SAME JAX - Feb 2023 Newsletter
Posted by Brian Murphy on Feb. 1, 2023 / SAME JAX Post / Subscribe 0
Join Us At Our Next Meeting: Feb 15th
Please be sure to register early as we have been reaching maximum capacity and might not be able to accommodate last minute registrations!
Click the image below for more details and to register.
NAVFAC Southeast Industry Day
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast is hosting an Industry Engagement Day, on March 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT at the Adam F. Herbert University Center 12000 Alumni Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32224.
The Industry Day will provide a venue for NAVFAC Southeast to discuss its mission, goals and contracting opportunities. The theme of this Industry Day will be accelerating performance there will be plenty of opportunities to exchange ideas, open dialogs, and create networking opportunities.
NAVFAC Southeast provides engineering support to the Warfighter through major and minor construction, A/E design, environmental, public works functions, and facility support services (FSC BOS).
Our Area of Operations (AOR) extends from the far reaches of Texas, north to Nebraska and Kansas, through Tennessee, east to South Carolina, down through the Southeast to Naval Station (NS) Guantanamo Bay, and provides support to the rest of the Caribbean through Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).
The intent of this engagement is to specifically address the following:
COMMUNICATE upcoming contracting opportunities
ENGAGE with industry to find way to Accelerate Performance of construction, repair, and services at all levels.
LISTEN to Industry feedback on things we can do to improve.
Improve EXECUTION speed by relying more on small business at ‘arms reach/quicker response’ at our 20 field offices across our AOR
Who Should Attend:
Anyone interested in contracting and subcontracting opportunities with NAVFAC Southeast.
2023 SAME STEM/Engineering and Construction Camps
Greetings! Please see the attached flyer for the 2023 SAME STEM/Engineering and Construction Camps. The camps provide a great opportunity for rising 10th to 12th grade high school students interested in STEM careers.
Please help us get the word out to eligible students as well as STEM professionals interested in volunteering to support the camps. Thank you!
Click the image below to get the PDF version of the STEM Camp flier
San Juan, PR Chapter: IGE 2023 On Puerto Rico's Power System Stabilization Program
When: Thursday, March 16th, 2023
Click the image below for more details and to register!
SAME Jax Sponsor Spotlights
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Since 1941, RS&H has set the standard for evolving to meet the ever-changing engineering and architecture needs of federal, state, and private clients. We broke away from the status quo of the time and developed a reputation for building teams uniquely suited to solving challenges of designing facilities that keep our nation secure, launching the national space program, expanding highway infrastructure network, designing landmark facilities for Fortune 1000 companies, and developing global airports that connected the world like never before. What we’ve put on the map has put us on the map consistently as a top 100 design firm and a best place to work. Today, we are an employee-owned company with award-winning architectural design services, engineering and consulting across a spectrum of industries.
From defense and transportation to aerospace and aviation to health and sciences and commercial buildings, our work helps shape the communities of today with resiliency and inclusiveness for a sustainable future. Our approach to every project is applying decades of well-honed quality expertise with insight that yields innovation
with a purpose. Learn more at: www.rsandh.com
GOLD SPONSOR
Established in 1992, Aerostar SES LLC (ASL) is an Alaska Native-owned company that provides full-service environmental, engineering, and construction services. Our employees provide a broad range of services to commercial, industrial, and governmental agencies located throughout the United States. ASL maintains an unwavering commitment to our “core competencies” including environmental site assessments, NEPA and natural resources, engineering and compliance, industrial hygiene, environmental remediation, and construction. These are the services our clients routinely request and the services we deliver across multiple private and public sector industries throughout the country. Our core competencies represent the foundation of experience from which our clients benefit and ASL’s best value is consistently delivered.
SILVER SPONSOR
Founded in 1991, ZAPATA is a full-service architect-engineering (AE) firm and Department of Defense (DoD) contractor. We are dedicated to serving the mission needs of DoD clients to maintain the readiness and resilience of U.S. military forces. ZAPATA is a small business under NAICS 541330. We provide AE and construction phase services for new construction, demolition, and renovation/repair of facilities and infrastructure. Our projects include sustainment, restoration, modernization (SRM), military construction (MILCON), Civil Works, and designs for complex industrial and high-security facilities.
ZAPATA is headquartered in Charlotte, NC and has a design studio in Atlanta, GA. We have all major disciplines in-house, including project managers; architects and interior designers; civil, structural, seismic/blast/explosive protection, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and telecommunications engineers. Our team of professionals takes pride in delivering high-quality designs, from design-build RFPs through full, ready-to-advertise construction packages for design-bid-build projects. ZAPATA has a long-standing track record of excellent service, performance, and prompt delivery of complex and logistically challenging projects. We bring proven experience and capability as a prime contractor for the Navy, Air Force, and Army, having managed more than 30 IDIQ contracts since 1994.
Meeting Recap from Last Month
Thank you to CAPT Miguel Dieguez, Commanding Officer of NAVFAC SE, who gave a great presentation on the challenges and logistics involved with the Red Hill Crisis Response.
The Red Hill water crisis is a public health crisis and environmental disaster caused by fuel leaking from the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility into the freshwater aquifer underneath the island of Oʻahu. Residents in military housing in and around Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam began reporting chemical contamination in their tap water near the end of November 2021, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Health advised residents to stop using their tap water on November 29, 2021. Military housing residents were unable to use their tap water until the following March, after their water system was flushed of contaminants. [Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hill_water_crisis]
Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation
Click the Image Below to View The Photo Gallery
Member Spotlight: Major Elizabeth May, USAF (Ret)
(Elizabeth May, center with fellow SAME and Women In Defense members)
Written in honor of Mr. Dick Prosser, SAME Fellow, who’s SAME service inspires me from beyond.
What company/agency do you work for and what is your job title?
Prosser, A PRIME AE Company: Director of Public Relations
What have been your volunteer roles in the past and what is your role now for the Jacksonville Post?
Jacksonville Post Programs Chairperson– 2016 - 2018
Jacksonville Post Membership Chairperson - 2018 – Present
Leadership and Communications committee member
Scholarship Selection Team
Are you on any National committees or served at Regional/National level and doing what?
National Engineering & Construction Camps COI Member – 2018
National Membership COI Member – 2019 – Present
National Membership COI Strategic/Cultural Subcommittee Member – 2022 – Present
Awards/Recognition:
2016 SAME Jacksonville Outstanding Member of the Year
2016 SAME South Atlantic RVP Medal for Outstanding Service by an Individual
2017 SAME South Atlantic RVP Medal for Outstanding Service by an Individual
2019 SAME Jacksonville Post President’s Award
2019 Contributor to SAME Jacksonville Post 2019 Large Post of the Year Award
2020 SAME National Membership Champion Award – 1st Time Recipient of new award
2021 SAME Jacksonville Outstanding Member of the Year
2021 SAME South Atlantic RVP Medal for Outstanding Service by an Individual
Where did you attend college? What did you study?
Bachelor of Science - Psychology - University of Maryland
Masters - Aeronautical Science - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
How long have you been a member of SAME and the Jacksonville Post?
SAME/Jacksonville Post Member - 2015 – Present
What’s your favorite Jacksonville Post memory?
There are too many to just have one favorite. I am simply very blessed to have made many “friendships for life” while serving the Jacksonville Post and to have had all the great experiences/memories made at National, Regional and Local events that built those friendships!
What do you like to do in your free time?
Spend time with my nearly 3-year-old Grandson, Cameron.
Fun facts:
Soloed the USAF T-38 Talon 5 times in the USAF (Had to leave pilot training due to my father passing).
I have over 3,000 sport skydives. One of the highlights was participating in the 2005 “Jump for The Cause” event practicing for a full week jumping several times a day (using 8 aircraft flying in a V formation) and finally setting a world record on the last day in of 151 women in a skydiving formation (all holding our grips on each other) for over 3 seconds and as a result earning $5M in funds for breast cancer research and treatment.
Back in the 80’s my sister, Cindy Anderson, USA, Lt Col, (Ret), flew a Blackhawk that I jumped out of at the Fort Campbell Military Jump Club.
I am a Florida licensed private investigator
What are your favorite quotes?
“Grace comes again every morning.”
“I didn’t get everything done in one day either. God”
“A quiet hour is worth more than anything you can do in it.”
Upcoming Event: Meet Jacksonville's Mayoral Candidates
Several of our fellow professional societies are hosting a Mayoral Candidate Panel Discussion on 9 February 2023 at TIAA Bank Field Terrace Suite.
If you are interested please register here: 2023 COJ Mayoral Candidate Forum Registration, Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 11:30 AM | Eventbrite
Click below for the PDF version of the flier
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