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Suncoast
FCU IT Building Wins AIA Tampa Merit Award
07-08-08
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Congratulations
to Kevin Keiter and the Tampa design team of the
Suncoast Federal Credit Union Information Technology
Building, which garnered the 2008 Award of Merit
from the American Architects Tampa Bay Chapter.
The building features a 7,000-sf state-of-the-art
data center designed to withstand winds up to
a Category 5 hurricane and incorporates a curtain-wall
system with reflective laminated glass for low
solar heat gain. “In addition to the award
winning design, this challenging project gave
us a chance to apply the latest data center design
concepts for our systems and for hurricane preparedness,”
said Kevin. TLC’s Tampa office teamed with
Holmes Hepner & Associates Architects on the
design. Construction is expected to start in late
2009.
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UNF
Parking Services Building Earns LEED Silver
06-23-08
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The
University of North Florida's Parking Services
Building has achieved U.S. Green Building Council
LEED Silver Certification. This is a remarkable
accomplishment given that the project is only
3,000 sf, that UNF didn’t decided to seek
LEED certification until about half-way through
the design, and that the University had no budget
increase for certification. TLC provided mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and LEED
consulting services for the building, which was
constructed at a cost of $1.2 million. The building
is the Jacksonville Office’s 3rd LEED certified
building and TLC’s 15th.
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Lehigh
Valley Medical Office Building Achieves LEED Silver
06-20-08
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Hot
on the heels of Peace River Elementary School
achieving USGBC LEED Silver comes news that Lehigh
Valley Cedar Crest Medical Office Building in
Allentown, PA, has achieved USGBC LEED for Core
and Shell Pilot Silver certification! The project
achieved 33 points – one shy of Gold! TLC
served as LEED consultant and commissioning agent
on the 4-story medical building. Hearty congratulations
to Nashville’s Kim Shinn and Victoria Robertson
for all of their hard work. This is TLC’s
14th LEED certified building, second LEED healthcare
building, and first LEED certified building outside
of Florida.
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CASH
Takes the Helm of TLC's Marketing Department
06-19-08
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Carole
A. Stoffer Hingtgen, known to friends and colleagues
by her initials - CASH - has been named TLC’s
new Director of Marketing. A firm principal who
formerly served as Senior Marketing Representative,
Carole has more than 20 years of marketing and
business development experience. She is extremely
knowledgeable about the Florida architectural/engineering
community, has direct experience in marketing
architectural, structural, MEP, and C&T services,
and is held in high regard by her peers. Since
joining TLC in 1993, Carole has been a key team
member, helping to grow the firm from $7 million
to more than $76 million in annual marketing results.
An Iowa native, she has a bachelor’s degree
in business administration from the University
of Iowa and did graduate level course work at
the Harvard University School of Design in Cambridge,
MA. Carole has a vast network through active participation
in several industry related organizations including
NAIOP, CREW and SMPS.
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Peace
River Elementary Is TLC's "Lucky 13"
LEED Building
06-19-08
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Peace
River Elementary School in Charlotte Harbor has
achieved U.S. Green Building Council LEED®
Silver Certification. TLC teamed with Reynolds,
Smith and Hills of Ft. Myers for the project.
Some of the sustainable features are high-performance
chillers and air handlers, low-flow faucets and
toilets, motion-activated lights and indirect
lighting. In addition, the ceiling and floor tiles,
the carpeting, the filters on the air conditioning,
ventilation and heating equipment, and the building's
structural steel framing are all recycled or renewable
materials. The building is TLC's 13th LEED certified
building and the third TLC-engineered Charlotte
County school to be LEED certified since March.
Hat’s off to the Ft. Myers office, which
provided structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing,
fire protection design services, and the Deerfield
Beach office, which commissioned the building.
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Dick
Worth Expands His ASHRAE Leadership Role
06-19-08
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Dick
Worth, PE, LEED AP, HFDP, Senior Mechanical Engineer
in Jacksonville, has been named to ASHRAE's Publishing
& Education Council (PEC) for 208-2009. PEC
is one of only three councils that report to the
ASHRAE Board of Directors and will be chaired
by Vincent Tse, an international member from Hong
Kong, in the upcoming year. Dick is also ASHRAE
Regional and Society Committee Chair for 2008-2009.
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Rob
Hartman Joins TLC as Mechanical Project Manager
06-19-08
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Rob
Hartman, LEED AP, has joined TLC has a mechanical
project manager in the Tampa office. Rob, a Penn
State Architectural Engineering grad, has 13 years
of mechanical systems experience with a focus
on healthcare and higher education markets. Most
recently he was the lead mechanical engineer for
a firm in Atlanta.
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Two
Healthcare Division Engineers Acquire Their PE's
06-19-08
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Electrical
Engineer Jorge Davila (above left) and Mechanical
Engineer Steve Bosch (above right), both Healthcare
Division staffers, have passed the Florida professional
engineering exam to become registered professional
engineers.
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Charlotte
County Schools Laud Ft. Myers “Green Team”
06-11-08
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Shown
left to right: Jeffrey Stash, James Wing, James
Koehane, Brett Sands, and Michael Head from TLC's
Ft. Myers office
Members
of the Ft. Myers’ sustainable design team
are getting to be regulars at Charlotte County
school board meetings. For the second time in
three months, Ft. Myers engineers were special
guests at the meeting to receive a crystal USGBC
LEED plaque, this one for Neil Armstrong Elementary
School in Port Charlotte. With the March certification
of Baker Center Early Childhood Center, Charlotte
County School District has the distinction of
having the first public school and the first elementary
school in Florida to be LEED certified - and TLC
provided engineering and LEED consulting services
for both! Of the 34 LEED-certified buildings in
Florida, 12 of them - 35% -- are TLC projects.
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Deerfield
Beach Welcomes New Mechanical Engineer
06-10-08
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Alvaro
Gonzalez, EI, LEED AP, has joined the Deerfield
Beach staff as a mechanical engineer. With a bachelor's
degree in mechanical engineering from America
University in Bogata, Colombia, and nine years
of MEP experience, Alvaro brings strong HVAC design
skills to our Deerfield Beach team.
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Chris
Mouer Acquires His PE
06-09-08
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Chris
Mouer, an electrical project manager in Orlando's
Healthcare Division, has passed the Florida professional
engineering exam to become a registered professional
engineer. Chris has been an integral part of the
Healthcare staff since joining TLC in 1996.
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Steve
Rollin Is TLC's Newest Shareholder
06-08-08
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Steve
Rollin, senior electrical engineer in the Deerfield
Office, is TLC's newest shareholder. Drawing on
his great people skills and 35 years of engineering
experience, Steve communicates closely with clients
and follows through with excellent service. He’s
also a valuable mentor to the younger staff. His
projects include the University of Miami Clinical
Research Building Infrastructure and Tenant Improvement,
Broward Community College Institute of Public
Safety Addition and Remodeling and the Broward
County School Board BECON Studio/Transmitter Building
Renovations. He has a Certificate of Business
Management from Wharton school of the University
of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's in electrical
engineering from Villanova University.
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Charlotte
County's Neil Armstrong Elementary School is 1st
LEED Certified School in Florida
05-19-08
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Neil
Armstrong Media Room/Photo Courtesy of Reynolds,
Smith and Hills, Inc.
Charlotte
County's new Neil Armstrong replacement elementary
school in Port Charlotte has become the first
elementary school in Florida to achieve U.S. Green
Building Council LEED certification. The certification
comes on the heels of Charlotte County's Baker
Center Early Childhood Center becoming the first
LEED certified public school. Neil Armstrong and
Baker were two of the six Charlotte County schools
destroyed by Hurricane Charley in August 2004.
TLC teamed with Reynolds, Smith and Hills architect
and provided sustainable mechanical, electrical,
structural, plumbing and fire protection design,
LEED consulting, energy modeling and commissioning
services. Owens-Ames-Kimball served as construction
manager. Neil Armstrong is TLC's 12th LEED certified
building; in fact, of the 34 LEED certified buildings
in Florida, TLC has provided engineering or commissioning
services for 35%.
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Bob
Ricketts Is Named Tallahassee Division Director
05-19-18
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Robert
Ricketts, PE, LEED AP, CxA, has been named Director
of the Tallahassee office. A firm principal whose
most recent role was senior electrical engineer,
Bob has been a staple of the Tallahassee staff
for more than 15 years. He has lived in Tallahassee
since 1981 and is well known in the engineering
and architectural communities for his technical
excellence, responsiveness to clients, and professionalism.
Bob has more than 36 years of experience in all
aspects of electrical engineering and project
management. His portfolio includes numerous buildings
at Florida State and Florida A&M universities,
Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy, the Tallahassee
Memorial Hospital campus, the Department of Management
Services, and the Leon County School District.
He is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida,
Georgia, and Oklahoma. As an avid proponent of
sustainable engineering, Bob is an accredited
professional in the U.S. Green Building Council’s
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
program and is an ACG-certified commissioning
authority. His sustainable projects include the
LEED Silver certified City of Tallahassee Solid
Waste Facility and the Florida State University
Life Science Research Center, which is registered
for certification.
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Jacksonville's
Mark Gelfo Appointed to ACG Board
05-19-08
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Jacksonville
Division Director Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED AP, CxA,
has been appointed to the board of the American
Commissioning Group (ACG), the nation’s leading
association of certified commissioning authorities.
Mark learned of the appointment while attending
the ACG’s annual conference in Las Vegas,
where he gave a well-received presentation on
Commissioning of Emergency Power Systems. Commissioning
is an integral part of today’s high-performance
and sustainable buildings because it verifies
that the complex building systems and processes
work as designed. A leader in sustainable design
in Northeast Florida, Mark is Immediate Past President
and Education Committee Chair for the USGBC North
Florida Chapter.
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Cocoa's
John Riner and Matthew Craig Acquire LEED AP's
05-19-08
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John
Riner (L) and Matthew Craig (R)
Two
Cocoa staffers, Electrical Project Manager John
Riner, PE, MBA, LEED AP, and Structural Engineer
Matthew Craig, EI, have passed the U.S. Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) exam to become LEED Accredited Professionals.
John’s projects include the Toho Water Authority
Administration Building in Kissimmee and the Cocoa
Utilities Transmission and Distribution Warehouse
in Cocoa, both of which are seeking LEED certification.
Matt is the only the sixth structural engineer
at TLC to become a LEED AP.
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Jay
Ritch from Nashville Office Acquires His CPD
05-19-08
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Jay
Ritch, PE, mechanical project engineer in Nashville,
has passed the American Society of Plumbing Engineers
CPD exam. Jay is among a rare breed of licensed
mechanical PE's who have taken the time and effort
to study and achieve a certification in plumbing
design.
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Three
Staffers Become Certified Commissioning Authorities
04-30-08
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From Left: Ryan Fryman, Richard Lindburg and
Al LaPera
Jacksonville
Electrical Project Engineer Ryan Fryman, Tallahassee
Electrical Project Engineer Richard Lindburg,
and Tampa Senior Project Manager Al LaPera all
passed the ACG commissioning authority exam to
become certified CxA's. The test was offered at
the Annual American Commissioning Group (ACG)
Conference last week. TLC now has 16 certified
commissioning authorities. The certification is
especially important because commissioning is
an integral part of the U.S. Green Building Council's
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) green building certification.
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Charlotte
County School Board Salutes TLC Ft. Myers
04-24-08
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The
Charlotte County School Board at their April meeting
recognized the outstanding LEED contributions
provided by our Ft. Myers staffers by presenting
them a framed U.S. Green Building Council LEED
for New Construction Certificate and a USGBC glass
plaque for the recently completed Baker Center
in Punta Gorda. Brett McKinstry, Jim Keohane,
Mike Head, Jacob Kaye, Lawrin Ellis, and Jim Wing
were on hand to receive the certificate and plaque.
Shown
left to right: Lawrin Ellis, Jim Wing, Jim Keohane,
Mike Head, Jacob Kaye and Brett McKinstry.
Ft.
Myers staffers and other members of the USGBC
LEED-Certified Baker Center design team received
framed LEED certificates and a LEED plaque from
the Charlotte County School Board.
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Baker
Center Achieves USGBC LEED Certification
04-23-08
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The Baker Center in Punta Gorda has become the
first public school building in Florida to achieve
U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification.
The early childhood center and home of Charlotte
County's Head Start and Early Head Start Program
was destroyed by Hurricane Charley in 2004 and
was housed in modular classrooms ever since. "It's
exciting to know we have a beautiful, state-of-the-art
facility that is not only safe for our children
but environmentally friendly," said Baker
Center Manager Debi Bell. TLC Ft. Myers teamed
with Parker/Mudgett/Smith Architects and provided
structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing,
fire protection, communications, and technology
design services and LEED administration for the
building, while TLC Deerfield Beach provided commissioning
services. Baker Center is TLC's 11th LEED Certified
building.
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Donia
Bessa Acquires LEED AP
04-22-08
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Mechanical Engineer Donia Bessa has passed her
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
exam to become a LEED Accredited Professional.
Her business card is filling up fast – she’s
also a registered Professional Engineer, a Certified
Plumbing Designer and a Healthcare Facility Design
Professional. Donia is the Healthcare Division's
fifth LEED AP.
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A Look at our New Shareholders
04-18-08
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Healthcare's Senior Mechanical Engineer Don Bailey,
PE, is closely attuned to his clients' needs and works
hard to ensure that TLC's engineered systems complement
the clients' vision. He mentors the younger staffers
and helps them work through thorny HVAC and plumbing
design issues. A member of TLC's mechanical committee,
he has also developed and teaches courses for TLC University.
Don is a graduate of Florida College and Stanford University
and has 30 years of engineering experience.
Systems Project Manager Santiago Beron, RCDD, is client-focused,
detail-oriented, and highly skilled in voice/data, audio/visual
and security system design. His work is his greatest
marketing tool - once clients team with Santiago, they
want to team with him again and again. As a C&T
employee located in Tampa, he seamlessly juggles the
projects of both divisions. He has 13 years of experience
and degrees from Pontificia Universidad Javerian in
Bogota and the Universidad ICESI in Cali, Colombia.
Dallas Sr. Project Manager John Deems draws on his 21
years of experience to mentor the younger staffers and
uses his easy-going personality to keep the bustling
office on an even keel. He has an excellent perspective
of the entire design and construction process that assures
thorough implementation of the engineered systems. John's
portfolio includes office buildings, hospitals and medical
office buildings, airports, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
facilities, K-12 schools and postal facilities.
In the four years he's been with TLC, Ryan Fryman, PE,
LEED AP, has proved himself an excellent engineer with
terrific marketing savvy and a great rapport with clients.
He's always looking out for what's best for the Jacksonville
office and TLC as a whole. One of the University of
North Florida's first electrical engineering graduates,
Ryan is vice chair for the UNF School of Engineering
Advisory Council and was recently named Outstanding
Alumnus by the UNF College of Computing, Engineering
and Construction.
Dallas Senior Mechanical Engineer Fred Henke Jr., PE,
has a keen awareness of client expectations and is skilled
in the management, design and coordination of both the
mechanical and electrical disciplines. His 25-plus years
of engineering experience includes hospitals, institutional
buildings, corporate headquarters, even a major league
ballpark. Fred worked in engineering when he was in
still in high school and all while he earned his degree
from the University of Texas in Arlington.
In his 23 years as an electrical engineer, Dallas Managing
Director John Piazza, PE, built an extensive portfolio
of commercial, residential and institutional projects
while honing his considerable marketing and people skills.
As president of his own MEP firm for 12 years, John
is skilled in fiscal management, business planning and
development. An accomplished manager, he knows how to
inspire and motivate his staff to provide excellent
client service. John is a graduate of Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn.
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