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Economic Development January/February 2017 GEORGIA’S ECONOMIC POLITICAL OUTLOOK GPTQ DESIGN AWARDS PAT WILSON GEORGIA’S NEW COMMISSIONER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 1 2 ENGINEERING GEORGIA TABLE OF CONTENTS 26 COVER STORY: ADVANCING THE ECONOMY From Film to Factories, Georgia’s Economic Development Efforts Hinge Upon a Skilled Workforce and Industry Partnerships 34 GEORGIA’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Viewpoints on the State’s Economic Vitality, Market Trends and Top Issues 42 TRANSFORMATIVE TRANSPORTATION DESIGN A Look Back at the 2016 GPTQ 26 Preconstruction Design Awards 6 THE PULSE News Coverage from In and Around the Engineering Community 50 PROJECT SPOTLIGHT A Whole New Ballgame: Inside the Underground Detention System at SunTrust Park 55 ASSOCIATION NEWS Updates from Georgia Engineering Associations 66 ENGINEERS BEYOND THEIR CAREERS 34 42 Pursuing Passions Outside of the Industry CHECK OUT OUR NEW LOOK ONLINE! ON THE COVER View Engineering Georgia’s new website at EngineeringGa.com for Pat Wilson, the new Commissioner of the Georgia behind-the-scenes photos, exclusive online-only articles and more Department of Economic Development, shot exclusively for Engineering Georgia by about the official magazine of Georgia’s engineering industry. Matt Druin – Matt Druin + Co. Photography. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 3 Publisher: Michael “Sully” Sullivan Editor-in-Chief: EDITORIAL Sasha Ugi BOARD Managing Editor: Nikki Welch ANITA ATKINSON P.E., Patterson & Dewar Engineers, Inc./ASCE Georgia Creative Director | Designer: Sabrina Tongren CHAD BECKER Kimley-Horn www.in8-design.com JEFF CORBIN Parsons STEPHANIE DAMMEN-MORRELL Hussey Gay Bell Contributing Editors: MICHELLE ERSTE Wolverton & Associates, Inc./SMPS Atlanta Kasie Bolling Allison Floyd ERIK M. GRANDOWSKI CPSM, Pond André Gallant BETH HARRIS CPSM, United Consulting/SAME Atlanta Post JENNIFER HEAD ACEC Georgia Contributing Photographer: JENNY C. JENKINS P.E., McGee Partners, Inc./ASHE Georgia Matt Druin - Matthew Druin + Co. Photography PAMELA LITTLE P.E., Pond/SAME Atlanta Post Accounting & Advertising Services Manager: BRIAN O'CONNOR P.E., T.Y. Lin International/ASHE Georgia Brittney Love JOHN PIERSON Georgia Tech Research Institute/ASCE Georgia MICHAEL PLANER P.E., PES Structural Engineers/SEAOG Advertising Sales: ACEC Georgia BILL RUHSAM P.E., PTOE, Michael Baker International/ITE Georgia 233 Peachtree Street JACK SEIBERT P.E., GEF Suite 700 THOMAS TRUE P.E., L.S., Rochester & Associates, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 DOUG WEAVER P.E., Comcast/GSPE (404) 521-2324 www.acecga.org BILL WELLS ITS Georgia MALIKA REED WILKINS Ph.D., Atlanta Regional Commission/WTS Atlanta Send change of address to: LISA S. WOODS P.E., HNTB Corporation ACEC Georgia 233 Peachtree Street, Suite 700, Atlanta, GA 30303 PATTI ZACHARY Heath & Lineback Engineers, Inc. or email [email protected] Facebook.com/EngineeringGA www.EngineeringGA.com Engineering Georgia 2016 is published bi-monthly by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia (ACEC Georgia) and its partner associations ASCE, ASHE, GEF, GSPE, ITE, ITS, SAME, SEAOG and WTS. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without permission is prohibited. In8 Design, ACEC Georgia, and its partner associations ASCE, ASHE, GEF, GSPE, ITE, ITS, SAME, SEAOG and WTS, as well as their representatives, employees and agents, are held harmless from any claim, demand, liability or action on account of, or in any way arising out of, the client’s advertising, products and services, Atlanta Post or its participation in Engineering Georgia. 4 ENGINEERING GEORGIA Publisher’s | LETTER or many people, the A lot of work goes into creating an award- But, there’s one person whose vision, beginning of a new year is winning magazine (hey, that has a nice ring to dedication and passion for this magazine a time for reflecting on the it!) – from the behind-the-scenes accounting are what makes the “award winning” milestones of the previous work, to the professional photographers and difference: our Editor-in-Chief, Sasha Ugi. Fyear and contemplating changes to improve writers who create the words and pictures I may have the title of “Publisher” and my ourselves and our businesses. So, it’s no on every page, to the members of our own page on which I bloviate bi-monthly, coincidence that we kick off the year with Editorial Board who provide the feedback but I, and everyone else who works on this our annual Economic Outlook issue, with and direction that contribute so much to the magazine, really work for Sasha. She’s the the aim of providing informative articles on quality of our magazine. But, a few people one who herds the cats, keeps everyone on the state of Georgia’s economy and future deserve extra special credit for our “award task and manages the hundreds of details growth. winning” achievement. that go into creating every issue. She is more than just the boss, she’s also the brains and This time of year also marks the anniversary First, we have a world-class Creative Director heart of this magazine. That’s what has of Engineering Georgia, now entering its and Designer, Sabrina Tongren, who takes made her an “award winning” leader and I third year of publication. When we set out the raw materials of words and images and know that with her in charge, we are going to create this magazine, one of our goals combines them with her own boundless to need to make a lot more room for all the was for each issue to be better than the creativity to make every layout design “pop” awards that will be coming our way. previous one. I may be a little biased, but off the page. Our MarCom Award for Design looking back on the past eleven issues, I is just a small testament to her huge talent. think we’ve largely accomplished that goal. Second, our Managing Editor, Nikki Welch, whose multitude of talents touch every But, you don’t have to take my word for aspect of the magazine. One day she’s writing it… just check out the hardware in the articles, the next day shooting photographs picture on this page. Those are the five Gold – and every day contributing great ideas that Michael L. “Sully” Sullivan MarCom Awards that Engineering Georgia make the magazine better. President and CEO, ACEC Georgia was honored with by the Association Publisher, Engineering Georgia of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) in the following categories: • Magazine – Industry/Trade • Magazine – Association • Design (Print) – Magazine • Writing – Magazine • Photography – Magazine The MarCom Awards recognize outstanding achievements in marketing and communications materials and the competition was stiff – the MarCom judges evaluated nearly 6,000 entries from individuals, publishers, media conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies across 300 different categories. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 5 The Pulse | NEWS BRIEFS ASCE-SPONSORED ENGINEERING IMAX HNTB RELOCATES ATLANTA OPERATION FILM TO SHOW AT FERNBANK HNTB has moved to a new office space, now located in the heart of Dream Big: Engineering our World, a movie produced in partnership downtown’s business district at 191 Peachtree Tower. Continued growth, with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), premiered at the both with the city’s infrastructure needs and within the firm itself, ASCE Annual Conference in October 2016 and is making its public demanded a larger location. “This location will better connect HNTB release during Engineers Week 2017. The film, produced by the Academy with our clients and the Atlanta business community,” Jeff Parker, HNTB Award-nominated Producers of Everest and Living Sea, is set to run at Atlanta Office Leader and Vice President said in a press release. 191 the IMAX Theater at Fernbank Science Center beginning in February. Peachtree Tower also houses the Metro Atlanta Chamber, who relocated in late 2016, and The Commerce Club. ATLANTA BUSINESS OWNER AND STEM PROMOTER PRESENTED POND SELECTED IN JOINT PROJECT FOR PORSCHE DRIVING FORCE AWARD AIR FORCE ONE AIRPORT HANGAR Stephanie Espy was awarded Pond, a full-service architecture, engineering, planning and construction the 2016 Porsche Driving firm based in Peachtree Corners, Ga., has been selected in a joint- Force award on December venture with Frankfurt Short Bruza to design the new hangar planned to 6, 2016 at the Center for house the future aircraft intended for use by the President of the United Civil and Human Rights. States. The project will be the first new hangar to be designed in more Espy is the Founder of Math than 30 years configured to accommodate the Air Force One aircraft and Strategies and Problem- will be designed for Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Md. solving (MathSP) and author of the book STEM Gems, THREE GEORGIA EMPLOYEES ANNOUNCED AS ENR which spotlights 44 innovative and inspiring SOUTHEAST’S “TOP YOUNG PROFESSIONALS” FOR 2017 women who work in the science, technology, Annie Blissit, Water Resources Engineer-in-Training at Gresham, Smith engineering and math (STEM) fields. The awards ceremony was part of and Partners, Angela Fannéy, Project Manager at Kimley-Horn and Women’s Empowerment Day and highlighted women who apply their Tommy Linstroth, CEO of Green Badger, LLC, were all selected by innovation in the fields of STEM. ENR Southeast as part of the 2017 Top 20 Under 40. The 20 selected class members come from across the southeast region, which includes GDOT AWARDS 18 CONTRACTS TOTALING Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee MORE THAN $44.5 MILLION and Puerto Rico. The emerging leaders represent “the ‘Best-of-the-Best’ The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded 18 project in their construction and design careers by giving back to their industry contracts across the state in early December for transportation projects. and communities,” according to ENR Southeast. Since the 2017 fiscal year began on July 1, GDOT has invested $175.8 million in resurfacing interstate and state roads.
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