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ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (AACE) Info for Membership Ballot Candidates for 2018 Induction ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP YEAR COLLEGE/DEGREE Keith M. Britton 1997 UA Fayetteville / BSCE 1999 UA Fayetteville / MSCE President/Owner, Iconic Consulting Group, Inc: Keith Britton has over 20 years of experience in the engineering industry. Keith worked for large firms such as Jacobs before starting his own firm in 2009 in Dallas, Texas. He opened an office in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2015. His firm performs civil site design, transportation design, and construction inspection. His current clients include the Arkansas Department of Transportation, the City of Little Rock, Clinton National Airport, the Little Rock Port, DFW Airport, and the City of Frisco, TX. The firms most notable projects include being on teams for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Irving-3 line into the DFW Airport; the construction inspection of Highway 112 (Springdale Northern Bypass), the construction inspection of Taxiway A/B reconstruction at the Clinton National Airport; and the Maintenance Management Consultant for the North Texas Tollway Authority. Keith is very involved in his community. He currently serves as a Program Manager for the local chapter of Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA), a program for both high school and middle school students. He has been on the Board of Directors for the Mind Bender Academy for eight years. He serves on the Board and is the Membership Committee Chair for the University of Arkansas Black Alumni Society. He is the recipient of the 2011 Presidents Award Frisco Chamber of Commerce; the 2015 Texas Legislative Black Caucus Outstanding Texan Award; and the University of Arkansas 2016 Early Career Award. Keith is the Past President of the Dallas Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials and has been involved with this organization for thirteen years. He is also the chairman of the public relations committee for the Dallas Consulting Engineering Companies (CEC). Keith has two daughters, Knailah and Meghan. P.E. in AR & TX Nominated by Jerry D. Holder, Jr., Earl Mott, Jr., & Kip Guthrie **************************************************************************** YEAR COLLEGE/DEGREE Stephen M. Lawrence 1988 La Tech University / BSCE District Nine Engineer, AR Department. of Transportation: Steve grew up in Central Arkansas, where he graduated high school from Little Rock Mills in 1982. He then attended UALR for a time while he took as many of the early engineering courses as would transfer. Steve then transferred to Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, where he received his BS in Civil Engineering in 1987. He was inducted into the Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society while attending LA Tech. Immediately after graduation from LA Tech in 1987, Steve began full-time work for ARDOT (AHTD at the time) in Bridge Division at the Central Offices in Little Rock. After working in Bridge Division for two years, he transferred to "the field" to work in the Resident Engineer's Office in Harrison, AR. Steve obtained his PE in 1992 and is registered in AR. He worked his way up through the various field ranks to become Resident Engineer in Harrison in 2002. Steve was promoted to the position of District Construction Engineer in the District Nine Office in Harrison in 2004 and later transferred to the position of District Maintenance Engineer in the same office in 2007. He was promoted to his current position of District Nine Engineer at Harrison in 2010. In 2015, Steve was appointed to serve as an Active Employee Member of the Department's Retirement Board and was elected by his fellow employees in 2016 to continue serving in that capacity. Even though Steve spent some time 'south of the border' in Louisiana, he is, and has been, a lifelong Razorback. He is an active member of First Baptist Church of Valley Springs. He also serves on the Valley Springs Foundation, a fundraising organization founded to promote the School and the City of Valley Springs, AR. Steve and Kelli, his wife of over 28 years, live in Valley Springs, just east of Harrison. They are the parents of two daughters, Hayley and Lindsey. P.E. in AR Nominated by Harold Beaver & Dan Flowers **************************************************************************** Use the Separate Ballot sheet to vote Return Ballot to Wayne Jones as noted in cover letter. Page 1 of 11 ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (AACE) Info for Membership Ballot Candidates for 2018 Induction YEAR COLLEGE/DEGREE Mitchell T. “Mitch” Eggburn 1986 UA Fayetteville / BSCE Resident Engineer at LRAFB, US Army Corps of Engrs.: Mitchell T. “Mitch” Eggburn has over 30 years of experience with the Corps where he has worked in the areas of River Engineering, Hydraulic Structure Design, and Construction Contract Administration. He is a Supervisory Civil Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District and currently serves as Resident Engineer at the Little Rock Air Force Base Resident Office where he oversees military and civil works construction throughout the Little Rock District. In addition to his Resident Engineer duties, his current duties also include serving as Administrative Contracting Officer on a wide range of construction contracts in the Little Rock District. Mitch’s responsibilities include ensuring that quality projects are constructed safely and within budget and schedule. He has designed numerous bank stabilization and channel control projects on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System and other rivers in the Little Rock District. He was the primary hydraulic designer of the Montgomery Point Lock and Dam, performing hydraulic and hydrologic analyses and preliminary designs for various hydraulic features of the structure during the planning stage and then performing the final designs of the lock filling and emptying system, the navigation pass spillway and stilling basin, the overflow spillway and stilling basin, cofferdam flooding structure, and channel control and bank stabilization structures. He also served as Quality Assurance Chief and Resident Engineer during construction of Montgomery Point Lock and Dam from 1997 to 2004. He is a member of the Society of American Military Engineers. Mitch is a lifelong resident of Arkansas. He was born in Stuttgart and currently lives in Sheridan with his wife, Marsha. They have three children, Eric, Joseph, a senior at UALR; and Anna, a junior at Sheridan High School. He is a past 4-time president of the Sheridan Youth Baseball League and is a supporter of the Sheridan Public Schools band program. P.E. in AR Nominated by Jerry D. Holder, Jr. **************************************************************************** YEAR COLLEGE/DEGREE Patrick T. Schueck 1997 UA Fayetteville / BSCE President, Lexicon Holding Company: Patrick Schueck currently serves as President of Lexicon Holding Company. Lexicon is a fu ll service construction company working up to 4,000,000 man hours yearly . Patrick has served many roles with in Lexicon and has been responsible for many of Lexicon 's biggest steel fabrication contracts such as the expans ion of th e McCormic k Center in Chicago, IL, Dallas Cowboy Stadium in Arlington , TX. ThyssenKrupp Galvanizing Line s and Melt Chop in Calvert. AL., NASA Stennis A3 Test Stand in Stennis, MS and var io us large projects for the Nucor Corporation . Patrick was promoted to President in 2016 an d now working in all areas of Lexicon, Inc. Arkansas. Patrick servers on Children's Hospital Statewide Board of Directors Little Rock Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors, US Bank Regional Board of Di rectors’ Member, Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, Fifty for the Future, American Contractors Insurance Group Execut ive Council, National Steel Bridge Alliance Executive Committee, Little Rock Chamber of Commerce Exec ut ive Committee, University of Arkansas College of Engineering Adv iso ry Counsel, Patrick gives his t ime freely to many non profit organizations including Boys & Girls Club , Arkansas Childr en's Statewide Board along with various other fund raisin g events . He has also served in the past as a Chairman for the Red Cross Chapter of Greater Arkansas as well as currently serving on the US Bank Board and a member of the Litt le Rock Chamber of Commerce. Patrick has three children son Mason 13 & twin girls Ava & Hayden 10 . P.E. in AR Nominated by Gus Vratsinas **************************************************************************** Use the Separate Ballot sheet to vote Return Ballot to Wayne Jones as noted in cover letter. Page 2 of 11 ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING (AACE) Info for Membership Ballot Candidates for 2018 Induction YEAR COLLEGE/DEGREE Stephen C. Horton 1982 UA Fayetteville / BSCE 1984 UA Fayetteville / MSCE Retired, Kellogg/Brown&Root: Mr. Horton began his career with International Paper at Pine Bluff, AR in the Plant Engineering Department. While at Pine Bluff, he continued working on his MSCE and when he completed it in1984, he was transferred to International Paper’s Corporate Engineering Group in Mobile, AL, where he worked on several multi-million dollar pulp and paper projects over the United States. Mr. Horton left International Paper in 1998 and went to work for BE&K Engineering and Construction in Birmingham, AL. Mr. Horton first project with BE&K was a $500 million project with Boise Cascade. He was responsible for the structural design of several major mill areas. BE&K asked him and several others individuals to open an office in Wilmington, DE doing work for DuPont. He became manager of the Civil/Structural and Architectural Department. He grew his department from a small group of 10 people to a department of over 50 engineers, architects, and designers. While he Delaware, he was able to complete his MBA from Samford University. In 1999, BE&K asked him to transfer to their Raleigh, NC office as its Chief Engineer. Under his leadership, the office grew from a 90 person office with revenues just under $10 million to a 175 person office with revenues exceeding $25 million.