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1 Post President s Corner Society of American Military Engineers Hampton Roads Post An Outstanding Post Since 1945 Michael R. Darrow, PE, PMP Hampton Roads Post Members, First, I want to thank Cindy Nash and the entire committee of tireless volunteers for yet another very successful industry day and small business conference. We had over 250 participants in the two day event and one of the broadest federal sector groups of representatives in recent history. I am also extremely pleased with the young member-hosted Ice Breaker and thank Melissa Waefler for her continued leadership with our ever-expanding YM Group. We are finalizing the BOD slate and you will all see a voting message later this month. We almost have a complete slate, with several new volunteers, but still are looking to fill 2 nd Vice President - Communications as well as our Community Outreach Committee Chair. As always, if you have if you have interest in serving on a committee or helping out, please let me know and we ll get you in contact with the rest of the team. We are open to helpers in any area. If interested, send me note. I know for the May meeting we will have many of our members out in Houston for the JETC, so encourage those in town to attend the monthly luncheon. June will be our annual Scholarship and Leadership transfer event. I know the committee is working diligently to finalize the scholarship selections and I truly appreciate everyone s contributions to our overall Post activities that allow us to be financially able to award over $25,000 in scholarships each year. Thanks for your continued support. My best, Mike IN THIS ISSUE Page May Monthly Program 2 Sustaining Member of the Month 3 Member News 8 Member Benefits UPCOMING POST EVENTS 20 May 2015 Monthly Program (REGISTER HERE) ITEMS OF NOTE May 12, 2015 ODU Project Management Workshop May 2015 SAME 2015 Joint Engineer Training Conference (JETC) & Expo, Houston, TX June 4, 2015 ODU Civil & Environmental Engineering Visiting Council (CEEVC) What Does the Future Hold Seminar, Municipal Contracts June 2015 SAME USMC, US Army, and US Air Force Engineering & Construction Camps, multiple locations July-August 2015 Monarch Youth Education Summer Camps Engineers Rule! October 2015 Applications Due, SAME Credentialing Achievement Awards Program (CAAP) 2015 SAME Mid-Atlantic Industry Day and Small Business Conference (left: speed networking; right: Young Member-hosted icebreaker) CONNECT WITH US

2 Monthly Program Date: May 20, 2015 Time: 11:15 Registration/Networking 11:45-1:00 Program Sustaining Member of the Month Location: The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center (4535 Commerce Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23462) Title: Virginia Offshore Wind Development Presenter: Mr. Ron Ritter, President, On Point, LLC and Member, Virginia Offshore Wind (VOW) Coalition Scope: The purpose of this event is to bring together architects, engineers, constructors, and environmental professionals from the public and private sectors for a presentation on the efforts to use wind resources to generate electric power. The presentation will highlight the history and current status of Virginia offshore wind power. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand the technologies used to generate electric power using offshore wind resources 2. Describe the technical, political, and environmental challenges in designing and constructing offshore wind power infrastructure 3. Understand the history and status of the development of offshore wind energy in Virginia CE/PDH: The 50-minute technical presentation will provide one CEU/PDH credit Click here to see if registration is open. The cutoff for registration is Monday, noon. Founded in 1971, JMT is a 100% employee-owned firm that provides a full range of multi-disciplined engineering, architectural, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. Our staff of more than 1,000 professionals engineers, architects, planners, environmental scientists, surveyors, construction and program managers, inspectors, designers, CADD technicians, and GIS and information technology specialists is dedicated to the highest-quality project performance. JMT has grown considerably during the past four decades. The company was founded primarily to perform engineering services in support of land development projects. In 1979, JMT entered the public works market by focusing on transportation engineering for Federal, state and local public agencies. Over time, JMT extensively diversified both our service offerings and our client base. Today, JMT provides consulting services to a wide variety of public and private entities. This diversification of markets and services has resulted in considerable geographic expansion from our original office in Silver Spring, Maryland, to strategically located offices across the United States. Visit for more information.

3 Member News Volunteer Needed SAME National Scholarship Presentation SAME National is looking for a volunteer to present a college scholarship on behalf of the Society. If you have an office in proximity to Salisbury, MD and are interested in presenting this award on the evening of May 18 th, please contact Hampton Roads Post President Mike Darrow. Dewberry Selected to Perform Comprehensive Sea Level Rise Analysis in Virginia Beach Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, was selected by the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, to perform a comprehensive sea level rise (SLR) and recurrent flooding analysis resulting in an adaptation planning study. SLR rates for Virginia Beach are in the top 10 percent of all U.S. cities. The systematic, watershed-based assessment will develop response plans to offset current and future recurrent flooding issues for susceptible areas within Virginia Beach. The study will include a comprehensive risk assessment of community assets to future flood conditions, which will be used to inform the development of an array of adaptation actions. These activities will be combined with feasibility assessments and benefit-cost ratios to help prioritize strategies, which can best be implemented to improve flood resilience and help to ensure the long-term sustainability of Virginia Beach. Dewberry Joins STARR II Joint Venture to Support FEMA in Natural Disaster Planning and Mitigation Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has joined the Strategic Alliance for Risk Reduction (STARR II), a joint venture of Atkins and Stantec, to provide technical consulting and support services to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The STARR II joint venture assists FEMA nationwide in working with communities to plan and respond to natural disasters. STARR II is under contract to provide FEMA with production and technical services for its Risk Map program, Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program (HMTAP), and the Building Sciences Programs. The joint venture s mission is to help make communities more resilient by providing highquality risk data and expertise to support mitigation action. Services include flood hazard mapping, risk assessment, hazard mitigation planning, post-disaster mitigation support, and building sciences expertise. Dewberry has provided a broad range of consulting services to FEMA, including floodplain mapping and disaster planning and response, since The firm s team of experts includes engineers, scientists, GIS analysts, and program specialists. 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 Both the history and economy of Virginia Beach have been fundamentally shaped by its location at the intersection of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. The same coastal resources that support the communities also pose potential risks to local infrastructure, homes, and businesses. However, proactive planning will allow the City of Virginia Beach to make informed decisions to mitigate these risks.

4 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 SAME National web site and review your company status under Membership.

5 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., Engineer- Surveyor, 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.

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7 General Information The annual Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo (JETC) will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas from May 19th through the 21st. With a focus on Energy, the 2015 JETC in Houston will open new discussions on the national security impacts of emerging global energy trends and America s path to becoming a net energy exporter by REGISTER NOW for the 2015 JETC and take part in this groundbreaking event! Sponsorship Opportunities Increase your visibility and show your support of SAME and the uniformed services become a sponsor of the 2015 JETC! Hurry because only a few sponsorships still remain. Click here for more information on 2015 Sponsorship Opportunities. Feel free to contact Stephanie Satterfield at ssatterfield@same.org for any questions/concerns. Accommodations SAME has reserved a block of rooms at the Hilton Americas Houston. All reservations must be reserved through the official housing site. For your planning purposes, room rates are $199 for private industry and $132 for active duty military or those currently in civil service. Make your reservations here now! Volunteer Opportunities We re looking for about 100 people to help out throughout this conference. If you would like to sign up to volunteer, click here and feel free to choose whatever works with your schedule. Please note that all volunteers who work at least 2 shifts will be able to attend the conference for FREE! Yes, for FREE! So sign up now! Feel free to contact Omar Oweis at omar.oweis@jacobs.com for any questions/concerns.

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11 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 Applications are due October 9. For questions regarding the program, please visit the SAME HQ Website or contact Hector M. Hernandez at or