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New Pensacola YMCA Earns Excellence Award

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New Pensacola YMCA Earns Excellence AwardBy Lauren Amacker

The new, 52,000-square-foot downtown Pensacola YMCA can now add “award-winning” to its list of descriptors. The facility, which has become a cornerstone of Pensacola’s downtown revitalization, was recently honored by the American Institute of Architecture Northwest Florida Chapter with a Merit Award of Excellence for New Work.

RS&H provided architectural, interior, and engineering design services for the $16 million building that replaced an outdated YMCA complex that had served the community for more than 60 years. To the design team, the award is not only acknowledgment of excellent architecture,

but recognition of sound planning and design for a project that was closely scrutinized by the client, the local planning boards, and the public.

“The most challenging aspect of this project was in designing a building aesthetic that was both cutting-edge and also regional,” said Project Manager Sunil Dubey (Houston – Corporate). “The local planning and zoning board was adamant that the building remain true to the historical site for which it was planned.”

The new facility is carefully situated in the historic Palafox district of Pensacola, which has been slated for future redevelopment.

To meet the goals of the client and the community, the building is designed as a contemporary reflection of the latest trends in athletic facility design, but with more traditional materials, such as brick and stucco to match its historical surroundings.

The new fitness center includes a state-of-the-art aquatics center, gymnasium, group exercise rooms, a wellness center, demonstration kitchen, and a “Kid Zone.” The prominent use of glass throughout the building promotes healthy living, allowing for visual connections between different programs and pouring in lots of natural light. The oversized lobby and corridor design


allow for social gatherings and an inviting atmosphere where guests can view the many activities going on throughout the facility upon entering.

The aquatics center is an integral part of the facility, and the design team took this to heart. Many of the design features that were suggested from public comment sessions during the programming stage were implemented into the final design.

The center includes a regulation size lap pool and warm water therapy pool. The warm water pool is completely accessible to all YMCA members -- the pool includes a zero-entry feature and access to a waterslide by elevator. As a central component of the design, it was also vital that this area be visible to all members. Surrounded by glazing, the facility’s theme of connectivity is evident again, as parents can watch their children participate in activities and members can view all the programs the facility offers.

Not only does the design promote connectivity between members, but the building itself is helping to connect a community. Located central to the downtown core, this project was the first component of a master development plan with the ultimate goal of creating a connection with the surrounding historic districts while maintaining its own identity. The project is a catalyst for downtown redevelopment within the commercial core of downtown Pensacola.

“By providing easy access to all of these resources and fitness activities, this project is generating enormous interest within the local community and is having a positive impact in people’s lifestyles,” Sunil said.

Northwest Florida YMCA CEO Michael Bodenhausen expressed his gratitude for RS&H’s partnership in creating a facility that staff was proud of.

“We greatly value the team’s ability to make our project member centric,” he said. The staff has a sense of pride in their new home and they love showing the facilities off to first time visitors.

“We receive compliments from awe-struck members and visitors on a daily basis,” he added.


“Working here is great because of all of the great people we have,” he said. “That, and you have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects across the state – even across the country. It’s never the same old thing.”

In addition to Shawn’s reputation as an established expert in traffic engineering, he has trained hundreds of transportation professionals and students in Synchro, CORSIM, and VISSIM programs. Furthermore, he was the co-creator of the first VISSIM introductory training course in the US, developed the workbook and practice exercises for the course, and presented formal training classes to transportation professionals around the country. He has also been recognized in the Traffic Engineer Handbook.

“Shawn has contributed to RS&H’s client visibility by being seen as a trusted advisor and an industry expert, while meeting the demands of complex projects, and leading a successful team of engineers,” said Vice President Kim Holland (Jacksonville – T-I).

Away from the office, Shawn and his wife are often on the road watching their boys, now 11 and 9, play youth sports, including travel baseball, basketball, flag football, and swimming. The family has taken to the First Coast, spending time outdoors at the beach or at one of the area’s state parks. Water is always nearby.

Shawn and his family still make an annual pilgrimage to North Dakota to see family, and he heads north every fall to join a few old friends for a North Dakota State football

SHAWN BIRST

A S S O C I A T E S P O T L I G H T

Shawn Birst (Jacksonville – T-I) is a man with cold-weather roots. A North Dakota native and North Dakota State University alumnus, he and his family had embraced the early, cold winters of Fargo when RS&H approached him with an opportunity seven winters ago.

“RS&H reached out when it was about negative-20 degrees up there,” he laughed. “Our two young boys were going stir-crazy in the house all winter. At that point, Jacksonville sounded pretty good.”

Seven years into his career at RS&H, Shawn has already made deep impacts for the firm across the state. He has been instrumental in the successful completion of numerous significant projects, including the award-winning I-95 Express in South Florida, I-95 Express in Northeast Florida, I-295 East Express Design-Build, I-10/I-95 Fuller Warren Bridge, I-4 Ultimate, and I-295 West Express, which is the first express lane segment to be built in Northeast Florida.

Shawn currently serves as the Jacksonville Traffic Leader. With his more than 19 years of transportation experience, Shawn has demonstrated technical excellence in traffic signal systems, traffic simulation, and intelligent transportation system applications.

Meetgame (Go Bison!) – the school won five straight FCS championships from 2011 to 2015.

When it comes time for his family to visit, they head south for the holidays and arrive to find temperatures often 40 degrees warmer than where they left. North Dakota may have nice summers, but the season is short – not unlike a Florida winter.

The weather is just one positive aspect of Shawn and his family’s move to the Sunshine State. There are many more.

“We like our careers and the kids are doing great – it’s hard to beat down here,” Shawn said. “We wouldn’t change anything.”


Last Chance to Nominate A Deserving Associate for a 2017 Award!Each year, associates are given the opportunity to nominate outstanding co-workers for four unique recognition awards. We are counting on you to help us select the most deserving individual for each award listed to the right.

Please thoughtfully consider your colleagues for this recognition and submit a nomination no later than Friday, March 31, 2017.

The nomination forms can be accessed through the Annual Associate Award page (on the left sidebar of the intranet homepage). In addition to the application form, the link

contains all details pertaining to award criteria, who is eligible, etc.

After all nominations are received, the Project Management and Professional Practices committees, alongside senior management, will make final selections. Winners are announced at June’s All Officers Meeting and then companywide in the following issue of Designlines.

These awards are a highly visible way of recognizing associates that you feel have made a great impact on our company.

We look forward to hearing from you!

2016 Annual Associate Award Winners

Young Professional of the Year

Project Manager of the Year

Professional Practitioner of the Year

R. Ray Goode Community Volunteer of the Year

Project Manager of the Year Scott Crawford - Corporate

Young Professional of the Year Nick Arnio - T-I

Professional Practitioner of the Year Holt Graves - Accounting

R. Ray Goode Community Volunteer of the Year Peyton Spivey - T-CM


By Joe VanHoose

RS&H Brings Cold-in-Place Recycling to Georgia Airport

Cold-in-place recycling has been used for years now on transportation projects across the country. The process entails using a train of equipment to convert previously-used materials into the foundation layer, all without removing, transporting, heating, or storing tons of asphalt. This technique saves time, money and the environmental impact of road projects large and small.

Now, RS&H has used the cold-in-place construction method for the first time on an airfield in Georgia, repaving Runway 16/34 at McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport. The airport was chosen by state officials to showcase the new, green method of aviation paving.

Consider the St. Simons airport as an early adopter. In the future, more general aviation facilities throughout the state may utilize the same cold-in-place method.

“It was a perfect solution,” said Brian Thompson (Jacksonville), a senior aviation engineer who served as project manager. “Not only did cold-in-place recycling help us work within a tight budget and timeframe, but it also limited the amount of truck traffic coming onto the island. On a small resort island, those extra trucks would have had a significant impact.”

Three Projects in One Repaving the runway was just on part of a three-contract airfield rehabilitation program. Projects included rehabilitation of the runway pavement; new runway and taxiway marker lighting; partial rehabilitation of the shoulder pavement; new lighted airfield and directional signage; a new precision path approach indicator (PAPI) guidance system, and a new supplemental wind cone. Numerous electrical upgrades, including new cabling and conduit, were also installed.

Construction began in September as the three contracts were initiated concurrently to avoid multiple closures of the runway. The airport’s primary runway, 4/22, remained in service while construction was underway, and traffic was not interrupted.

In total, the rehabilitation of the runway pavement covered the equivalent of a 12-foot roadway width to a length of 5.4 miles.

RS&H provided engineering, design, and construction administration/testing services for all projects. Seaboard Construction Company of Brunswick, Ga., was the general contractor for the pavement rehabilitation work. Trinity Electrical Services of Baxley, Ga., was the general contractor for the two electrical contracts.

How Cold-in-place Recycling Works In this process, existing asphalt is milled, mixed with an un-heated asphalt emulsion and a small amount of Portland cement. The resulting mixture is placed with a conventional asphalt paving machine and rolled in place as a pavement base course.

A conventional bituminous surface course is placed on the recycled base material to provide a smooth finished surface. The pavement milling, addition of asphalt emulsion and cement, mixing, and base course placement occurs in a single equipment train.

Cold-in-place recycling avoids the effort and costs of removing the existing worn out asphalt, hauling those materials off site, and importing and placing new materials. Hundreds of truck trips are avoided, which would otherwise clog local roadways. Cold-in-place recycling avoids the cost and emissions generated in heating bituminous materials for paving, and because it dramatically reduces the emissions, noise and traffic congestion associated with trucking materials is also eliminated.

Brian notes that, while there are a number of green advantages, the process also makes projects more cost effective.

“It’s a method that more general aviation airports can benefit from,” he said.


Redefining Our Mergers & Acquistisions Strategy

During our recent Town Hall meeting, several questions were submitted regarding our current mergers and acquisitions (M&A) status that we’d like to take an opportunity to address.

As a company, it’s important to recognize that our current growth strategy will be primarily driven by organic growth. However, we do anticipate a part of our growth to come from acquiring a complementary firm.

In November 2015, our Board of Directors temporarily paused M&A activity until our financial performance had improved and aligned more with industry expectations. Now, 18 months later, we’re in a better financial position and are demonstrating performance similar to our peers in the industries we serve.

Given our sales volume this year, we also anticipate similar performance as we move forward into FY 18. This change in financial position to industry average, allows us the opportunity to revisit our M&A strategy and direction.

By Lisa Robert

In December, the Operations Committee, along with additional leadership from our Practices and Resource Groups, conducted an Operations Committee Retreat. M&A strategy was a topic of discussion that involved the Practices defining desired acquisition profiles to help them advance and accelerate growth in their Practice. These descriptions included indications relative to location, service offering, and desired client portfolio.

Since then, the Executive Team has worked to take these suggested profiles to redefine our M&A strategy with the intention of presenting our recommendation to the Board of Directors in May for approval. Our prior M&A profile was very specific in terms of markets served, size, location, and services. As we develop our new M&A strategy, our goal is to create a broader profile that meets company objectives, but does not limit opportunities.

As the Executive Team and Board moves forward with establishing our revised strategy, we look forward to sharing additional information and updates with you.

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If you are a UHC member, but do not have an event at your location, you are still able to register for your screening at a Quest Lab.

UnitedHealthcare members, grab your UHC card and click here to register.

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Introducing Tolls & Managed Lanes to New Markets

This article is one of RS&H's recent blog posts written for our clients. Read more on our blog.

As you begin developing a tolling or managed lane facility in a new area, the challenge becomes how to introduce tolling in a manner that will quickly gain acceptance.

The facility must address current and future travel demands to improve traffic operations in the region. The goal is always to deliver exceptional, consistent, and reliable service by developing infrastructure improvements that provide a safe, convenient, and congestion-free facility.

Introducing tolls and managed lanes to new markets can effectively be broken down into the following five steps.

1. Analyze your market and identify your customer. On managed lanes facilities, we focus on the issue of existing congestion. We are then able to present managed lanes as a solution, offering much more reliability as the travel speed is managed to assure timely arrival. The Central Texas Turnpike Project (CTTP) had several factors that would help the project be well-received. At the time, Dell Computers was only accessible by primary roads, causing a stop-and-go commute for employees. Also, the Round Rock and Cedar Park communities had no direct way to access the Austin Airport. The CTTP would address these issues and connect to Loop 1, providing an expanded north/south connector to Downtown Austin. We saw an opportunity to focus on these customers in describing the services the new facility was offering.

By Rick Hurst

2. Test your market strategy and approach. Focus groups are an excellent method for testing concepts and can be used to introduce electronic toll accounts and pricing policies. They also identify the educational approaches that best convey key messages to your customers. The goal of a focus group is to identify the benefits and features your customers will value the most. Your services can then be tailored to meet these demands.

3. Involve your stakeholders. Remember that your customer is the public and, when something goes wrong, they will make their dissatisfaction known publicly. That is why gaining acceptance from key stakeholders is critical to your overall success. Stakeholder involvement is critical as it incorporates everyone who is affected, including those involved in operating the facility and those who can influence the implementation of the toll services being offered. We describe the approach to this process in a stakeholder involvement plan.

4. Build your market. Getting the word out is fundamentally important in offering tolling services to a new market. It creates awareness, provides educational information, and promotes safety when traffic initially starts to use the facility. So how do you reach your end user to provide information on transponder accounts, how tolls will be charged, project milestones, and open dates? Keep in mind that your customers represent a diverse community, so many approaches are required:

• Present details to large employers and community groups.

• Mobile customer service centers can represent you at major shopping centers, sporting events, universities, and community centers.

• Offer incentives when encouraging drivers to open a tolling account, such as a specified amount of free tolls.

• Develop and implement a social media campaign to offer opportunities for community engagement.

• Create educational videos showing how the system works, how to affix your transponder, how to create an account, and the violation process

5. Prepare to open to traffic. It's critical to your credibility to perform as advertised. Therefore, make sure you're completely ready for the opening. Proper preparation will maximize acceptance. Effective public relations can play a vital role in the launch of your new facility and services. Be prepared to provide information to a daily media presence. If issues arise, address them in a timely manner and explain how issues will be resolved. This will promote confidence among your customers. Finally, keep in mind the positive aspects of the new facility and the benefits it provides to the driving public. It's easy to become overwhelmed by some of the negativity surrounding tolling. Don’t fall into that. We're in the business of solving problems and addressing issues. The facility will gain acceptance when we show we have done just that.


RS&H Interviewed for Unique Process Used for Lesner Bridge

Rob Bennett (Virginia Beach – Transportation-CM) was recently interviewed by a local news outlet about the Lesner Bridge replacement project for the City of Virginia Beach and the unique process used to get rid of the old bridge.

Currently, RS&H is providing construction, engineering and inspection (CEI) services for the new pre-cast, post-tensioned, twin segmental bridges. When completed, the bridges will be 1,500 feet long and will provide a 45-foot clearance over the inlet.

Last month, crews worked to demolish the old bridge, but they didn’t use explosives. They used a specific process that uses saws to cut the bridge into rectangles that are then placed on barges.

“It’s been really exciting,” Rob said. “To see the precast segment construction has really been the highlight of my career.”

The old material is actually going to an artificial reef created with old construction materials.

“It’s great for the environment and it reduces the disposal costs for the contractor,” Rob said.

To achieve a 100-year service life, the Lesner bridges are being constructed with high quality materials, such as corrosion-resistant reinforcing steel and 8,000 PSI concrete. The bridges are replacing an old bridge that was deteriorating due to the harsh marine environment.

Read more here.


GIS Q & A with an Environmental ScientistBy Liz High

This month, I chatted with Senior Environmental Scientist Cynthia Grizzle (Tampa – T-I) about how her group uses GIS to provide ecological and permitting services for their clients. Cynthia’s team is led by Mike Coleman and other members include Jim Mykytka, Chris Dailey, Kristi Savio, Lindsay Brendis, and Raina Cumby. They complete all types of environmental tasks from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation to wetland permitting. They also perform a wide range of ecological services for a long-time local client, Tampa Bay Water. Hear what she had to say!

Q: Does the T-I Environmental group in Tampa use GIS often?

A: GIS has become as common a tool as Microsoft Word or Excel. We use it on a regular basis to make maps for planning and design projects, as well as other more specialized uses. Every NEPA document and permit application we prepare requires maps. It has streamlined environmental impact analysis by providing a one-stop repository for all types of environmental information.

Q: Can you give us an example of how your group uses GIS on planning projects?

A: Maps are an important part of projects in the planning stage, whether it is a Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study or a master plan. We easily identify potential environmental conflicts by loading a multitude of datasets or “layers” onto a map. This is one way we help clients identify the recommended alternative for linear transportation projects, like roads. GIS helps us compare potential impacts of different alignments and identify alternatives with the least amount of environmental impacts.

Q: How do you use GIS to support design work?

A: For design projects, we provide permitting agencies with supporting documentation, including maps, to facilitate their review of

permit applications. This can include wetland lines based on data we collected in the field or data we obtain from other agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Providing maps that present a clear image of the project impacts are crucial for agency buy-in of our project approach and to help them issue permits in a timely manner.

Q: What type of project requires you to utilize GIS most often?

A: I can’t think of a project where we didn’t use GIS! When we do field work, we always start with a project location map to begin evaluating potential impacts, whether the project is in the planning, design, or even the construction phase. At whatever point we get involved with a project, it all starts with a project location map. We even use GIS analysis in the marketing stage when writing text for proposals or creating presentations. Most commonly, we create maps of wetlands, known listed species occurrences, existing and future land use, soils, and floodplains.

These are the environmental aspects permitting agencies are most concerned with.

Q: Do you have any unique ongoing projects in which GIS is used?

A: As part of our Ecological Monitoring contract with Tampa Bay Water, we use GIS to photo interpret vegetative and hydrologic conditions. We use full color imagery to look for land use changes on adjacent properties and monitor recovery of treefall areas that were damaged by flooding or drought. We use color infrared (CIR) imagery to assess hydrology too. CIR imagery uses a portion of the spectrum beyond detection of the human eye. Cameras can detect this invisible radiation and shift its wavelength to become visible as black, blue, green, or red. This type of imagery is good for assessing inundation levels, soil moisture, water clarity, and vegetative vigor.

Thanks so much to Cynthia for giving us insight into the Tampa T-I Environmental group’s GIS use this month!


Developing A Tourism Travel Demand ToolBy Zahra Pourabdollahi

With more than 106.5 million visitors in 2015, Florida is the top tourist destination in the world. The tourism industry had a direct economic impact of $108.8 billion on Florida’s economy. The improving economic conditions, increased international flights, 663 miles of stunning beaches, and accessibility to the world’s busiest cruise terminals have encouraged higher domestic and international travel. Tourism is one of the state’s most significant sources of revenue and employment.

Although estimation and analysis of long distance travel is a common component of statewide and regional travel demand modeling efforts in the US, long distance tourism travel demand and behaviors are ignored or treated inadequately in most of the existing models. The increasing tourist trips have significant impacts on Florida’s transportation system, environment, and regional wellbeing. Capitalizing on available opportunities and maximizing the economic benefits from the tourism industry necessitate measuring the impacts of tourism on the socio-economic systems and addressing these impacts by appropriate planning decisions and investments. These facts and figures highlight the importance of tourism trips in the state and stress the strategic importance that should be placed on the estimation and forecast of tourism trips to better address policy and planning concerns.

Tourist trips have a very complex nature and are composed of several activity-travel choices including whether to participate in tourism, where to go, when to travel, how long to stay, with whom to go, and how to travel. A reliable and comprehensive travel demand model is required to cover all these behavioral choices and attributes of travel and provides accurate forecasts of tourist arrivals and their travel patterns.

Although the importance of tourism travels in the U.S. have been recognized, only a handful of regional planning agencies and state DOTs operate a statewide or regional travel demand model with an exclusive procedure

for estimation of tourism trips. Most of these models do not capture the complexity of tourism travels.

Given the importance of tourism to Florida’s economy and its effects on transportation system, an adequate and reliable tool is needed to understand tourism travel behavior and more precisely forecast tourist trips with all their attributes. RS&H conducted a research to develop a behavior-based modeling framework for forecasting tourism travel in Florida that integrates behavior-based theories with econometric and discrete choice modeling techniques to accurately model tourists’ travel patterns and activities. Thus, it will provide decision makers with an analysis tool that is sensitive to behavioral policies and can be used for behavior-based analysis and policy evaluation related to the tourism industry.

The framework is comprised of three distinctive modeling layers: Tourist Synthesizer, Visitor Tour Generation, and Daily Trip Simulation. The Tourist Synthesizer and Visitor Tour Generation layer include macro level models that forecast visitor travel plans while the Daily Trip Simulation layer includes models with a higher level of details and resolution that simulate tourists’ typical daily activities and trips. Each layer includes several tourism activity-travel decision models which are used to forecast tourists’ travel behavior. The proposed framework is a tour-based model. The basic unit of

travel in the Tourist Synthesizer and Visitor Tour Generation layer is a visitor tour from origin source market to a primary destination in Florida and back. The micro-level Daily Trip Simulation layer also has a tour-based structure, but the basic tour structure includes more detailed information such as intermediate stops specification.

Investment and management decisions related to transportation, infrastructure, accommodations, land use and economic development relating to the tourism industry are highly dependent on accurate forecasts. The model can be used by tourism related studies and projects to make strategic decision to reduce the stress on the state’s transportation system by determining future needs and maximize the revenue from tourism industry.


N E W P R O J E C T S

Recommissioning at Patrick Air Force Base CommissaryAs part of our Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) IDIQ contract, RS&H has recently begun recommissioning work on the Defense Commissary located at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.

This particular aging commissary, which opened in 1981, has significant humidity and temperature control issues that are being addressed through our efforts. Work

Denver International Airport Architectural and Building Services

The city and county of Denver, owner of Denver International Airport, informed us that we were selected to provide on-call architectural and engineering services to the airport for a three-year period. The airport records more than 53 million enplanements annually and has a significant building capital improvement program over the next several years. Contract value is $3 million. With the volume of work, the contract is expected to be utilized fully well within

the timeframe. The win is also important as it represents RS&H’s effective work in re-kindling relationships with the airport through a solid change in most leadership positions. It reinforces our approach of winning the client first, then the project.

Special thanks to all who participated in developing such an effective SOQ submittal, including Kevin Stockton (project manager), Michael Spitzer, Jeffrey Warkoski, and Dan

is scheduled to be completed by February 2018.

The recommissioning effort consists of collecting current information (drawings, utility bills, facility requirements, etc.), conducting a site survey of the facility to determine equipment/facility condition and operation, an implementation phase to update operational parameters and facilitate

any necessary repairs, followed by a turnover phase to let the owner know the outcome of the process with savings information.

Congratulations to Ben Moore (project manager) and Tim Whitley.

Viscardi with very special mention and thanks to Stephanie Greene, Courtney Brown, and Cason Tucker for their content development, editorial, production, and graphics assistance on this form-intensive proposal. Their efforts were key as selection was done from SOQ without an interview process. Congrats!



Recommissioning Beginning at NCBC Gulfport Commissary

RS&H is starting an additional task order for recommissioning of a defense commissary. The Defense Commissary at NCBC Gulfport, Mississippi, has humidity and equipment condition problems, resulting in a task order from the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) for RS&H to complete the recommissioning work through our ongoing IDIQ contract. These efforts are supporting a critical DeCA facilities initiative which is recommissioning stores worldwide which have sustained operational issues.

RS&H’s recommissioning work will include an investigation phase for collecting current information (drawings, utility bills, control system setpoints and trend data, facility requirements, etc.), a site survey of the facility to determine equipment/facility condition and

St. Augustine Continuing ContractRS&H was selected by the City of St. Augustine for five disciplines within a Continuing Contract for Professional Services: roadway, traffic and transportation; structural engineering; marine engineering; electrical engineering; and mechanical engineering/HVAC/plumbing. RS&H will provide services for each of the disciplines

operation, an implementation phase to update operational parameters and facilitate any necessary repairs, and a turnover phase to let the owner know the outcome of the process with savings information. Work is scheduled to be completed by February 2018.

Woody Thompson is serving as the Project Manager with Tim Whitley as Assistant Project Manager and Richard Shipp performing recommissioning investigation, analysis, and reporting.

RS&H works with approximately 250 commissaries worldwide through DeCA. RS&H recommissioning projects are also ongoing at DeCA headquarters in Fort Lee, Virginia, and Commissaries at Lackland AFB in Texas and Patrick AFB in Florida.

Transportation Planning Services

RS&H was selected as one of two general planning consultants (GPC) for the Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency (CRTPA) in Tallahassee, Florida. Under this contract, RS&H will serve as an extension of staff for CRTPA and support special studies, as well as planning products mandated by federal and state requirements.

RS&H previously served as the GPC to CRTPA and was re-selected to continue in this role. Our team’s local knowledge and experience, coupled with our range of expertise were compelling factors in the selection. In addition, RS&H has previously worked closely with CRTPA and built a strong relationship with the staff, which has led to their trust in our capabilities and ability to deliver quality projects.

Congratulations to Bev Davis (project manager), Dave Snyder, Chuck Donaldson, James Golden, Rick Chesser, Steve Cote, Rachel Hatcher, Jesse Koziol, Jennifer Rader, and Sherry Ann Tulloch.

over the next three years, with three additional one-year extensions. The services will vary greatly due to the unique nature of work in the nation’s oldest city.

The RS&H marketing team once again proved to be a tremendous asset. Their skills in pulling information for projects, assembling

and formatting the documents, and the quick response times ensured the pursuit stayed on track and was submitted in advance of the due date.

Congratulations to James Bennett (Project Manager), Kim Holland, Tom McVey, Mary Thompson, Natalie Rodriguez, Beckie Gilbert, Jennifer Rader, Theresa Greene, and Lisa Thoele.



Panama City WinRS&H was selected by the Florida Department of Transportation to provide CEI services for the widening of SR 390, Group 17-C in Panama City, Florida. This significant win is comprised of two widening projects on SR 390 in Bay County a major commuter thoroughfare. The construction value is $46 million for this three-year project involving widening from two to six lanes through an urban environment with construction is set to begin in June 2017.

Our selection solidifies the RS&H team’s reputation in major corridor widenings and being a trusted advisor that can handle the pressure of a major urban reconstruction.

The 3.5 mile long project, which has sections of SR 390 with an AADT of over 22,500 vehicles, is in much need of this overhaul. The project is from SR 368 (23rd Street) to Jenks Avenue includes widening from two lanes to a six-lane divided urban typical section with bike lanes and sidewalks in each direction. In

VDOT ITS On-Call Services

Statistics Traffic Support

RS&H is part of the team selected by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) On-Call Services contract. We’ll provide a variety of ITS and tolls services.

Our team’s selection is due to our excellent reputation in the tolls arena, as well as existing relationships of key RS&H associates with the prime consultant, including a recent project in Florida where the prime was a subconsultant to RS&H.

This contract is an exciting opportunity to expand our tolls and ITS services into Virginia. This win also allows us to capture another area of importance to VDOT.

Congratulations to Steve Haynie (project manager), Sherry Ann Tulloch, Jesse Koziol, Mike Davis, Radha Swayampakala, and Dusty Holcombe.

RS&H is part of the team selected by the Florida Department of Transportation Central Office for a Statistics Traffic Support contract.

The team will provide a variety of general consulting services under this contract, including collection of high-quality motorized and non-motorized traffic data on public roads, trails, and shared use pathways of Florida; conducting routine and special studies of vehicular, non-motorized and pedestrian traffic and its characteristics; and analyzing data and producing internal and external reports relating to Florida’s transportation and the mobility of people and goods. Additional tasks may include assisting

addition, drainage improvements, stormwater ponds, signing, pavement markings, and signalization with interconnection improvements and fiber optic connectivity are included in the project scopes.

A special thanks goes out to the entire project team of Ben Searight, Jack Elliott,

Joe Yates, Mike Marlow, Korey Hall, Brian Wittenberg, Sean Pettit, and Linda Clark. In addition, other contributors to this successful pursuit include Gabriel Bell, Mark McRobie, and Susan Lake. Congratulations to the entire team on a well-deserved win!

with an update to the office business plan and update and maintenance of federal highway systems.

The success of this win is attributed to the team’s long-standing relationship and previous performance with the client. The team’s deep understanding of the client’s needs enabled the team to develop the winning approach for the project.

Congratulations to James Golden (project manager), David Snyder, Michael Dancy, and Samad Subedar.



Expanding the Raymond James CampusRaymond James & Associates in St. Petersburg, Florida, has selected RS&H for a project that is an expansion of the existing Raymond James Headquarters Campus for two, newly acquired four-story buildings. The project involves reimagining their workplace environment and creating new corporate standards, as well as implementation and the build-out of all four floors of these two buildings. Our scope of services includes visioning, programming, full service design, furniture coordination, and construction administration.

RS&H has a long relationship with Raymond James going back to 1990 when we designed Tower 2 for their Carillon Campus. Since 1990, RS&H has completed over 750,000 square feet of office space in Towers 2, 3, 4, and a new Raymond James Bank facility. We’ve helped with numerous tenant renovations and provided

Seattle Area Wins for Planning GroupRS&H was recently selected to provide on-call planning and environmental services to King County International Airport – also known as Boeing Field – and a planning IDIQ for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. These assignments are strategic wins in that they will help support RS&H’s business plans to grow the practice in the Northwest U.S.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the world and is quickly becoming a major international gateway. The Port of Seattle has initiated the process of transitioning its Sustainable Airport Master Plan from concept into reality. This process involves evaluating the general plan in greater detail by integrating real world physical, operational, and logistical considerations to establish a proof-of-concept and prepare a rational implementation strategy. The SAMP includes a second terminal, major road relocation/expansion, parking, people movers, and a new support area to accommodate displaced aircraft maintenance, airport support, and cargo facilities. RS&H will be providing advanced planning services for terminal, roads, airfield, cargo, and parking facilities. The first work order will be a wayfinding master plan.

studies for their growth plans on the Carillon Campus and other regional campus sites.

Our team responded to an invited, competitive RFP issued to HOK, GS&P, and RS&H at the Christmas holiday that was due at the first of the year. RS&H was selected due to our long relationship and knowledge of the Raymond James culture. Our added value and trust to deliver creative ideas on a very fast schedule was also cited. We have begun work immediately and plan to achieve occupancy by September 15th!

A big thanks to our Tampa team that responded over the holidays to the RFP, including Don Green, Derek Hartman, Pamela Albers, and John Pehling.

Congrats and special acknowledgment to John Pehling, who has worked since 1990 as the

Special thanks and recognition are due to those who assisted in developing the successful submittal and prepared the team for interviews. These include Michael Becker, Alex McKean, Jeff Mishler, Chris Greene, and Steve Domino. This significant win could not have been accomplished without the commitment and support from Courtney Brown and Amy Bowes in the form of content development, editorial, production, and graphic assistance.

King County is in the process of undertaking an airport master plan for Boeing Field that when completed will require a broad range of planning and support services to move the master plan from concept to reality. Boeing Field is one of the busiest primary non-hub airports in the nation, which averages around 200,000 operations (takeoffs and landings) each year. The airport serves small commercial passenger airlines, cargo carriers, private aircraft

owners, helicopters, corporate jets, and military and other aircraft. It’s also home to the Boeing Company’s 737 aircraft flight-test program, along with other Boeing operations. The airport is very land constrained and faces a number of environmental clean-up and permitting issues. RS&H will provide a broad range of services that address day-to-day airport planning, capital development, operations, environmental, right-of-way, and survey matters aimed at implementing the airport’s capital improvement program (CIP).

Key contributors who helped RS&H achieve this significant win are Michael Becker, Julie Barrow, William Willkie, Jeff Mishler, Chris Greene, Stephanie Greene, Courtney Brown, and Steve Domino. Special thanks to all who participated in developing the successful submittal and prepared the team for interviews.

Raymond James Client Manager. Relationships that last decades don’t happen by accident and many past and current associates over the years have contributed to this success, including Chung Rutter, Brien Wildman, Yoo-Jin Kim, Patrick Johns, Robbie Schroeder, John Carew, Steve Hauenstein, Bo O’Brien, John Bottaro, and Leerie Jenkins. We’re very proud of the effort and leadership John has demonstrated for over two decades and in particular these past 12 months as he assisted Raymond James with a number of complex and confidential campus expansion scenarios including the one we were selected for above. We’re confident that this latest project is just the start of a new decade of trust with the new Raymond James Leadership Team. Congratulations to John and the entire Raymond James team!


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» BA in Humanities from Tel Aviv University

» Originially from Virginia

» Enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters

Walker CarmackAdmin Assistant | Transportation-CM Tampa, FL

CONDIMENT I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: Ketchup

» BS in Civil Engineering from Auburn University

» Calls Covington, Georgia, home

» Enjoys spending time with family

FAVORITE VEGETABLE: Fried Okra

Mac CranfordEngineer | T-I Atlanta, GA

» BS in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech

» Calls Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, home

» Enjoys beachin' and makes a mean grilled cheese

Adam DiMatteoInspector | Transportation-CM Houston, TX

FAVORITE VEGETABLE: Orange bell peppers

» MS in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University

» Calls Detroit, Michigan, home

» Enjoys participating in Civil Engineers without Borders

FAVORITE VEGETABLE: Potatoes

Moe EslamipourTransportation Associate | T-I Miami, FL

» BS in Construction Management from Western Carolina University

» Calls Green Level, North Carolina, home

» Enjoys saltwater fishing

Ryan GrossInspector | Transportation-CM Durham, NC

FAVORITE ARCADE GAME: Does Mario Kart count?

» BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin

» Calls Houston, Texas, home

» Enjoys making music, hiking, and painting

FAVORITE VEGETABLE: Arby's

Devyn JupiterEngineer | T-I Houston, TX

» BS in Civil Engineering from NC State University

» Calls Davidson, North Carolina, home

» Enjoys hiking, fishing, and watching sports

Sean KaneEngineer | T-I Raleigh, NC

FAVORITE ARCADE GAME: Time Crisis

» BS in Healthcare Administration from the University of North Florida

» Calls Jacksonville, Florida, home

» Enjoys spending time with friends and family, cycling, and going to the beach

Lindsay LambertRecruiter | HR Jacksonville, FL

FAVORITE QUOTE: Don't sweat the small stuff


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» MBA in HR Management from the University of Phoenix

» Calls Tennessee home

» Enjoys shopping and watching movies

Stacy MatelskiHR Generalist | HR Jacksonville, FL

FAVORITE QUOTE: This too shall pass

» MBA in Finance from the University of North Florida and CPA and CFE certified

» Calls Jacksonville, Florida, home

» Enjoys spending time with my wife and kids

MOST EMBARRASSING SONG ON MY IPOD: Inner City Pleasure - Flight of the Conchords

Tim PageController | Accounting Jacksonville, FL

» BA in Business Administration in Marketing from Kennesaw State University

» Calls Marietta, Georgia, home

» Enjoys catching up with friends on the weekends

Allyson RiderMarketing Coodinator | Contractor Delivery Orlando, FL

FAVORITE VEGETABLE: Brussel sprouts

» Bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee

» Calls Knoxville, Tennessee, home

» Enjoys working out and going to the beach

FAVORITE QUOTE: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

Ryan RussellElectrical Designer | A&D Jacksonville, FL

» BS in Environmental Design from the University of Colorado

» Calls Athmar Park neighborhood of West Virginia home

» Enjoys gardening

Sam SevernsAviation Associate | Aviation Denver, CO

FAVORITE VEGETABLE: Artichoke

» BS in Civil Engineering from California State Polytechnic University

» Calls Houston, Texas, home

» Enjoys running, hiking, fishing, and exploring new places

FAVORITE ARCADE GAME: Skee-ball

Scott WalkerProject Engineer | Transportation-CM Houston, TX


Congratulations to Charles Birchwood (Jacksonville – Corporate) for recently earning his PE!

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Congratulations to Clayton Singleton (Austin – Aviation) for recently earning his PE!

Congratulations to Dan Darilek (Houston – Corporate) for recently passing the ARE for architecture!

Congratulations to Zahra Pourabdollahi (Tampa – T-I), who was recently accepted onto the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values and will begin her contributions next month.


Associate Anniversaries

A special thanks to RS&H associates celebrating an

anniversary in five-year increments from their hire date

this month!

Ian McRobbie Tampa CMS

Darren Dyer Ft. Lauderdale T-I

Guillermo Becerra Ft. Lauderdale T-I

Andrew Nelson Chicago Aviation

Stephanie Liquori Merritt Island A&D

Scott Dubin Jacksonville Corporate

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Congratulations!Congratulations to Tarryn Little (Raleigh – Aviation), who’s announcing the birth of her daughter, Sawyer Rose Little. She was born on Nov. 14, and weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces!

Congratulations!Congratulations to Drew Morrow (Charlotte – T-I), and his wife, Jenna, who are announcing the birth of their son, Emerson Yates Morrow. He was born on Jan. 22, and weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 21 inches long.


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