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Society of American Military Engineers
Hampton Roads Post
“An Outstanding Post Since 1945”
April 2015
Post President’s Corner
Michael R. Darrow, PE, PMP
Hampton Roads Post Members,
Register, Register, Register is the theme for the month. We are still
looking to fill slots for the 2015 SAME Mid-Atlantic Industry Day and
Small Business Conference, 22-23 April.
The team has put together
a great program this year with a wide variety of speakers and a
broader federal presence than we have had in years.
Please
encourage young members in your firms and organizations to participate, as this year’s
icebreaker is focused on a young member event followed by a Restaurant Rally in downtown
Norfolk.
IN THIS ISSUE…
Page
1 – SAME Mid-Atlantic
Industry Day and Small
Business Conference
3 – Member News
8 – Member Benefits
UPCOMING POST
EVENTS…
16 April 2015 – THE April
Networking Event (REGISTER
HERE)
With focus on the conference this month, we will not hold a regular Post meeting.
22-23 April 2015 – SAME
Mid-Atlantic Industry Day and
The Board is still filling slots for the upcoming year - June 2015-16. We have openings for
Small Business Conference
1st Vice President, A/E Firm Rep.,NCO Rep, and a new slot – Project Management
(REGISTER HERE)
Professional/Accreditation Lead. In addition, if you have interest in any of our other posts,
please let me know. We will firm up the slate in April and send the final slate out in early 22 April 2015 – SAME MidMay for voting. If you aren’t quite ready to step up and lead one of the positions, we are Atlantic Industry Day and
Small Business Conference
open to helpers in any area. Send me note here.
Icebreaker/Young Member
May will bring us back to a regular meeting at the Westin on 20 May and I also know Event (REGISTER HERE)
several folks will be heading out to Houston, TX for JETC 19-21 May. I will be there for part
of the conference and look forward to seeing a large contingent from Hampton Roads. On a
personal note, I will receive the LTG Raymond A. Wheeler Award at the Society Ball on 21 ITEMS OF NOTE…
May and would love to have Post members there for the event.
13-16 April 2015 – SAME
JETS Regional Conference,
My best,
Chicago, IL
15-17 April 2015 – 8th
Symposium on Design and
Construction Issues at
Hazardous Waste Sites,
Philadelphia, PA
Mike
More information available.
See attachments.
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Member News
SAME-USMC Camp Volunteers Needed
The SAME U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Engineering &
Construction Camp is seeking volunteers to staff, manage
and conduct the Camp, located at Marine Corps Base (MCB)
Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC. Camp dates for personnel
and volunteers are set as 20-27 June 2015.
Mentors Needed
The camp requires a total of eight mentors who will work
with high school-aged boys and girls in their day-to-day
activities. The mentor position is a full-time volunteer
position with the Camp, and will require attendance from
mid-day Saturday the 20th through mid-day Saturday the
27th.
For additional details on this and other volunteer
opportunities at the Camp, please see attached flyer.
To apply as a mentor, please visit http://samecamps.org,
download and complete the Mentor Application, and email
it to [email protected].
Candidates for additional volunteer positions should contact
Mr. Will Breeden and be sure to include name, phone,
email, desired position (see list) and available date(s).
MSA Welcomes New Employees
MSA, P.C. would like to welcome the following new
employees:
Matthew W. Knightes, PE joins
MSA’s Engineering Department as a
Project Manager with 12 years of
civil engineering experience. He has
a B.S. in Civil Engineering Technology
from Old Dominion University and
an
Associate’s
in
Business
Administration from Hudson Valley
Community College. Additionally, he
is a licensed Professional Engineer in
Virginia and North Carolina. A long-term Virginia Beach
resident, Knightes is an avid golfer and a native of upstate
New York.
John I. “Jack” Bloom, III, PE, LEED
AP rejoins MSA’s Engineering
Department as a Project Manager.
He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering
(Minor in Engineering Management)
from Old Dominion University (ODU)
and is currently pursuing his
Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering
from ODU. Bloom is a licensed
Professional Engineer and obtained
his certification as a LEED Accredited Professional in 2008.
Kennith G. Sexton also rejoins MSA’s
Engineering Department as a Project
Engineer III. He brings over 30 years
of industry experience and has
served in a variety of roles
throughout the years, beginning as a
draftsman and advancing into
engineering design. Sexton is a
Hampton Roads native and currently
resides in Virginia Beach.
Raul R. Castillo joins MSA’s
Engineering Department as a Civil
Design Technician III. Also a longterm resident of Virginia Beach,
Castillo obtained an Associate’s
Degree in Applied Science in Drafting
&
Design
from
Tidewater
Community College (TCC) and he has
completed engineering coursework
at ODU.
Sarah Street recently joined MSA’s
Landscape Architecture and Planning
Department as a Landscape
Designer. She has eight years of
experience and earned her Bachelor
of Landscape Architecture Degree
and Bachelor of Science in
Horticulture Degree (emphasis on
landscape design and construction)
from Michigan State University. She
currently lives in Chesapeake but hails from Michigan and
previously resided in Coconut Grove and Fort Lauderdale,
Florida for several years.
MSA, P.C. is a Veteran Owned Small Business headquartered
in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The firm provides environmental
consulting, planning, surveying, civil and environmental
engineering, and landscape architecture for public and
private projects. More information about MSA, P.C. can be
found at www.msaonline.com.
Dewberry Welcomes Melvin D. Baskin,
Director of Information Governance
Dewberry, a nationally recognized
professional services firm, welcomes
back to its headquarters office
Melvin D. Baskin, ermm as the firm’s
director of information governance.
In this role, Baskin will enhance
Dewberry’s information governance
program, which includes the
management of its existing records
management program.
Baskin has more than 25 years of experience in records
management and information governance. Prior to rejoining Dewberry, he worked for the technology firm,
Verisign, Inc. and Canon Business Process Services, Inc.
supporting multiple law firms in the greater Washington,
D.C., region.
Baskin was Dewberry’s Director of Records Management
from 2010 to 2013. He has a Master Certification in
Electronic Records Management from the Association for
Information and Image Management International (AIIM)
and an Information Governance Certificate from the
Association of Records Managers and Administrator
(ARMA).
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing firm with a proven
history of providing professional services to a wide variety
of public- and private-sector clients. Recognized for
combining unsurpassed commitment to client service with
deep subject matter expertise, Dewberry is dedicated to
solving clients’ most complex challenges and transforming
their communities. Established in 1956, Dewberry is
headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, with more than 40
locations and 2,000+ professionals nationwide. To learn
more, visit www.dewberry.com.
Member Benefits
Employment Opportunities
As a service to our members, the Hampton Roads SAME
Post website includes job positions or internships available
at local firms and also allow for students or individual
members who are looking for employment to list
qualifications potential employers can view. Anyone
wishing to place job positions should contact Randy Swartz.
Sustaining Member News
The Hampton Roads SAME Post has been willing to publish
articles submitted by Sustaining Member Firms and
Individual Members that are deemed to be in the interest of
SAME and the Hampton Roads Post. Typical Articles may
include contract awards from our member agencies (i.e.
USCG, LANTDIV and Army Corps of
Engineers) and key company hires or
employee moves. Please send your
good news to Nicole Foster by the
last Friday of each month.
Sustaining Member of the Month
One of our Sustaining Member firms is spotlighted each
month, given the opportunity to set up a tabletop booth at
the monthly meeting, and be recognized at the start of each
meeting by the President. A representative of the firm is
also invited to give a short overview of the firm at the
luncheon.
The designated Sustaining Member of the Month also
provides a summary of their firm’s expertise and services
for the military engineering community to be printed in the
newsletter. We ask that the Sustaining Member of the
Month bring a raffle prize valued at approximately $50 to
the luncheon for our scholarship raffle drawing. If you are
interested in participating, please contact Ms. Cindy Nash.
Please note that with your firms Sustaining Membership,
SIX (6) of your employees can be designated as sustaining
members (includes two Young Members). If you are not
sure if you are taking full advantage of this or you need to
change the designations please go to the National SAME
web site and review your company status under
Membership.
SAME Hampton Roads Post Sustaining Member Firms
Advanced Drainage Systems
Advanced Engineering Consultants
AECOM
Aerostar SES LLC
Alpha Corporation
Amec Foster Wheeler
Ameresco
Apogee Consulting Group, P.A.
Applied Sciences & Information
Systems, Inc.
ARCADIS, U.S., Inc
Balfour Beatty Construction
Battelle
Beardsley Design Assoc.
Architecture, Engineering,
Landscape Architecture, D.P.C.
Black & Veatch Special Projects
Corp.
Bristol Industries
Brown and Caldwell
C. Allan Bamforth, Jr., EngineerSurveyor, Ltd.
Cardno, Inc.
CB&I Federal Services, LLC
CDM Smith
CEMS Engineering Inc.
CH2M HILL
Clark Nexsen
Collins Engineers Inc.
CommScope (Government
Solutions)
Crowder Construction Company
dck worldwide
Delta Airport Consultants, Inc.
Dewberry
DJG Inc.
Draper Aden Associates
EA Engineering, Science, and
Technology, Inc., PBC
Eaton Corporation
ECC
Ecology & Environment Inc.
ECS
EEE Consulting, Inc.
Engineering & Environment Inc.
EnSafe Inc.
Froehling & Robertson
Gannett Fleming Inc.
GET Solutions, Inc.
Gilbane Federal
H&A | Hankins & Anderson
HBA Architecture & Interior Design
HDR
Heritage Environmental Services,
LLC
HNTB
Homeland Contracting Corp.
Hourigan Construction
Hurt & Proffitt, Inc.
Involve, LLC
Jacobs
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
KBE Building Corporation
KBR North American Government &
Defense
Kerr Environmental Services Corp.
Kimley-Horn
Leidos
MacDonald-Bedford, LLC
Mahorsky Group Inc
McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.
Michael Baker International, LLC
Moffatt & Nichol
MSA, P.C.
NASA
Newport News Nuclear
Noah Enterprises, Inc.
O'Brien & Gere
Parsons
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Pennoni Assoc. Inc.
Pepco Energy Services
Perini Management Services, Inc.
Pond & Company
RK&K
RRMM Architects, P.C.
RS&H, Inc.
Sauer Inc. d/b/a Sauer Southeast
SchenkelShultz Architecture
Schnabel Engineering LLC
SCS Engineers
SEPI Engineering & Construction,
Inc.
Stanley Consultants Inc.
Stantec, Inc.
Stroud, Pence & Associates, Ltd.
STV Inc.
Summer Consultants, Inc.
Sundt Construction Inc.
Symmes Maini & McKee Associates,
Inc.
Syncon LLC
Tetra Tech, Inc.
The Walsh Group
Timmons Group
Turner Strategic Technologies, LLC
URS Corporation
Vansant & Gusler Inc.
Versar
VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Waller, Todd & Sadler Architects,
Inc.
WDI Architecture, Inc.
WESCO/CSC
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Wight & Company
Wiley | Wilson
Woolpert, Inc.
Upcoming Post Events
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Items of Note
SAME Credentialing Achievement Awards Program (CAAP)
The SAME Young Member Council is continuing the Credentialing Achievement Awards Program (CAAP) to promote
the professional development of SAME Young Members and NCO Members in support of the SAME Strategic Plan.
The CAAP serves to fulfill an objective which is to provide financial support for professional development, education,
and mentoring initiatives to benefit our SAME members.
SAME will support the cost by reimbursing Young and NCO Members for exam sitting or registration fees. The full
program details and application are located on here. 2015 Applications are due April 10 and October 9.
For questions regarding the program, please visit the SAME HQ Website or contact Hector M. Hernandez at 850-3964934 or [email protected].