THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS ST. LOUIS POST www.same.org/stlouis Vol. 7 No. 7 July 2009 In This Issue Page 2 Installation of Officers SAME / APWA Joint Meeting Thursday, July 23, 2009 Page 3 Post Announcement Page 4 SAME Happy Hour Page 5 Calendar of Events Page 6 Announcements 2009 Infrastructure Systems Conference Social: 11:30 am to 12:00 pm Lunch: Noon Cost: $15 per person; $20 for non-members Location: Orlando Gardens, 2050 McKelvey Road, Maryland Heights, MO Reservations: Call or e-mail Linda Jones for reservations no later than noon, July 20, 2009. Phone: 636-537-4762 or e-mail ljones@chesterfield.mo.us Page 7 Sustaining Members Page 8-9 Golf Tournament Info and Sign up Page 10 Officers and Committees Page 11 Advertisements
July 2009 page 2 2009 Installation of Officers & Award Winners The St. Louis SAME Post held its 2009 Installation of Officers & Award Winners at its May 21, 2009 meeting. Pictured left to right: COL Dan Wilson, SAME Fellow; Steve McCaskie, First Vice President; Duane Siegfried, Second Vice President; Janet Ulivi, Treasurer; Jamie McVicker, Secretary. Absent: COL Thomas O Hara, President. Janet Ulivi, Post Treasurer is presented with the 2009 Distinguished Service Award by Ed Grimmer, Awards Chairperson. Bob Welsch, Deputy Awards Chairperson is presented with the 2009 Young Member Award by Ed Grimmer, Awards Chairperson. Bill Clarke, President of Horner & Shifrin is presented with the 2009 Sustaining Member Award by Ed Grimmer, Awards Chairperson. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
July 2009 Page 3 Post Announcement St. Louis Post SAME Members are invited to join Waterways Council, Inc. members at Alberici Constructors Headquarters for a reception and dinner to meet and discuss river infrastructure issues. Please welcome Cornel Martin, President & CEO of Waterways Council, who will be in St. Louis on a newspaper editorial board tour. The reception and dinner will include organized discussion of the latest on river lock funding and the challenges ahead, with our members and colleagues concerned with river infrastructure. Monday, July 20, 2009 Alberici Headquarters 8800 Page Avenue (SE corner of I-170 and Page) St. Louis, MO 4:30 and 5:00pm: Tours of Alberici's Headquarters, winner of numerous awards for its innovative "green" design (optional) 5:30pm: Reception, with discussion on the status of our waterways 6:30pm: Dinner Invitation Only Event! Business Casual Attire Suggested. MUST RSVP by Thursday, July 16 to Paul Rohde at 314.422.2268 or at prohde@vesselalliance.com. Hosted by Alberici Constructors
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July 2009 Page 5 SAME PRORGAM OUTLINE 2009 Executive Month Meeting Date Committee Meeting Speaker/Activity/Location/Comments July 23 8 Speaker: River City Robots Robotics Team spokesman Paul Frieling Subject: St. Louis Science Center FIRST Robotics program Location: Orlando s Gardens at 2050 Dorsett Village in Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043 Comments: Joint with APWA APWA to Host in 2009 RSVP s will be through the APWA attendance person (Connie Parish at cparish@ci.crevecoeur.mo.us ). Money will be collected by APWA at the door. The schedule will be as follows: Social 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Lunch at 12 noon, Cost $15 per APWA/SAME members, $20 for non-members. August 1 12 Speaker: Dr. Dale Chapman Subject: Great Rivers Education Center Location: MVS Mississippi- leave from Mel Price Lock Comments: MVS Mississippi Cruise No formal program. 4:00 PM tour, 5:00 PM Depart 6:00 PM Dinner September 17 9 Speaker: Tracy Beckette TENTATIVE awaiting Scott Post OK Subject: Alaska Highway constructed by the Missouri National Guard Location: Engineers Club Comments: Joint Meeting with Scott Post St Louis Post to Host in 2009 October 2 Scholarship Golf Outing Location: Forest Park Golf Course November 19 11 Speaker: Small Business Program TENTATIVE Subject: TBD Location: Engineers Club December 17 9 Speaker: Egg Slide Breakfast meeting, 7:30 a.m. Location: Engineers Club Comments: Summer Campers with slide show presentation July 13-15, 2010 Third week of May 2012 2010 SAME/ASCE Midwest Levee Conference 2012 National SAME Conference
July 2009 Page 6 2009 SUSTAINING MEMBERS 3001 Alberici Constructors AMEC Barr Engineering Company The Benham Companies, LLC Black & Veatch, Inc. Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc. Cabrera Services, Inc. CH2MHill David Mason & Associates, Inc. Farnsworth Group, Inc. Freeman Environmental Services, Inc. Gonzalez Companies, LLC Hanson Professional Services, Inc. HDR Engineering, Inc. HNTB Horner & Shifrin, Inc. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. Luhr Brothers, Inc. MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Massman Construction Company Morrow Group MWH Global, Inc. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Optimal Geomatics, Inc. Pangea Group Parsons Corporation Photo Science Ross & Baruzzini, Inc. Sanborn Map Company, Inc. SCI Engineering Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Shannon & Wilson, Inc. The Shaw Group, Inc. Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. (SEH) Stanley Consultants, Inc. Stantec Consulting Services Tetra Tech United States Army Corps of Engineers URS Corporation Western Surveying & Engineering, PC Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects (formerly Western Air Maps, Inc.) Woolpert, Inc. To find out more about our Sustaining Members visit www.same.org/stlouis All Sustaining Members are invited to submit any press release information to: Bently Green at bgreen@ch2m.com.
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July 2009 Page 10 2009 OFFICERS PRESIDENT COL Thomas E. O Hara USACE St. Louis District 1222 Spruce Street St. Louis, MO 63103 314.331.8010 Thomas.ohara@usace.army.mil FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Steve McCaskie Hanson Professional Services, Inc. 13801 Riverport Drive, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63043 314.770.0467 x115 smccaskie@hanson-inc.com SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Duane Siegfried Horner & Shifrin 5200 Oakland Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110 314.531.4321 dsiegfried@hornershifrin.com SECRETARY Jamie McVicker USACE St. Louis District 1222 Spruce Street St. Louis, MO 63103 314.331.8426 Jamie.Mcvicker@usace.army.mil TREASURER Janet Ulivi USACE, STL (CEMVS-EC) 1222 Spruce Street St. Louis, MO 63103-2833 314.331.8303 janet.c.ulivi@mvs02.usace.army.mil DIRECTORS DIRECTOR/PAST PRESIDENT (2009-2011) Don Grahlherr URS Corporation 1001 Highlands Plaza Dr. W, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63110 314.429.0100 Don_grahlherr@urscorp.com DIRECTOR/PAST PRESIDENT (2008-2010) Mike Rector 130 Horseshoe Drive Kirkwood, MO 63122 314.822.7120 mike.rector@earthlink.net 2009 COMMITTEES Attendance Mark S. Alvey USACE, St. Louis 314.331.8400, Mark.s.alvey@usace.army.mil Awards Ed Grimmer, SCI Engineering, 618.624.6969, egrimmer@sciengineering.com; Deputy Chair, Bob Welsch, Stantec, 314.317.7008, bob.welsch@stantec.com Individual Members Karen Frederich, Horner & Shifrin, 314.531.4321, kfrederich@hornershifrin.com Nominating vacancy Program Tom Ratzki, Black & Veatch, 314.532.7940, ratzkitj@bv.com Publicity & Reports Bently Green, CH2M HILL, 314.421.0900, bgreen@ch2m.com Deputy Chair, Charlotte Breth, Benham, 314.315.8531, charlotte.breth@benham.com Readiness and Homeland Security Al Fandrey, Barr Engineering, 573.638.5000, afandrey@barr.com Scholarship Jamie McVicker, USACE, 314.331.8426, Jamie.mcvicker@usace.army.mil Deputy Chair, Mike Pratt, City of Clayton, 636.946.7020, mpratt@ci.clayton.mo.us Student Post Chair vacancy Sustaining Public Agency Members Mike Rector, 314.822.7120, mike.rector@earthlink.net Young Members Brad Loomis, AMEC, 636.386.3800, brad.loomis@amec.com MISSOURI RIVER REGION Vice President COL Don Curtis (retired) Past Vice-President Mike Zambrana, Pangea Group 314.333.0600, mzambrana@pangea-group.com 2009 Call for Volunteers The SAME St. Louis Post Officers, Directors, and Committee Chairs work hard to bring you excellent programs and professional development and networking opportunities. We welcome your input and encourage you to participate as leaders at our Post. Please contact any of the Officers above if you are interested in volunteering. Thank You!
July 2009 Announcements & Advertisements Advertise in the Newsletter The St. Louis SAME Post will offer advertising space for upcoming newsletter issues. Your business card size advertisement could be included at a nominal cost of $15.00 per issue or a discounted price of $150.00 per year. Please send your business card size artwork to Bently.Green@ch2m.com and your check to Janet Ulivi USACE, St. Louis (CEMVS-ED-), 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63102-1826. Once your check is received your advertisement will begin in the following issue. If you have any questions call Bently at 314.421.0900. Advertising fees supplement the SAME scholarship fund!