SAVANNAH POST

JULY SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT

ISSUE 10July 2012

Bill JonesBill has worked 37 years in the Electric Transmission and

Distribution Engineering field. Thirty one of those years were

with Savannah Electric and Power, a former operating subsidiary

of The Southern Company. During that time he worked in various

engineering roles, including 17 years as the manager of distribution

engineering. He retired in 2006 as the manager of transmission and

distribution reliability. The position had responsibility for asset man-

agement programs, reliability and power quality investigations and

improvements, long range system planning and capital budgeting.

In 2006, Bill began working as a project manager/professional engineer for Utility

Support Systems, Inc., an engineering services small business supporting private and public

owners/operators of Electric T&D and Telecommunications systems. Projects done since that

time include electric distribution design, distribution system analysis, coordination studies and

arc flash analysis, transmission route assessment, and renewable generation interconnections.

Bill is a graduate of Georgia Tech (Bachelor Electrical Engineering) and Ogeechee

Technical College – Statesboro, Georgia (Geographic Information Systems.) He is a registered

PE in Georgia and five other southern states, and is a member of SAME and IEEE.

SAME Savannah Post Presentation for July, 2012 meetingWhat’s the Latest on the Electrical Grid – Is It Smart Yet?Smart Grid is a well-entrenched buzz word these days, but it has many definitions,

contains many parts and pieces, and generates many opinions. This presentation

will be a short review of some of the possibilities, probabilities and questions on

various parts and pieces (and some opinions) concerning the Smart Grid –

including metering, renewable generation and the grid, reliability/security,

and transmission and distribution advancements and concerns.

If you have an article or

announcement you want

to include in future issues

of the newsletter, please

submit them by the end of

the previous month to

Larry Christopher with

Brasfield & Gorrie General

Contractors at lchristopher@

brasfieldgorrie.com

We want your input

A Special Thanks

Tour of J. Strom Thurmond Dam

SavannahIndustry DayHighlights

Sustaining Member Listings

Sustaining Member Highlight

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LINKS TO KNOW

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2012 SAMESavannah Post

Officers & Committee ChairsCol Jeffrey Hall

President

Joel Burke1st Vice President

Gwen Parker2nd Vice President

Scott VeenstraSecretary

Gavin CareyTreasurer

Sally RikerChairman of the Board of

Directors and past president

Justin ArnsdorffProgram Chair

Maureen HokeLeadership & Mentoring

Streamer

Anna LucasEducation & Training

Streamer

Adam RagsdaleRelationships & Recognition

Streamer

Kelly HayesEmergency Preparedness & Homeland Security Streamer

Frank RandonScholarships & Camps

Hugh GigglemanSustaining Members

Hollie DupesNew Members

Heather WishartFellow

Chryse JohnsonPost Web Page

Larry ChristopherNewsletter

Save the Date: September 17, 2012

TOUR OF J. STROM THURMOND DAMVan(s) will depart from Savannah, Georgia at 8 a.m. and return approximately 5:30 p.m. Trip includes

a tour of the dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff and operations department.

COST:Savannah Post Students: $10.00

Savannah Post Young Members: $20.00

Non-members: $40.00

The cost for the event includes transportation,

lunch, and tour. PDHs will be provided.

Please RSVP to Justin Arnsdorff by August 10, 2012

by email at jarnsdorff@hgbd.com.

A SPECIAL THANKSThanks to everyone – attendees, sponsors, primes, and most of

all the small businesses who exhibited at our Small Business

Showcase which was a whopping success. We had 46 small

businesses that participated in the Showcase. There were

many other small business firms attending too.

> 51 small disadvantaged businesses

> 45 8(a) certified firms

> 25 women-owned small businesses

> 8 Hubzone certified small businesses

> 11 veteran-owned small businesses

> 26 service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses

We received many very nice compliments on the Small Business Showcase.

Thanks to everyone for all of your help. I observed lots of networking taking place during this

venue. But just in case you missed making your small business connections we are posting

an attendee list on the Post website. Just visit the June 14 calendar page.

Gwen Parker, 2nd Vice President, SAME Savannah Post

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Savannah Industry Day HighlightsMichael Patey (left) with the Timmons Group, and Geoffrey Ax (right) with Gresham, Smith and Partners take part in the Small Business Showcase.

Joel Burke (left) with URS and Justin Arnsdorff (right) with Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung, attend the Small Business Showcase.

Members gather for the South

Atlantic Annual

Program Review.

Those participating register and gather their materials with Susan Coyne, who is the Chair of the Registration Committee.

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The SAME Savannah Post sold raffle tickets at the Industry Day event to raise money for their College Scholarship Fund.

The golf tournament sign-in table registers those participating in the golfing event. Attendees gather for the golf tournament luncheon.

Prizes were awarded to those attending the golf tournament luncheon.

Savannah Industry Day Highlights(continued)

Anna Lucas discusses the Education & Training Streamer and gets ready to pin the SAME streamer’s flag for the streamer award.

Participants get ready for the Small Business Showcase.

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JANUARY AECOMAlliant CorporationAMECAmerican StructurepointApplied Engineering Solutions, Inc.Applied SoftwareARCADIS AtkinsBarge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc.Bechtel-S CorporationBhate Environmental Assoc. Inc.Brasfield & Gorrie General ContractorsBristol Alliance of Companies

FEBRUARYBrown & Caldwell BRPH Companies Inc.Building & Earth Sciences Inc.Burns & McDonnellCAPECardno TBECarolinas Concrete Masonry AssociationCarothers Construction, Inc.Castle Engineering, LLCCDA ArchitectsCDM SmithCEMS Engineering Inc.CH2MHILLClark Nexsen

MARCHCogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C.Collins Engineers Inc.Columbia Engineering & Services, Inc.Cromwell Architects EngineersCrowder Construction CompanyCTI and Associates, Inc.Davis & Floyd, Inc.DewberryDulohery, Weeks & Gagliano Inc.EA Engineering, Science & Technology, Inc.Eaton corporationECCEdifice

APRILElkins Constructors, Inc.Engineering Strategies, Inc.Environmental Services, Inc.Florence & Hutcheson, Inc.GEL Geophysics, LLCGolder Associates, Inc.

Goodwyn Mills & Cawood, Inc.Government Services Integrated Process Team LLCGreenhorne & O’MaraGuidon Design, Inc.Harvard Jolly ArchitectureHatch Mott MacDonaldHDR

MAYJETC Conference

JUNEAnnual Program Review

JULY HNTBHoward W. Pence, Inc.IKHANA, LLC.J2 Engineering, Inc.JacobsKBE Building Corporation KBR Government & InfrastructureKnight Architects, Inc.LBYD, Inc.Leetex Construction, LLC.Leo A DalyLG2 Environmental Solutions, Inc.

AUGUSTLindbergh & Associates, LLCLowe EngineersLS3P Associates Ltd.Mashburn Construction CompanyMason & HangerMcDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.Merrick & CompanyMicah Group Environmental Contractors, Inc.Michael Baker CorporationMoffatt & NicholMRI Architectural Group, Inc.MWH

SEPTEMBERNorth Wind Inc.O’Brien & Gere ParsonsParsons BrinckerhoffPersaud Companies Inc.Pinnicle Construction & Development Group, Inc.Pond & CompanyPort City Design Group, LLC

Prime Engineering Inc.Ramey Kemp & AssociatesR.C. Construction Co., Inc.R2TReeves Construction Company

OCTOBERReynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.Rosser InternationalQ Solutions, Inc.S&ME, Inc.Science Applications International Corp.Sherlock, Smith & AdamsSiemens Industries IncSmall Business Group, Inc. (DBA SBG-EEG)Southern Energy ManagementSpatial Engineering Inc.SpecPro Environmental Services LLCStanley Consultants Inc.Stantec Inc.

NOVEMBERSTOA ArchitectsSuffolk Construction Company, Inc.Sundt Construction, Inc.Teng & Associates, Inc.TerranearPMC, LLCTetra Tech, Inc.The Angus CorporationThe Louis Berger Group Inc.The Sack Co. & SCM Inc.The Shaw Group Inc.The Whiting Turner Contracting CompanyThomas & Hutton Engineering Co.Thompson Engineering Inc.

DECEMBERTidewater Environmental Services, Inc.Toland & Mizell Architects, Inc.Toltest, Inc.Trans SystemsTRCUnited Consulting Group, Ltd.URS CorporationVolkert, Inc.WalbridgeWeston Solutions, Inc.W.G. Yates & Sons Construction CompanyWK Dickson & Co., Inc.Wolverton & Associates, Inc.Woolpert, Inc.

SUSTAINING MEMBER BRIEFINGS 2012For 2012, the Savannah Post SAME is offering Sustaining Member firms the opportunity to submit an article on their company for the monthly newsletter, and to have a two-minute briefing to discuss their firm at the monthly SAME meeting. Each firm will be asked to bring a gift to raffle. A list of all sustaining members is below with each member’s assigned month. We ask that all articles be forwarded to Larry Christopher at lchristopher@brasfieldgorrie.com. Please contact Hugh Giggleman at hgiggleman@cemsengineering.com for more information.

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SAVANNAH POST

Congratulations To All! The Savannah Post was recognized and received the award as a “Distinguished Post” at

the May SAME Joint Engineering Training Conference held in St. Louis, MO. To be a Distinguished Post means the Post participated

in the SAME’s Streamer Awards Program and accomplished all the “required & desired” objectives with distinction. Thanks to our

Streamer Committee chaired by Gwen Parker; Anna Lucas, Education and Training; Maureen Hoke, Outreach & Communication;

Adam Ragsdale, Relationships & Recognition; Kelly Hayes, Readiness and Homeland Security; and Hollie Dupe, Membership.

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