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Jacksonville’s Taw North represented TLC’s
Communications & Technology design services at a
recent St. Johns County Schools Career Expo. About 1,800
eighth graders attended the expo to explore future careers
and later that evening about 750 parents attended. Taw
will also assist the St. Johns County School District
Department of Career Education in developing the curriculum
for this program, which was created to help the schools
comply with Florida’s new law requiring 9th graders
to decide on a major.
Collier
County Middle School EE received the First Place Award
for Middle School Design for all of Florida at the Florida
Educational Facilities Planners’ Association (FEFPA)
Winter conference. TLC’s Ft. Myers office teamed
with Fawley Bryant Architects for the award-winning
school. Fawley Bryant’s Steve Padgett had kind
words for TLC’s Jim Keohane, Mike Head, Barbara
Bourgeois, Jeffrey Stash, Nicholas Mancuso, Gregory
Clements, David Southwick, and Jacob Kaye, who worked
on the project. “Thank you for all of your hard
work and diligence to produce a showcase school for
the District School Board of Collier County under a
very tight timeline. It is a great accomplishment to
be recognized by our peers for a job well done, but
even without the award we feel that this project was
very successful. Thank you again for your dedication
and your willingness to exceed all expectations. We
hope to work with you again soon.”
Ryan
Fryman, PE, LEED-AP, an electrical project engineer
at the Jacksonville office, has been nominated for the
University of North Florida Outstanding Alumni Award
by the College of Computing, Engineering, and Construction.
The nominees from the various colleges and other alumni
award winners will be recognized at a reception and
dinner on Friday, February 22, at the University Center.
Senior Electrical Engineer Brett Sands, PE, has passed
the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® exam
to become a LEED Accredited Professional. Brett is the
ninth LEED AP at the Ft. Myers office and the 73rd LEED
AP firm-wise. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design.
 
Systems
Project Managers Santiago Beron, RCDD, CTS, of TLC-Tampa
(above left) and David Southwick, RCDD, of TLC-Ft. Myers presented a six-hour seminar at the BICSI Winter Conference
last week at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando. At
least 100 people attended the seminar, entitled “What
the RCDD needs to know about the NEC;” and judging
by the positive feedback, Santiago and David were the
hit of the show. Santiago also penned an article in the January/February BICSI News magazine entitled
“Ten common NEC violations in low voltage systems”.
BICSI is the Building Industry Consulting Service International.
Paul Welch, a mechanical engineer in the Nashville office,
has passed the Tennessee professional engineering exam
to become a licensed engineer. Tennessee is the first
state in which Paul is a licensed PE.
Mechanical Engineer Rachel Cook got a nice gift for
New Year’s – she passed Florida’s professional
engineering exam to became a registered PE. Rachel,
who is also a LEED Accredited Professional, joined TLC’s
Orlando Division in 2005. Last summer, her commitment
to green building design spurred her to transfer to
Green Guides Sustainability for Architecture, a TLC
company specializing in sustainable design and LEED®
consulting.
   
Four TLC staffers have passed Florida's professional
engineering exam to become registered PE's. They are
(from left to right above): Mechanical Project Manager
Tony Esposito from Healthcare; Mechanical Engineer Greg
Clements from Ft. Myers; and Electrical Engineer Mike
Giordano and Mechanical Engineer Harry Waller, both
from Jacksonville. Greg, Harry and Mike got the word
on Christmas Eve, while Tony's family kept the letter
from him, wrapped it, and gave it to him for Christmas.
This brings the number of PE's at TLC to an even 100.
Terry Ewoldt, a plumbing/fire protection designer in
the Tallahassee office, passed the American Society
of Plumbing Engineers' Certified Plumbing Designer exam
to become a CPD.
Associate and Senior Mechanical Project Engineer Carmine
Rende of the Ft. Myers office has passed the U.S. Green
Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design exam to become a LEED Accredited Professional.
Carmine is the eighth LEED AP in TLC-Ft. Myers and the
72nd firmwide.
Electrical Project Engineer Jacob Kaye, PE, of Ft. Myers
has passed the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design exam to become a
LEED Accredited Professional. Jacob is Ft. Myers' seventh
LEED AP and TLC's 71st.
 Mark Murphy, PE, LEED AP, has added more letters to
his business card – he has passed the Lighting
Certification exam to become an LC. For those who are
not familiar, LC stands for Lighting Certified and the
LC exam is offered by the National Council on Qualifications
for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP). The LC credential
demonstrates to that the person has acquired the knowledge,
understanding, and ability to apply lighting principles
and techniques successfully. Mark, an electrical project
engineer in Jacksonville, is the first person at TLC
to achieve the LC credential.
Three employees have been promoted due to performance
and continued career development: Associate Leonard
Spears, PE, LEED AP, (above left) was promoted to Mechanical
Project Engineer; Jeffrey Stone, EI, (above center)
was promoted to Mechanical Engineer I; and Christopher
O’Hara, PE, (above right) was promoted to Electrical
Engineer II. Leonard and Jeffery are in the Jacksonville
Division and Chris is in the Orlando Healthcare Division.
Congratulations to all.
TLC projects were are well represented
in Southeast Construction magazine’s “Best
of 2007” awards. They include:
• Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne,
Best Health Care Project
• Patriot Elementary School in Cape Coral, Best
K-12 School
•
University of North Florida Social Sciences Building
in Jacksonville, Award of Excellence
•
Homestead Hospital in Homestead, Award of Merit-Health
Care
•
North Collier Hospital in Naples, Award of Merit-Health
Care
•
Florida Hospital East Orlando Expansion, Orlando, Award
of Merit-Health Care; and
•
Liberty Middle School in Orlando, Award of Merit-K-12.
Congratulations
to everyone on the design teams. The award-winners are
listed in the December issue.
 Jacksonville’s
Marketing Specialist Emily Carrier has passed the U.S.
Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design exam to become a LEED® Accredited
Professional. Emily is the 15th LEED Accredited Professional
in the Jacksonville office and the 71st firm-wide.
The
Palm Beach Chapter American Institute of Architects
has honored the Marleen & Harold Forkas Alumni Center
at Florida Atlantic University with an Award for Excellence
in Design in the Un-built category. TLC Deerfield teamed
with RLC (Retzsch Lanao Caycedo) of Boca Raton for the
$2.5 million alumni center, which is slated for a 2008
completion. Kudos to project manager Jason Stinchcomb,
PE, LEED AP, and the rest of the team including Don
Austin, PE, CxA, Dave Young, Mike Erbesfeld, EI, LEED
AP, Dave Tinsley, Joe Burgos, and Jonathon Huber.
Orlin
Velinov, PE, mechanical project engineer in Miami, has
passed the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design exam to become a LEED®
Accredited Professional. Orlin is Miami’s 5th LEED
AP and TLC’s 70th.
Dick Worth, PE, LEED AP, senior mechanical engineer
in Jacksonville, just added another credential to his
name – Healthcare Facility Design Professional.
Dick is TLC’s second engineer to earn the HFDP
credential, which is offered by the American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
in conjunction with the American Society of Healthcare
Engineering and the American Hospital Association.
Carmine Rende, PE, (left) and Nick Mancuso, PE, (right)
both senior project engineers in Ft. Myers, have become
Certified Sustainable Development Professionals. The
credential, offered by the Association of Energy Engineers
(AEE), identifies individuals who have demonstrated
high levels of technical expertise in energy management
and environmental practices. Nick and Carmine are lifetime
members of the AEE.
Mechanical Project Manager Donald J. Parker, CPD, LEED
AP, is now the 14th LEED® Accredited Professional
in Jacksonville. With DJ joining TLC’s green team,
Jacksonville has become the first division to meet the
goal of having all PMs and above become LEED Accredited.
TLC now has 70 LEED Accredited Professionals.
Tallahassee
Division Director John Hardesty, who is already a registered
Professional Engineer, LEED Accredited Professional,
Certified Commissioning Authority, and Certified Energy
Manager, has added another certification: Certified
Sustainable Development Professional. This new credential,
offered by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE),
identifies individuals who have demonstrated high levels
of technical expertise in energy management and environmental
practices. Certification requires a three-day mandatory
AEE training course and passage of a four-hour exam.
Applicants must be a PE, CEM, have a bachelor of science
degree plus more than six years of engineering experience,
or be an engineering technician with more than 10 years
of experience.
Ben Cole, PE, HFDP, a firm principal and Senior Mechanical
Project Engineer in Jacksonville, has passed the U.S.
Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design exam to become a LEED Accredited Professional.
He is TLC’s 69th LEED AP and Jacksonville’s
13th. Ben, who is a Professional Engineer and a Healthcare
Facility Design Professional, can now add LEED AP to
his growing list of accreditations.
Tallahassee’s Green Team was out in force at the
2nd Annual Campus and Community Sustainability Conference
Oct. 15 and 16 at Florida State University. The conference
drew more than 250 attendees from across Florida. Senior
Electrical Engineer Bobby Ricketts, Electrical Project
Engineer Richard Lindburg (above right), Mechanical
Project Engineer John Fortenberry, and Mechanical Project
Engineer Doug Law manned TLC’s booth while Division
Director John Hardesty (above left) worked the room
as only he can – in fact, Division 31 picked up
a commissioning job from the City of Tallahassee. Marketing’s
Mike Miller did such a great job on the booth that the
other exhibitors were green with envy. The conference
was presented by LLT Building Corporation and hosted
by FSU's Sustainable Campus and Community Committee
and the Council for Sustainable Florida.
Congratulations to Brian Lomel and the Deerfield Beach
office, whose Broward County South Regional Library
just achieved U.S. Green Building Council LEED®
Silver certification. TLC commissioned the HVAC, lighting
dimming control, and domestic water systems for the
$13.8 million library, which was designed by Marvin
Scharf & Associates of Ft. Lauderdale. Our commissioning
services included review of DD and CD submittals, production
of Design and Construction phase commissioning plans,
shop drawing reviews, and reviewing pre-functional and
functional testing results. The library features a multi-purpose
room, a computer library, and several collections including
the largest collection of children’s books in the
county. Florida now has 22 LEED-certified buildings
and TLC has provided sustainable design, LEED consulting
and/or commissioning services on eight of them –
or 36%!
 
Senior
Plumbing/Fire Protection Engineer John Alford, PE, CIPE,
(above left) and Mechanical Project Manager Clark Hunt
Jr. (above right), both from the Orlando Division, have
passed the U.S. Green Building Council LEED exam to
become LEED Accredited Professionals. This makes six
LEED APs in the Orlando Division and 69 firm-wide. LEED,
which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design, is the USGBC's green building rating system.
Associate
and Marketing Specialist Roz Crapps has been chosen
Member of the Year for the Society for Marketing Professional
Services Central Florida Chapter. An outstanding contributor
to SMPS, Roz always goes the extra mile and does whatever
it takes to get the job done – just like in Marketing!
For the past two years, she has been director of the
SMPS Coordinator’s Club. Roz and the other four
nominees were honored at the chapter’s 25th Anniversary
Party in the penthouse at The Plaza in Downtown Orlando.
Image Courtesy of Collman & Karsky Architects
The
City of Dunedin’s new Community Center has received
LEED Silver certification from U.S. Green Building Council.
TLC teamed with Collman & Karsky Architects of Tampa
for the $8.2 million building. The engineering team,
including project manager Ray Stacey, Kevin Keiter,
Jon Milam, Rob Shorey, Ron Schleich, Gerry Crnkovich,
Erin Gessner Harvey, and Santiago Beron, designed the
MEP/FP systems to be eco-friendly and efficient. Environmental
and cost savings were achieved by optimizing energy
performance with glass, insulation and sun control for
an annual savings of at least $35,000 per year; reducing
water use by more than 20%; achieving zero light pollution;
complete remediation of the former brownfield site;
recycling more than 70% of the construction waste; and
using recycled building materials. The additional cost
for the LEED portion of the design and construction
was an estimated 2% of the total, or $160,000, with
a payback of five years. Dunedin Community Center is
TLC’s seventh LEED-certified building.
TLC was among the honorees at
the Orlando Business Journal’s 2007 Golden 100
awards luncheon Sept. 21. The awards are presented annually
to the top privately-owned companies in Central Florida,
based on revenue. We came in at No. 60 – up from
No. 63 last year.
 Jacksonville Division Director Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED-AP,
CxA, served double-duty at a sustainability conference
Sept. 20 hosted by the Jacksonville Electric Authority
(JEA). He and Susan Cleveland, LEED-AP, from ASD in
Jacksonville, presented a case study of TLC Jacksonville’s
new office, which achieved LEED-CI, Silver certification.
Mark also served as moderator for a panel discusson
on sustainability’s impact on design decisions.
 Beth Tomlinson, PE, LEED-AP, mechanical engineer in
the Miami Division, gave a one-hour presentation to
the AIA (American Institute of Architects) Building
Enclosure Council on Sept. 11 about the USGBC LEED program
and its impact on architecture. She presented before
a packed house of more than 50 people, most of whom
were South Floridia architects. Beth is the new president-elect
of the Miami Chapter of ASHRAE.
 Mark Murphy, PE, electrical project engineer in Jacksonville,
has passed the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design exam to become a
LEED-Accredited Professional. This makes 12 LEED-AP’s
in the Jacksonville office and 69 firm-wide.
 Jagdish Prasad, senior mechanical project manager in
the Orlando Division, has passed the U.S. Green Building
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
exam to become a LEED-Accredited Professional. Jagdish
has more than 32 years of mechanical engineering experience
and is a lifetime member of the American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
He earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
from BIT Sindri, India, and his master's degree and
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic
Institute of Brooklyn, N.Y.
 
Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn School
of Nursing has been touched with gold - LEED Gold. After
initially achieving Silver certification last month,
the project was resubmitted to the U.S. Green Building
Council for review and recertification. This is FAU's
first LEED Gold-certified building. "Everyone at
TLC was confident we could achieve LEED Gold for this
building. We're thrilled for the University and honored
to be a part of such an important and ground-breaking
endeavor," said Vince Briones, PE, LEED-AP, manager
of TLC's sustainable design services, who spearheaded
the effort to gain Gold certification.
TLC's Deerfield Beach office
teamed with SchenkelShultz Architecture of Orlando on
the new three-story, 75,000 sf building. "The certification
reflects the university's commitment to the environment
and to the comfort, health and well-being of its staff
and students," said Brian Lomel, PE, LEED-AP, director
of TLC's Deerfield Beach office, who led the engineering
team that provided mechanical and electrical design
and LEED consulting services. The building has CO2 monitoring,
indoor chemical & pollutant control, low-emitting
material, 25% recycled content & reduced energy
consumption saves over 17% in cost compared to a traditional
building.
Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine’s 2007
Giants 100 list is hot off the press and TLC Engineering
for Architecture came in at No. 18!
 Victor Diaz, PE, electrical project engineer in the
Orlando Division, has passed the U.S. Green Building
Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED®) exam to become a LEED-Accredited Professional.
TLC
Engineering for Architecture, already a leader in sustainable
building design services in the Southeast, is becoming
a greener organization in practice as well.
John Douglas Benz, AIA, Chairman, announced that the
board of directors has approved a series of sustainability
policies aimed at helping the environment. One key initiative
is for TLC to become to become carbon neutral by purchasing
renewable energy credits (RECs) to offset the energy
used for power, lighting, heating and cooling in the
firm's nine offices. The credits will go to a portfolio
of small landfill gas-to-energy projects throughout
the U.S that are certified by "Green-e", the
nation's leading independent renewable energy certification
and verification program. We use these projects because
the methane they destroy for fuel has 21 times the global
warming potential than carbon dioxide. Most of the world's
climate scientists agree that the emission of greenhouses
gases has a significant negative impact on the climate
and global warming.
We
will also purchase renewable energy credits for all
travel associated with green projects, green design
services and commissioning. Employees are being asked
to do their part by turning off lights in work spaces
and conference rooms when they aren't in use and shutting
down computers and other electronic equipment at night
and on weekends. Water-conservation measures are also
being initiated. Several of TLC's offices have had water-
and energy-saving policies in place for some time with
much success.
"This
endeavor illustrates TLC's firm belief that we are all
stewards of the environment. As a firm, we are passionate
about sustainability, not just in green building design
but in the way we live our lives," said Chief Executive
Office Debra Lupton, AIA.
A
member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and
a leader in Florida's green building design movement,
TLC has provided sustainable engineering services for
six of the 19 buildings in Florida that are certified
by the USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED®) rating program. One of those six
is TLC's new office space in Jacksonville, which recently
achieved USGBC LEED Silver certification to become the
first LEED for Commercial interiors project in Florida.
All of TLC's new regional offices will be designed to
meet LEED certification requirements; in fact, our new
office space in Nashville, which is currently under
construction, is being designed for LEED Silver certification.
 TLC's President and Chief Operating Officer Winston
W. "Bud" Gardner has passed the U.S. Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED®) exam to become a LEED-Accredited
Professional. Bud is TLC's 66th LEED-AP.
 Alim Kazi, PE, LEED-AP, has joined TLC as a mechanical
project manager in Deerfield Beach. Alim has more than
20 years of experience in design, construction coordination
of mechanical HVAC systems and project management for
office buildings, healthcare projects, schools, universities,
hotels and residential buildings. He has his master's
degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University
in St. Louis, MO.
 Scott Lain, EI, has joined TLC Engineering for Architecture
in Ft. Myers as an electrical engineer. Scott is experienced
in electrical design for high-rise condominiums, hotels,
office buildings and mixed-use buildings. He is a graduate
of the University Central Florida with a degree in electrical
engineering.
 Liliu Lugo, PE, has joined TLC Engineering for Architecture
in Miami as an electrical engineer.
Lila has 15 years of electrical design experience in
aviation, schools, universities, residential and mixed-use
buildings. She received her bachelor's in engineering
from the Central University of Santa Clara in Cuba.
Add three more TLC staffers to our list of LEED-APs.
Shown above left to right are: Harry Waller, EI, mechanical
engineer in Jacksonville; Jerry Russo, PE, electrical
project manager in Orlando; and Moncef Hadiji, PE, RCDD,
senior electrical engineer in Cocoa.
 Raul Mastrapa, PE, a TLC associate and senior mechanical
engineer in the Miami office, has passed the U.S. Green
Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED®) exam to become a LEED-Accredited
Professional. Raul is the fifth LEED-AP at TLC-Miami
and TLC's 64th.
  Two Deerfield staffers have passed the U.S. Green Building
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED®) exam to become LEED-Accredited Professionals:
Steve Rollin, PE, RCDD, an associate and senior electrical
engineer (above left), and Mike Baluyot, EI, an electrical
graduate engineer (above right). This makes six LEED-APs
at the Deerfield Office and 63 firm-wide.
Jacksonville’s Senior Mechanical Engineer Ben Cole
has become the first TLC engineer to become a certified
Healthcare Facility Design Professional. This new certification
program launched by the American Society of Refrigerating,
Heating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) designates
an understanding of a body of knowledge that is critical
to successful healthcare facility design. The technical
content for the certification exam was developed in
conjunction with the American Society for Healthcare
Engineering (ASHE).
The
U.S. Green Building Council-Central Florida Chapter
has selected the Orange County Sheriff's Office Sector
II building project for its Legacy Project. The goal
of the Legacy Project is for the USGBC-Central Florida
to partner with the project team and provide pro bono
assistance through a peer review process on its design,
construction and maintenance of the building, which
will be registered for LEED-certification. "This
is a win-win for the environment, and a win-win for
the project by capitalizing on a large pool of experience
to achieve the common goal of sustainability and reduced
energy and water consumption," said Tony Aguerrevere,
manager of the capital project division for Orange County
Government. The Sector II facility will be built on
a 4.5-acre site on Lake Underhill Road near Rouse Road.
The approximately 22,000-sf office and operations building
will also be constructed to withstand hurricane force
winds. Architects Design Group is the design firm for
the project. TLC is providing structural design services
for the Sheriff's Office building and Matt Wiechart,
PE, LEED-AP, Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Orlando
Division, is on the Legacy Project team.
We
are pleased to announce TLC’s nine newest Associates
who were approved at the last board meeting based upon
their long-term potential as leaders in the firm and
their continued individual contribution to the successful
efforts of TLC.
 As Manager of Sustainable Design, Vince Briones, PE,
LEED-AP, works closely with our 61-person “green
team” to serve the needs of the growing green building
design market. A graduate of the University of Central
Florida’s School of Engineering, Vince has more
than 12 years of engineering experience in educational,
correctional, industrial, hospitality, and commercial
office buildings. He was lead mechanical engineer on
two TLC projects that were among the first LEED-certified
buildings in the state, Stetson University Lynn Business
Center and the University of Florida McGuire Center
for Lepidoptera. Vince is on the board of the U.S. Green
Building Council-Central Florida Chapter.
 Lee Eisenhower, PE, brings wisdom, maturity and 40 years
of experience in educational, commercial, industrial,
and healthcare to his position as Senior Mechanical
Engineer in the Orlando Division. Since joining TLC
in 2006, he has integrated himself into his role and
won the trust and confidence of his peers and TLC clients.
Lee earned raves for his work on the revision of the
mechanical system design to restore proper comfort and
humidity control at the Alachua County Courthouse. A
graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University in Blacksburg, VA, he is a registered Professional
Engineer in five states and the District of Columbia.
 Tallahassee Electrical Project Engineer Richard Lindburg,
PE, LEED-AP, has earned kudos from clients, especially
from FSU for his outstanding work on DeGraff Hall, and
from the Tallahassee staff for his role in initiating
weekly after-hours staff gatherings. With more than
14 years of experience, Richard has extensive experience
in lighting, power distribution, power generation and
specialty areas such as voice/data, telephone and security
for schools, office buildings, correctional facilities,
nursing homes, and hospitals. A graduate of Black Hawk
College in Moline, IL, and Southern Illinois University
in Carbondale, IL, Richard joined TLC in 2004.
 Quiet leadership, an eye for detail and can-do attitude
make Mechanical Project Manager Mike McClafferty Ft.
Myers’ make-it-happen-guy. Focused and determined,
he’s a steady influence and a valued mentor. Everybody
who works with Mike - staff as well as clients -- wants
to work with him again. His 26 years of experience in
HVAC, process piping and utility construction, start-up,
maintenance and design includes a range of building
types including educational facilities, auditoriums
and theaters, office and commercial buildings, wastewater,
and manufacturing facilities. Mike has been with TLC
for nine years.
 After taking time off to be a hands-on dad to his five
daughters, Electrical Project Manager Mark Kramer, EI,
returned to Ft. Myers amid a rousing chorus of cheers
from staff and clients, who appreciate his communication
skills and proactive management style. Mark has more
than 17 years of engineering analysis and design of
electrical systems for a wide range of facilities including
schools/universities, office buildings, medical facilities
and residential buildings. A graduate of Penn State
University, Mark has been with TLC a total of nine years.
With his professional dedication and technical excellence,
Cocoa’s Senior Electrical Project Engineer Moncef
Hadiji, PE, LEED-AP, RCDD, instills confidence in the
clients he serves and in the electrical staff he mentors.
His 17 years of experience includes educational and
institutional facilities, hotels and resorts, industrial
and commercial buildings, water and wastewater plants,
and healthcare facilities. Moncef has his bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in electrical engineering
from Wichita State University in Wichita, KS. He joined
TLC in 2006.
Jacksonville’s Mechanical Engineer Leonard Spears,
PE, LEED-AP, CxA, combines hard work with a dedication
to serving his clients. Leonard’s primary commitment
has been to healthcare facilities, however he has worked
with many other project types including commercial,
industrial, and retail buildings. His in-depth knowledge
of HVAC and plumbing systems makes him an asset to our
project teams. He earned his engineering degree from
the University of Miami, where he played as a walk-on
wide receiver for the vaunted Hurricanes. Leonard has
10 years of engineering experience, including more than
two years at TLC.
 Consistent, even-keeled, and reliable, Nashville Electrical
Project Engineer John Wiseman, PE, LEED-AP is proficient
in all types of lighting and power systems for educational,
commercial, hotels and resorts, office buildings, hospitals
and rehabilitation centers -- virtually any project
type. Clients know that if John is on the team, their
projects are in good hands. An electrical engineering
graduate of Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville,
TN, John is a registered Professional Engineer in 14
states. He joined TLC in 2005 and has a total of 15
years experience.
 Nashville Structural Project Engineer CW Yong, PE, LEED-AP,
is known for his high energy, quick response to clients,
and ability to meet impossible deadlines. He is knowledgeable
about the design of numerous types of structural systems
including those for mid- and high-rise condominiums,
higher education, and commercial buildings. CW earned
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering
from the University of Kentucky. He is a Professional
Engineer in three states, a certified Structural Engineer
in Illinois, and holds a Special Inspection certificate
in Florida. CW joined TLC’s Tallahassee office
in 2003 and transferred to Nashville at the end of 2006.
 TLC
Engineering for Architecture placed 16th in the Top
25 Small Company category of the Orlando Sentinel's Top 100 Companies for Working Families in Central Florida.
This is the sixth year in a row TLC has been honored
with the award for being a family-friendly firm.
TLC
Engineering for Architecture came in No. 9 in Building
Design and Construction’s 2007 Giants 300 Survey.
This is the third year in a row we’ve cracked the
Top 10.
Dick Worth, PE, senior mechanical engineer at the Jacksonville
office, has passed the the U.S. Green Building Council
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
exam to become a LEED-Accredited Professional. Firmwide,
TLC has 61 LEED-APs and the Jacksonville office has
11.
 Vikki Carter is our new Marketing Specialist at the
Nashville office. She has 16 years of marketing and
advertising experience and a degree in advertising from
Western Kentucky University.Vicki will support the marketing
efforts for Nashville as well as corporate initiatives
firm-wide.
  CW Yong, PE, (far left) a structural engineer in TLC's
Nashville office, and Kirk Jennings, EI, (left) an electrical
engineer in Nashville, have passed the U.S. Green Building
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) exam to become LEED-Accredited Professionals.
Nashville now has 10 LEED-APs and TLC has 60 -- a full
15% of our staff.
Florida
Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn School
of Nursing was awarded Silver LEED status by the U.S.
Green Building Council. TLC teamed with SchenkelShultz
Architecture on the new three-story building, which
features bamboo flooring, demand-based ventilation with
CO2 sensors, a reflective roof and glazed windows. “The
building actually achieved one point short of the Gold
rating,” said Deerfield Beach Division Director
Brian Lomel, PE, LEED-AP. Sustainable features include
building-wide controls that shut off the lights when
a room is empty; floors made with bamboo, a fast-growing
plant source; and paint, furniture and carpet that are
low on chemicals that emit harmful fumes and high on
recycled content. The energy-efficient heating, ventilation
and air-condition systems are equipped with CO2 sensors
to help maintain indoor air quality. The building's
reflective roof and glazed windows, which let in light
but not heat, reduce air-conditioning needs. Even the
outdoor lamps are aimed to minimize light pollution.
The building achieved one point short of the Gold rating.
TLC provided mechanical and electrical design services
for this 75,000-sf building, which was constructed at
a cost of $13 million.
 Jay Ritch, mechanical project manager in Nashville,
has passed the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design exam. Jay is TLC’s
58th LEED-Accredited Professional and Nashville’s
eighth.
The
following employees have been promoted in recognition
of their outstanding performance and continued career
development. Congratulations to all.
Cocoa
Moncef Hadiji, PE, RCDD, Senior Electrical Engineer
Corporate
Support
Brenda Euler, HR Specialist
Deerfield
Beach
Simon Sue, PE, LEED-AP, Senior Mechanical Engineer
Michael Baluyot, EI, Electrical Engineer I
Mike Erbesfeld, EI, LEED-AP, Mechanical Engineer I
Ft.
Myers
Pete Donnelly, Senior Electrical Project Manager
Barbara Bourgeois, Senior Specialty Designer (Mechanical)
Jeff Stash, LEED-AP, Senior Specialty Designer (Plumb/FP)
Brandon Marlow, Mechanical Technician II
Healthcare
Tony Esposito, EI, LEED-AP, Mechanical Project Manager
Joseph Martek , EI, Electrical Engineer I
Natalie Kizelewicz, CIPE, Plumbing/Fire Protection Specialty
Designer
Steve Rundquist, Mechanical Designer II
Nichole Myers, Electrical Technician II
Alex Ramos, Mechanical Technician II
Ada Rengifo-Stephens, Mechanical Technician II
Jacksonville
Mark Murphy, PE, Electrical Project Engineer
Garrett Jeunesse, Electrical Specialty Designer
Ben Roseborough, PE, LEED-AP, Mechanical Engineer II
Ryan Lime, Mechanical Engineer I
Brian Allen, Mechanical Designer II
Brian Jones, Mechanical Designer I
Butch Tucker, LEED-AP,
Electrical Technician II
Frank Wright, Electrical Designer II
Miami
Vincent McNish, PE, CIPE, Mechanical Project Engineer
Orlin Velinov, PE, Mechanical Project Engineer
Lidia Ruiz, EI, Mechanical Project Manager
Fredy Sarria, EI, LEED-AP, Electrical Engineer II
Sammy Chanis, Mechanical Designer I
Jose Mendez, Mechanical Designer I
Javier Rivas, Electrical Designer I
Nashville
Kevin Andrews, Regional IT Administrator
Mark Desjardin, Mechanical Designer II
Orlando
John Alford, PE, CIPE, Senior Plumbing/Fire Protection
Engineer
Linda Wolfe, EI, Senior Electrical Project Manager
Jeffrey Brown, Mechanical Engineer I
David Fassino, Mechanical Designer I
Structural
Carlos Turizo-Rico, EI, Structural Engineer I
Tallahassee
Wesley Thigpen, PE, Mechanical Engineer II
Jason Whittaker, EI, Structural Engineer II
Tampa
Ron O'Brien, PE, Electrical Project Engineer
John Rippel, PE, LEED-AP, Mechanical Project Engineer
Adriel Mercado, EI, LEED-AP, Electrical Project Manager
Kevin Peterson, Mechanical Engineer I
Erin Gessner, EI, Electrical Engineer II
Kenny Roberts, Mechanical Specialty Designer
Greg Milner, Electrical Technician II
TLC’s
new Jacksonville Office renovation/relocation project
has achieved U.S. Green Building Council LEED Silver
Certification! The building earned 28 points, one more
than required for LEED for Commercial Interiors. “The
team originally wasn’t shooting for silver –
we were just hoping to get certified. But once we got
into it, we found we could get a lot of the points with
little or no effort or additional cost,” said Division
Director Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED-AP, CxA. This is the first
LEED-CI certified project in the state, only the 3rd
LEED certified project in Jacksonville, and the first
Silver project in Jacksonville.
 Principal and Senior Electrical Engineer Tom Clevenger,
PE, passed the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design exam to become TLC’s
56th LEED-Accredited Professional. Tom is the 7th LEED-AP
on the Nashville staff.
 Principal and Structural Senior Project Manager Hasan
Arouri, PE, has been named to Orange County’s Middle
Eastern Affairs Advisory Board representing the Arab-American
Community. Working directly with Sheriff Kevin Beary
and Chief Deputy Philip Williams, the board helps bridge
the gap between law enforcement and the Middle Eastern
community. Members assist and advise in Middle Eastern
affairs, working toward the ultimate goal of maintaining
the nation’s security and safety. “It gives
me great pleasure to be able to play an active role
in helping our community,” said Hasan. He has been
on the board of the Arab American Community Center (AACC)
of Orlando since 2001and served on Orlando Mayor Buddy
Dyer’s transition team in 2003.
 Structural Division Director Roger Jeffery, PE, LEED-AP,
is being honored by the Florida Section American Society
of Civil Engineers with the 2007 Byron Spangler Award
for Lifetime Achievement. This statewide award is presented
to the engineer who has demonstrated outstanding leadership
and commitment to excellence and who is exemplary in
the engineering profession. Roger will receive the award
at the group’s annual meeting Aug. 16-18 at the
Sawgrass Marriott Resort and Beach Club in Ponte Vedra
Beach.
Jerry Russo, PE, electrical project manager in the Orlando
Division, passed the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) exam to become
TLC's 55th LEED-AP.
  
TLC boasts five new Professional Engineers. Shown above
left to right are: Miami Mechanical Engineer Beth Tomlinson,
PE, LEED-AP; Ft. Myers Mechanical Engineer Lawrin Ellis,
PE; and two Healthcare staffers, Mechanical Engineer
Jeremiah Bullis, PE, and Electrical Engineer Christopher
O'Hara, PE, who passed the Florida Professional Engineering
exam; and Nashville Structural Engineer Johnny Epstein,
PE, who passed the Tennessee Professional Engineering
Exam.
 A couple more TLC Nashville staffers now bear the letters
LEED-AP after their names. Mechanical Engineer Ed Doss,
PE, CIPE, (above left), and Electrical Project Manager
John Wiseman, PE, (above right) both passed the U.S.
Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) for New Construction exam. This brings
to six the number of LEED-Accredited Professionals in
our Nashville office and 54 firm-wide.
Several
TLC Jacksonville projects and clients were honored at
the American Institute of Architects Jacksonville Design
Awards on May 24. Awards of Commendation went to Smith-McCrary
Architects for the University of North Florida Social
Sciences Building and to Cannon Design for Baptist Medical
Center Heart Hospital. An Award of Merit/Unbuilt went
to Rink Design Partnership for the UNF Student Union
and an Award of Merit went to Rink Design for the UNF
Library Addition/Renovation. Congratulations to all
the design team members.
Harry Waller, EI, a mechanical engineer in the Jacksonville
office, has passed the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) exam to become
a LEED-Accredited Professional. Harry is the 10th LEED-AP
in the Jacksonville office and the 52nd firm-wide.
 Marile Borino, EI, LEED-AP, has rejoined TLC as an electrical
project manager at the Miami Office. Marile has 17 years
of experience working on commercial, educational, recreational,
and government projects. She has a degree in electrical
engineering from the University of Miami.
TLC
Engineering for Architecture came in No. 26 in EC&M magazine’s 2007 ranking of Top 40 Electrical Design
Firms, compared with No. 28 last year and No. 36 the
year before! In terms of electrical design services
revenue, we ranked No. 14.
TLC’s number of LEED-Accredited Professionals now
totals 51. Jacksonville’s Electrical Project Engineer
Ryan Fryman, PE, (above left) and Ft. Myers’ Structural
Project Engineer Chris Schanbeck, PE, (above right)
took the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design exam this week and
both aced it!
Nashville Division Director Steve Kemp, PE, (above left)
and Mechanical Project Engineer Jay Ritch (above right)
have passed the AABC Commissioning Group Certification
examination to become certified commissioning authorities
(CxA's). This brings TLC’s number of CxA’s
to 13 and makes Nashville the 8th TLC division to have
certified commissioning authorities on staff.
Two more Tallahassee staffers have passed the U.S. Green
Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) exam to become LEED-Accredited Professionals:
Mechanical Project Engineer John Fortenberry, PE, (above
left) and Electrical Project Engineer Richard Lindburg,
PE, (above right). TLC's Green Team now numbers 49.
Mat-Su
Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska, has won the
Gold Award in the Institutional Category in Building
Design and Construction’s 2007 Building Team
Awards. Click here for a look at “Building in America’s Last
Frontier” in the April issue.
 Robert Ricketts, PE, principal and senior electrical
engineer at the Tallahassee office, is the newest staffer
to pass the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) exam and to
become a LEED-Accredited Professional.
Electrical engineers Mike Giordano, EI, (above left)
and Butch Tucker (above right) of TLC's Jacksonville
office have passed the U.S. Green Building Council’s
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
exam to become LEED-Accredited Professionals. The Jacksonville
staff now boasts eight LEED-AP’s and TLC’s
Green Team is up to 46.
 Principal and Ft. Myers Division Director Brett McKinstry,
PE, has passed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) exam to become a U.S. Green Building Council
LEED-Accredited Professional.
 John Riner has joined TLC Engineering for Architecture
in the Cocoa office as an electrical project manager.
John has 14 years of experience in electrical design,
project management and construction administration for
healthcare, higher education facilities and central
energy plants. He has a master's in business administration
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Illinois
Institute of Technology Armour College of Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology Armour College of Engineering
and Science.
 Michael Hartley, PE, CIAQP, has joined TLC Engineering
for Architecture as a mechanical project engineer in
the Orlando Division. Michael has more than 15 years
experience in HVAC and indoor air quality studies; building
pressurization, moisture intrusion and forensic engineering
investigation including K-12 and higher education facilities;
federal, state and local government facilities, private
industrial and commercial facilities. A graduate of
the University of Central Florida with a degree in mechanical
engineering, Michael is a registered Professional Engineer
in Florida and a Certified Indoor Air Quality Professional
by the Association of Energy Engineers.
TLC
Engineering for Architecture is ranked No. 209 on Engineering
News-Record's 2007 Top 500 Design Firms list --
up three spots from last year's 212!
 Matt Wiechart, PE, LEED-AP, a firm principal has been
promoted to senior mechanical engineer. He has also
moved from the Ft. Myers Division to the Orlando Division,
where he works closely with our clients and serves as
mentor and technical advisor to the mechanical staff.
Matt has a degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology
and 12 years of engineering experience. He is a registered
professional engineer in Florida and Georgia and is
an accredited professional in the U.S. Green Building
Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) building rating system.
 Beth Tomlinson, EI, LEED-AP, a mechanical engineer
in the Miami Office, has been honored with the 2007
Service Award from her alma mater, Marquette
University’s College of Engineering. Beth has been
a volunteer teacher with the Peace Corps in Namibia,
Africa, participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters
programs, and is involved with the USGBC’s efforts
to promote sustainable building design. With the award
came the proclamation: “Much of her profession
is devoted to sustainable building education and practices.
As a vol
Jacksonville Division Director Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED-AP,
CxA, will moderate the “Going Green in Jacksonville”
luncheon sponsored by the Society for Marketing Professional
Services North Florida and U.S. Green Building Council.
The program will include a brief review of LEED-certified
projects in Jacksonville and projects that are currently
pursuing LEED certification. Jax staffers: The event
will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday,
April 18, at the San Jose Country Club, 7529 San Jose
Boulevard. The cost is $25 for SMPS members, $40 for
non-members, and $15 for students. RSVP to Tabitha Collins
at 904-353-6500, ext. 244 or Tabitha@elkinsconstructors.com
by Monday, April 16.
.  Nicole Crispin, EI, structural graduate engineer in
the Ft. Myers office, has passed the U.S. Green Building
Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) NC 2.2 exam to become a LEED-Accredited
Professional.
 John Rippel, PE, LEED-AP, a mechanical engineer in Tampa,
has passed the ACG exam to become a certified commissioning
authority. John is also a certified geothermal designer.
TLC's
Director of Sustainable Design Kim Shinn, PE, LEED-AP,
CxA, will speak on LEED building design at the May meeting
of the SW Florida Chapter of the American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
(ASHRAE). His presentation follows that of the current
ASHRAE Society president,Terry Townsend, PE, who will
also speak on sustainable design. This meeting has the
potential to be huge. According to TLC's Mike Myers,
PE, LEED-AP, who is president-elect of the SW Florida
Chapter, members of the local AIA Chapter and the Sarasota
ASHRAE Chapter have been invited to attend. It's not
often that a member of the national board of the U.S.
Green Building Council (aka Kim) and the ASHRAE president
get to share the stage. The meeting will be held from
6:15-8:30 p.m., May 9, at the Pelican Preserve, which
is located off of Treeline Drive in Ft. Myers. For more
information and regular updates, check out the ASHRAE
SW chapter website at www.swflashrae.org.
Emily Carrier has joined TLC as the new Marketing Specialist
for the Jacksonville Division. Emily has 20 years of
marketing experience and has served as president of
the Society for Marketing Professional Services North
Florida Chapter.
   
From left: New shareholders Brent Gibson, Richard Hunton,
Jim Mullen and Leigh Ann Vogel
TLC
is pleased to announce four new shareholders: Brent
Gibson, PE, Richard Hunton, PE, LEED-AP, and Jim Mullen,
PE, all from the Cocoa office, and Leigh Ann Vogel,
PE, from the Healthcare Division in Orlando. A structural
project engineer, Brent has 12 years of engineering
experience, eight of them at TLC. He has a bachelor’s
degree in architectural engineering from the Milwaukee
School of Engineering. Richard,
a senior mechanical engineer, has 21 years of engineering
experience and has been with TLC for a little more than
a year. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from the University of Florida and a continuing
education degree in engineering management from Old
Dominion University. Jim, a mechanical project engineer,
has 10 years of engineering experience, seven of them
at TLC. In between stints with engineering firms, he
taught drafting at Edgewater High School for three years.
Jim is a University of Central Florida graduate with
a degree in mechanical engineering. Leigh
Ann, an electrical project engineer, has 14 years of
experience, 12 of them at TLC. She has a bachelor’s
degree in electrical engineering from the University
of South Carolina.
Vince Briones PE, LEED-AP, has joined TLC Engineering
for Architecture as manager of LEED services. One of
the founding partners of Green Time, LLC, he brings
extensive experience in sustainable engineering services
to TLC, where he will be the leader in the firm's rapidly
growing market for green design services. It's a homecoming
of sorts for Vince, who worked for TLC from 2000 to
2004, during which time he was lead mechanical engineer
on two of the first LEED-certified buildings in the
state. A 1995 graduate of the University of Central
Florida School of Engineering, he has more than 12 years
of mechanical engineering experience in educational,
correctional, industrial, hospitality, and commercial
office buildings. Currently he chairs the finance committee
of the U.S. Green Building Council, Central Florida
Chapter. TLC has four LEED-certified buildings and more
than 50 buildings in design or construction that are
on track to achieve LEED certification.
 Mike Haney, PE, LEED-AP, has transferred from our Tallahassee
office to our Nashville office. Mike, an associate and
senior mechanical engineer, has 14 years of mechanical
and electrical engineering experience and significant
prime project management expertise. His design portfolio
includes aviation, commercial, governmental, municipal,
education, large-scale residential, healthcare and industrial
facilities.
 The Nashville office has expanded its design services
with the addition of Systems Project Engineer Mike Eaton,
RCDD. Mike is initiating development of a communications
and technology practice to complement the office's structural,
mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection
design services. A Registered Communications Distribution
Designer, Mike has more than 20 years of experience
designing communications systems for hospitals, schools,
and office buildings. In addition to communications,
technology and security system design, the 34-person
Nashville staff provides structural, mechanical, electrical,
plumbing and fire protection engineering for hospitals,
universities, high-rise residential buildings and corporate
office buildings.
 Greg Ruck, senior electrical engineer at the Cocoa office,
has received his Florida Professional Engineer license.
 Stacy Warren, EI, Structural Engineer I in Cocoa, was
TLC’s nominee for the Society of Women Engineers
Space Coast Distinguished New Woman Engineer of the
Year. In nominating Stacy, Division Director Gary Krueger
noted her strong skills, her rapid technical and professional
development, and her dedication to the profession. At
the awards dinner, she was a runner-up against some
very stiff competition and Gary is already looking to
submitting her in the next couple of years. Stacy joined
TLC as a structural engineering intern while she earned
her BS degree at FIT. Among her notable projects are
Ft. Pierce Central High School, Homes Regional Hospital
Tower expansion, the FIT Presidents Complex, and Satellite
Beach High School.
Structural Division Director Roger Jeffery was honored
with the Lifetime Achievement in Engineering Award at
the Central Florida Engineers Week Banquet Saturday
night. The award is presented annually to the engineer
who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment
to excellence and who is exemplary in the engineering
profession. Roger was nominated by the American Society
of Civil Engineers, East Central Branch.
 Chief Operating Officer Winston W. “Bud” Gardner
is the recipient of the Florida Space Coast’s Economic
Development Commission’s first Gary R. Cunningham
Distinguished Service Award for Economic Development.
The award was presented in recognition of Bud’s
numerous contributions to the EDC including providing
critical connections to the Florida Space Research Institute
and serving as a key liaison to local elected officials.
A longtime member and former chairman of the EDC, Bud
currently serves on the commission’s board.
Congratulations
to TLC's Divisional Employees of the Year: Cocoa:
electrical designer Steve Spring; Communications and
Technology: divisional secretary Jacintia Bland; Corporate
Support/Orlando Support: executive secretary Ellie Wells
and office support clerk Michael DeSue (tie); Deerfield
Beach: electrical designer David Young; Ft. Myers: mechanical
project manager Mike McClafferty; Healthcare: mechanical
engineer Jeremiah Bullis EI; Jacksonville: plumbing/fire
protection designer Clint Fernandez; Miami: mechanical
engineer Lidia Ruiz EI; Nashville: electrical technician
Kevin Andrews; Orlando: electrical designer Mark Grossenbacher;
Structural: divisional secretary Charlotte Marienthal;
Tallahassee: electrical project engineer Richard Lindburg,
PE; and last but certainly not least, Tampa: electrical
project engineer Julius Davis, PE. The honor is especially
meaningful because Employees of the Year are chosen
by ballots cast by their co-workers.
Andrew “Sandy” Martin, PE, PhD, Senior Structural
Project Engineer in Tallahassee, has been invited to
retain his position as a member of the ASCE7 committee.
ASCE7 is the master document defining loads to buildings
and it is the basis for parts of all the building codes,
including the international and Florida building codes.
Jim
Keohane, principal and Ft. Myers Associate Division
Director, has passed the ACG exam to become a certified
commissioning authority. Jim can now add the CxA certification
to the "PE" and "LEED-AP" following
his name.
A
fourth TLC project – the University of North Florida
Social Sciences building – has earned certification
in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. Congratulations
to Jacksonville’s Mark Gelfo, DJ Parker, Harry
Waller, Mac Coble, Bill Fouraker, and Tim Sullivan,
who provided MEP and systems design, LEED consulting
and Cx commissioning on the new three-story building.
Congratulations
to Tallahassee’s Dan Whitfield, PE, LEED-AP, for
passing his commissioning exam to become an ACG Certified
Commissioning Authority. Dan is the 10th TLC staffer
to earn the CxA certification.
TLC's
Jacksonville office has moved from Art Museum Drive
into the duPont Center on the Southbank, at the east
end of Prudential Drive next to the Wyndham Hotel. The
new address is 1650 Prudential Drive, Suite 200; the
office's phone and fax numbers remain the same. "In
addition to putting us in the heart of downtown, the
move brings us closer to some of our key clients and
major projects," said Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED-AP,
director of the 40-person Jacksonville staff.
Hospitals
and higher education are among the office's key markets
including major projects at Baptist Health Systems,
the Mayo Clinic, Memorial Hospital, St. Luke's and St.
Vincent's medical centers, the University of North Florida
and Florida Community College Jacksonville. The office
also provides engineering services for central plants,
bio-hazard level-two and level-three laboratories, call
centers, and high-rise office and residential buildings.
A leader in the sustainable design movement in north
Florida, TLC has provided engineering services for several
"green" projects including the University
of North Florida's new Social Sciences Building and
Student Union and the firm's new duPont Center quarters.
The office is registered with the U.S. Green Building
Council for LEED for Commercial Interiors.
Rene
Blanco, a mechanical engineer in the Orlando Division,
has passed the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design exam to become TLC's
45th LEED-Accredited Professional.
The
growing Nashville office welcomes to their staff designer
Mark Desjardin, who transferred from the Tallahassee
office.
Aaron
Johnson, EI, has joined the Healthcare Division in Orlando
as a mechanical graduate engineer. Aaron recently earned
both is master's and bachelor's degrees from Kansas
State University while spending the summers working
as an intern for engineering firms.
Several
TLC staffers recently passed the Florida Principles
and Practice Engineering Exam to become Professional
Engineers including: Luis F. Bedoya in the Structural
Division at the Orlando office, Wesley Thigpen at the
Tallahassee Office, Ronald O'Brian at the Tampa Office,
and Nestor Delgado-Velez at the Ft. Myers Office.
In
other staff news, Karla Villareal, a structural graduate
engineer at the Orlando office, and Mike Erbesfeld,
a mechanical graduate engineer at the Deerfield Beach
office, passed the Florida engineer intern exam to become
EI's.
Our
Nashville office just keeps growing, both in staff and
design services. Mike Eaton, RCDD, joined TLC as a system
project manager for the Communications and Technology
Division and is working at the Nashville office. Mike
has 20 years experience designing systems for hospitals,
schools, and office buildings. In addition to communications,
technology and security system design, the 32-person
Nashville staff provides structural, mechanical, electrical,
plumbing and fire protection engineering for hospitals,
universities, high-rise residential buildings and corporate
office buildings.
With
the new year comes news about our growing staff.
Luis
Fernandez has joined the Healthcare Division in Orlando
as an electrical designer. Luis has more than nine years
of design experience for variety of project types and
a degree in electrical engineering from Miami Dade Community
College.
The Orlando Division welcomed Carlos Camacho, EI, an
electrical engineer, and Flavia Parrish, an electrical
technician. Carlos has a degree in electrical engineering
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