APWA Central FL Branch FEB 2014 Newsletter

H appy new year to eve-ryone and hope you

had a restful and relaxing holiday

season. It was a great start of

the new year for those support-

ing a team. I’m not identifying

any team in particular, since

there are many teams we sup-

port, and our APWA team is one

I’m glad you do support. Wheth-

er you are in Utilities, Communi-

cations, or Facilities, we want to

hear from you and build a sus-

taining effort for your

needs. Remember, the Associa-

tion is constantly evolving and

may seem to be under construc-

tion forever, and without your

input,

we will not know what the

needs may be and how we can

improve. As a team, there are

many players and supporters

that you can reach out to for

assistance so that you can finish

that project or assignment. In

closing, I just want to give a

shout out,

Go APWA…and

Knights.

Special points of in-terest:

• Upcoming Events Page 2

• UCF Tailgate Pages 4-5

• Member Spot-lights Pages 8-9

• Give Kids the World Pages 10-11

• Project Spotlight Pages 20-21

• December Holi-day Event Pages 24-25

• Dean Crutch Me-morial Page 26

Inside this issue:

E-Week 3

Pump Workshop 7

GKTW Landscape Day

12

Annual Scholarship

and Awards Meeting

14

Awards Application 16

YP Event 19

Asphalt Lunch and Learn

22

APWA Trade Show 23

New Members 26

Winter Edition February 2014

The Central Florida Branch includes the counties of Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia.

CONTACT Christiane Nelson

(Universal Engineering) Newsletter Editor CMNelson

@universalengineering.com

Mike McCabe, PE, Central Florida Branch Chairman Public Works Division Manager

City of Palm Bay

Chairman’s Message

.

Page 2 APWA Central Florida Branch

SAVE THE DATE FALL2013!!

Chair

Mike McCabe, PE Public Works Division Mgr. City

of Palm Bay

District Representative

Amy Blaida, MPA Business Development

RS&H Orlando

Treasurer

Althea Parrish Utility Coordinator City of Sanford

Secretary

Angela Lawrence Operations Coordinator

Atkins

Chair-Elect

Matt LaChance Project Manager VHB Orlando

Vice Chair

Amanda Millirons Assistant Public Works Mgr.

City of Palm Bay

March 15 Give Kids the World Quarterly Landscape Day

Page 10 Give Kids the World Village, Kissimmee, Osceola County, Time: 8AM

2013 Central Florida Branch Officers

May 9 & 10 APWA Florida Chapter Annual Meeting

Fort Lauderdale, Broward County

March 27 CFB Annual Scholarship & Awards Business Meeting (and Golf Tournament) Page 11 Cypress Head Golf Club, Port Orange, Volusia County Time: 1PM Shotgun, Networking 6-7PM, Dinner 6:45PM

July 7-11 2014 APWA Florida Chapter Conference and Exposition

Page 20 Fort Lauderdale, Broward County

February 20 Annual E-Week Transportation Summit

Page 3 The Future of Transportation Funding, OOCEA, Orlando, Orange County, Time: 7:30-10AM

Page 3

The Central Florida Branch held their second annual tailgating event at the UCF-UConn football game on October 26th. What a great day this turned out to be as the weather cooperated with us with nice clear sky and cool weather early. The tailgating was well attended with over 40 members, family, and friends laughing and socializ-ing. We had a few competitive games of a modified corn hole toss and tossing of the

pigskin. Wackadoo’s provided excellent food of pulled pork, buns, homemade pota-to chips, beans, coleslaw, and fudge brown-ies. Florida Engineering Society sponsored a raffle, which was well received, to win a Kin-dle Fire HD with proceeds going to their scholarship fund. Rick Kenney, the attendee who traveled the furthest to join us was re-warded with the winning ticket num-

ber. Kickoff for the game was at noon, and with a few stragglers trickling in after the first couple of possessions, we all sat down at our respective seats, approximately at the forty yard line. What a view as we witnessed UCF take a 45-10 lead into the locker room at halftime. As the afternoon sun rose and the temperature increased, some re-treated back to the comforts of the tailgating area while UCF brought in their reserves to finish the game. The stadium

lived up to one of its nicknames, the Wok, to cook without liquids, and there was plenty back at the cool-ers and tents. All in all it was a great event and we want to thank our sponsors for the purchase of the food and beverages, Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. (UES), England, Thims & Miller, Inc. (ETM), Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB),

and WadeTrim. - Written by Mike McCabe

UCF Game Day and Tailgate

UCF VS. UConn

October 26th, 2013


Page 5


Symposium Details:

“From the Chambers to the Cloud: Connecting Citizens and Local Government”

Date: March 10, 2014 Time: 9:15 a.m. – 3 p.m. Cost: This symposium is FREE for coalition members. Lunch: Lunch will be provided. Location: University of Central Florida’s Pegasus Ballroom Audience: A mixed audience of local government officials and advanced students from both high schools and colleges. The event will also be live streamed. Speakers:

• Former U.S. Congressman Lou Frey

• Leadership from Code for America. Since 2010 Code for America has been partner-ing with local governments across the nation to develop innovative software appli-cations that help engage citizens with their communities and that help local govern-ments make use of their data to deliver public services more effectively and effi-ciently. Code for America’s work has been supported by Google, the Knight Founda-tion, ESRI and the Rockefeller Foundation.

• To provide a national perspective on recent developments in technology and en-gagement, the symposium will include speakers from Boston’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, ICMA’s 311Technical Assistance Program, and Philadelphia’s Chief Data Officer (invited).

• Florida local governments that have already moved to implement some of these new technologies will join us to share their experiences.

• The day will conclude with hands-on demonstrations by applications developers – so symposium participants will be urged to bring their devices to take a test drive.

Registration: Registration is required for every attendee. Registration will remain open un-til Friday, February 28. Just look for the blue “RSVP for the symposium” at the top of the page. Be sure to enter your mailing address on the registration form to receive a free event parking decal in the mail. Otherwise, parking is $5.00 the day of the event.

Register @ http://loufreyinstitute.org/symposia/from-the-chambers-to-the-cloud/

SAVE THE DATE Upcoming Florida Local Government Coalition,

Florida League of Cities, Inc, & Lou Frey Institute Spring Symposium

Pump Workshop Pump Workshop Pump Workshop Pump Workshop Held by Thompson PumpHeld by Thompson PumpHeld by Thompson PumpHeld by Thompson Pump November 7th, 2013November 7th, 2013November 7th, 2013November 7th, 2013

Thompson Pump Hosts Second Annual Pump Workshop

On November 7th, Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co., Inc., in partnership

with Daytona State College, presented their second annual one-day pump workshop ap-proved by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers, the Construction Industry Li-censing Board and the Florida Rural Water Association for continuing education units. The workshop consisted of six courses taught by experienced industry professionals in-cluding Dale Conway, Thompson Pump Vice President of Engineering; Dave Perry,

Thompson Pump Florida Sales Engineer; and Jessada Sunhachawi, Thompson Pump

Application Engineer. Participants earned 6 hours of continuing education through the FBPE and CILB,

or .6 CEU’s through the FRWA for water and wastewater plant operators. Courses in-cluded Calculating Total Dynamic Head, Principles of Pumping, Reading Pump Curves, Pump Sound Attenuation, Permanent Lift Station Backup Pump Systems, and Pump Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting. Col-lectively these six courses make up a FRWA com-bined title course, Intro-duction to Pumps and Pump Systems.

The course was an overall success hosting 17 attendees from various Central Florida public works groups and engi-neering firms. Thompson Pump plans to continue hosting this annual one-day workshop each Fall. Contact Lindsey Thorp at [email protected] to receive information about the next upcoming course.

Page 7

Page 8

Chris Thompson, the Public Works Director with the City of Tavares, receiving his APWA Donald C Stone

award from Rick Keeney

Congratulations Chris!

APWA CFB Member Spotlights

Scott H. Martin, P.E., Engineering Section Manager with

Volusia County With our Branch’s

APWA Presidential Award for Branch Excellence for the Central

Florida Branch

Congratulations to Amanda Millirons for your promotion to Assistant Public Works Director with the

City of Palm Bay and for being a Recipient of the

2014 Jennings Randolph International Fellowship!!!


Page 9

Amy Blaida, with RS&H Orlando, Former Chairperson of APWA CFB, and current District Rep, has been asked to be a

part of the APWA Quality Council

Congratulations Amy!!

.


Give Kids the World

Extreme Village makeover

Orlando Sentinel Article

Give Kids the World getting 'extreme village makeover'

January 7, 2014|By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel Give Kids the World is about to undergo an “extreme village makeover” at its Kis-simmee resort — a 70-acre vacation site for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The two-week, $4.4 million project, which starts Sunday and goes through Jan. 25, will close the village for the first time in the charity's 25-year-history. Some 40 or 50 families unable to reschedule their visits will still receive their weeklong “wish” va-cations at nearby hotels. The village is a kid's paradise — with free restaurants that serve ice cream for breakfast, nightly parades and weekly Christmas celebrations, costumed characters, a water park and its own railroad. The organization also provides families with meals and free tickets to local theme parks. The two-week project will focus on updating 88 of the village's 140 villas — the homes-away-from-home over the years for nearly 122,000 families from all 50 states and 74 countries. Most of the villas were built about 1989 and are in need of new paint, carpeting, tile, blinds, furniture, appliances and driveways. “January is typically one of our slowest times of year,” said the charity's spokes-man, Mark Hoewing. “We wanted to do this with a minimum of disruption.” Doing all the work at once allows the charity to take advantage of bulk pricing and the expertise of the Orlando-based Wyndham Vacation Ownership, which volun-teered to manage the project and will be overseeing all contractors and subcontractors. “They've been big supporters of ours,” Hoewing said. “This is a major undertak-ing for them, but it's something they do on a regular basis to renovate and upgrade their properties around the world.” Paid laborers and volunteers will work around the clock during the two weeks. “We even have staff who are on vacation during this time who have volunteered to come in and help out,” Hoewing said.

Page 11

Central Florida Branch of the AP-WA joined forces with an army of City of Kissimmee volunteers to help in the precision demolition and debris removal.. The Village Makeo-ver took place January 12-25, 2014.

Dave Derrick, the Public Works Director with the City of Kis-simmee, has been one of the key players in the 2 year development of this epic undertaking. The project is presently in full swing. Having the op-portunity for our branch to participate in this once in a lifetime event has been

unbelievable. Chris Thompson with the City of Tavares, is has been heading up the AP-WA CFB events as Volunteer Chair with GKTW. The next landscape day

is March 15, 2014


Page 13


Page 15


Page 17


The Branch hosted the Third Annual Young Professionals Networking Event on Friday, November 15th at The Imperial Wine Bar & Beer Garden. Young pro-fessionals including members and non-members located in the Central Florida Branch area were invited to attend the free event to connect with fellow YPs in the public works industry and to learn more about what APWA has to offer. Approximately fif-teen attendees representing both the public and private sector connected. The event was a success and we look forward to hosting a future event in the Brevard County

region. The Young Professionals group was formed to recruit, connect, empower and retain young professionals in APWA through in-creased opportunities and resources to en-hance their professional development and suc-cess within the association and the public works industry (APWA National YP Network, Mission Statement). For more information re-garding the Young Professionals group contact Amanda Millirons via email at [email protected]

or by phone at 321.953.8996. - Written by Amanda Millirons

APWA CFB

Young Professionals

Event

November 15th, 2013

Page 19


Project Spotlight

Kissimmee Trail Pedestrian Bridge over John Young Parkway

By Andra Diggs, Senior Engineer, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

One of the many improvements implemented as the City of Kissimmee continues to grow, is the development of trail opportunity corridors such as the proposed Kissimmee Loop Trail. The proposed trail consists of the existing and proposed designated bike lane along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Central Avenue, and existing and proposed off-street path along Pine Branch Drive. The trail connects to the designated bike lanes along Hoagland Boulevard, Dyer Boulevard, Thacker Avenue, John Young Parkway, and Columbia Avenue and includes the extension of an ex-isting 12’ x 8’ (triple) concrete box culvert as well as the construction of the Kissimmee Trail Pedes-trian Bridge. The pedestrian bridge crossing is located approximately 0.25 miles North of W. Co-lumbia Avenue and 0.5 miles south of W. Donegan Avenue offering pedestrians a safe alternative to cross John Young Parkway. At over 1,100 feet in overall length, the structure provides a unique experience for pedestrians as they enter and exit the main crossing bridge on helical or “spiral” type approach ramps. Under the original concept, the ramps were to extend east and west of the road-way following a linear alignment, but were eventually revised to the helical arrangement to accom-

modate right of way restrictions. In order to span the 6 lanes of busy John Young Parkway, the main bridge was designed to be approximately 220 feet long with one major request from the City; no piers would be permitted within the median. With a main span of this magnitude, coupled with limited right of way, it was determined that the bridge vertical clearance was quickly becoming a limiting design parameter. Although a concrete struc-ture is capable of spanning the required distance, the depth of the beams would require an overall increase in the pro-file of the bridge. A steel box truss was chosen which not only provides the necessary clearances, but is capable of spanning well beyond the lim-

its of the roadway below.

Page 21

Some of the unique features of the bridge include four signature towers approximately 55 feet tall with two on each end of the main span structure. A steel “gateway” arch will stretch between the set of towers and will support signage and lighting to welcome residents and visitors into the City. Beyond the towers, lighting is provided for safety along both ramps offering an entirely different bridge experience at night. However, the intent of the bridge was not just for viewing pleasure. From the beginning, Dave Derrick and his staff envisioned a structure that would encompass the new direction of the City of Kissimmee, while also remaining functional and environmentally sensitive. Following this directive, throughout the design process the team focused on Green design features to reduce energy consumption and lessen the overall environmental impact. Features include a collection of so-lar panels along the roof structure of the main crossing that are designed to minimize the power con-sumption required for lighting the structure which is typically drawn from the City’s power grid. Also, as users navigate the ramps they will notice drought resistant landscaping within the interior of the ramp structures. This landscaping will be self-sustaining with the help of a deck drainage system which collects rainwater from the main bridge and delivers it to the landscaping below.

The project represents a collaborative effort between the design and construction teams, the City of Kissimmee, Osceola County, the Flori-da Department of Transportation, and the surrounding community. As a Local Agency Program (LAP) project, coordination between all team members was a key to the success of the project. It was the success of the team that ultimately secured federal funding to help the City bring the project to life.

PROJECT TEAM

Owner: City of Kissimmee Engineer of Record: Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Architect: Borrelli + Partners, Inc. Lighting: Comprehensive Engineering Services, Inc. Landscaping: Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Box Culvert Extension: Osceola Engineering, Inc. Geotechnical Engineer: Geotechnical and Environmental Consultants, Inc. Prime Contractor: Gibbs & Register, Inc. Construction Inspection: Infrastructure Engineers, Inc.

Page 22

Lunch and Learn Lunch and Learn Lunch and Learn Lunch and Learn Superpave and Warm Mix AsphaltSuperpave and Warm Mix AsphaltSuperpave and Warm Mix AsphaltSuperpave and Warm Mix Asphalt

November 20th, 2013November 20th, 2013November 20th, 2013November 20th, 2013

The Central Florida Branch, as part of their continuing education series, conducted a lunch and learn entitled All About Asphalt. Held on November 20th and hosted by the City of Kissimmee, the event was attended by about 50 local engineers and public works staff. The two part workshop was presented by Matt LaChance of VHB and our CFB Chair Elect, Past Chapter President, Chris Evers of Evers Infrastructure Group, and Lance Brooks of MeadWestvaco. Covering the first half of the presentation, Matt LaChance lead the group through a break down on the SuperPave method of mix design in a segment called “SuperPave for Dummies”, a light hearted look on how the system works, what prompted the change for the old methods, how to specify the newer materials, and what to expect from SuperPave. In the second part of the workshop, Chris Evers and Lance Brooks explained the various technol-ogies available to produce warm mix asphalt (WMA). They provided an overview of what WMA is and it’s benefits as a “Green Technology” as well as extending the life of the road. Overall the attendees found the presentations in-formative and useful. Orange County, having several engineers in attendance, requested additional information and that the workshop be presented to their Pub-lic Works Advisory Board to allow the

use or WMA in the County. - Written by Matt LaChance


Page 23

Save the Date Mark Juliano (City of Holly Hill), Rick Keeney (City of Punta Gorda) and Sam May (City of Margate) will be giving a presentation on behalf of APWA FL at

the: Governor’s Hurricane Conference

Orlando on May 15. Details at http://flghc.org/

Registration Opens in April 2014

Page 23


The Central FL Branch met at Port Canaveral’s new Welcome Center, the Exploration Tower, on Friday, December 6, to tour and “play” in this new state-of-the-art facility. The $21 million, 22,000-square-foot Center includes interactive exhibits unique to the Exploration Tower and the Space Coast, such as a virtual ship bridge from which we could pilot a cruise ship through the Canaveral Channel, and view display of the changing Brevard coastline through history, a cruise ship through the Ca-naveral Channel, and a display of the changing Brevard coastline through history. It was amazing! Following the tour, we walked over to Rusty’s Seafood on the water to enjoy networking, food and drinks. We held our December Business Meeting prior to our dinner led by our Chair Mike McCabe. We even got lucky enough to watch a beautiful cruise ship with all of its lights come in to the Port. As you can see by the photos, it was a memorable event and an awesome time was had by all!! - Written by

Amy Blaida

December Business Meeting and Holiday Party

December 6th, 2013

Cape Canaveral

Page 25

The charity for the 2013 Holiday party was Knight’s Pantry with UCF. This organization provides UCF students access to free ne-cessities if they fall on hard times. Mike

McCabe dropped off the APWA CFB dona-tions to Sasha Ruiz with Knight’s pantry fol-

lowing the event.


Member Employer City Month

Joined

Mr. Richard Allen, PSM CST III City of Orlando Orlando October

Mr. Thomas L. Zenker BRPH Architects—Engineers Inc. Melbourne November

Welcome to all of our NEW Central Florida Branch Members who

joined APWA in the October—December 2013 Quarter

The Central Florida Branch would like to THANK all of our current members and WELCOME all

of our NEW members who joined APWA during this quarter. We would like to encourage input

on how we can make our Branch better and we can better provide you with better educational

meetings and events. Please contact anyone listed on the back page of this Newsletter. And we

always have room for more folks on our Branch Executive Committee. The Branch is only as

good as WE as a TEAM make it!

Dean (Deano) Crutch's memorial service and golf outing

Memorial Services will be held at Lohman Funeral Home Daytona Beach, FL. Visitation with the family will begin at 1:00 pm with the Service to follow

at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 1, 2014. The family will also hold a celebra-

tion of life at the Daytona Beach Golf Club directly following the service.

http://daytonabeachgc.com

The Dean Crutch Memorial Golf Outing will be held Saturday, May 10, 2014

at the Daytona Beach Municipal Golf course on Wilder Blvd., Daytona

Beach.

Please contact Scott Martin to form APWA 4-somes at [email protected]

Deano was active in APWA for decades. Served as a Branch officer Secty./

Treasure to Chairman. Deano was one of the founding fathers of our APWA

Central Florida Branch.

Page 27

APWA CFB was one of a handful of associations who co-hosted the meet-ing. Frank Rudd, FICE/FES Executive Director,

served as the moderator for the event.

Congratulations to Dave Derrick, Director of Public Works, City of Kissimmee for winning the Branch Membership Competition for the APWA Florida Chapter. Dave has had multiple entries for ALL of our individual membership com-petitions cause he is a member-ship rock star! He received a

$200 Amazon gift card.

Annual FES Central Florida Chapter Joint Legislative Up-dates Meeting at APWA, ASHE, ASCE, WTS and SWE

at OOCEA on January 29, 2014

$87 Membership JOIN APWA FOR $87 (regularly $174)! FIRST-TIME MEMBER SPECIAL OFFER!

APWA 2013-2014 Central FL Branch

Officers, Directors & Executive Committee

The American Public Works Association is offering a $87 one-year Individual Membership

to industry professionals who have never been an APWA national association member. The American Public Works Association is an international educational and professional associa-tion of public agencies, private sector companies, and individuals dedicated to providing high qual-ity public works goods and services. APWA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, incorporated in

the state of Illinois. GO here for the offer.

Chairman Mike McCabe [email protected]

District Representative:/

Immediate Past Chair

Amy Blaida [email protected]

Chair-Elect Matt LaChance [email protected]

Vice Chair Amanda Millirons [email protected]

Secretary Angela Lawrence [email protected]

Treasurer Althea Parrish [email protected]

Volunteer Chair/ Branch Director

Chris Thompson [email protected]

Membership Chair Greg Kern [email protected]

Awards and Newsletter/

Historical Chair

Christiane Nelson [email protected]

Scholarship Chair and Audit Chair

Paul Moore [email protected]

Rodeo Chair/ Branch Director

Dave Derrick [email protected]

EC Member Scott Martin [email protected]

Continuing Educa-tion & Training Chair

Mike McCabe [email protected]

Young Professionals Chair

Amanda Millirons [email protected]

Association Alliance Chair

Amy Blaida [email protected]