Feb Luncheon Success!

This past month we had Caren Anders, Vice President and General Manager of JEA come and present to our Post discussing renewable energy and resilience initatives. Our lunchEon attracted over 75 attendees! Plese click here for the presentation.

Click here to see the Pre-Meeting Slides

Click Here for the JEA Presentation

Our Next Meeting

Our next meeting will feature Lee Gerald of LG2 Environmental Solutions discussing their work on the MCAS Cherry Point Living Shoreline Project. Click here to read more and to register. 

Remember, each day that you register early you get another entry into our early bird raffle! 

STEM Summer Camps

If you have a son or daughter or know of a high school student who would like to experience a camp of a life time, aka, STEM summer camp, then get your registrations in now to reserve a spot in one of the world-class camps responsible for inspiring our future engineers and STEM leaders, Our Post point of contact is, claud.r.weeks@usace.army.mil.  You may also visit www.same.org/stemcamps for additional details.  Deadline is March 15, 2019

Stephen Duba Retires!

After 47 years of combined military and civilian federal service, Mr. Stephen Duba effective December 31st 2019 from the U.S, Army Corps of Engineers. His most recent role was as Chief of the Construction Division and he had previously also served as Chief of Engineering. Post members attended his luncheon which took place at the River City Brewing Company, near the USACE JAX office. Mr. Duba was also awarded the Army Engineering Association Bronze DeFleury medal during the ceremony. 

Congrats, Steve!

Young Member Field Trip

The SAME JAX Post Young Members invite you to attend the LB2 Lung Bioengineering Field Trip at the Mayo Clinic Campus March 8th from 10am - 12pm hosted by Whiting-Turner. There is no cost to attendees. 

Jobsite attire - no shorts, close-toed shoes only. Hardhats and safety vests can be provided. 

Location is 14221 Kendall Hench Circle

Please RSVP to Jessica Tiolo - jessica.triolo@rsandh.com 904-256-2167

Jumbo Shrimp Baseball Game - Save the Date!

Saturday night, 11 May 2019.  The game starts at 1905 hrs, picnic area / food starts at 1800 hrs.  We've got SkyBox 1 reserved this year, which is along the baseline and not right behind home plate.

SAME Post Members Attend the Lt. Dan Band

Members from the JAX Post attended the Lt. Dan band on Feb 22nd. Attendees included Elizabeth May (Processer) Capt. Monreal (NAVFAC SE) and many others. To see more photos, visit our Facebook Page.

Upcoming Events from Our Partners

We’ve got some exciting announcements from the UF Chapter of SAME:

PLEASE CAST YOUR POLL for the NAVFAC SE Field Trip!

The UF and UNF Chapters of SAME have been invited by both Capt. Monreal, the Commanding Officer for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE)  in addition to Capt. Manalo, NAVFAC SE’s Executive Officer. Additionally, this invitation has also been extended to our peers in ASCE as well. Due to the security and logistics involved, some planning is required to help coordinate for optimal attendance. I’d like to present to their leadership with our top date requests. They can help streamline approvals for getting us on base. If you could, please use the following Google Form to help put down your optimal days of the week and weeks remaining in the semester.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccV-Q-LZa9Nm2mPTGFzqDmYELLn4R_hkWlbZah7GZoVcaZAw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Our visit might also include a tour of NAS JAX’s P-8A simulators

Our Next SAME JAX Post Meeting

If you are available next week to take a trip to Jacksonville, our next meeting is Feb 20^th.  Reply to this email to check and see if some of our free student spots are available. We can also coordinate travel / carpooling there, as well.

Scholarships:

The SAME JAX Post awards $Thousands of scholarships each year and we are currently accepting scholarships. The deadline is April 30^th. Please visit https://samejax.org/College_Scholarships for more information.

Nominations for 2019 – 2020 Officers

If you are interested in serving as an officer for the next academic calendar year, please let me know what position you are interested in. If you are an existing officer and want to run for the same position, you are allowed to do so, per our (draft) Charter / Bylaws.

Future UF SAME meeting Save the Dates:

• March 18th - Willard Shafer – a SAME Life Member, Registered Professional Engineer (retired), Past SAME Post President Guam), retired CEC, USN Captain and retired UF College of Engineering faculty member and Assistant Dean for Academic Programs.  He chaired the UF ROTC Committee for 5 years in the 1980s and Coordinated the Construction Engineering Management Graduate Program in Civil Engineering for 10 years. 

• April 8th - Akea / Akea Design – a Gainesville area SAME Sustaining Member and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. They offer a variety of services ranging from Design Build, Construction Management, Facilities Planning, Environmental Compliance, and much more. They will be presenting on some of their latest projects supporting the DoD.

• April 22nd -  Rob Smedley - RS&H – a Large A&E company, will be coming to discuss the emerging trend of Design-Build delivery in the AEC Industry.

Sign Up to Become a Member of SAME National and of our Sponsoring Jacksonville Post

Membership is Free for as long as you remain in school. School and graduation date is required. https://www.same.org/Get-Connected/Be-a-Member/Profile-Update/Student-Membership

Pics from Recent Meetings

Mr. John Gilreath of DRMP speaks on their GIS work associated with Ascension Island and UF’s CCTV Inspections

USAF Reserve Col. Bill Riehl speaks about his experiences  as Commander of the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron in Kirkuk Iraq. Also discussing his work supporting Genesee and Wymoing as their lead Structural Engineer, overseeing Nationwide bridge inspections.

Please feel free to forward this on to any friends you think would be interested in joining us.

You are receiving this email because of your interest in the UF Chapter of SAME.

Email me or your President, Ryan McCoy ryanmccoy@ufl.edu with any questions you might have.

Thanks!

Brian

Jan Luncheon – Another Great Success!  We had a great kickoff to 2019 with retired Col. Danny KcKnight, best known for being portrayed in the movie "Black Hawk Down." Col. McKnight spoke on  successful leadership and commitment and his real world experience of October 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia as Commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment. This luncheon event drew well over 100 members and guests! Click the picture in order to see the photo gallary for this event.
Pictures from SAME / SMSA Golf Tournament We had a beautiful day for golf on Monday the 28th, following a weekend filled with 2 inches of rain in areas of North Florida. They day was mostly sunny with a chill in the air, and while the golf course was a bit soggy and the greens were fast, the company was excellent. Additionally, we had no reported broken windows or property damage from the residents of the Jacksonville Golf and Country Club due to stay drives. This event helped raise a lot of great money in support of the SeaBee Memorial Scholarship in addition to helping support SAME JAX Post's College Scholarships.
Upcoming Feb Luncheon Details On February 20, 2019 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at the River City Brewing Company, we will be welcoming Caren Anders, Vice President and General Manager of JEA.  Caren has lead responsibility for producing and delivering energy to JEA's 485,000 electric customers in a safe, reliable and cost-competitive manner, and in full compliance with regulatory objectives. In this role, she and her team are responsible for planning, constructing, operating and maintaining JEA’s electric system, including generation plants and transmission, substation and distribution systems. For more details or to register, please click here

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