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Ralph Baeza Elected Shareholder
6-14-10
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Ralph
Baeza, PE, LEED AP, a senior electrical engineer
in Miami, has been elected a TLC shareholder.
An indispensable member of the TLC team, Ralph
draws on his 28 years of experience to mentor
younger staff and secure new projects and clients.
He is also firmly committed to promoting TLC as
a "one-firm team" throughout the design
communities, both locally and abroad. His projects
include the Florida International University Football
Stadium, the LEED-CI Silver Gazit Office Renovation,
the Barry University Main Campus Master Plan,
the Port of Miami Terminals B and C Upgrades and
the Florida Memorial University Student Housing,
all of them located in Miami Dade County.
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Emily Carrier Named to ACE Mentor Program Board
4-2-10
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Jacksonville's
Emily Crews Carrier has been elected to the board
of the ACE Mentor Program of Northeast Florida.
The program's mission is to increase high school
students' awareness of career opportunities in
architecture, construction and engineering and
to provide scholarship opportunities. Jacksonville's
Ryan Fryman and Becky Grove are mentors in the
program.
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Joe Fleming Passes ASHRAE's New BEMP Exam
3-23-10
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Joe Fleming, EI, BD+C, a mechanical engineer in
the Deerfield office, has become the first TLC
engineer to pass ASHRAE’s new Building Energy
Modeling Professional exam. The BEMP certification
program was launched in January with a pencil
and paper exam in conjunction with ASHRAE’s
Winter Conference and AHR Expo in Orlando. The
aim of the program is to ensure that professionals
modeling a building’s energy use have the
skills necessary to produce an accurate model.
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New Heights Elementary School Named ACG Horizon
Winner
3-5-10
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New Heights Elementary School in St. Petersburg
has been named winner of the ACG 2010 Horizon
Award. TLC's Tampa office provided LEED commissioning
for the HVAC, domestic hot water and lighting
control systems for the school, which is certified
LEED Gold for New Construction by the U.S. Green
Building Council.
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Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center Wins
NAIOP Award
2-24-10
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Florida
Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach
was named Medical Building of the Year at last
week's NAIOP Central Florida Awards Ceremony.
Divisions 81 and 16 teamed with HuntonBrady Architects
for this $151 million project, which also included
a new medical office building and new central
plant. The new hospital is a replacement facility
for Florida Hospital Ormond.
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Laura Lewis Becomes Adjunct Professor
2-22-10
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Associate and Structural Project Engineer Laura
Lewis, P.E., can now add Professor to her accomplishments.
She has become an adjunct professor at the University
of Central Florida teaching Structural Steel for
the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction
Engineering.
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Eric Cepull and Travis Lau Rejoin TLC
2-1-10
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Two former staffers have rejoined TLC. Eric Cepull,
PE, (above left) a former mechanical engineer
in TLC's Healthcare Division, is now a mechanical
engineer in the Orlando Division. Eric is a LEED
AP and a Healthcare Facility Design Professional.
And Travis Lau, PE, (above right) formerly in
our Tampa office, has joined the Orlando Healthcare
Division as a mechanical project engineer.
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Healthcare Engineers Lead ASHRAE Student Tour
1-27-10
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On
Sunday, Jan. 24, more than 200 engineering students
from all over the U.S. who are taking part in
the ASHRAE Student Design Competition toured the
Energy Office Building and Ginsburg Tower at Florida
Hospital's Orlando campus that TLC's Healthcare
Division designed. Principal and Senior Project
Manager Mark Costello, PE, and Principal and Senior
Electrical Engineer Chris Mouer, PE, assisted
by Florida Hospital staff and some local and national
ASHRAE members, led those tours. The students
were in Orlando for the ASHRAE/AHR Annual Meeting
and Trade Show occurring at the Orange County
Convention Center/Shingle Creek Resort. The student
design project this year is focused on energy
efficient healthcare HVAC design and is modeled
conceptually on the Ginsburg Tower's architectural
floor plan, thus the tour provided a resoundingly
strong visual connection to the design efforts
they are performing.
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Rebecca Grove Joins TLC as Mechanical Engineer
1-27-10
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Rebecca Grove has joined TLC Engineering for Architecture
as a mechanical engineer in the Jacksonville office.
A native of Ohio, Rebecca has bachelor's degrees
with honors in mechanical engineering and mathematics
from Youngstown State University and a Master's
degree in engineering and applied science from
Yale University. She is a U.S. Green Building
Council LEED Accredited Professional and a certified
EIT. Since 2008 she has been a volunteer with
the ACE Mentor Program for students interested
in careers in architecture, construction and engineering.
She was formerly senior engineer for an international
engineering company and is experienced in HVAC,
plumbing and fire protection design for commercial
and institutional buildings.
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TLC Co-Founder Passes Away at Age 82
1-27-10
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With the death of John Tilden on Jan. 20, TLC
Engineering for Architecture has lost the co-founder
of the firm. John started the firm in 1955 and
continued to practice as a structural engineer
until his retirement in 1992. During his career
he was the engineer of record on many projects
around Orlando and Central Florida. Between 1955
and 1992, the firm grew from very modest beginnings
to more than 100 people in four offices, including
one in Cleveland, Ohio. In early 1991 as John
was planning his retirement, there were five shareholders.
Today 55 of our staff are owners. That growth
which sprang from John's early start has continued
to drive TLC to its present staff of 300 in 10
offices. More than 30 staff from 1992 remain at
TLC and remember John as a friend and colleague.
John was held in high regard by colleagues around
the state and the many architects and building
owners for whom he provided engineering services.
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Mike Boyle Acquires HR Certificate
1-26-10
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Corporate Support's Mike Boyle has passed the
HR Certification Institute's exam to become a
Senior Professional of Human Resources. Mike is
a Corporate Recruitment/Retention Specialist in
the Orlando office.
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Laura Lewis On Conference Planning Committee
1-25-10
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The Orlando Division's Laura Lewis, PE, is on
the local planning committee for the first-ever
combined Structures Congress/North American Steel
Construction Conference (NASCC) with the American
Institute of Steel Construction and Structural
Engineering Institute. The event will provide
a forum to discuss challenges in bridging the
gap between structural engineering education and
professional practice highlighting state-of- art
research. The local planning committee will provide
an assortment of topics on what structural engineers
find important.
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