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Another TLC Staffer Passes PE Exam
12-18-09
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Congratulations
to Tallahassee mechanical engineer Jeremy Parker
for passing the Florida PE exam. Jeremy is also
a LEED Accredited Professional.
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Three
TLC Staffers Pass Florida PE Exam
12-16-09
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Congratulations to Kristy Walson (above left),
Stacy Warren (above center) and Kellen Miller
(above right) on passing the Florida PE exam.
Kristy is a mechanical engineer in the Orlando
Division, Stacy is a structural engineer at the
Cocoa office, and Kellen Miller is a mechanical
engineer at the Jacksonville office. All three
are LEED Accredited Professionals.
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TLC
Among Nation's Top Electrical Design Firms
11-12-09
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TLC
has come in No. 26 among the nation's top 40 electrical
design firms, according to the latest poll results
by Electrical Construction and Maintenance (ECM)
magazine.
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Dallas
Office Welcomes Erik Camacho
11-09-09
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Erik Camacho, EIT, LEED AP, has joined TLC Engineering
for Architecture as a mechanical engineer. He
has 14 years of mechanical design experience for
government projects, educational facilities, laboratories
and childcare facilities. He holds a mechanical
EIT certificate and is an accredited professional
in the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
Erik has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He
is active in community service including mentoring
underprivileged elementary school children and
serving as a member of the Regional Building Committee,
which designs and builds churches in and around
south Texas.
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Dusty
Alley Joins TLC in Nashville
11-06-09
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Dusty Dunbar-Alley of Mount Juliet has joined
TLC Engineering for Architecture in Brentwood
as a marketing coordinator. Dusty will research
and pre-qualify marketing opportunities, create
PowerPoints and other materials, and work closely
with TLC corporate marketing in Orlando. She has
14 years of experience, most recently as a marketing
assistant for an architectural firm.
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Steve
Hencey is New Senior Mechanical Engineer in Tallahassee
11-05-09
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Stephen D. Hencey, PE, has joined TLC Engineering
for Architecture in Tallahassee as a senior mechanical
engineer. Steve has more than 38 years of engineering
and management experience. He is the former facilities
project manager for the University of Missouri
System in Columbia, MO, where he managed design
projects on all four campuses of the University
system. He has extensive experience in biocontainment
laboratories and was instrumental in the construction,
commissioning and completion of the MU Regional
Biocontainment Laboratory, a BSL-3 Level lab which
was partially funded by an NIH matching grant.
As a member of the UMC Biosafety Committee, he
served as the University expert on chemical and
biological laboratory design. Steve has a bachelor's
degree in mechanical engineering from the University
of Missouri at Rolla, now known as Missouri University
of Science & Technology. He is a member of
the Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Engineers and a former member of the City of Columbia
(MO) Building Codes Commission.
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TLC
Tops Healthcare List
9-04-09
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In
a survey of top healthcare architects and engineers
by Healthcare Building Ideas/Healthcare Design
magazine, TLC Engineering for Architecture came
in No. 1 in the number of healthcare projects
completed in 2008 with a total of 451. We were
also featured prominently in a piece on how the
healthcare design market is faring in the recession.
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OCPS
Education Learning Center Wins Eagle Award
9-02-09
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The
2009 ABC Excellence in Construction Program has
selected the Orange County Public Schools’
Education Learning Center as the winner of the
Eagle Award in the Renovations Under $1 million
category. TLC provided MEP/FP, Communications
& Technology services for the data center,
adjacent print room and support areas. The award
will be presented in November.
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TLC
Ranks No. 23 in CSE Survey
9-01-09
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Consulting-Specifying
Engineer’s 2009 Giants Survey has hit
the streets and TLC Engineering for Architecture
comes in at No. 23. Although we ranked No. 20
last year, it’s still not bad considering
that 22 firms that made last year’s list
were no-shows this year.
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Corporate's
Roz Crapps Elected SMPS Chapter President
8-03-09
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Rosalind Crapps of Orlando, a marketing specialist
at TLC Engineering for Architecture in Orlando,
has been named president-elect of the Society
for Marketing Professional Services Central Florida
Chapter.She will assume her role as president-elect
in August 2009 and take over the role of president
in August 2010.She has been active in SMPS Central
Florida for seven years, including serving as
director of the Coordinators Club and co-chairing
the Education Committee.
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Jacksonville's
Emily Carrier Elected SMPS Chapter President
8-03-09
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Emily Carrier, a marketing specialist at TLC Engineering
for Architecture in Jacksonville, has assumed
the presidency of the Society for Marketing Professional
Services North Florida Chapter.A Certified Professional
Services Marketer and a LEED-Accredited Professional,
Emily has been deeply involved in SMPS North Florida
since 1997, serving as President in 1999-2000.
After joining TLC two years ago, she decided to
join the Board again. She is the first LEED AP
to become SMPS North Florida President.
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TLC
Announces New Associates
8-03-09
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We
are pleased to announce TLC's 11 newest Associates,
approved by the board based on their long-term
potential as leaders in the firm and their continued
individual contribution to the successful efforts
of TLC.
Cheryl A. Maze, LEED AP, marketing representative/business
development, stepped right into the marketplace
and has been well received by clients and networking
partners. A solid team player, she encourages
staff and gives full credit where due. She deftly
maneuvers through complicated teaming strategies,
has a thorough understanding of the A/E/C industry,
and even passed the LEED exam on the first attempt.
Cheryl is the ultimate marketing professional
- personable, organized, competitive and assertive.
David Miller, LEED AP, CxA, an energy consultant
working out of the Cocoa office, is recognized
by his clients as a skilled consultant and business
adviser. He has shown significant initiative in
developing energy engineering services and contributed
to TLC's overall sustainability practice by opening
new markets. By managing a diverse and increasing
project load and working with staff from other
divisions, David has developed many new project
opportunities for TLC.
Kohnen Barry, mechanical project engineer in the
Orlando Division, possesses the unbeatable combination
of technical knowledge, client understanding and
marketing acumen. His intimate knowledge of complex
HVAC systems and controls has helped TLC with
troubleshooting on numerous projects. He's cool
under pressure and is unsurpassed in communicating
with clients and staff. Kohnen brings all of these
skills to the fore in his dedication to see his
projects through to completion.
Lawrin Ellis, PE, LEED AP, mechanical project
engineer in Ft. Myers, communicates well with
clients and colleagues and approaches challenges
with confidence and a calm demeanor. With his
firm understanding of sustainable design and construction
principles, he has been on the forefront of developing
green design practices and tools for the firm.
Lawrin has taken the initiative to become proficient
in sustainable design tools such as LEED Online
and the energy modeling software.
Vincent McNish, PE, LEED AP, CPD, mechanical project
engineer in the Miami office, is committed to
quality performance, mentors staff, and is very
aware of clients' needs. He's a great listener,
open to differing points of view, and flexible
in adapting to unexpected requests. He's also
cool under pressure, no matter how difficult the
situation. Vince's ability to perform at a high
level in HVAC, plumbing and fire protection has
been invaluable.
Vanessa Bermudez, CPSM, LEED AP, marketing specialist
in Miami, creates challenging tasks that yield
impressive successes, such as the St. Patrick's
Day event for clients where the office became
a showroom for LEED design concepts. Her skills
at developing good relationships combined with
her knowledge of the market are beneficial for
owners, clients and TLC. No matter the challenge,
Vanessa performs in an excellent manner under
pressure and always with a smile.
Adriel Mercado, EI, LEED AP, electrical project
manager in Tampa, is adept at managing the conflicting
desires of architect, builder and owner while
maintaining his cool and quickly getting a resolution.
In addition to his solid engineering skills, Adriel
knows how to develop great relationships with
owner and architect clients. He is always positive
in his attitude, well organized, totally reliable
to follow-through on commitments, and a great
morale-builder when times get tough.
Emily Carrier, CPSM, LEED AP, a marketing specialist
in Jacksonville, is highly involved in professional
organizations such as SMPS, USGBC and CREW. Having
worked for A/E and architecture firms in the past,
Emily understands how our architect clients think
and what they need. She's a relentless task-master
when preparing senior staff for interviews and
presentations. A consummate professional, everything
Emily does is related to how she can win more
work for TLC.
Bill
Fouraker, a C&T senior specialty designer
in the Jacksonville office, has the knack for
developing relationships with the right people
in the right positions, and then performing well
for them to get repeat work. A rock-solid performer,
he started the C&T group in Jacksonville and
remains a constant stabilizing force and the backbone
of this group. He works extremely hard and does
anything that's asked of him with enthusiasm.
Taw North, EI, RCDD, LEED AP, C&T engineer
in Jacksonville, has a leadership style that appeals
to clients and staff alike. He represents the
electrical discipline at many AHCA reviews and
inspections and has cultivated good relationships
with the AHCA team. Taw understands the importance
of marketing and has developed a C&T Roadshow
for core clients. Smart, personable, well-spoken
and friendly, he routinely jumps in to help other
staffers if they need help.
John Rippel, PE, LEED AP, CxA, CPD, CGD, project
engineer in the Nashville office, is the go-to
guy for everything from problem-solving and complex
analyses to commissioning and LEED administration.
He's taken initiative to join professional organizations
such as CSI and the local USGBC chapter, where
he quickly was elected to the Board of Directors.
John's meticulous approach to his work has earned
the respect of local clientele and brought TLC
repeat business.
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TLC
Ranks High in BD&C Listings
7-27-09
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Building
Design and Construction recently issued its
2009 Giants Report and TLC ranked No. 10 among
Top 50 Engineering firms; No. 18 among Top BIM
Adopters and No. 59 among the Top 200 Building
Team LEED AP rankings.
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Staff
Promotions Announced
7-27-09
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Six
TLC staffers have been promoted. They are (top
row, from left) Taw North of TLC Jacksonville
- Project Manager-Systems; Nick Kugler of TLC
Cocoa - Mechanical Designer; and Theo Roberts
of Corporate Support - Network Administrator;
(bottom row, from left) Rita Kirkland of TLC of
TLC Nashville - Electrical Designer; Jonathan
Huber of TLC Deerfield - Mechanical Designer;
and Dave Tinsley of TLC Deerfield - Project Manager,
Plumbing/Fire Protection. Congratulations, all.
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Dave
Southwick Named Tri-County Apprenticeship Academy
Chair
7-16-09
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Dave
Southwick, RCDD, an associate principal and systems
project manager at the Ft. Myers office, has been
appointed chairman of the board of directors for
the Tri-County Apprenticeship Academy after serving
as vice chairman last year.
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Deerfield's
Mike Baluyot Passes PE Exam
7-1-09
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Congratulations
to Deerfield Electrical Engineer Mike Baluyot
for passing his PE exam.
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Three
Staffers Pass Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
6-30-09
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Three
TLC staffers have passed the Fundamental of Engineering
exam to become engineering interns: Brannon Bass
and Mike Boyle of Tallahassee (above left and
center), and Healthcare's Chris Bond (above left).
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Emily
Carrier To Helm SMPS North Florida Chapter
6-16-09
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Jacksonville
Marketing Specialist Emily Carrier, CPSM, LEED
AP, will assume the presidency of the Society
for Marketing Professional Services North Florida
Chapter in August. She is just completing her
term as President-Elect and started tackling her
new role by leading the SMPS North Florida Board
and Committee Member Retreat. Emily has been deeply
involved in SMPS North Florida since 1997, serving
as President in 1999-2000. After joining TLC two
years ago, Emily decided to rejoin the SMPS Board.
She is the first LEED AP to become SMPS North
Florida President.
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Marketing's
Roz Crapps Named SMPS-CF President-Elect
6-11-09
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Associate and Marketing Specialist Roz Crapps
has been named President-Elect of the Society
for Marketing Professional Services Central Florida
Chapter. She will assume her president-elect position
in August 2009 and take over the role as president
in August 2010. Roz has been active in SMPS Central
Florida for seven years, including serving as
director of the Coordinators Club and co-chair
of the education committee. Roz works out of the
TLC Corporate Office in Orlando.
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TLC
Dallas Moves to Sustainable Quarters
5-1-09
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Our
Dallas office has into new office space on the
2nd floor of the Fitzhugh Central Building. The
new office is nearly twice the size of the old
one and provides plenty of room for growth for
when the economy climbs out of recession. TLC
engineers provided MEP/FP and commissioning services
for the new office, which includes energy-efficient
lighting and equipment, sensor faucets and other
water-efficient features, and low-toxicity materials.
The office is registered for U.S. Green Building
Council LEED for Commercial Interiors. The
address is 4131 N. Central Expressway, Suite 200,
Dallas, Texas, 75204. Contact numbers remain the
same. Phone: 214-540-5900. Fax: 214-540-5904.
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Introducing
Our New Shareholders
4-14-09
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TLC
is proud to announce our newest shareholders:
Vince Rea, PE, LEED AP, Senior Electrical Engineer/Healthcare;
Geary Heinrich, PE, Senior Electrical Engineer/Orlando;
and Moncef Hadiji, PE, LEED AP, RCDD, Senior Electrical
Engineer/Cocoa.
Vince
works extremely well with his clients. His diligence
and consistent service make him a trusted representative
of TLC - clients know that what he promises, the
TLC team delivers. Team-oriented by nature, Vince
truly encourages the electrical staff to learn
and grow in their technical abilities. Some of
his notable projects include the South Florida
Evaluation and Treatment Center, Winter Haven
Hospital OR Expansion, and the Dr P. Phillips
(previously Sand Lake) Hospital Expansion. Currently,
he's leading the Nemours Children's Hospital project
team. Vince is a graduate of the University of
Colorado and has more than 23 years of engineering
experience.
Geary
is dedicated to providing client-focused leadership.
His savvy in leading a team of engineers and knowing
how to communicate with architectural clients
prove beneficial time and again throughout design
and construction of his projects. Not easily ruffled,
Geary's even-keel personality is a great asset
in mentoring the junior staff. Since joining TLC
in 2006, he has managed some of our largest and
most complex projects including the Ruby Lakes
Resort with Hilton Grand Vacation Clubs; the Seminole
County Jail additions; and the Dr. P. Phillips
Performing Arts Center. Geary has 27 years of
experience and a degree in electrical engineering
from the University of Arkansas.
Thorough,
professional and eager to work any problem through
to completion, Moncef has the trust and respect
of clients and TLC team members alike. He is always
available to lead and advise the electrical staff.
In addition to the ongoing Palm Beach County Jail
expansion, Moncef's portfolio includes Florida
Memorial University Student housing, and several
projects at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sebastian
River High School, Palm Beach Community College,
and Brevard and Martin County schools. He has
bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical
engineering from Wichita State University in Wichita,
KS, and 18 years of experience.
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Eric
Cepull Achieves HFDP Certification
3-13-09
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Healthcare’s
Eric Cepull has passed ASHRAE’s Healthcare
Facility Design Professional exam to become TLC’s
fourth certified HFDP (along with Donia Bessa,
Ben Cole and Dick Worth). Individuals who earn
this certification have demonstrated a well-rounded
understanding and knowledge of medical terminology
and facility operations as they affect HVAC&R
design in healthcare facilities.
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Tyndall
Fitness Center Wins USAF Design Award
3-10-09
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Tyndall
Air Force Base Fitness Center in Panama City has
won a Merit Award in the 2009 U.S. Air Force Design
Awards program. Blaine Paxton, AIA, of PBS&J
Architecture in Tampa, was over the moon when
he got the word. "It has been an amazing
ride … Thank you again for help and make
sure to give yourselves a pat on the back,"
he wrote to team members. Hearty congratulations
to TLC team members Kelvin Khor, Doug Law, Terry
Ewoldt, Kim Shinn, Richard Lindburg, Rachel Cook,
Melinda Kiper, Gustavo Castano, and Travis Jordan
for their contributions to this terrific project.
The fitness center, slated for completion in 2010,
is under construction and on target to achieve
LEED® Platinum.
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Wayne
Allred Takes Orlando Division Helm
3-10-09
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Wayne
Allred, PE, has been named director of the Orlando
Division. In his new role, Wayne will direct the
division’s mechanical, electrical, plumbing,
fire protection and newly
incorporated structural team members in providing
excellent engineering design and client service.
A firm principal who has been with TLC for 11
years, Wayne has provided electrical design services
for some of the most notable projects in Florida,
including the Fontainebleau Resort addition/renovation
in Miami Beach, Darden Corporate Headquarters
and various education, aviation and hospitality
projects throughout Florida and the Caribbean.
He has a bachelor’s degree in engineering
from the University of Central Florida, a master’s
in engineering management from Florida Institute
of Technology, and 21 years of experience.
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TLC's
One of the Best
3-09-09
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TLC
Engineering for Architecture has been named one
of the Best Places to Work by the South Florida
Business Journal. The awards ceremony was
held Feb. 21 at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward
County Convention Center.
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Miami's
Orlin Velinov Passes CxA exam
2-06-09
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Orlin
Velinov, PE, LEED-AP, a mechanical project engineer
at the Miami Office, has passed the ACG's commissioning
exam to become a certified commissioning authority.
Orlin is TLC's 19th CxA.
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Brett
McKinstry Moves to Corporate Office
1-16-09
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Brett
Mckinstry PE, LEED-AP, has joined the corporate
office in Orlando as Vice President in preparation
for assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer
on May 1. As COO, he will be responsible for the
operational management of TLC’s 14 operating
divisions in Florida, Tennessee, and Texas. A
principal and former director of the Ft. Myers
office who has been with TLC since 1994, Brett
has more than 26 years of experience in mechanical
system design and project coordination and management.
In Ft. Myers he directed the staff in providing
excellent client service and developing a diverse
portfolio of K-12, higher education and municipal
government facilities. Under his direction, Ft.
Myers provided full-service design and became
a sustainable design leader in southwest Florida
with 19 LEED projects.
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Jim
Keohane Takes Helm of Ft. Myers Office
1-16-09
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Jim
Keohane PE, LEED-AP, CxA, has been named director
of the Ft. Myers office. Jim has been with TLC
for 14 years as a principal and senior mechanical
engineer, and most recently as associate director.
A leader in green building design in southwest
Florida, he has been instrumental in developing
Ft. Myers’ sustainable design portfolio of
three U.S. Green Building Council LEED-certified
buildings and 16 LEED-registered projects that
are in design or construction. In his new role,
Jim will direct the Ft. Myers team in providing
full-service engineering and continue the office’s
tradition of excellent client service. He succeeds
Brett McKinstry, who has moved to the Corporate
Office in Orlando to assume the role of Chief
Operating Officer.
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Gerald
Versluys Named To Editorial Board
1-16-09
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Jacksonville’s
Gerald Versluys has accepted an invitation to
sit on the Editorial Board of Consulting-Specifying
Engineer magazine. Gerald, a principal and senior
electrical engineer, will serve as a technical
adviser, write and review selected articles, and
may speak at conferences, trade shows and webcasts.
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Ramesh
Munagala Joins Dallas Team
1-16-09
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Ramesh
Munagala, PE, is our new senior project manager
in the Dallas office. Ramesh comes to TLC with
15 years of experience in the A/E industry with
a focus on hospital and healthcare work. Some
of his projects have included New York Presbyterian
Hospital and Ohio State University Medical Center.
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Nicholas
Kugler Earns Promotion
1-15-09
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Nicholas
Kugler, who has been interning with the Cocoa
team since Mary 2007, has been promoted to mechanical
technician. Nicholas is working on his mechanical
engineering degree at the University of Central
Florida.
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Kirk
Jennings Passes PE Exam
1-15-09
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Kirk
Jennings, LEED AP, an electrical project manager
in the Nashville office, has passed the PE exam
in his home state of Virginia.
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David
Ogle Joins Cocoa Office
1-15-09
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David
Ogle has joined TLC as an electrical graduate
engineer in the Cocoa office. A University of
Florida graduate, David has been working in the
MEP field since 2003 while attending school full
time.
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TLC
Has Another EI
1-09-09
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Healthcare
Mechanical Graduate Engineer Andrew Twigg was
notified over the holidays that he passed the
Fundamentals of Engineering exam, so he is now
an Engineering Intern. Nice job, Andrew.
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New
Year Brings New Successes
1-07-09
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Congratulations
to Tallahassee's Kelvin Khor (above left) for
passing the Florida EI exam to become an engineering
intern and to Healthcare's Joe Testa (above right)
for his promotion to electrical graduate engineer.
Nice way to start the new year.
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Staff
Promotions Announced
12-29-08
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Several TLC employees have been promoted due to
performance and continued career development.
Shown above left to right are: Brian Perry, electrical
project manager, Healthcare; Nichole Myers, electrical
designer 1, Healthcare; Ryan Fryman, PE, LEED
AP, senior electrical project engineer, Jacksonville;
Kristy Walson, EI, LEED AP, mechanical engineer
1, Orlando Division; Robyn Weitknecht, structural
graduate engineer, Structural Division; and Ashley
Thomas, divisional secretary, Nashville.
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New
Marketing Rep Promises to 'A-Maze'
11-03-08
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Cheryl A. Maze has joined TLC’s corporate
Marketing team in Orlando as a marketing representative.
She will focus on the pursuit of new business,
enhance client relationships, ensure the quality
of marketing materials and assure client satisfaction.
Cheryl has more than 12 years of experience in
architecture and engineering marketing and business
development, as well as experience in financial
services marketing and sales. She is active in
the Society of Marketing Professional Services
and was a founding member of the SMPS Pittsburgh
Chapter. A 10-year resident of Florida, Cheryl
also served on the boards of the Habitat for Humanity
in Leon and Wakulla counties. She has a degree
in economics from Washington & Jefferson College
in Washington, PA. Feel free to contact her at
407-487-1010 or cheryl.maze@tlc-eng.com.
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Gary
Mahoney Earns Dual ASPE Honors
11-03-08
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Gary Mahoney, CPD, a principal and senior project
manager at the Nashville office, has been elected
Secretary/Treasurer of the National Board of the
American Society of Plumbing Engineers for 2008-2010.
He is also among the very first group of 20 international
members to be recognized as a Fellow in the ASPE.
Gary received this dual honor at the recent ASPE
Convention and Engineered Plumbing Exposition
in Long Beach, CA.
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Women
Executives Honor Debra Lupton
10-22-08
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CEO Debra Lupton is the winner of the Women's
Executive Council 2008 Women's Achievement Award
in the Business category. Debra was presented
her award at a luncheon Oct. 16 at the Citrus
Club in Downtown Orlando.
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TLC
Projects Clean Up at Design Awards
10-21-08
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Four
TLC projects were honored at the 2008 Orange County
Design Excellence Awards program Oct. 16. The
OUC Administration Building won the Green Award
in the Commercial category; Valencia Community
College Building 10 Allied Health and Science
Building won the Green Award in the Institutional
category; The Plaza tok the Award of Merit in
the Commercial category; and the Gardens of Millenia
Boulevard won the Award of Merit in the Master
Plan category. Four other TLC projects were cited
for their participation in Orange County's Orange
to Green Development Program: the Orange County
Medical Examiners Facility; Orange County Sheriff
Sector II Building; Darden Restaurant Headquarters
Building; and Wyndham Vacation Ownership.
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Brian
Lomel and Steve Rollin Tackle New Roles
09-26-08
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Debra
Lupton an AIA Dual Office Holder
09-26-08
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CEO Debra Lupton has been officially elected state
director on the Orlando Board of the American
Institute of Architects (AIA). This means she
is on both the AIA Orlando Board and the AIA Florida
Board for the next two years. The new term starts
in January.
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Sarasota
PD Headquarters Wins AIA Merit Award
09-16-08
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The
Sarasota Police Department Headquarters building
won a Merit Award at last Saturday night’s
AIA Southwest Florida Design Awards banquet. TLC
teamed with Architects Design Group for the new
six-story building, with the Ft. Myers office
providing MEP design, LEED consulting and commissioning,
and the Tampa office providing voice/data, security,
and audio/visual design support.
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TLC
Comes in 20th in CSE Rankings
09-04-08
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The latest issue of Consulting-Specifying Engineer
magazine is hot off the press and TLC Engineering
for Architecture came in at No. 20 in the Giants
Report of the nation's top engineering firms.
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Vanessa
Bermudez Named to SMPS South Florida Board
09-03-08
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Vanessa Bermudez, marketing specialist in the
Miami Office, has been appointed to the board
of the Society for Marketing Professional Services
South Florida Chapter. Vanessa is chair of the
Education Committee.
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TLC
Board Approves 14 New Associates
08-01-08
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We
are pleased to announce TLC's 14 newest Associates,
approved by the board based on their long-term
potential as leaders in the firm and their continued
individual contribution to the successful efforts
of TLC.
Mike Hartley, PE, Senior Mechanical Engineer in
the Orlando Division, is a down-to-basics, no-nonsense
engineer who understands that excellent service
and delivery are the keys to good client relationships.
Mike is deeply involved with mentoring the mechanical
staff and is often found in the mechanical "bullpen"
explaining the intricacies of HVAC. With his technical
know-how, hands-on client service, and marketing
savvy, he's an exceptional representative of TLC.
Healthcare Electrical Project Engineer James Ferris,
PE, was recently promoted in recognition of his
unyielding commitment to client satisfaction,
most notably for his contributions to the multi-million
dollar Dr. P. Phillips Hospital renovation and
addition. He has been a great help in clarifying
electrical ABS issues and has worked closely with
the IT staff to find solutions to technical challenges.
Jim's work ethic is outstanding.
Our youngest Associate, Healthcare Mechanical
Project Engineer Tony Esposito, PE, LEED-AP, joined
TLC as an intern in 2000. His tremendous contribution
to the success of the Healthcare group includes
the recent completion of the Homestead replacement
hospital. He currently manages several high-profile
projects and mentors the mechanical staff on engineering
issues. Tony's hard work is a reflection of his
Can Do/Will Do attitude.
Bill Bretnall, PE, Structural Engineer in the
Orlando Structural Division, is a terrific mentor
to staffers, drawing on his years of experience
including being president of his own engineering
firm. Clients praise him as a knowledgeable professional
who responds quickly and earns the respect of
everyone. Bill first came Orlando years ago while
working on the Orange County Convention Center
Phase 1 - and couldn't wait to come back.
Dallas Mechanical Project Engineer Rod May, PE,
has a great reputation among clients and owners,
who trust his expertise and seek him out for their
projects. On hectic days in the office, his quiet
demeanor and subtle humor helps keeps things on
an even keel. He's currently managing several
projects at Hopkins County Medical Center and
Las Cruces Memorial Medical Center.
Carl Hewett, Mechanical Project Manager in Dallas,
has developed several key clients through his
highly organized approach, senior level experience
and great service. He takes time to mentor junior
staffers and has a knack for making complex issues
easy to understand. Carl's portfolio includes
the Sheraton Hotel-Dallas renovation, the City
of Lancaster Senior Recreation Center, and numerous
projects at the Capital 1 office park.
Dallas Electrical Project Manager Charles DuBose
has established himself in several key markets
by developing and maintaining good client relationships
and meeting delivery deadlines. His current projects
include numerous Bank of America, Barnes and Noble,
and Fair Oaks healthcare buildings. Knowledgeable
and outgoing, Charles can always be counted on
to mentor younger staffers on CAD and other technical
issues.
Aaron Morken, Plumbing/Fire Protection Project
Manager in Dallas, is a dedicated, hard-working
professional who is committed to his clients and
co-workers. His diverse experience includes hospitals,
medical office buildings, retail centers, municipal
buildings, airports, schools and residential buildings.
Aaron's current portfolio includes several Lancaster
municipal projects, the Dallas South Central Police
Substation, Lander Medical Center and the Arkansas
Surgical Hospital expansion.
John Riner, PE, LEED AP, Electrical Project Engineer
in Cocoa, quickly gains the confidence of his
clients and then continues to meet their expectations
through personalized service. As an MBA and former
Naval officer, he brings to his role financial
acumen and professional discipline as well as
excellent engineering and project management skills.
John's technical expertise makes him a great resource
for the junior staff.
Mike Giordano, PE, LEED AP, Electrical Engineer
in Jacksonville, is extremely well liked by clients
and staffers alike. He puts tremendous time and
effort into helping iron out issues relating to
BIM, AutoCad 3-D and MEP 2008. Mike serves as
a mentor to staff not only in Jacksonville but
throughout the company, and still manages to complete
his projects on time and on budget.
Jay Ritch, PE, LEED AP, Mechanical Project Engineer
in Nashville, makes a special effort to mentor
and provide guidance to the younger staff. His
easy-going style and broad range of technical
knowledge instantly impress architects and contractors
alike, and have enabled him to establish new client
relationships while nurturing current clients.
He continues to do outstanding work at Samford
University in Birmingham.
Robert Lesnau, PE, LEED AP, Mechanical Project
Engineer in Ft. Myers, is a quiet leader who impresses
clients with top quality, hands-on service. He's
also a top trainer at TLC University, where he
unlocks the secrets of AutoCad 3-D, MEP 2008,
and other mechanical design mysteries. In his
off hours, Robert is working toward his master's
in business administration at Florida Gulf Coast
University.
Miami Mechanical Project Engineer Orlin Velinov,
PE, LEED AP, personifies extreme service by devoting
much of his own time to solving troublesome technical
problems and assisting clients. He's continually
honing his fine technical skills and seeking other
ways to improve his own performance. Orlin has
earned a reputation among clients and co-workers
as a good team player.
Ralph Baeza, PE, Senior Electrical Engineer in
Miami, has contributed significantly to standardizing
engineering procedures through his participation
in the Electrical Technical Committee. He has
a knack for securing new business from prior relationships.
He is a strong addition to the Miami office. Ralph
continually strives to improve his engineering
skills and further his education through the pursuit
of post-graduate degrees.
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Vincent
McNish is TLC's Latest LEED AP
08-01-08
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Vincent McNish, PE, Project Mechanical Engineer
at the Miami Office, has passed the U.S. Green
Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design exam to become TLC’s newest LEED Accredited
Professional. He is Miami’s 7th LEED AP and
TLC’s 75th.
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Ryan
Fryman Having a Fab Year
07-10-08
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Ryan Fryman, PE, LEED AP, a principal and electrical
project engineer in Jacksonville, has been named
the University of North Florida’s “Fab
Grad.” To commemorate the occasion, he was
presented a framed declaration signed by UNF President
John Delaney in recognition of his contributions
toward changing the face of UNF.Ryan has provided
engineering services for the Student Union, the
newest residence hall, Osprey Fountains, the new
College of Education and Human Services Building
and the Thomas G. Carpenter Library. One of the
first electrical engineering graduates of UNF,
he is involved in the university’s Engineering
Advisory Council and is a mentor in the ACE Mentor
Program of Northeast Florida. Check out a profile
of Ryan on the UNF
website.
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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 Hospital Center for Advanced Healthcare 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 Hospital Center for Advanced Healthcare
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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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
from the University of Central Florida and more than
13 years of experience in the design and coordination
of federal, industrial, and commercial buildings. Flavia
has 21 years of drafting experience for a variety of
large-scale projects.
Rob
Shorey, CPD, rejoined the Tampa staff as an associate
and plumbing and fire protection specialty designer.
Rob is a familiar face to many, having previously worked
at TLC for nine years.
The
Corporate Support Division welcomed Mildred Kuilan who
joined the Human Resources staff as a recruitment coordinator.
Carlos
Turizo-Rico, EI, a graduate engineer in the Structural
Division in Orlando, received his master's degree in
Structures and Foundations from the University of Central
Florida.
Steve
Rollin, PE, RCDD, joined the Deerfield Division as an
associate and senior electrical engineer. Steve has
more than 30 years of experience in both technical design
and management/marketing. He has his Certificate of
Business Management from Wharton school of the University
of Pennsylvania and his bachelor's degree in electrical
engineering from Villanova University.
The
Miami Division welcomed Viviana Ruiz as a receptionist/secretary.
Viviana has six years of customer service and administrative
experience.
Andrew
"Sandy" Martin, PE, PhD, rejoined the Tallahassee
Division as a structural project engineer.
Ben
Roseborough, a mechanical engineer at the Jacksonville,
has passed the Florida professional engineer's exam
to become a PE. He's already LEED-accredited by the
U.S. Green Buildilng Council and an ACG commissioning
authority. Among Ben's major projects are the Baptist
Medical Center Downtown Surgery Renovation, the Mayo
Clinic Central Utility Plant Equipment Installation,
and the Florida Hospital Flagler 16-Bed Expansion.
Structural
Project Engineer C.W. Yong, PE, has transferred from
the Tallahassee Division to the Nashville Division.
Matt
Wiechart, PE, a Principal and Mechanical Project Engineer
in the Ft. Myers office, has passed the U.S. Green Building
Council's LEED for New Construction 2.1 Exam. TLC now
has 44 LEED-APs.
Deerfield
Beach Division Director Brian Lomel, PE, passed his
ACG commissioning exam to become a certified commissioning
authority. Meanwhile, Simon Sue, PE, mechanical project
engineer in Deerfield Beach, and R. Adriel Mercado,
EI, electrical engineer II in the Tampa office, have
passed the USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design exam to become LEED-Accredited Professionals.
Scott
Ashton, a LAN/WAN specialist working out of TLC's Orlando
Corporate Headquarters, has been designated a Certified
Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) by
the International Information Systems Security Certification
Consortium. This highly sought-after certification has
strict requirements and opens the door for Scott to
perform security work on federal government computer
systems. The consortium, also known as (ISC)2, is the
internationally recognized gold standard for educating
and certifying information security professionals.
Jacksonville's
Leonard Spears, PE, and Ben Roseborough, EI, passed
the ACG commissioning exam while at the GreenBuild Conference
in Denver. The men, both mechanical engineers, are also
LEED-Accredited Professionals. Our CxA credentials are
growing – this makes eight TLC staffers who have
passed the exam, including four in Jacksonville.
Two
Cocoa staffers were recently promoted: Philip Badger
is now an Electrical Engineer II and Norm Pyett, EI,
is now Senior Specialty Designer. Congratulations go
out to both of them.
Our
sustainable design team has grown to 41 with the addition
of Jeffrey Duford, LEED-AP, who joined the Tampa staff
as an electrical designer. Jeff, newly arrived from
Boston, has more than six years of electrical design
experience and is working on his bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering.
TLC
welcomed several professional and senior staffers in
recent weeks including Ken Westburg, senior specialty
designer at the Deerfield Beach office. Ken has more
than 36 years of experience and an associate desgree
in electrical engineering from Lincoln College Northeastern
University in Boston. Jagdish Prasad, PhD, PE, has joined
the Orlando Division as senior project manager. Jag
has more than 30 years of engineering experience and
a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic
Institute of Brooklyn, NY. Also new to the Orlando Division
is Leland Eisenhower, PE, senior mechanical engineer.
Lee has more than 19 years engineering and project management
experience. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical
engineering from Virginia Tech and a PE in 6 states,
including Florida. The Ft. Myers office put out the
welcome mat for Mark Kramer, EI, who rejoined the staff
as electrical project manager. Meanwhile, senior specialty
designer Tracy Bethel has transferred from the Orlando
Division to the Nashville Division.
.
Jacksonville
Division Director Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED-AP, has passed
the U.S. Green Building Council pilot exam for LEED
for Existing Building (LEED-EB). He is also accredited
in LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC). LEED is the
USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
program.
Several
TLC projects were recognized at the 2006 Associated
Builders and Contractors Central Florida Chapter Excellence
in Construction awards competition. Winnie Palmer Hospital
for Women and Babies was the big winner, nabbing both
the Project of the Year Award and the Eagle Award for
Hospitals/Healthcare, $50 million to $99 million category.
Other TLC projects that came home with awards were the
Orange County Corrections Booking and Release Center,
University of Central Florida Alumni Center, University
of Central Florida Student Health Center, Bayfront Medical
Center Surgery Expansion, and the News-Journal Center
in Daytona Beach (aka Lively Arts Center). The News-Journal
Center was nominated for Project of the Year.
Jason
Stinchcomb, PE, electrical project engineer at Deerfield
Beach, passed the U. S. Green Building Council’s
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
exam to become TLC’s 40th LEED–Accredited
Professional.
The
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) East Central
Branch has selected Principal and Structural Division
Director Roger Jeffery, PE, LEED-AP, as its Lifetime
Achievement Award nominee for the 2007 E-Week Awards.
Long active in ACSE, Roger most recently served on the
State Government Relations Committee.
Tallahassee
Division Director John Hardesty, PE, Ft. Myers Mechanical
Project Engineer Robert Lesnau, PE, and Nashville Structural
Engineer Wenjun Guo, PE, are the latest TLC’ers
to pass the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design exam to become LEED-Accredited
Professionals. John also earned certification as an
ACG Commissioning Authority. TLC now has 39 LEED-APs
and six CxA’s.
Three
TLC staffers have earned important professional certifications.
Rafi Wartan, PE, a principal and senior electrical engineer
at the Jacksonville office, and Fredy Sarria, EI, an
electrical engineer at the Miami office, have passed
the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) exam to become LEED-Accredited
Professionals. Meanwhile, Robert M. "Mac"
Coble, PE, LEED-AP, a principal and senior mechanical
engineer in Jacksonville, has passed the ACG exam to
become a certified commissioning authority.
The
University of Florida's Mary Ann Cofrin-Harn Pavilion
has obtained basic certification in the U.S. Green Building
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) program. Hearty congratulations to TLC's Orlando
Division’s Mila Kukharenko, LEED-AP, and the rest
of the design team for a job well done. TLC teamed with
Kha Le-Huu in designing this 18,000-sf exhibition pavilion
the Harn Museum of Art. This is TLC’s third LEED-certified
building.
James
Keohane of the Ft. Myers office, James Wamsley of the
Cocoa Beach office, and Mike Erbesfeld of the Deerfield
Beach office have passed the U.S. Green Building Council
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design exam to
become LEED-Accredited Professionals.
Director
of Sustainable Design Kim Shinn, PE, LEED-AP, has been
elected to a three-year term on the U.S. Green Building
Council Board of Directors. Kim, who represents the
South East region, is one of eight new board members
elected by Regional Councils. His term begins in 2007.
Mike
Haney, an associate and senior mechanical engineer at
the Tampa office, has passed his U.S. Green Building
Council Leadership In Energy and Environmental Design
exam to become TLC’s 31st LEED-Accredited Professional.
M.
Moncef Hadiji, PE, an electrical engineer in the Cocoa
office, has passed his RCDD exam to become a Registered
Communications Distribution Designer.
TLC's
Orlando office has moved into new quarters in the Citrus
Center. The move puts us in the heart of the central
business district and closer to some of our key clients
and major downtown projects. Our new address is 255
S. Orange Ave., Suite 1600, Orlando, FL 32801-3463.
Main phone and our Corporate Office fax numbers remain
the same: 407-841-9050 and 407-835-9926, respectively.
 Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Margot Knight, president
and CEO of United Arts of Central Florida, were special
guests at the Sept. 12 ribbon-cutting ceremony marking
the opening of TLC’s new headquarters in the Citrus
Center Tower. Major clients, city and county officials,
and three rascally mimes joined 150 staffers in marking
the occasion. The ribbon was cut at 2:55 p.m. on the
255th day of the year in front of signs touting 255
top projects – all part of the “255”
theme reflecting our new address: 255 S. Orange Ave.
TLC
Engineering for Architecture is ranked No. 14 in Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine's hot-off-the-presses
Giants list of top engineering firms. That's up from
No. 18 last year.
Tony
Esposito, EI, a mechanical engineer in the Healthcare
Division, has graduated from the University of Central
Florida with a master's degree in business administration.
The
Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, has
become the first project to receive both the American
Institute of Architects national Honor Award for Architecture
and the Urban Land Institute's Award of Excellence.
Designed by Thompson,
Ventulett, Stainback and Associates of Atlanta, Devrouax
& Purnell Architects Planners of Washington, DC,
and Mariani Architects Engineers of Washington, DC,
the convention center is unique in that most of the
exhibit space is below ground. TLC’s Communication
& Technology specialists worked closely with the
team in providing design services for voice/data distribution,
new phone switch specifications, and internal cell phone
switch sites for the 2.3 million sf building.
 Once
again, TLC Engineering for Architecture has been named
one of the Orlando Sentinel’s Top 100 Companies
for Working Families in Central Florida. This is the
fifth year in a row TLC has made the list.
The
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Media Headquarters building
has won a Merit Award in the 2007 BusinessWeek/Architectural
Record Awards program. TLC’s Divisions 71 and
16 teamed with Arquitectonica in the design of this
$13 million building, which was completed in June 2005.
Congratulations to Project Manager Ray Stacey and team
members Gerry Crnkovich, Scott Bergman, Santiago Beron,
Gustavo Castano, Jorge Rivera, Adriel Mercado and Ron
O'Brien. The project along with 13 other award winners
will be featured in November print editions of both Architectural Record and BusinessWeek and will also recognized at the Architectural Record
Innovation Conference in New York on Oct. 11 and 12.
Northwest
Medical Center Oro Valley in Tucson, AZ, has received
Honorable Mention in the 2006 Vista Awards Program.
Sponsored by the American Society of Healthcare Engineering,
the American Hospital Association, and the American
Institute of Architects, the awards program recognizes
excellent collaboration and teamwork among a project’s
owner, designers and builders. TLC's engineering team,
led by Nashville's Tom Clevenger, Gary Mahoney, Steve
Kemp, worked closely with architect Gould Turner Group
on this $25 million hospital, which was completed in
2005.
We
are pleased to announce TLC's seven newest Associates,
who were approved based on their long-term potential
as leaders in the firm and their continued individual
contribution to the successful efforts of TLC.
• Cocoa
Steve Cotton, PE, Electrical Engineer II
Greg Ruck, PE, Senior Project Manager
• Corporate Support
Steve Mobley, Controller
Joe Perry, MCP, Database Programmer
• Healthcare
Vince Rea, PE, LEED, Senior Electrical Engineer
• Jacksonville
Mark Murphy, PE, Electrical Engineer II
• Structural
Laura Lewis, PE, Structural Project Engineer
Ben
Roseborough, a mechanical EI in the Jacksonville office,
has passed the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design exam to become a
LEED-Accredited Professional. That’s six LEED-APs
in Jacksonville and 29 firm-wide.
Building Design and Construction magazine has published its annual Giants list of top
engineering firms and TLC Engineering for Architecture
came in at No. 8 – that’s a notch up from
last year's No. 9.
At last week’s AIA Florida
Convention and Trade Show in Boca Raton, TLC’s
Chief Executive Officer Debra Lupton was honored with
the Presidential Award for her lead role in successfully
negotiating changes to the Department of Management
Services Fee Schedule. The changes are especially significant
because the fee schedule had not been changed since
1969 and was never updated for inflation. Debra shares
the award with Rick Logan, AIA, of MPA Architects of
Palm Beach.
TLC’s Mayan-themed trade
show booth also took top honors at last week’s
AIA Florida event. Kudos to Marketing’s Mike Miller,
who designed the booth graphics, and to Marcia Musico
and Tim German, who so artfully set it up.
For the second year in a row,
Marketing Specialist Roz Crapps has been nominated for
SMPS Central Florida Chapter Member of the Year. Roz
is Director of the chapter's Coordinators Club.
The following employees have
been promoted in recognition of their outstanding performance
and continued career development. Congratulations to
all.
Cocoa
Andrew Lawrence, structural engineer II
James McTavish, senior project engineer
Steven Spring, electrical designer I
Stacy Warren, structural engineer I
Corporate Support
Saloni Patel, training coordinator
Deerfield Beach
Eric Encarnacion, electrical engineer I
Ryan Todaro, mechanical engineer I
Fort Myers
Greg Clements, mechanical engineer II
Lawrin Ellis, mechanical engineer II
Mark Hauser, structural designer I
Darryl LeMaster, electrical specialty designer
Robert Lesnau, mechanical project engineer
Mike McClafferty, mechanical project manager
Chris Schanbeck, structural project engineer
Healthcare
John Basila, senior specialty designer
Donia Bessa, mechanical engineer II
Steve Bosch, mechanical engineer II
Jeremiah Bullis, mechanical engineer II
Eric Cepull, mechanical engineer II
Edwin Fajardo, mechanical engineer I
Dan Haupt, senior project manager
Brian Perry, electrical engineer II
Tiffany Singleterry, mechanical graduate engineer
Jacksonville
Ben Cole, senior project engineer
Bill Fouraker, senior specialty designer
Mike Giordano, electrical engineer II
Lee Hallman, mechanical engineer I
Corky Miller, mechanical specialty designer
Klint Nease, mechanical designer II
Denise Terry, electrical engineer II
Nashville
Clarence Mitchell, electrical specialty designer
Meg Neeley, plumbing/fire protection designer I
Victoria Robertson, mechanical engineer II
John Wiseman, electrical project engineer
Orlando
Tracy Bethel, senior specialty designer
Dale Peterson, senior specialty designer
Structural
Hasan Arouri, senior project engineer
Tallahassee
Chinh Cao, structural technician II
Mike Cook, electrical specialty designer
Terry Ewoldt, plumbing/fire protection designer II
Laren Landrum, structural designer I
Doug Law, mechanical project engineer
Darryl Peden, structural specialty designer.
Dave Southwick, RCDD, of the
Ft. Myers office has been named to the Board of Directors
of the TriCounty Apprenticeship Academy, where he will
oversee the voice/video/data installation and electrical
apprenticeship programs. Dave also teaches the 4th year
electrical apprenticeship/journey exam prep course at
the academy.
Add Tampa Division Director Kevin
Keiter, PE, to TLC's growing list of LEED-Accredited
Professionals. Kevin is the 6th Division Director to
be accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council in
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. TLC now
has 30 LEED-APs.
Deerfield Beach Division Director
Brian Lomel, PE, LEED-AP, has been named to the Public
Policy Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council
South. A leading green design advocate in the Southeast
Florida, Brian has been working with the Boca Raton
City Manager and the Chamber of Commerce Director to
establish a public policy regarding incentives for developers
to build "green." He also participated in
fact-finding surveys regarding President George W. Bush's
new energy policy and the impact on the GSA Courthouse
HVAC Design Excellence Program.
TLC has four new Professional
Engineers: Donia Bessa and Eric Cepull, mechanical engineers
in the Healthcare Division; Travis Lau, a mechanical
engineer in Tampa; and Victoria Robertson, a mechanical
engineer in Nashville.
TLC’s not just blowing smoke
when we call ourselves a leader in the sustainable design
movement in the Southeast. Our “green team”
of 29 LEED-Accredited Professionals is nearly 10% of
our professional and technical staff – and the
number just keeps growing.
Things are humming in our Tallahassee
office, with Division director John Hardesty becoming
a Certified Energy Manager and mechanical engineer Doug
Law passing his USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) exam. With Doug's certification, TLC's
green team now includes 29 LEED-Accredited Professionals.
Rachel Cook, EI, of the Orlando
Division has passed the U.S. Green Building Council's
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
exam. With Rachel's accreditation, TLC's sustainable
design team now has 28 LEED-AP's.
Laura Lewis, PE, MSCE, a structural
project engineer at TLC's Orlando office, has graduated
from the University of Florida with a master's degree
in industrial engineering. This is Laura's second graduate
degree; she previously earned a master's in civil and
environmental engineering, with a specialty in structures
and foundations, from the University of Central Florida.
TLC came in 212 in Engineering
News Record’s latest ranking of the Top 500
Design Firms, up 17 places from last year’s 229.
At this rate, it won’t be long before we crack
the Top 200!
TLC has three new ACG-certified
commissioning authorities: Jacksonville's Division Director
Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED-AP and Mechanical Project Engineer
John Hale, PE, LEED-AP, and Cocoa's Chris Hudson, mechanical
engineering.
C.W. Wong, structural project
engineer in the Tallahassee office, is now a licensed
as Special Inspector (Threshold Inspector) in Florida.
Four TLC staffers recently passed
the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) exam. With the addition
of Mechanical Engineer John Rippel, PE, and Mechanical
Project Engineer John Hale, PE, Mechanical Engineer
Leonard Spears, PE, and Marketing Specialist Tanya Fugitt,
CPSM, our Sustainable Design Team now has 27 LEED-Accredited
Professionals. John Rippel works in the Tampa office
and John Hale, Leonard Spears and Tanya Fugitt work
in the Jacksonville office.
TLC
congratulates 2005 Employees of the Year Robert Lesnau,
PE, mechanical engineer in the Ft. Myers office, and
Mike Giordano, EI, electrical engineer in the Jacksonville
office.Our 2005 Divisional Employees of the Year are
James McTavish, PE, mechanical project engineer in Cocoa;
Santiago Beron, RCDD, project engineer, Communications
& Technology Division/Tampa; Jo Ellen Hall, accounting
coordinator, Corporate Support/Orlando Support; Rachel
Notario, receptionist/secretary, Deerfield Beach; Robert
Lesnau, Ft. Myers; John Basila, CIPE, plumbing/fire
protection designer, Healthcare; Mike Giordano, Jacksonville;
Javier Rivas, electrical technician, Miami; Barbara
Ragland, mechanical technician, Nashville; John Alford,
PE, CIPE, mechanical project engineer, Orlando; Dan
Link, structural designer, Structural; CW Yong, PE,
structural project engineer, Tallahassee; and Scott
Bergman, electrical designer, Tampa. This honor is significant
because voting is done by the employee's peers.
TLC
welcomes three new new senior staffers:
- Robert
Elmore, PE, senior mechanical engineer in the Tallahassee
office, has 19 years of mechanical engineering experience
and a BS in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute
of Technology.
- Richard
Hunton, PE, LEED-AP, senior mechanical engineer in
the Cocoa office, has 20 years of mechanical engineering
experience and a BS degree in mechanical engineering
from the University of Florida.
- Mohamad
Fazeli, PE, senior structural engineer in the Tallahassee
office, has a master's degree in civil engineering
from the University of Alabama and more than 20 years
of structural engineering experience.
Kim Shinn, PE, LEED-AP, TLC's
Director of Sustainable Design, been elected chairman
of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Southeast
Region and principal delegate to the national Chapter
Steering Committee. The Southeast Region is made up
of the chapters in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and
Southwest Virginia.
Props
to Jeremiah Bullis, a mechanical engineer in the Healthcare
Division, who recently passed his EI exam.
TLC
welcomes the following new PE's and EI's:
- James
D. Ferris, PE, electrical engineer for Healthcare.
Jim has six years electrical engineering experience
and a master's degree in electrical engineering from
the Polytechnic University in New York.
- Larwin
Ellis, EI, has returned to TLC as a mechanical engineer
in Ft. Myers after having worked as a mechanical intern
in our Tampa office in 2000-2001. Larwin has a master's
in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida
and experience designing mechanical and plumbing/fire
protection systems.
TLC
is pleased to announce five new firm principals: Matt
Wiechart, PE, Mechanical Project Engineer in Ft. Myers;
Gustavo Castano, RCDD, Senior Systems Project Manager,
Communication and Technology Division; Chris Mouer,
EI, Electrical Project Manager in Healthcare; Dave Southwick,
RCDD, Systems Project Manager in Ft. Myers, and Ben
Cole, PE, Mechanical Project Engineer in Jacksonville.
Director
of Sustainable Design Kim Shinn, PE, LEED-AP, and Deerfield
Beach Senior Mechanical Engineer Don Austin, PE, have
earned certification as ACG Commissioning Authorities.
Mark
Murphy, electrical engineer in the Jacksonville Division,
and John Rippel, mechanical engineer in the Tampa Division,
passed their professional engineering exam to become
Florida PEs. Carlos Turizo, structural graduate engineer
in Orlando, recently passed his EI exam.
Nestor
Delgado, PE, is our new structural engineer in the Ft.
Myers Division. Nester has more than three years of
structural design experience and a master's degree in
civil engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.
Vincent
Rea, PE, is our new senior electrical engineer in the
Healthcare Division. Vincent has more than 21 years
experience in electrical systems design, construction,
and management. He is licensed in 10 states and was
graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree
in electrical engineering.
Anthony
Gonzalez of the Miami Division has been promoted to
electrical project manager.
Laura
Lewis, PE, of the Orlando Structural Division has been
promoted to structural project engineer. Laura has bachelor's
and master's degrees from the University of Central
Florida and will receive her second master's degree
from the University of Florida in May. She is active
in the Society of Women Engineers Central Florida Chapter.
Stephen
Bosch, EI, is our new mechanical engineer for the Healthcare
Division. Stephen has a BS degree in architectural engineering
and seven years experience designing mechanical systems
for healthcare facilities.
Rahim
Khan, EI, is our new structural graduate engineer in
Orlando. Rahim has a BS degree in civil engineering
from the University of Central Florida.
Rene
Blanco in the Orlando Division was recently promoted
to mechanical engineer.
CNL
Center II at City Commons in downtown Orlando has received
the 2005 Award of Excellence Award from the National
Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Central
Florida Chapter. TLC provided mechanical, electrical,
plumbing and security system design services for the
building, which was designed by. HKS Architects of Orlando.
TLC
projects were well represented at 2005 Central Florida
Chapter Associated Buildings and Contractors award presentation.
Among the winners were Orlando International Airport
North Terminal Station for South Terminal Connection,
Lynx Central Station in Orlando, and Wuesthoff Medical
Center in Melbourne, which all won Eagle Awards. The
University of Central Florida Partnership II building,
Valencia Community College Technical Science, Information
Technology and Workforce Building III, and Lakeview
Middle School Gymnasium in Winter Garden won Awards
of Merit. Orlando Division's John Alford, PE, CIPE,
was among the judges.
Communications
and Technology Director Tom Munson, RCDD, was a panelist
on a webcast called the “Confluence of Fire, Security
and Life Safety Technologies.” The webcast was
sponsored by Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine.
Other panelists were William Sako, executive vice-president of the RJA Group,
Inc., parent company of Rolf Jensen & Associates
(RJA) and Sako & Associates (SAKO), and Arden Everhart
Jr., a fire alarm/life safety specialist with Swanson
Rink, a consulting engineering firm in Denver.
TLC
is ranked No. 18 in Consulting-Specifying Engineers'
2005 Giants Survey, up from last year's No. 19. The
rankings appear in the magazine's August issue, which
by the way, features a great story on TLC entitled "A
Giant Looks At 50." Check it out here
Ft.
Myers' Division Director Brett McKinstry, Associate
Director Jim Keohane and Senior Structural Engineer
Mike Head were on hand at the Aug. 23 Charlotte County
School Board meeting to accept a certificate of appreciation
for dedicated service in recovery efforts after last
year's Hurricane Charley. It was a nice gesture of appreciation
for the entire Ft. Myers' staff, who went above and
beyond the call of duty.
John
Hale, PE, an Associate and Mechanical Project Engineer
in the Jacksonville office, has taken the helm as President
of the Jacksonville chapter of the American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning. Also
in Jacksonville, Marketing Specialist Tanya Fugitt was
sworn in as President of the North Florida Chapter of
the Society for Marketing Professional Services.
 For the 4th year in a row, TLC has been named one of
the Top 100 Companies for Working Families in Central
Florida. The listing appeared in the Florida magazine
section of the Aug. 7th Orlando Sentinel.
Cocoa
Division Director Gary Krueger, PE, LEED-AP, has been
elected an at-large member of the Board of Directors
of the Economic Development Commission of Florida's
Space Coast. Gary's election enhances TLC's long-time
presence on the Commission, which is a private, non-profit
organization committed to the economic stability and
growth of Brevard County. Chief Operating Officer Bud
Gardner serves on the Commission's Executive Committee.
We
are pleased to announce our 14 newest Associates, who
were approved based on their long-term potential as
leaders in the firm and their continued individual contribution
to the successful efforts of TLC:
Cocoa
Victor Kostenko, PE, Senior Electrical Engineer
Brent Gibson, PE, Structural Project Engineer
Jim Mullen, PE, Mechanical Project Engineer
Communications & Technology
Santiago Beron, RCDD, Systems Project Manager
Dick Powell, RCDD, Systems Project Manager
Corporate Support
Roz Crapps, Marketing Specialist
Ellie Wells, Executive Assistant
Healthcare
Frank Gardner, CIPE, Mechanical Project Manager
Bob Mueller, Mechanical Project Manager
Jacksonville
John Hale, PE, Mechanical Project Engineer
Miami
Lidia Ruiz, EI, Mechnical Engineer II
Tallahassee
John Fortenberry, PE, Mechanical Project Engineer
Tampa
Rob Shorey, CIPE, Mechanical Designer II
Ron O'Brien, EI, Electrical Engineer II
Building
Design & Construction's Giants 300 List is out
and TLC is ranked No. 9! This compares with last year's
ranking of No. 13. The full list can be found in BD&C's
July issue. Check it out.
Russell
Skrabut, PE, has relocated from Tallahassee to TLC's
Nashville office where he and Steve Kemp, PE, will lead
the 20-person staff. He will also initiate development
of a structural practice to complement the office's
mechanical and electrical design services.
Bob
Danner, senior electrical engineer in the Healthcare
Division in Orlando, has been named associate director
of the Healthcare. Both men are firm principals
and long-time staffers, with a combined 32 years at
TLC.
Other
employees who received promotions based on their outstanding
performance and continued career development follow:
Cocoa
John Miranda,
Mechanical Designer II
Jonathan Pokorny, Electrical Engineer I
Norman Pyett, Plumbing/Fire Protection Specialty Designer
Communications
and Technology
Todd Kotlaba, Systems Project Manager
Fort
Myers
Todd Haro, Mechanical Technician II
Healthcare
Mark Costello, Senior Project Manager
Frank Gardner, CIPE, Mechanical Project Manager
Jorge Davila, EI, Electrical Engineer II
Tony Esposito, EI, LEED, Mechanical Engineer II
Usman Tariq, EI, Electrical Engineer I
Mark Desjardin, Mechanical Designer I
Jennifer Lee, Mechanical Designer I
Vicki Birdfeather-Gish, Technical Training Coordinator
(Corporate Support)
Jacksonville
Gerald Versluys, PE, Senior Electrical Engineer
Tanya Fugitt, Marketing Specialist (Corporate Support)
Bill Fouraker, Systems Specialty Designer
Sharon Murphy, Office Manager
Orlando
Mark Grossenbacher, Electrical Designer II
Holly Nichols, Electrical Designer II
April Reed, Divisional Secretary
Miami
Jay Dunn, Mechanical Technician II
Structural
Luis Bedoya, EI, Structural Engineer II
Carlos Turizo-Rico, Structural Graduate Engineer
Wallie Estrada, Structural Technician II
Tallahassee
Richard Lindburg, PE, Electrical Project Engineer
C.W. Yong, PE, Structural Project Engineer
Jason Whittaker, EI, Structural Engineer I
Tampa
Mike Gutowski, EI, LEED-AP, Mechanical Engineer
II
Adriel Mercado, EI, Electrical Engineer II
Travis Lau, EI, Mechanical Engineer II
Erin Gessner, EI, Electrical Engineer I
Jacksonville
Division Director Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED-AP, is the new
president-elect of the U.S. Green Building Council North
Florida Organizing Group. With Mark at the helm, the
group is bound to be a full-fledged chapter in no time.
Mark also was recently named the SMPS North Florida
Chapter Principal of the Year.
Marketing
Specialist Rosalind Crapps has been named Director of
the Coordinators Club of the Central Florida Chapter
Society of Marketing Professionals.
Victoria
Robertson, EI, is TLC's newest LEED-accredited professional.
Victoria is a mechanical engineer in Nashville.
A
second TLC project - the University of Florida McGuire
Center for Lepidoptera - has earned prestigious LEED
certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The research center/classroom building/public exhibit
features a 6,400-sf rainforest with waterfalls, walking
trails, subtropical and tropical trees and plants, and
2,000 butterflies.
TLC
Tallahassee is enhancing its structural design capacity
with the addition of Project Engineer Andrew "Sandy"
Martin, PE. Sandy has 25 years experience and a portfolio
that includes hospitals, retail space, schools, and
a $40 million addition to the Columbus (Ohio) Convention
Center. He received his bachelor's degree and master's
degree in civil engineering from Ohio University.
Later, he earned his PhD and a master's degree in engineering
mechanics from Ohio State University where he studied
vibrations and structural stability.
TLC
placed 229 in Engineering News-Record's 2005 list of
Top 500 Design Firms. This compares with last year's
241 ranking.
John
Hale, PE, mechanical project engineer in Jacksonville,
has been inducted as president of the Jacksonville chapter
of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and
Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Principal
and Structural Division Director Roger L. Jeffery, PE,
LEED-AP, has been appointed to a four-year term on the
Board of Directors of the Florida Engineers Management
Corporation. The non-profit FEMC provides administrative,
investigative and prosecutorial services to the Florida
Board of Professional Engineers. Roger is also on the
Board of Directors of the Florida Institute of Consulting
Engineers and a member of the American Society of Civil
Engineers State Government Relations Committee.
Edward
Carroll, PE, has joined TLC Engineering for Architecture
as a senior mechanical engineer in the Orlando Division.
With 18 years of experience, Carroll has designed mechanical
systems for universities and schools, office buildings,
libraries, hotels, high-rise multi-use buildings, justice
centers, prisons, laboratories, research facilities,
clean rooms and central energy plants with campus utility
distribution networks. Ed has a bachelor's degree in
architectural engineering from the Milwaukee School
of Engineering and attended St. Norbert College in De
Pere, Wisconsin. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air
Force.
TLC
announces six new associate principals: Robert "Mac"
Coble, PE, LEED-AP, senior mechanical engineer in Jacksonville;
William Daly, CPA, Director of Accounting and Finance;
Michael Head, PE, senior structural engineer in Ft.
Myers; Marcia Musico, senior marketing representative;
Gerald Versluys, PE, LEED-AP, electrical project engineer,
Jacksonville; and James Wamsley, PE, senior mechanical
engineer, Cocoa.
Since
joining TLC in 2002, Mac Coble has provided mechanical
system design services for several key projects including
the Duval County Courthouse, Jacksonville Downtown Library,
La Posada Senior Living Community in Palm Beach, and
the Ritz Carlton Spa in Amelia Island. He has
a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from North
Carolina State University in Raleigh.
As
Finance Director, Bill Daly has initiated numerous changes
in workers' compensation, telephone and telecommunications
equipment, office leasing, and collections procedures
that have resulted in major annual savings. He
has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Florida State
University.
Mike
Head has 28 years of forensic and engineering design
experience and joined TLC in 2003 to begin the structural
practice in Ft. Myers. He has managed several important
projects including Seacrest High School in Naples, Wilkinson
Elementary School in Sarasota and San Antonio Catholic
Church in Port Charlotte. Mike earned his bachelor's
degree in civil engineering from the University of Southampton
in England and his master's in structural engineering
from Vanderbilt University.
Marcia
Musico is responsible for pursuing healthcare project
opportunities in the Orlando, Jacksonville, and Nashville
market areas. She also develops and maintains corporate
client relations; assists in project teaming, request
for proposal development and response; and presentation
preparation and coordination for projects. Marcia has
a bachelor of science degree in education of Mount Mercy
College in Pittsburgh.
Gerald
Versluys performs design services for several of TLC's
major clients including Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville,
St. Joseph Candler Cancer Center in Savannah, GA., and
Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA. He is
also experienced in judicial, governmental, healthcare,
educational and worship facilities. He earned
his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from
the University of Louisville.
Jim
Wamsley has 17 years of engineering experience and has
been with TLC since 2003. Among his key projects are
the Indian River County Administration Building in Vero
Beach, the Luau at Sandestin in Destin, Grace Family
Church in Port St. Lucie, St. Michael High School in
Hobe Sound, and Villa Verde Condominiums in Cocoa Beach.
Jim is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania,
where he earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical
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