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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN
SAME Dallas Post President Jim O’Brien’s July
message.
DALLAS POST LUNCH & LEARN:
ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS, JULY 25
PDHS AVAILABLE
DALLAS POST: SMALL BUSINESS UPDATE
& AUGUST REMINDER
JULY POST SUSTAINING MEMBERS
HNTB, Huitt - Zollars, Icon Construction, Jacobs,
JQ, Key Construction, Kiewit, IEA, Gorrondona &
Associates, Kleinfelder
Dallas SAME Post and CMAA Joint Meeting
North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG):
Transportation Planning for Our Region,
Updates on Upcoming Projects Under Development and More!
Date: Monday, 16 July 2012
Time: 11:30 a.m. Registration and Networking
12:00 p.m. Program
Cost: $25 members; $22 young members/government
(add $5 for reservations made after 6/12/12)
Place: Maggiano’s NorthPark
205 NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX 75225
Register with lharvey@jqeng.com by Thursday, 12
July 2012. Complimentary valet parking. No shows
will be billed.
Payment at door: Cash or Checks made payable to
SAME Dallas Post.
will discuss federal, state, and regional funding
issues in transportation. She will also outline the
region’s latest transportation planning efforts, and
share information about upcoming projects under
development. With approximately $12 billion in
transportation improvements under construction and
an additional $6 billion funded in the next four years,
the Dallas-Fort Worth region is making great strides
toward achievement of the long-term transportation
vision.
About the Program:
The Dallas-Fort Worth region is the 4th largest
metropolitan area in the United States, and is the only
one without a port. Therefore, surface transportation
funding and project implementation are integral to
the economic vitality of the region. Ms. Gotti
More information is available on our updated web site, www.samedallas.
org/Programs. Also, be sure to join our LinkedIn Group: SAME Dallas Post.
upcoming events:
DATES • CONFERENCES • EVENTS
ALL EVENT INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.
SAMEDALLAS.ORG/CALENDARS.
7/16
Dallas Post Program
Joint Meeting with CMAA
7/18
2012 Government Procurement
Conference
Program: North Central Texas Council of
Arlington Convetion Center
Governments (NCTCOG):
1501 Convention Center Drive
Transportation Planning for Our Region
Arlington, Texas 76011
Maggiano’s NorthPark
www.ctpc-texas.org
RSVP by Thursday, April 12th.
7/25
Dallas Post Lunch & Learn
Program: Ethics for Engineers
1807 Ross Avenue, Suite 500
Dallas, Texas 75201 (Beck’s office in
downtown)
RSVP by Tuesday, July 17th
President’s Column
Americans celebrated the 236th birthday of our independent
nation this July 4th. July holds numerous other momentous
dates – July 1-3, 1863, with the Battle of Gettysburg, the
bloodiest battle of the Civil War, as we struggled as a nation to
determine how serious we were about equality and freedom for
all; July 9, 1868, saw ratification of the 14th amendment, sealing
the pinnacle dispute of that war into law; July 9, 1943, with the
Allied invasion of Sicily, the start of the liberation of Europe.
While SAME strives to foster and cultivate the relationships that
led to the victories that have secured and defined us, this month
we celebrate the monumental collaboration of the military,
public agencies, and private industry that carried out President
Kennedy’s challenge when Michael Collins, Buz Aldrin, and Neil
Armstrong returned safely to earth on July 24, 1969, successfully
completing the Apollo 11 mission. The reverberations of that
challenge continue today. Although this may be obvious in
projects like NASA’s anticipated Mars rover ‘Curiosity’ landing next
month, less obvious, but directly connected are the innumerable
advances in technology, engineering, manufacturing, medicine,
construction, management, and all other facets of civil society.
To say that the achievements have had a ripple effect would
be to miss the point. A better comparison would be a tsunami.
Jim O’Brien, Dallas Post President
Even with the emotion of the moment, and maybe even especially
so, many people must have thought Kennedy’s vision to Congress
was pure lunacy (no pun intended); an impossible sciencefiction fantasy. But Kennedy, himself a student of history, knew
well the underpinnings of the “arsenal of democracy” of World
War II and must have doubted little that those same foundations
could and would rise to a monumental peacetime challenge.
With even cities now declaring bankruptcy, funding for
infrastructure projects may seem insurmountable. But we
only have to look into our history to discover the tools for
solving our problems. This month we will hear from Christine
Gotti from NCTCOG as she discusses the funding mechanisms
currently being used for transportation projects in North Texas.
Ethics for Engineers
This presentation will address the impact of Section 1001.054 of the TEXAS OCCUPATIONS CODE
on engineers, both in private and public practice. It will also address in detail the applicable
standards of ethical conduct mandated for engineers in governmental practice.
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Noon to 1:30 pm – Ethics Seminar (Box lunches will be served.)
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Beck conference room at 1807 Ross Ave # 500, Dallas
There are 10 guest spots in the Beck garage. If they are full, please use the overflow garage.
Please register with Jennifer Nelson at jnelson@ieaworld.com or 972.656.1791 no later than Tuesday, July 17th.
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Dallas Post
Small Business:
The Latest and Greatest
JETC Small Business Council Meeting Notes:
Noelle Ibrahim, SAME Dallas Post Board Member, attended the Small Business Council meeting at the JETC
Conference on May 22. Matthew Wallace, Chair of the SAME Small Business Council, presented on the SB Council
Executive Committee and Organizational Structure. He also updated the Council on the great progress made
on the 2011-2012 work plan. The work plan categories include Communications, Recognition, Education and
Training, and Conferences. They also discussed a correction made to the summary statement of FAR Case 2009038, Justification and Approval of Sole-Source 8(a) Contracts.
Contact Noelle at noelle@vrxglobal.com for more details on what was discussed.
TxDOT Mentor Protégé program:
The Texas Department of Transportation will offer a professional service (engineering) mentor-protégé training
program on July 25th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and July 26th from 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. at the Dallas DistrictDal-Trans Building, Dallas, TX. 75105. This program is offered annually. Checkout details on the TxDOT website:
www.txdot.gov/business/business_outreach/education_outreach.htm
For additional assistance, E mail Berdell Collins at Berdell.Collins@txdot.gov.
Thanks goes to Noelle Ibrahim of VRX for attending JETC as well as sharing the information she took from the
conference to share with others.
Join us for our August Program
in recognizing our
2012 Post Scholarship Recipients
Save the date...Monday, August 20th
Scholarship Recipients include:
• Jason Hart, North Catholic High School of Arlington
• Joshua Keener, Midlothian High School
• Shelby Kuhn, Episcopal School of Dallas
• Cordelia Osondu; Flower Mound High School
August’s Program Overview: Join Dallas SAME on Monday, August 20th for a presentation by the General
Services Administration (GSA). Charlie Hart, GSA’s Director of Global Project Management (gPM), and Albert
Garza, Supervisor of the Regional Office of Small Business Utilization (ROSBU), will share GSA’s latest initiatives
while outlining ways to pursue work on GSA contracts.
S U S TA I N I N G M E M B E R F I R M S O F T H E M O N T H
HNTB
Established in 1914, HNTB has served the U.S. government and military with distinction since World War II. HNTB offers
more than 3,600 professionals, in 62 permanent offices, skilled in a comprehensive range of services to deliver local
solutions at your facilities and project sites. Our services include:
• Facilities and Sustainable Design: HNTB’s military facilities experience began in the 1940s. Since then, we have
designed some of the U.S. military’s most advanced and sustainable new facilities.
• Water Resources: HNTB is a leading provider of flood risk management and ecosystem restoration services under
the USACE Civil Works program, including design of the world’s largest interior drainage pump station and the largest
design-build ecosystem restoration project ever contracted by the USACE. During the recent periodic levee inspections,
HNTB inspected more levees than any other consultant in the nation.
• Border Infrastructure and Security: HNTB has planned, designed and assessed critical infrastructure on the largest
federal border programs in U.S. history.
• Aviation and Transportation: Our national transportation design leadership status extends to our military client
service, where we deliver reliable, cost-effective aviation infrastructure and transportation solutions that support the
war fighting and support missions.
For more information, contact Lesley Schwalje at (214) 743-7214 or lschwalje@hntb.com.
Huitt Zollars
Huitt Zollars offers large firm resources and small firm attention to detail to our Federal clients, many of whom have
secured our services through long term indefinite delivery or task order contracts. In addition to full service traditional design
services we offer design/build and other alternative delivery methodologies and are ISO-9000 compliant. Our Federal
practice has been a vital part of our core business for 30 years. We operate with strong project manager-led teams, well
established project management policies and procedures. Whether the project is a military facility for a defense agency, a
government office building for GSA or a cemetery for the Veterans Administration, Huitt Zollars can deliver a unique and
individual solution.
Icon Construction, Inc.
Icon Construction, Inc. is a small business general contractor specializing in Design/Build of modular, permanent modular
and modular re-locatable buildings. Since April 1, 1998 Icon Construction has been able to meet the space needs of
major markets, including military,education, administration facilities, health care, government, commercial and residential
manufacturing. Our modular buildings provide both permanent and temporary space for a wide variety of uses including
medical clinics, offices, dormitories, child day care centers and military housing. Our main mission is to deliver a superior
product of a site and design building project to fit the specific needs of each client. We are SBA Certified 8(a), SBA Certified
SDB, Veteran and Native American owned.
Jacobs
Jacobs’ is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of professional engineering and architectural services with
a global network of 200+ offices in 25+ countries. With significant breadth and depth of experience with the Department of
Defense, we have qualified, knowledgeable professionals with the technical expertise in support of United States military
missions. We employ more than 3,600 employees in Texas — with approximately 900 based here in the DFW Metroplex.
Locally, we provide architectural, engineering, planning and design-build services for federal, higher education, aviation,
as well as transportation engineering, water resources planning and design, surveying, and environmental planning. We
also offer expertise on sustainable design and energy conservation, program management and construction management,
and asset management. Our team in Texas successfully executed 280 task orders since the inception of the Fort Bliss
Expansion Program, of which 50 task orders that were designed and managed simultaneously with accelerated completion
schedules, and synchronized with the arrival of troops scheduled to occupy them. Jacobs was recently selected to support
Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17: Central and South Texas with A-E services for VA energy projects such
as geothermal, co-generation, bio-mass, solar photovoltaic, utility metering, retro-commissioning, LEED-EB, renewable
energy, feasibility studies, energy efficiency, and water conservation projects. This five-year IDIQ will provide the VA
needed expertise to meet federal mandates for energy and sustainability at their Medical Centers and Outpatient Clinics in
this region. For more information contact Bob Besancon at 817.735.7020, Robert.Besancon@jacobs.com, or visit www.
jacobs.com.
S U S TA I N I N G M E M B E R F I R M S O F T H E M O N T H
JQ
JQ is a multi-office firm providing structural engineering, civil engineering, land surveying, and facility assessments
throughout Texas and the southern United States. The firm has earned a reputation as an active member of the design team,
providing innovative solutions responsive to the project design, schedule and budgetary constraints. More than 28 years of
consistent performance has brought JQ to the forefront of engineering design. As a pre-eminent engineering and land
surveying firm, JQ delivers value to each client by providing recognized expertise, quality design, proactive communication
and personal commitment. We provide these services to clients in market sectors that include: Transportation, Water/
Wastewater, Power, local, state and federal Government, Education, Institutional and Private Development. JQ has provided
professional design services for federal and state government agencies for over 20 years. Our experience includes projects
with the General Services Administration, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense, Veterans Administration, and
various other agencies throughout the Unites States. JQ is recognized as a small business and is currently certified as
a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) by the Texas Building and Procurement Commission and as a Minority and
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (MBE & DBE) by the North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency.
Key Construction
The Key/Cyntergy Design-Build TEAM is a partnership of experience, resources, and capabilities strategically formed for
the sole purpose of providing exceptional design-build services. Each firm brings to the table years of experience, seasoned
professionals, and highly skilled technical trades from both sides of the industry. The Key/Cyntergy Design-Build TEAM
is focused on providing cost effective and high quality solutions to the growing needs owners have in their search for true
integration of design and construction services. From federal government projects to private industry, the Key Cyntergy
Design-Build TEAM is focused on utilization of the combined team experience that reflects strength in quality, sustainability,
cost competitiveness, and fast construction schedules. Think Blue centers on our commitment to constructing quality
projects, as well as our focus on the complete and total fulfillment of our clients’ expectations.
Gorrondona & Associates, Inc.
Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. is a Texas Corporation with offices located in Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Austin and
Lubbock. Founded in 1990, G&AI has successfully completed thousands of projects throughout Texas for a variety of clients
including Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) municipalities, consultants, water districts and power companies.
G&AI offers a unique combination of knowledge and talents allowing for timely and accurate completion of your project.
G&AI has completed work for numerous civil engineering companies, private corporations and government agencies
throughout the State of Texas. With experience in working directly for the owner, their appointed representative, a design
consultant or contractor, G&AI can provide a unique perspective and insight to your project.
IEA
IEA, Inc. was founded in January, 2008, as a growing professional engineering consulting firm to provide innovative
solutions that exceed our clients’ expectations for quality, accelerated delivery, cost-saving measures and commitment. IEA
is DBE certified by the North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency, HUB certified by the State of Texas, certified as
8(a) by US SBA, and registered in the CCR. Our engineering services span all phases of both structural and infrastructure
projects. IEA utilizes the latest engineering technology available to meet project challenges and deliver superior results
for our clients. Since its inception, IEA has provided engineering services on various major high profile programs and
construction projects. Several of these projects had construction costs of over $2B dollars. IEA has provided major design
elements on these projects, including several bridge designs, major hydraulic studies, utility design and relocations, 3D
Modeling, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
S U S TA I N I N G M E M B E R F I R M S O F T H E M O N T H
Kiewit
Kiewit Corporation is one of North America’s largest and most respected construction, engineering and mining organizations.
With more than $10 billion in revenue, this privately held, employee-owned company operates with a workforce including
10,400 core staff and more than 15,600 skilled craft workers. Kiewit consistently ranks as a FORTUNE 500 company and
in the top five among Engineering New-Record’s Top 400 Contractors. With its beginnings tracing back to 1884, Kiewit
offers services in a variety of markets including transportation, heavy civil, building, water resources, power, oil and gas,
and mining. Our culture of safety, quality and “on-time on-budget” construction combined with our industry-leading training
programs prepare long term seasoned managers to lead our projects to successful completion. As an employee-owned
company, we focus on long-term goals and client relationships. Trust your next project to a company with an extraordinary
record of success.
• Texas-Border Fence Segments O-11, O-14, O-15, O-16, O-21, O-21A and M-2C
• Texas-Proctor Lake Tainter Gate Hoist Repair
• Texas-Belton Lake Sluice Gate Remove & Replace
• New Orleans-WBV-90 GIWW-West Closure Complex Pump Station
• New Orleans-LPV-145 Levee Wall
• New Olreans-WBV-09a Pump Station and Levee Improvements
For more information visit us at Kiewit.com.
Kleinfelder
Kleinfelder is a multi-faceted A/E firm with seven Texas-based offices providing sustainable solutions to meet our world’s
complex infrastructure and natural resource challenges. Our architects, engineers, and scientists understand the DoD’s
and the federal government’s evolving mission needs to provide innovative, sustainable, and low life cycle cost solutions for
their military, civil works, and environmental remediation and restoration programs. We provide sustainable facility designs
incorporating renewable energy and low impact water-saving features; risk assessment, investigation, and design services
for our Nation’s dams and levees; and clean-up and restoration of our manmade and natural environments. Using the latest
technologies and experienced professionals, we ensure high-quality, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions.
Kleinfelder has engineering and design offices in Dallas/Fort Worth, McKinney, Austin, Waco, Fort Hood, Corpus Christi and
Houston, providing local knowledge and capabilities. Recently, we provided cutting edge risk assessments for the levees
for the Dallas Floodway Extension, technical reviews for Lewisville and Proctor dams, MILCON and SRM design-build
projects at Fort Hood, design and construction of U.S. Border Patrol infrastructure, and other engineering/design services
for VA facilities, USDA-NRCS, BIA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and National Park Service. We look forward to continued growth
with our federal clients and teaming partners.