SAVANNAH POST

ISSUE 14November 2012

NOVEMBERSPEAKER SPOTLIGHT

Colonel Jeffrey M. Hall U.S. Army Corps of EngineersCommander and District Engineer, Savannah District

Col. Jeff Hall assumed command of the Savannah

District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, June 4, 2010.

As District Commander, Hall oversees the Savannah

District’s $2 billion military construction program at 11

Army and Air Force installations in Georgia and North

Carolina; water resource activities in eastern Georgia

and portions of South Carolina; and wetland protection

in Georgia. The Savannah District also performs work

in military design and master planning; hazardous,

toxic and radioactive waste clean-up at formerly used

defense sites; real estate activities for the Department

of Defense; emergency management operations for

state and federal agencies; and supports Overseas

Contingency Operations.

Hall came to the Savannah District following an assignment as the Command Engineer for the

Army and Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES), a global military retailer, where he led a $2.5 billion

capital construction program and oversaw the maintenance of 3,100 facilities in 35 countries, five

U.S. territories, and all 50 states.

Before AAFES, he served in numerous engineer command and staff positions in the

United States and overseas. He has served in Korea, Kansas, Kosovo, and Kuwait and many

places in between.

Hall was born at Fort Riley, Kansas, and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from

Trinity University in San Antonio in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and was

commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He also earned a Master

of Science degree in General Administration from Central Michigan University in 1997 and a

Master of Science in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in 2007.

Hall’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense

Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with valor

device, the Overseas Ribbon (5th award), and a Bronze DeFleury Medal.

Hall is an avid golfer and geo-cacher.

Program Streamer

Save the Date

October MeetingHighlights

Second Annual Warrior Classic Golf Tournament

Sustaining Member Listings

Sustaining MemberHighlights

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Congratulations to the Newly Established Student Chapter!Georgia Southern University was recently established as the new SAME student chapter. This is a tremendous accomplishment and congratulations to Col. Jeff Hall, Maureen Hoke, and Dr. Frank Goforth for initiating this new student chapter. We look forward to working with this group in the future. If you would like to help recruit student members at Georgia State University, or if you are an alumni who is also a member of other professional organizations, like ASME, IEEE, SWE, or ASCE, please contact Maureen Hoke at Maureen.Hoke@obg.com.

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2012 SAMESavannah Post

Officers & Committee ChairsCol Jeffrey Hall

President

Joel Burke1st Vice President

Gwen Parker2nd Vice President

Scott VeenstraSecretary

Gavin CareyTreasurer

Bob PickardAssistant Treasurer

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

Chryse JohnsonPost Web Page

Larry ChristopherNewsletter

2012 Program Chair Streamer As Programs Chair and the Young Member Representative, I have had the

pleasure of working directly with all facets of the Savannah SAME Post

members. We’ve had a great year in 2012 learning new and upcoming

advancements in saving energy on a variety of systems. Energy is such a

hot topic for all sectors in our industry that the Savannah SAME Post will

continue presenting testimonies of successful projects, and the latest big

energy saving ideas throughout 2013. If you think you have a presentation that

would benefit our industry please contact Justin Arnsdorff at JArnsdorff@HGBD.com or 912-354-4626.

Young Member participation is also starting to pick up this year. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner

evening with SAME Savannah Officers and Board Members at Spanky’s Restaurant on River Street

after the Ice Breaker and Small Business Showcase the week of Industry Day. We also just came

back from an awesome tour of the J. Strom Thurmond Dam in Clarks Hill, South Carolina. We had

a once in a lifetime opportunity to walk inside the 20- foot diameter penstock/draft tubes. We thank

the U.S. Corps of Engineers for allowing us the opportunity to visit the dam and power plant. We plan

to have more exciting events and tours in the future so stay tuned. If you have any suggestions or

venues that you would like for Savannah SAME Post to consider please contact Justin Arnsdorff

at JArnsdorff@HGBD.com or 912-354-4626.

Don’t Forget to Save the Date!The 2013 SAME Savannah Post 2013 E-Week Technical Training

Conference is right around the corner! This year’s conference

will be on February 19, 2013 at the Armstrong Center in

Savannah, Georgia. The theme this year is “When Less

Become More…Achieving Success in Challenging Times.”

In recognition of National Engineer’s Week (E-Week),

Savannah local professional engineering organizations are

working together to present our Savannah Post members and local engineering community

a one day workshop that provides technical training and governmental insight that is

valuable to all engineering disciplines.

First, we are developing a Government Track with briefings that span the federal, military, state

and local sectors to provide our Post with the very latest economic trends and developments.

We need your help with the Engineering and Environmental Tracks! This workshop is about

successes, new opportunities and technologies. We are asking our Post membership to provide

presentations! Please email joel.burke@urs.com if you are interested in presenting.

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OCTOBER MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

Brent Johnson with SchenkelShultz Architecture, gives a sustaining member presentation at the monthly meeting.

Keynote speaker Steve Bridgewater with Siemens Industry, Inc., spoke to SAME Savannah Post members about smart consumption business, including the successful application of Smart Grid technologies into the commercial building markets throughout North America.

A slide component of Steve Bridgewater’s presentation.

Col. Jeff Hall addresses the members.

SAME Savannah Posts Participates in Second Annual Warrior Classic Golf TournamentOn September 14, 2012, 112 players participated in the Wounded Warrior Golf Tournament sponsored by Spine and Sport. Wounded Warrior

J.D. Greer presided over the ceremonies, and over 20 volunteers, a color guard from the 165th airlift wing, and Chaplain Brannon Bowman

(Captain USAF) gave the invocation. The SAME Savannah Post donated

$1,000 to support the Wounded Warrior effort. Col. Jeff Hall, Post President,

represented the post by participating in the tournament with a team of four

from the Savannah District, USACE.

All proceeds from the tournament went directly to the Wounded

Warrior Project and Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba (SUDS) Diving, Inc.

The Wounded Warrior Project’s mission is to raise awareness and help injured

services members by providing unique, direct programs and services to

empower wounded warriors and their families. SUDS, a sister program

of Wounded Warrior, teaches disabled veterans returning from Iraq or

Afghanistan the adaptive sport of scuba diving, helping veterans restore

confidence and look forward to an incredible scuba diving trip.From left to right: Burt Moore, Stephen Bruce, Col. Jeff Hall, and Jim McTiernan.

It’s that time of year again where we celebrate the Christmas

spirit by giving back to the community and wrapping up

another successful year! This year’s event will be held

on Monday, December 3 at the Jepson Center from

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Do not forget to bring TWO Christmas

presents this year. One gift needs to be for a boy or girl

at $25 or less, unwrapped, and it will go toward our

charity Toys for Tots which we support each year.

The second present will be part of a gift

exchange at the Christmas party itself.

We look forward to seeing everyone there

to celebrate the Christmas season!

Time To Get Ready for the 2012 SAME Savannah Post Christmas Party!

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JANUARY AECOMAlliant CorporationAMECAmerican StructurepointApplied Engineering Solutions, Inc.ARCADIS AtkinsBarge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc.Bechtel-S CorporationBhate Environmental Assoc. Inc.Brasfield & Gorrie General ContractorsBristol Alliance of Companies

FEBRUARYBrown & Caldwell BRPH Companies Inc.Building & Earth Sciences Inc.Burns & McDonnellCAPECardno TBECarolinas Concrete Masonry AssociationCarothers Construction, Inc.Castle Engineering, LLCCDM SmithCEMS Engineering Inc.CH2MHILLClark Nexsen

MARCHCogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C.Columbia Engineering & Services, Inc.Cromwell Architects EngineersCrowder Construction CompanyCTI and Associates, Inc.Davis & Floyd, Inc.DewberryDulohery, Weeks & Gagliano Inc.EA Engineering, Science & Technology, Inc.Eaton corporationECCEdifice

APRILElkins Constructors, Inc.Environmental Services, Inc.GEL Geophysics, LLCGolder Associates, Inc.Goodwyn Mills & Cawood, Inc.

Government Services Integrated Process Team LLCGreenhorne & O’MaraGuidon Design, Inc.Harvard Jolly ArchitectureHatch Mott MacDonaldHDRHolocene, LLC

MAYJETC Conference

JUNEAnnual Program Review

JULY Howard W. Pence, Inc.Hussey, Gay Bell & DeYoungIKHANA, LLC.J2 Engineering, Inc.JacobsJE Dunn ConstructionKennedy Engineering & Associates Group, LLC. KBE Building Corporation KBR Government & InfrastructureKnight Architects, Inc.LBYD, Inc.Leetex Construction, LLC.Leo A DalyLG2 Environmental Solutions, Inc.

AUGUSTLindbergh & Associates, LLCLowe EngineersLS3P Associates Ltd.Mason & HangerMcDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.Merrick & CompanyMicah Group Environmental Contractors, Inc.Michael Baker CorporationMoffatt & NicholMRI Architectural Group, Inc.MWH

SEPTEMBERNorth Wind Inc.O’Brien & Gere ParsonsParagon Environmental Construction, Inc. ParsonsParsons Brinckerhoff

Pinnicle Construction & Development Group, Inc.Pond & CompanyPort City Design Group, LLCProject Management ServicesRamey Kemp & AssociatesR.C. Construction Co., Inc.R2TReeves Construction Company

OCTOBERReynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.Rosser InternationalQ Solutions, Inc.S&ME, Inc.Science Applications International Corp.Schenkel Shultz Sherlock, Smith & AdamsSiemens Industries IncSmall Business Group, Inc. (DBA SBG-EEG)Southern Energy ManagementSpatial Engineering Inc.SpecPro Environmental Services LLCStanley Consultants Inc.Stantec Inc.

NOVEMBERSTOA ArchitectsSundt Construction, Inc.Teng & Associates, Inc.TerranearPMC, LLCTetra Tech, Inc.The Louis Berger Group Inc.The Sack Co. & SCM Inc.The Shaw Group Inc.Thompson Engineering Inc.

DECEMBERTidewater Environmental Services, Inc.Toland & Mizell Architects, Inc.Trans SystemsUnited Consulting Group, Ltd.URS CorporationVolkert, Inc.WalbridgeWeston Solutions, Inc.W.G. Yates & Sons Construction CompanyWK Dickson & Co., Inc.Wolverton & Associates, Inc.Woolpert, Inc.

SUSTAINING MEMBER BRIEFINGS 2012\ For 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.

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SAVANNAH POST

NOVEMBER SUSTAINING MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

Sundt is the 58th largest contractor in the United States, ranks 30th among the Top 100 Green contractors, and provides a variety of construction services for clients across the country.

A 100 percent employee-owned company, Sundt constructs proj-ects of many types for both private and public owners, including buildings of various types; heavy civil projects such as highways, bridges and airport facilities; mining and industrial facilities; and various projects for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. Sundt performs portions of the work with its own crews. Sundt has been a leader of industry innovations, such as Building Information Modeling, or BIM, and ROCK technology. ROCK stands for Remote Office Construction Kit, and is essentially a tablet PC built for rugged environments that allows construction crews to bring all plans and important documentation into the field. The company has demonstrated its dedication to sustainability

by encouraging employees to become LEED Accredited. As a result, the company currently has 189 LEED Accredited Professionals. Sundt’s commitments to industry leadership, as well as its philanthropic activities through the Sundt Foundation, are important values that set the company apart from its competitors. The Foundation has made almost $5 million in grants to non-profit organizations in the cities and military installations where Sundt has an active office or project. Sundt has been on many DoD multiple award construction contracts with the Corps of Engineers to include the TEMF MATOC at Savannah as well as the recently awarded Southeast Region UEPH MATOC by Fort Worth. The company has opened an office in Cary, North Carolina and is currently working on $80M of Design-Build projects for the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, the $21.5M Design-Build UEPH Barracks at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and is pursuing many other opportunities throughout the South Atlantic Division.

If you have an article or announcement you want to include in future issues of the newsletter,

please submit them by the end of the previous month to Larry Christopher with Brasfield & Gorrie

General Contractors at lchristopher@brasfieldgorrie.com

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LINKS TO KNOW

Since 1982, STOA Architects has been providing professional design services from our historic downtown Pensacola, Florida office. We are a

certified minority owned SBA Small Business firm with substantial experience working for the Department of Defense. A majority of our recent DoD experience has been design-build project delivery types and include projects in 7 USACE Districts covering more than 20 installations. In the past five years, we have successfully completed over 30 design-build projects

ranging from $750 thousand to $69 million in construction cost on a variety of project types including barracks, BNHQs, COFs, TEMFs, CDCs, WITs, logistics facilities and others. STOA currently has 4 active projects with the Savannah District at Ft. Benning, Ft. Gordon and with the Port of Savannah. Our firm recently completed the design for the Special Operations Command South Headquarters Facility at Homestead Air Reserve Base in south Florida. We value the relationships we’ve built with our team members and appreciate the opportunity to provide these services to the Department of Defense.