september 2012 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: PROGRAM: Getting To Net Zero ..................................... 1 News And Events ................................................................. 2 Sustaining Member Firms – 2012 .................................... 4 Just The Facts .........................................................................8 TOP LARGE POST – HonorabLE MENTion – 2010 TOP LARGE POST – 2006 DISTINGUISHED POST – 2011 Fort Worth Post GETTING TO NET ZERO MEETING DETAILS Michael Panczykowski, AIA September 4, 2012 Commercial and Residential buildings consume more than one-third of RSVP by August 30 the worlds energy. In the United States, buildings account for more than 40 percent of energy consumption, including over 70% of electricity TIME: generation. 10:30 a.m. Board Meeting 11:30 a.m. Registration Increasingly, net zero energy design principles are growing in importance 12:30 p.m. Lunch and Program to the Government due to increasing costs of fossil fuels and their negative impact on the planet’s climate and ecological balance. However, many LOCATION: clients, including the Department of Defense have little grasp on what it takes to achieve Net Zero “777 Main” (Formerly Carter & Burgess) for buildings. Petroleum Club | 40th Floor 777 Main Street | Fort Worth, Texas In this presentation, Michael will discuss the design of the Award Winning, Mission Support COST: Group Complex at Barksdale Air Force Base, LA which was slated to be the first Net Zero $25.00 Full Buffet building for the Global Strike Command. While ultimately the project limitations prevented it $20.00 Young Members from qualifying for Net Zero status, this informative discussion will cover the options considered and the investment required to reach the Net Zero energy goal. PARKING: $2.50 On-Site Parking Speaker Bio (with validation) Michael Panczykowski, AIA is Senior Vice President with Pond & Company in charge of Pond’s national architecture practice. A graduate of the University of Colorado, Michael has spent his RESERVATIONS: career focused on the design of sustainable facilities, well before they became in vogue. His studies Angie McCullough | 817.284.9400 have included active and passive solar systems to include radiant heating, Trombe walls, day [email protected] lighting concepts and photovoltaics. Please remember the guidelines Over his 33 year career Michael has garnered 16 national design awards, 12 of which were for regarding reservations. If you make a the Department of Defense. His experience also includes Chairperson for the DoD committee reservation, you are required to pay for that developed national housing design standards for Army, Navy and Air Force family housing, your meal. Bachelor Officer Quarters, and General Officer housing. Michael has also has the pleasure of serving as Jury Member for the Air Force’s Design Awards SAME Fort Worth Post is program on several occasions. now on Facebook! Society of American Military Engineers – Fort Worth Post same-fortworth.org | P.O. Box 17300 | Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300 | 817.886.1653 news and events JB West of the Fort Worth Post SAME participates in an annual classic car show at the Wounded Warrior Center at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. The photo (left) shows one of the wounded warriors and his son sitting in J B West 55 Pontiac during 2011 annual car show. Another show is scheduled for October 2012. If you are interested in either attending or making a donation to the Wounded Warrior Center at Brook Army Medical Center contact J.B. West at [email protected] SAME FORT WORTH POST GOLF TOURNAMENT Date: October 5, 2012 Location: Iron Horse 6200 Skylark Circle North Richland Hills, TX 76180 Time: Registration – 7:15 am Shotgun Start – 8:00 am Lunch and Awards – 12:30 – 2:30 As Sustaining Member firms, you’re being contacted first for Hole and Prize Sponsorships. If you have any questions, please contact Angie McCullough at [email protected] We look forward to seeing you all out there! 2012 TEXOMA-MISSOURI RIVER JOINT ENGINEER TRAINING SYMPOSIUM (JETS) San Antonio, Texas The website and registration is open for our JETS (the new title for Regional Conferences) in Oct 2012 being hosted by the San Antonio Post at Crowne Plaza Hotel San Antonio – Riverwalk. Crowne Plaza Hotel San Antonio – Riverwalk 210.354.2800 111 East Pecan Street San Antonio, Texas 78205 Go to http://www.regonline.com/2012sametexomaregionalconferencesixflagsoftexas 2 news and events IT’S TRINITY RIVER TRASH BASH TIME AGAIN! Saturday, September 15th, 8:30 am to 11:30 am It’s that time of year again for the 21st Annual Trinity River Trash Bash on Saturday, September 15th, 8:30 am to 11:30 am. » We have grown so much over the last 20 years that we’ve added » Join us at the yet ANOTHER location! The new location is Airfield Falls After Bash party located near NASJRB Carswell. This area will be a challenge to from 11:30 am to clean up as it has set untouched for many, many years. 1:30 pm for free food, soft drinks » We have also improved our online registration. You no longer and, NEW this have to printout the liability release form. After registering, year… TRWD’s click on the “Release Agreement” button, read it and click on Hydration Station! the “I Agree” button then submit. We will provide you with water » We will be offering early pick up on Thursday, September 13th bottles that you and Friday, September 14th from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the can fill and refill Trinity River Vision Education Center located at 307 W. 7th with water at the Hydration Station. Radio Disney will be the Street in Downtown. There will be a parking lane out front featured entertainment for the kiddos. Kona Ice will be on so all you will have to do is pull up, give them your name and hand for free sno cones. There will be exhibitors, door prizes your chosen location, and they will go in and get your bag(s) and giveaways! and bring them to you. If you do not wish to do early pickup, your bag(s) will be waiting for you at your designated clean up If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at location the day of the Bash. 817.335.2491 (ofc) or 817.412.9655 (cell) or by email at Brenda. [email protected]. Hope to see you at the Bash!! 2012 FORT WORTH POST SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Alec Baker Rebekah Marquardt Richard Marsh 3 JANUARY JUNE (JOINT MEETING DALLAS POST) AECOM No presentations sustaining member firms – 2012 Alliance Geotechnical Group AMEC JULY ARCADIS/Malcolm Pirnie Leetex Construction LLC October Firms ARS Engineers, Inc. LEO A DALY Atkins MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. Aviation Alliance, Inc. Manhattan Construction Company Please submit articles to Balfour Beatty Construction Mason & Hanger [email protected] BD Collaborative Mead & Hunt, Inc. Bechtel – S Corporation MECX, LP Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc. Merrick & Company Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC Metropolitan Infrastructure, PLLC Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc. Michael Baker Corporation Burns & McDonnell ModSpace Moffatt & Nichol FEBRUARY Moye Consulting Carothers Construction, Inc. CDM AUGUST CH2M HILL Multatech CHA Inc. MW Builders Champion Commercial Solutions MWH CMJ Engineering, Inc. O’Brien Engineering, Inc. Conti Federal Services, Inc. PageSutherlandPage CORE Construction Parsons CPY, Inc. Parsons Brinkerhoff Criado and Associates, Inc. Persaud Companies Inc. Fine Cyntergy AEC PIKA International, Inc. Dannenbaum Engineering Corp. Pond & Company David Mason & Associates, Inc. Prime Engineering & Architecture, Inc. print... Dewberry Professional Services Industries, Inc. (PSI) Ramtech Building Systems, Inc. MARCH Each firm will be featured Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. SEPTEMBER in the month indicated on Dougherty Sprague Environmental, Inc. Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc. the schedule above. Prior to E.W. Wells Group RMA Land Construction, Inc. the month in which your EA Engineering, Science & Technology, Inc RMD Consulting LLC ECC Rolf Jensen & Associates firm will be featured, you Ecology & Environment, Inc. Roy Anderson Corp will submit an article for the EnSafe, Inc. RW Armstrong newsletter describing your ETD Services, LLC dba The Davitz Group Science Applications International Corp. ETTL Engineers & Consultants, Inc. Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. firm and its capabilities and Ewing Engineered Solutions Soil Stabilization Products Company, Inc. experience. Farnsworth Group, Inc. SpecPro Environmental Services LLC Freese and Nichols, Inc. Stanley Consultants, Inc. In addition, each firm will Brown and Caldwell, Inc. Stell Environmental Enterprises, Inc. Sundt Construction, Inc. be entitled to make a two APRIL minute presentation at the Fugro Consultants, Inc. OCTOBER regular meeting. Historically Garver USA Surveying and Mapping, Inc. (SAM) Geo-Marine, Inc. TEAM Integrated Engineering, Inc. firms have chosen to bring H.W. Lochner, Inc. TerranearPMC, LLC a raffle prize (benefiting the Halff Associates, Inc. Tetra Tech, Inc. SAME Scholarship Fund) HDR The Beck Group to the meeting when they HNTB The CK Group, Inc. Huitt-Zollars, Inc. The Ross Group Construction Corp. make a presentation. IEA, Inc. The Shaw Group, Inc. ITSI Gilbane Company The Warrior Group, Inc. Compliance Service Group, Inc. TranSystems Tug Hill Construction MAY Turner Construction Co. B&B Roadway and Security Solutions Faithful Gould, Inc. NOVEMBER Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. US Cost, Inc. JACOBS Universal Modular James DeOtte Engineering, Inc. URS Corporation KBR North American Government & Defense VRX, Inc. Key Construction W.G. Yates & Sons Construction