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1 Vol. 51 No. 1 January 2011 Jacksonville Post Affecting the Future through Engineering Partnerships SAME Jax Post Officers President COL Al Pantano, USA 1st Vice President CAPT Dwyn Taylor, CEC, USN 2nd Vice President Mike Holm, MACTEC Junior Vice President Jason Goldstein, MACTEC Secretary David Hughley, AIA, RS&H Treasurer Brian Files, Parsons South Atlantic Regional VP Mike Blount, Balfour Beatty Editor/Designer Christina Swanson Managing Coordinator Ron Hilton Inside Highlights SA/SC Regional Conf.1 Sept Meeting....2 Golf Tourn Form..3 Upcoming Workshops 4 Fall PE Exam Update..5 PE Exam Form..6 Sustaining Members/ Coming Events List...7 Find Out More: Brief Year in Review: (clockwise from top) Engineering Career Day, changing of Post presidents from CAPT Doug Morton to COL Al Pantano, student chapter field trip, S th Atl ti S th C t l South Atlantic-South Central Regional Conference opening session, COL Al Pantano thanks LCDR Ed Callahan during Engineering Career Day, and, 2010 Jax Post awardees.

2 CAPT Dwyn Taylor, CEC, USN, 1 st Vice President, Jacksonville Post presided over the luncheon meeting on December 14, 2010 attended by 50 members and guests. William Wilson provided FES announcements. CAPT Taylor introduced CAPT John Heinzel, CEC, USN and Commander NAVFAC Southeast to the crowd. CAPT Taylor also introduced the luncheon speaker, Jeff Fitzgerald, Ph.D., from Jacobs Engineering. Dr. Fitzgerald currently serves as director of Jacobs technology consulting services. Dr. Fitzgerald s presentation, titled Corporate Information Systems: Performance of Information, began by defining the components of Corporate Information Management. Corporate unified or combined into one; of, for or pertaining to the corporation. Information useful facts obtained through processing of data. Performance management is a process of defining a mission and desired outcomes, setting performance standards, linking budget to performance, reporting results, and holding leaders accountable for results. He then discussed a typical enterprise information management environment. This includes the following Corporate Information Needs: Operations management, Maintenance management, Financial management, Assets/space management, Document management and several other management needs. Next, the conceptual architecture of Corporate Information Systems was reviewed. Dr. Fitzgerald continued with a discussion of the following: Why should you invest in Corporate Information Management? Leverage Knowledge of Indispensible People Reduce Redundant Information Eliminate Fugitive Data Improve Strategic Decision-making Where should you start? Process Analysis (not IT needs analysis) Align Legacy and Operational Systems to meet Corporate needs Adopt an evolutionary implementation approach The Engineering and Facilities Management Data Warehouse was discussed next and incorporated all the Corporate Information Needs mentioned above. Factors of a successful CIM are as follows: Facilitate decisions consistent with the core mission and goals Facilitate decisions integrated with core business processes Use current, reliable information Collects the right data and metadata Use effective deployment of information technology the right tools Has management commitment to sustaining and evolving expanding information technology He then discussed several CIM Case Studies that he has been involved in. Dr. Fitzgerald concluded with the following trends in facilities information management: Corporate decisions are driven by Operational, Economic and Social needs Smart Systems Listening to Asset Health Data mining of these systems will serve corporate needs. After welding questions from the audience, Dr. Fitzgerald received a Jacksonville Post SAME coffee mug from CAPT Taylor as appreciation for his presentation. 2

3 Network with ihsame SAME, ASCE and FES! DATE: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 LOCATION: Ramada Inn- Mandarin & State Road Hartley Road AGENDA: 11: :00 noon Registration and Social Time 12: :30 p.m. Lunch and Announcements 12: :15 p.m. Speaker SPEAKER: Dr. Murat Tiryakioglu, Director, School of Engineering at the University of North Florida COST: $17.00 ($20.00 w/o reservation) MENU: Chicken Monterey Steamed Vegetable Medley Potatoes au Gratin Tossed Salad, Rolls & Butter Chocolate Mousse Coffee and tea RESERVATIONS: To register for this event, go to and enter your name, company, and address, prior to Friday, January 14, 2011, for the $17.00 event fee. Registrations made after this date will be charged $20.00 event fees. Checks made payable to FES Northeast Florida will be collected at the registration table. Reservations must be guaranteed, no shows will be billed for the cost.. Welcome New Sustaining Members Charles Construction Group LLC Fugro Consultants Inc. PP91 Enterprises, Inc. SunWorks Solar Jacksonville Post welcomes your contributions Deadline is the 18 th of each month, subject to editing. Contact the Editor at the Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 4970, CESAJ ACE IT, Jacksonville, FL ; at or call (904) Jax Post Website: Or January

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5 Check-out the SAME Job Center SAME Job Center Button < ofamericanmil/e9d6b543ba/8e23a 3e308/fb > All SAME members are encouraged to become familiar with the SAME Job Center by clicking on the hyperlink icon or typing in the website < /e9d6b543ba/8e23a3e308/3b61b82d8f> Members can discreetly post resumes for free, and Sustaining Member Companies, Public Agencies and Academic Institutions can post available positions for a reasonable charge. In August, SAME held its first Individual Member Point of Contact Workshop (IMPOC) in Alexandria, Virginia. The workshop objectives were aligned with SAME s Board of Direction s focus on increasing public sector membership in the Society. As an IMPOC for your Post, we would like you to focus attention on recruiting new public sector members to the Society and making them feel welcomed in your Post. Please see below a few pointers that might assist you in being an effective IMPOC. What Are the Benefits of Joining SAME? Receive TME (The Military Engineer) and access to Members Only portions of the SAME website to access important developments in the architecture, engineering, construction (A/E/C), environmental and facilities management fields Participate in topic-specific Committees that help shape your field Develop important relationships with colleagues in your own service, other military services, and the private sector Take advantage of webinars and courses presented by other associations with which SAME has strategic partnerships at "member" prices Earn Professional Development Hours through workshops and training programs on LEED, design build, project management and facility management Participate in local, regional and national training events at reduced prices January

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