Major props to Michael Sheerin, Jim Ferris, Dick Worth, Steve Kemp, Gerald Versluys, and Mark Gelfo, whose articles appear in the latest issue of Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine. Michael, Jim, Dick, Steve and Gerald joined forces on a 6-page story, “Be Prepared: Hospital Protection for Catastrophic Events,” that profiles All Children’s, Queen’s Medical Center, Mat-Su Valley, Sumter Regional and Broken Arrow hospitals. Meanwhile Mark penned “Power Systems to Protect Healthcare Data” in the magazine’s Pure Power supplement. Check out the stories here and here.

Florida Atlantic University’s LEED Gold-certified Lynn College of Nursing is featured in the Winter issue of Florida-Caribbean Architect, complete with several photos by Deerfield Office Manager Sheryl Swartzle. Brian Lomel and the Deerfield staff teamed with SchenkelShultz Architecture on the design of the sustainable building, while Green Guides’ Vince Briones ushered the project through the LEED Gold certification process. A real team effort, all around.

Systems Project Managers Santiago Beron, RCDD, CTS, of TLC-Tampa (above left) and David Southwick, RCDD, of TLC-Ft. Myers (above right) 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.

Vince M. Rea, PE, LEED AP, Senior Electrical Engineer/Project Manager for the Healthcare Division, co-authored a story about emergency power supply systems for hospitals in the December issue of Health Facilities Management magazine. Click here to read “Keeping the Lights on: Building Reliability into Emergency Power Systems”.
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Jim Ferris, PE, an electrical engineer in the Healthcare Division, wrote the cover story for the November 2007 Consulting-Specifying Engineeer magazine. In "Emergency Power for Today's Healthcare," Jim discusses the challenges engineers face in determining requirements for a hospital's emergency power system. He notes that hospitals must be prepared to operate through extended outages caused by the aging power grid, rolling blackouts, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. The article grew out of a webcast that Jim and Healthcare's Associate Director Bob Danner presented back in April. Read the full story by clicking here and scrolling down.

"Florida Struck by a Sustainable Tsunami" is the title of an article in the Fall issue of Florida/Caribbean Architect penned by TLC's Public Relations Specialist Mary Ann Swiderski. The article chronicles the upsurge in green building design in 2007 after years of tepid growth. "What was once a niche market has exploded into mainstream almost overnight, especially in Florida," noted Manager of Green Design Vince Briones, PE, LEED AP, who heads Green Guides Sustainability for Architecture, a TLC company. "Concerns about climate change, our dependence on foreign oil and increased awareness of how the environment affects our personal health are some of the reasons for the explosion of interest in green building design," he said. Florida/Caribbean Architect is the official magazine of the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects.

The wonderful full-page photo of Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing in the November issue of Southeast Construction was taken by none other than TLC's own Sheryl Swartzle, Deerfield Beach office manager. The photo, a bird's eye view of the atrium, graces the cover of a 16-page pull-out supplement about sustainable design sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council's South Florida Chapter. Newly LEED Gold Certified Lynn College of Nursing gets lots of exposure in the supplement, as does TLC as the MEP engineer. Sheryl gets a nice photo credit, too.

The Nov. 5 Orlando Sentinel featured a comprehensive article about the sustainable design movement in Central Florida. The article, written by Sentinel staff writer Jerry Jackson, focused heavily on TLC and talked about our role as a major player in the green design industry and our offices becoming carbon neutral. The piece was the cover story of Monday’s Central Florida Business .

The SMPS Central Florida's November/December newsletter shines the spotlight on TLC Marketing Specialist Roz Crapps, who was recently honored as the chapter's Member of the Year. Roz sat down for a Q&A where she reminisced about how she got her start in the A/E/C industry (she's been at TLC for 19 years) and how SMPS has enriched her life personally and professionally. She credits TLC Chief Executive Officer Debra Lupton with encouraging her to join SMPS and get involved with a committee.

Senior Electrical Engineer Gerald Versluys, PE, LEED AP, and Senior Mechanical Engineer Mac Coble, PE, LEED AP, are pictured in the latest issue of the AIA Jacksonville newsletter. The two are shown with the participants from the Architect Registration Examination seminar that they presented last month. This is the third ARE seminar Gerald and Mac have presented, and as always, it was a real success. The newsletter also featured a long story about TLC's becoming carbon neutral through the purchase of renewable energy credits and the recent LEED Silver certification of Dunedin Community Center.

Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, which is the first building in South Florida to achieve USGBC LEED Gold certification, was featured in a story by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. The article noted the lighting and air conditioning sensors, bamboo floors, low-toxicity materials, reflective roof, glazed windows and other green features. "Building green cost about 1 percent to 5 percent more initially, but that's more than made up in reduced operating costs," said Tom Donaudy, FAU's vice president for planning. He said the cooling system for the Lynn building, which uses water, is about half the cost of air-cooled systems. University President Frank Brogan said that every publicly funded facility on campus will be designed to meet the building council's standards.

Vince Briones, PE, LEED-AP, penned a column for the special GREEN supplement in the Aug. 17 Orlando Business Journal. "Working and living green now more of a standard practice" looks at the various green building rating systems, some common green design strategies, and how this niche market evolved into one of the profession's most sought-after types of design. Vince is manager of green design services for TLC Engineering for Architecture and heads Green Guides, Sustainability for Architecture, a TLC company.

Southpoint Surgery Center in Jacksonville is featured in the July-August issue of Design Cost Data (DCD) magazine. TLC teamed with Bhide & Hall Architects of Orange Park and Danis Construction of Jacksonville on this new three-story, 39,000-sf outpatient eye surgery and pain management facility. We provided structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design services.

Jacksonville Division Director Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED-AP, CxA, is profiled in the July 20 issue of the Jacksonville Business Journal. Aptly titled "Gelfo was an early champion of green building engineering," the article details his leadership role in North Florida's sustainable design movement including serving as president of the North Florida Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. Project designer Susan Cleveland of ASD Architects speaks glowingly of Mark's dedication to green building design and his leadership abilities. The article also talks about the new Silver LEED for Commercial Interiors-certified Jacksonville office and how Mark loves living in Jacksonville.

Deerfield Beach Division Director Brian Lomel, PE, LEED-AP, CxA, got a warm reception at the Boca Raton City Council workshop on May 21 when he gave a program on sustainable building design. Deputy Mayor Susan Whelchel was particularly impressed, calling it a fabulous presentation. ” We need to promote LEED-certified buildings,” she said.

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.

The March 1 issue of the Deerfield Beach Observer shined the spotlight on the sustainable design work of TLC and the Deerfield Beach office in a two-page story, "Deerfield Beach engineering firm LEEDing the way with Florida's first Green Certified building." Division Director Brian Lomel, PE, LEED-AP, talks about the office's current workload of sustainable projects, which includes four 50,000-sf.build-to-suit office buildings, two 100,00-sf core and shell office spaces, two 60,000-sf offices in Boca Raton, botanical gardens, museums, a nature preserve, university classroom buildings, libraries, medical office buildings and corporate headquarters facilities. "Green design has been the focus of the Deerfield office for the last decade," he noted.

TLC is profiled in the January issue of the Brevard Technical Journal newsletter. The article, complete with photo of Cocoa Division Director Gary Krueger and Secretary/Receptionist Roni White, covers a range of topics including our services, major markets, commitment to sustainable design, and use of cutting-edge technology. To see the story, click here.

Check out the October 2006 issue of PM Engineer for an article by Kim Shinn, PE, LEED-AP, TLC's Director of Sustainable Design, about The LEED Application Guide for Healthcare, which is currently under development. This new guide will help explain how to earn LEED credits for new and renovated healthcare projects. It is generally based on the Green Guide for Health Care, the healthcare-specific green building rating system which Kim helped develop as part of a national task force.

TLC Engineering for Architecture is ranked No. 14 in Consulting-Specifying Engineer's 2006 Giants list of top engineering firms -- up from No. 18 last year. Chief Operating Officer Bud Gardner is quoted at length in the August cover story talking about how Autodesk Building Systems (ABS) and Architectural Desktop (ADT) help us perform design work more efficiently. Check out the story online here.

Deerfield Beach Division Director Brian Lomel and several TLC projects are featured prominently in a story about sustainable design in August’s CitySmart magazine. “Green Takes the LEED®” quotes Brian extensively and mentions the Broward County South Regional Library, FAU’s Christine E. Lynn School of Nursing, the Coconut Creek Mainstreet Sustainable Master Plan, MTV, Miami Beach, office improvements, the Pompano Beach Library, Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse, and the Broward Addiction Recovery Center in Ft. Lauderdale, all TLC projects.

TLC' s CEO Debra Lupton and Structural Division Director Roger Jeffery and his lovely wife, Lucille, are pictured in the September 2006 issue of Orlando Magazine. They were among the 200 guests at the recent American Institute of Architects Orlando Design Awards Gala at the Country Club of Orlando.

Tom Munson, Director of the Communications and Technology Division, took part in a roundtable discussion on wireless building controls in the May issue of Consulting-Specifying Engineer. Check out the story here.

Director of Healthcare Engineering Michael Sheerin is a panelist in a roundtable discussion in January’s Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine. “In Hot Water” looks at ways engineers can address the issues of Legionella and scalding. Check it out here.

January’s Construction Today magazine has a two-page spread on TLC including a photo of the Regent Hotel and Spa in Winter Park. The story, “Turning Gold - and Green,” gives a nod to our 50th anniversary and highlights our sustainable design capabilities.

TLC engineers contributed heavily to an article about hospital power system upgrades in October’s Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine. Gerald Versluys, PE, from the Jacksonville office and Director Emeritus Ed Lobnitz, PE, among others, are quoted in the story. “Power System Checkup” appears in the magazine’s Pure Power supplement. Check it out by clicking here.

TLC, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary year, is in the spotlight in the August issue of Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine with a great story entitled "A Giant Looks At 50." Check it out here.

TLC's Director of Sustainable Design Kim Shinn inspired some mighty nice words from Consulting-Specifying Engineer Editor-in-Chief Jim Crockett in Jim's recent Editor's Viewpoint column:

"Passion, to me, is the secret ingredient that goes into the making of any great building, be it green or not…At Greenbuild, I had lunch with Kim Shinn of TLC Engineering for Architecture's Nashville office. He's a six-foot-plus native Texan who's not afraid to hammer on ASHRAE, USGBC, his peers or magazine editors. Don't get the wrong impression-he does it not to be a nitpicker, but because he really cares about what he's doing and simply wants his peers and professional organizations to be equally as passionate about their missions.

"Despite Kim's imposing physical presence, it's really the fire in his belly that's inspiring when he talks about how important it is for him to make a difference in what he does every day. And Kim's not just a complainer, he's a doer, sitting on a couple of USGBC committees trying to refine LEED for labs and hospitals and bring to bear missing LEED points for systems like cogen. LEED's also missing the mark, he says, in not getting more of the engineering team fired up.

"Folks like electrical engineers have much more to bring to the table, as do structural designers in the realm of recycling, or fire protection engineers in figuring out things such as how sprinkler piping can also be used as a condensate source for a water-source heat pump."

Kim Shinn, PE, LEED-AP, TLC's Director of Sustainable Design, wrote an article in February's Consulting-Specifying Engineer about Reducing Potable Water Use. The article serves as a tutorial demonstrating the methodology for calculating the last two credits, which comprise LEED Water Efficiency Credit 3. Check it out.

Kim Shinn also is quoted in the cover story of the February issue of Health Facilities Management, “Getting a Grip on Green,” and the sidebar, "Taking Test Drives." He was also quoted in the Sunday, Feb. 6 article in the (Nashville) Tennessean, “Think green,” by Elizabeth Betts Hickman.

A Q&A with TLC's Chairman John Benz, AIA, and CEO Debra Lupton, AIA, is the cover story in the December issue of SMPS Marketer, the national publication of the Society of Marketing Professional Services. Client service, executive transition, managing long-term corporate growth, and coping with multiple hurricanes are some of the topics the two touch on in this wide-ranging interview.

Modern Steel Contruction's August 2004 issue features a four-page spread on the Orange County Convention Center Phase V Expansion. The $748 million expansion added 3 million sf to nearly double the capacity of the existing facility.

The Sept. 20, 2004 issue of The Zweig A/E Marketing Letter shines the spotlight on TLC Marketing's pre-printed three-panel shells. The inside of the shells can be easily customized, making them ideal for creating limited quantities of handouts or mailings on specialized topics.

Timothy Sullivan, RCDD, a Communications & Technology Project Engineer in the Jacksonville Office, was profiled in the Sept. 20 issue of the Florida Times-Union. Check out at http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/092004/bus_16662151.shtml

The May-June issue of Healthcare Construction and Operation magazine has named Parrish Medical Center their “Facility of the Month”. TLC engineered the mechanical, electrical and security systems for the new Titusville hospital.

Mark Gelfo, Kim Shinn and Tom Munson are all quoted in the April Consulting-Specifying Engineer cover story about courthouse design. The three TLC principals discuss LEED™ design, post 9/11 security design, and other issues pertinent to the modern courthouse.

Mark Kirby penned a column on Direct Digital Controls and Commissioning in the March issue of Consulting-Specifying Engineer.

Wayne Allred, PE, senior electrical engineer in the Orlando Division, is contributing author of a story in February's LD+A magazine about the innovative lighting design at Orlando International Airport's new food court. Wayne worked closely with SchenkelShultz Architects and Architectural Alliance on the project.

Dale Peterson, CPD, plumbing/fire protection designer for the Orlando Division, has an article in the November/December issue of Florida Plumbing Perspective about a possible glitch in the FBC Fuel Gas Code. Dale is the former president of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers.

Stetson University's Lynn Business Center is featured in a three-page spread in the Winter 2003/2004 issue of Florida-Caribbean Architect. SchenkelShultz Architecture and TLC were teamed for the environmentally friendly renovation project. Lynn Business Center is the first -- and so far only -- building in Florida to be LEED™-certified for sustainable design by the U.S. Green Building Council.

The same issue features an article and picture of Vice President Debra Lupton, AIA, announcing her selection to Leadership Florida, Class XXI.

Kim Shinn and Brian Lomel were quoted extensively in the December Consulting-Specifying Engineer in an article about the sustainable building design challenges faced by engineers and architects in the South.

Jacksonville Division Director Mark Gelfo, PE, LEED™ AP, penned a story about hospital emergency power that appeared in the Power Generation supplement published with November's Consulting-Specifying Engineer. Meanwhile, November's CS&E featured a story by Healthcare Director Michael Sheerin, PE. about facility assessment at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD.

Nashville Division Director Kim Shinn, PE, LEED™ AP, contributed to Building Design & Construction's White Paper on Sustainability which was published in November.

"Go with the Flow: Midstream Design Changes" is the latest installment in Consulting-Specifying Engineer's Frederick Memorial Hospital Project Journal. Penned by Orlando Healthcare Division Director Michael P. Sheerin, PE, the piece chronicles the unique challenges involved in a long-term design and construction project. Check out the story in the September issue.

Nashville Division Director Kim Shinn, PE, LEED™ AP, was quoted in a Sept. 17th Nashville Tennessean story about plans for proposed $90 million heating and cooling plant for the Smith and Trousdale County area. The project would include an environmentally friendly industrial park designed according to U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. Kim was one of the first engineers in Florida and Tennessee to be LEED accredited by the USGBC. Check out the story at http://tennessean.com/growth/archives/03/09/39446697.shtml?Element_ID=394466

Debra Lupton, AIA, TLC vIce president and incoming chief executive officer, was on the cover of the Aug. 25 Central Florida Business, the Orlando Sentinel's weekly business tab. Inside, the story chronicled the company's tremendous growth under CEO John Benz, AIA. The story generated even more buzz when it was included in AIA Florida's Friday Facts, which is e-mailed to AIA members statewide.