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1 december 2012 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Program... 1 Sustaining Member Firms SAME - News And Notes... 3 Just The Facts... 6 ToP Large Post Honorable mention 2010 ToP Large Post 2006 DISTINGUISHED POST 2011 Fort Worth Post PROGRAM: C SAME Fort Worth Post hristmas ala G December 14, 2012 Fort Worth Petroleum Club Cost: $40 per person 6:30 pm Cocktails/Social Hour 7:15 pm Dinner (Elegant Buffet) 8:00 pm Dessert & Meeting 8:45 pm Entertainment fied ssi Operation Cla Recon RSVP Deadline: Monday, December 10, Late RSVP s cannot be accommodated $5 on-site parking (with validation) Support the US Marine Corps Toys For Tots & Our Community Please Bring an Unwrapped Toy to be Collected by The Marine Corps After Party Details to Come... same-fortworth.org P.O. Box Fort Worth, Texas

2 No December Presentations Questions? Fine print... Each firm will be featured in the month indicated on the schedule above. Prior to the month in which your firm will be featured, you will submit an article for the newsletter describing your firm and its capabilities and experience. In addition, each firm will be entitled to make a two minute presentation at the regular meeting. Historically firms have chosen to bring a raffle prize (benefiting the SAME Scholarship Fund) to the meeting when they make a presentation. JANUARY AECOM Alliance Geotechnical Group AMEC ARCADIS/Malcolm Pirnie ARS Engineers, Inc. Atkins Aviation Alliance, Inc. Balfour Beatty Construction BD Collaborative Bechtel S Corporation Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc. Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc. Burns & McDonnell FEBRUARY Carothers Construction, Inc. CDM CH2M HILL CHA Inc. Champion Commercial Solutions Conti Federal Services, Inc. CORE Construction CPY, Inc. Criado and Associates, Inc. Cyntergy AEC Dannenbaum Engineering Corp. David Mason & Associates, Inc. Dewberry MARCH Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. Dougherty Sprague Environmental, Inc. E.W. Wells Group EA Engineering, Science & Technology, Inc ECC Ecology & Environment, Inc. EnSafe, Inc. ETD Services, LLC dba The Davitz Group ETTL Engineers & Consultants, Inc. Ewing Engineered Solutions Farnsworth Group, Inc. Freese and Nichols, Inc. Brown and Caldwell, Inc. APRIL Fugro Consultants, Inc. Garver USA Geo-Marine, Inc. H.W. Lochner, Inc. Halff Associates, Inc. HDR HNTB Huitt-Zollars, Inc. IEA, Inc. ITSI Gilbane Company Compliance Service Group, Inc. MAY B&B Roadway and Security Solutions Faithful Gould, Inc. Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. JACOBS James DeOtte Engineering, Inc. KBR North American Government & Defense Key Construction Kiewit Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. Kleinfelder Kohtaene Enterprises Company, LLC Komatsu Architecture LBL Architects JUNE (Joint meeting Dallas Post) No presentations JULY Leetex Construction LLC LEO A DALY MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. Manhattan Construction Company Mason & Hanger Mead & Hunt, Inc. MECX, LP Merrick & Company Metropolitan Infrastructure, PLLC Michael Baker Corporation ModSpace Moffatt & Nichol Moye Consulting AUGUST Multatech MW Builders MWH O Brien Engineering, Inc. PageSutherlandPage Parsons Parsons Brinkerhoff Persaud Companies Inc. PIKA International, Inc. Pond & Company Prime Engineering & Architecture, Inc. Professional Services Industries, Inc. (PSI) Ramtech Building Systems, Inc. SEPTEMBER Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc. RMA Land Construction, Inc. RMD Consulting LLC Rolf Jensen & Associates Roy Anderson Corp RW Armstrong Science Applications International Corp. Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. Soil Stabilization Products Company, Inc. SpecPro Environmental Services LLC Stanley Consultants, Inc. Stell Environmental Enterprises, Inc. Sundt Construction, Inc. OCTOBER Surveying and Mapping, Inc. (SAM) TEAM Integrated Engineering, Inc. TerranearPMC, LLC Tetra Tech, Inc. The Beck Group The CK Group, Inc. The Ross Group Construction Corp. The Shaw Group, Inc. The Warrior Group, Inc. TranSystems Tug Hill Construction Turner Construction Co. NOVEMBER US Cost, Inc. Universal Modular URS Corporation VRX, Inc. W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company Warrior Group Weston Solutions, Inc. White Construction Company Wilson and Company, Inc. Woolpert, Inc. Zaxon, Inc. Zubi, Inc. sustaining member firms

3 Car Show JB West of the Fort Worth Post SAME organizes and leads an annual classic car show at the Center For The Intrepid at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. The last show conducted in October was a resounding success and attended by many Wounded Warriors. JB conducts this show annually and also has several other outreaches to the Center For The Intrepid throughout the year. If you are interested in either attending or making a donation of funds or time and effort contact J.B. West at Warwagon16@gmail.com same - news and notes SAME 2012 Small Business Conference (SBC) for DOD Engineering, Construction and Environmental Programs, taking place Dec , 2012, at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas. This unique conference is designed to promote partnerships and contract opportunities between small businesses and Department of Defense (DOD) agencies as well as networking opportunities between small and large businesses. SAME is proud to bring together high-ranking representatives from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy who all share a common goal of helping small businesses succeed in the DOD market. This year s Small Business Conference presents unparalleled opportunities to network with USACE, NAVFAC and Air Force leaders and representatives from nearly 200 companies in the Exhibit Hall. Exhibiting companies have a company profile in the printed program that provides valuable information on their business capabilities. For the Army, Air Force and NAVFAC, contact information for leading authorities in the contracting, program and small business fields along with their photos are included. Thus, the Exhibit Hall serves as a foundation to pursue federal work and the Conference Program serves as a resource tool to keep partnering efforts alive and well long after the close of this conference. Go to: 3

4 UTA Student SAME Chapter SAME UTA student chapter representatives and Fort Worth Post Leadership had a working session to coordinate their activities and goals for the upcoming year. From left to right: Fort Worth Post College Outreach Chair, Cristina Criado; UTA SAME Student Chapter Secretary, Edgar Cruz; SAME Student Chapter President, John McCall; and Fort Worth Post President, Eric Canales same - news and notes Young Member events DFW, Texas SAME Joint Fort Worth and Dallas YM Hard Hat Tour occurred on September 20th. Fifteen young members attend and toured the first Phase of Terminal A and the new parking garage at DFW Airport. Tour was led by Perfecto Solis, VP of Airport Development and Engineering. 4

5 Fort Worth Post Donates Bench to Local VA The Fort Worth Post funded a outdoor bench to be placed at the Fort Worth VA clinic. The bench fills a desperate need for the clinic. According to Mrs. Chaudhry, Voluntary Service Specialist, FW VA Outpatient Clinic, patients would often wait outside to be picked up by either their ride or public transportation for extended periods of time. The bench provides a welcome rest for many elderly and disabled veterans. same - news and notes 5

6 just the facts 2012 OFFICERS POST PRESIDENT Eric Canales, PE URS Corporation ST VICE PRESIDENT/President elect Andrew J. Cueto, PE Pond and Company nd VICE PRESIDENT Sarah (O Brien) Cole O Brien Engineering SCole@Obrieneng.com 3rd VICE PRESIDENT Meloni McDaniel Beck MeloniMcDaniel@beckgroup.com young member VICE PRESIDENT Ryan Smith AMEC E&I, Inc Ryan.Smith@amec.com SECRETARY COL (R) Jimmy Baggett Corps of Engineers Jimmy.D.Baggett@usace.army.mil Assistant SECRETARY Angie McCullough AMccullough@CMJengr.com TREASURER Mark Simmons Arcadis Mark.Simmons@Arcadis-US.com Assistant TREASURER Stephanie Winquest Accutest Laboratories StephanieW@accutest.com DIRECTORS PAST PRESIDENT Roxanne Pillar, PE Huitt-Zollars, Inc RPillar@Huitt-Zollars.com COL Richard J. Muraski, Jr Richard.J.Muraski@usace.army.mil Education & training Greg Vowels Dannenbaum Engineering Greg.Vowels@Dannenbaum.com outreach & Communications COL (R) Emmett (Lem) Du Bose, PE ATKINS Emmett.Dubose@atkinsglobal.com emergency preparedness & homeland security Paul Krebs Corps of Engineers Paul.D.Krebs@usace.army.mil relationship & Recognition Lisa Monroe Test America Lisa.Monroe@testamericainc.com COMMITTEES Programs Sarah (O Brien) Cole O Brien Engineering SCole@Obrieneng.com licensure/certificates Roxanne Pillar Huitt-Zollars, Inc RPillar@Huitt-Zollars.com K-12 OUTREACH Enrique Garcia EGarcia@criadoassociates.com COLLEGE OUTREACH Cristina Criado Criado Associates CCriado@criadoassociates.com communications Andrew J. Cueto, PE Pond and Company CuetoA@PondCo.com SCHOLARSHIPS J.B. West Halff Associates JBWest@FortWorth.halff.com emergency preparedness & homeland security Paul Krebs Corps of Engineers Paul.D.Krebs@usace.army.mil recognition Angie McCullough AMccullough@CMJengr.com Young Member Ryan Smith AMEC E&I, Inc Ryan.Smith@amec.com past president/fellows Peter van Noort CH2M HILL / Peter.van.Noort@CH2M.com small business Jodi Davis LBL Architects JDavis@LBLArchitects.com nco CMS (R) Mike Doris FormerILEM@aol.com Membership Meloni McDaniel Beck MeloniMcDaniel@beckgroup.com Hospitality & ACTIVITIES Angie McCullough AMccullough@CMJengr.com abilene field post TBD Newsletter Submissions MEETING MINUTES: 5 November 2012 SUBJECT: Minutes of SAME Fort Worth Post Board Meeting 1. The Board convened on 5 November 2012 with Eric Canales, COL Lem DuBose, Ryan Smith, Meloni McDaniel, Barry Mimes, Angie McCullough, Cristina Criado, J.B. West, Stephanie Winquest, Andy Cueto, Paul Padilla, Lisa Monroe, Mark Simmons and Jimmy Baggett attending. 2. Minutes of the 1 October 2012 Board meeting were approved. 3. The treasurer report indicates a balance of $24, in the checking account and $17, in a savings account. Total operating assets for the Post $41, The Raymond Losornio Memorial Scholarship Fund inviolate principal is $87, The total Post Education and Mentoring Assets at the end of November were $32, Individual membership is 696 with 267 members not included in our 114 Sustaining Firm membership. We currently have 69 Young Members. 5. Committee reports were presented. Andy Cueto reported on Communications Committee activities. COL Lem DuBose reported on our Abilene Chapter activities. Barry Mimes conference the Board Meeting by Cell Phone. Cristina Criado reported on College Outreach. The UTA Student Chapter will have four attendees at the 5 November Regular Meeting. SMU will have two students in attendance as well. J.B. West was at Fort Sam Houston on 11 October for a Wounded Warrior activity. Angie McCullough reported on plans for the December Holiday Gala on 7 December Toys-For-Tots will be gathered at the meeting. Lisa Monroe reported on the status to date of the Awards actions. 6. Ryan Smith reported on Young Member activities. A mentoring event will be held on 15 November 2012 Jimmy D. Baggett, Post Secretary 11:45 same meeting 2012 Dates January 3 February 6 March 5 April 2 May 7 June 18 (Joint meeting/dallas) July 2 August 6 September 4 October 1 November 5 December TBD (Holiday Gala) The SAME Fort Worth Post news is published monthly for the benefit of SAME individual members and sustaining member firms. If you have questions/comments or wish to submit an article, please contact Jenifer Batchelder at JBatchelder@ga-inc.net. All submissions are due two weeks before the next monthly post meeting. Articles may be submitted in MicroSoft Word. If you wish to include a logo or graphic, please provide this in any graphic format (i.e. jpg, tiff, eps, png) to maintain quality. 6

7 7 The firms presented on this We Deliver. Quality Commitment Integrity page are Contributors to S.A.M.E. Fort Worth Post s Education & Mentoring Fund Huitt-Zollars has provided planning, design and construction services on federal projects valued at more than $5 billion over the past 5 years. Office Manager - Larry Rogers, PE 500 W. 7th Street, Suite 300 Fort Worth, TX / SUPPORT YOUR POST by being a Contributor to the Education & Mentoring Fund Display Your Company Ad On This Page! your ad to: Jenifer Batchelder JBatchelder@ga-inc.net Also... Don t forget to send your annual contribution ($150.00) to the Education & Mentoring Fund: SAME P.O. Box Fort Worth, Texas Your design should measure approximately 2½ x 2½ and may be adjusted. Note: You may submit your ad in any graphic format (jpg, tif, eps, psd, etc.). Preferred resolution minimum 150 dpi. If you have questions about advertisement format, please contact Jenifer Batchelder at: JBatchelder@ga-inc.com Your ad here! Your ad here!