanyCTI and Associates, Inc.Delmonico Restoration & Development, LLC.Dulohery, Weeks & Gagliano Inc.Ecology & Environment Inc.EdificeElkins Constructors, Inc.Environmental Services, Inc.Florence & Hutcheson, Inc.

APRILGEL Geophysics, LLCGovernment Services Integrated Process Team LLCGreenberg FarrowGreenhorne & O'MaraHarkins Development CorporationHarvard Jolly ArchitectureHDR

HNTBHoward W. Pence, Inc.Interface FLORJ2 Engineering, Inc.JacobsJE Dunn Construction

MAYJETC Conference

JUNEAnnual Program Review

JULY Jordan, Jones & GouldingKBR Government & InfrastructureKCI Technologies Inc.Kennedy Engineering & Associates Group LLCKnight Architects, Inc.LandAir Surveying CompanyLEO A DALYLifecycle Construction Services, LLCLindbergh & Associates, LLCLowe EngineersLS3P Associates Ltd.M3 Construction Services Inc

AUGUSTMACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc.Mashburn Construction CompanyMason & HangerMcDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.Merrick & CompanyMicah Group Environmental Contractors, Inc.Michael Baker CorporationMoffatt & NicholMWHNobles Consulting Group, Inc.North Wind Inc.O'Brien & Gere

SEPTEMBERParsonsParsons BrinckerhoffPB&A Inc.PBS&JPersaud Companies Inc.Pond & Company

Port City Design Group, LLCPrime Engineering Inc.R.C. Construction Co., Inc.R2TRedteam Software LLCReeves Construction CompanyReynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.

OCTOBERS&ME, Inc.Science Applications International Corp.Sherlock, Smith & AdamsSiemens Industries IncSmall Business Group, Inc. (DBA SBG-EEG)Smoak Design IncSpatial Engineering Inc.SpecPro Environmental Services LLCStanley Consultants Inc.Stantec Inc.STOA ArchitectsStudio 2LR

NOVEMBERSungwon Georgia Corp. TAB Commissioning Services, Inc.Teng & Associates, Inc.TerranearPMC, LLCTetra Tech, Inc.The Angus CorporationThe Louis Berger Group Inc.The Management EdgeThe Shaw Group Inc.The Whiting Turner Contracting CompanyThomas & Hutton Engineering Co.Thompson Engineering Inc.

DECEMBERTidewater Environmental Services, Inc.TMS Contracting, LLC.Toltest, Inc.Tug Hill ConstructionUnited Consulting Group, Ltd.URS CorporationWeston Solutions, Inc.Wildlands Environmental, Inc.WK Dickson & Co., Inc.Wolverton & Associates, Inc.Woolpert, Inc.

SUSTAINING MEMBER BRIEFINGS 2012For 2012, the Savannah Post SAME is offering Sustaining Member firms the opportunity to submit an article on their company for the monthly newsletter, and to have a two-minute briefing to discuss their firm at the monthly SAME meeting. Each firm will be asked to bring a gift to raffle. A list of all sustaining members is below with each member’s assigned month. We ask that all articles be forwarded to Larry Christopher at lchristopher@brasfieldgorrie.com. Please contact Hugh Giggleman at hgiggleman@cemsengineering.com for more information. Sustaining members listed in February and March will have the opportunity to make a presentation at the March meeting.

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SAVANNAH POST

Established in 1954, Davis & Floyd provides civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical, structural, and transportation engineering; architecture; con-struction services; survey/mapping; and laboratory services. Regarded as a leading engineering/architectural firm in the Southeast, Davis & Floyd

ranks nationally as one of the top 500 firms by Engineering News-Record. Davis & Floyd has a staff of approximately 200 individuals located in offices in Greenwood, North Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, and Florence, South Carolina, and Hickory, North Carolina.

Davis & Floyd’s mission is to challenge its team of engineers, architects, and scientists to deliver sustainable solutions for its clients and community that are based on a foundation of honesty, integrity, and innovation.

Davis & Floyd has diverse experience with projects at numerous military installations, including:

Davis & Floyd supports continuous professional development for its staff and maintains qualifications, licenses, and certifications, including, but not limited to, the following licenses & certifications:

Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a regionally and internationally recognized engineering,

architectural, construction and environmental services firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri and with regional offices throughout the country. Employee-owned since 1986, our multidisciplinary staff includes engineers, planners, architects, construction managers, scientists, economists, and other specialists. Burns & McDonnell ranks No. 20 in Engineering News-Record’s 2011 Top 500 Engineering Firms worldwide. We have been honored with numerous awards for innovation and excellence, including: • Premier Award for Client Satisfaction - Professional Services Management Journal (2009, 2010) • Best Companies to Work For - Fortune magazine (2009, 2011) We have also received many other awards from other professional organizations, government agencies and the armed forces. Over 85% of our work is obtained through repeat business. Our ability to retain our clients is the direct result of being responsive to all of our client’s needs. Our mission is simple, “Make our Clients Successful”. Burns & McDonnell’s regional office in Atlanta provides a full range of consulting and design services to support the design of airfields, buildings, aircraft hangars, industrial facilities, and infrastructure for federal clients. Our office has provided consulting and design services on projects throughout the Southeast for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Guard Bureau, and the U.S. Air Force. In the Southeast, Burns & McDonnell currently holds IDIQ contracts with the Savannah District Corps of Engineers, the Mobile District Corps of Engineers and the Georgia Department of Defense. We have also recently been selected for a contract with NAVFAC Southeast.

SUSTAINING MEMBER HIGHLIGHT MARCH 2012

Military Installations• Charleston Air Force Base• Congaree Air Force Base• Dobbins Air Force Base• Donaldson Air Force Base• Myrtle Beach Air Force Base• Prince Sultan Air Force Base• Robins Air Force Base• Seymour Johnson Air Force Base• Shaw Air Force Base• Turner Air Force Base• McEntire Air National Guard• Charleston Naval Weapons Station• Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island• Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort• Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune• US Army Basic Combat Training Center of Excellence, Fort Jackson• US Army Signal Center of Excellence, Fort Gordon

Projects• Vehicle & support equipment• Aircraft maintenance shops• Fuel distribution & storage facilities• Administrative offices• Base supply & engineering facilities• Fire stations• Security facilities• Power & communication distribution facilities• Dining hall, medical, religious, recreational, & educational facilities• Roads, bridges, & parking• Airfield• Railroad• Water, sewer, stormwater, & utility infrastructure

• Registered Professional Engineer (PE)• Professional Licensed Surveyor (PLS)• Registered Architect• Registered Landscape Architect• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED-AP)• Certified Flood Plain Manager (CFM)• Certified Energy Manager (CEM)

• Certified SCDOT Inspector• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)• Project Management Professional (PMP)• HAZWOPER• HAZMAT• Anti-Terrorist/Force Protection (AT/FP)• Asbestos Inspector/Management Planner

WELCOME NEW MEMBERThe SAME Savannah Post would like to formally welcome Volkert, Inc. as a new sustaining member. We look forward to your contributions and working with you!