The Fort Worth Post appreciates our sustaining member firms.  September’s firms are:  Science Applications International Corporation, SpecPro Environmental Services LLC, Stanley Consultants Inc., Stell Environmental Enterprises, Inc., Strategic Creations, Sundt Construction Inc., Surveying & Mapping Inc., TEAM Integrated Engineering, Inc. Tetra Tech, The Beck Group, The CK Group, The Louis Berger Group Inc.

The Beck Group (Beck) is a third-generation, family-owned company founded in 1912 as a general contractor. After nearly a century in the AEC industry, we have evolved into a full-service builder with international reach. More than 550 designers, construction managers, engineers, real estate agents, technology developers and highly seasoned corporate and field staff contribute to our reputation.  The Beck team is made up of over 550 employees working in offices in Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, Dallas, TX (headquarters), Denver, CO, Fort Worth, TX, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, San Antonio, TX and Tampa, FL.  At Beck, we’re proud of our reputation and proud of our award winning projects and work practices. We’re proud of the work we’ve done and the more than 450 construction and design awards we’ve received. The American Institute of Architects’ Dallas chapter distinguished Beck as the first company to be named both Architecture Firm and Contractor of the Year in 2003. We’re proud to have been included in Fortune magazine’s “Top 100 Companies to Work For.” We’re proud to proclaim to our clients (85 percent of whom are repeat) that we bring them not only industry expertise, but collaboration, passion, trustworthiness, innovation, a proactive mindset, and fun. We ceaselessly seek to portray our clients as enlightened leaders who value lasting relationships and achieve superior results.

At SAIC, we bring the right people, technology, and systems together, going beyond solid engineering, to improve our clients’ performance and to achieve their objectives. In doing so, we’re delivering solutions that are right for today, but also years down the line. SAIC’s Engineering Solutions Group is a collaborative, multifunctional team of more than 5,000 professionals, including architects, engineers, scientists, and technologists. We have more than 80 offices, serving clients in all 50 states and more than 4,500 active projects/programs. SAIC serves five principal markets: government, commercial and industrial, oil and gas, lenders and developers, and utilities. We were recently recognized with 18 different “Top 10” industry rankings between the 2013 ENR list of top firms and Building Design + Construction’s 2013 Giants 300 report.  SAIC is on the verge of a planned separation into two publically traded companies. This separation could occur as early as September 2013. Leidos will be a ~$6.5B organization with 25,000 employees and robust businesses in National Security, Health, and Engineering.  SAIC will be a ~$4B company with a strong hold in Federal IT and related services. As Leidos, we will offer the same service, same attention, and same people that our valued customers have come to rely upon. Expect a reenergized focus on solutions and skills sets.

2013 marks Stanley Consultants’ 100^th anniversary.  The firm was founded in 1913 in Muscatine, IA and has grown into a 1,000+ member firm which has provided architect and engineering services in all 50 states and 105 countries.  Stanley Consultants currently has 20 offices in the U.S. and 11 international offices and focuses on energy, water, transportation, and the environment. From the largest desalination plant in Africa to the world’s largest chiller plant in Qatar, company founder Max Stanley’s vision of creating a better world through engineering continues to be realized.  Our support to the Department of Defense started in 1942 and continues today with more than 40 active contracts to support multiple federal agencies, including a Civil Works IDIQ with USACE Fort Worth District.  To celebrate our 100^th year in business, Stanley Consultants is giving back through community service. This theme honors Stanley Consultants’ purpose of creating a better world.  Each office has selected organizations to support throughout the year.  Our Texas offices in Austin and Houston are supporting Habitat for Humanity, Austin Food Bank, Keep Austin Beautiful, The Trail Foundation, and The Texas Ramp Project through their community service.  For more information, check out our website at:  www.stanleyconsultants.com

With more than 14,000 associates in over 350 offices worldwide, Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, program management, construction management, and technical services worldwide.  In a complex world with competing demands for limited resources, Tetra Tech offers clear solutions for water, environment, energy, infrastructure, and natural resources.  Our Engineering & Consulting Services group provides science, consulting, engineering and project management services for water resources, groundwater, watershed management, mining, geotechnical, environmental management, and information technology projects.  The Technical Support Services group provides consulting services to support international development, climate change and environmental programs, energy management, disaster management and emergency response and, staff augmentation/facilities management projects.  Tetra Tech’s Engineering and Architecture Services group provides engineering, architecture, interior and exterior design, and program administration services for water and wastewater facilities, land development projects, and transportation infrastructure.  The Remediation and Construction Management group provides program management and construction services, including design-build and design-bid-build services, for environmental remediation, infrastructure, heavy civil, military transformation, ports and harbors, energy, and communications projects.  DOD is one of Tetra Tech’s largest customers, with services provided at multiple, geographically dispersed CONUS/OCONUS locations.  For additional information on Tetra Tech’s capabilities, please contact Mark Matranga at (832) 251-6024 or by e-mail at mark.matranga@tetratech.com.

Surveying And Mapping, Inc. (SAM, Inc.) offers a complete suite of surveying, mapping and SUE services. Established in 1994, SAM, Inc. has developed expertise in photogrammetry/LiDAR surveys, boundary surveys, real estate surveys, bathymetric surveys, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), Utility Coordination and GIS/CADD services with the ability to seamlessly integrate data for a complete geospatial solution accurately and cost effectively. Our 2.2 PB (petabytes) of file storage capacity has capabilities to host and store data.  SAM, Inc.’s experienced teams have successfully managed projects for federal government organizations such as: USACE, NRCS, U.S. Customs And Border Patrol, AFCEE, Bureau of Reclamation, GSA.  We are licensed to do business and have professionally licensed staff in 34 states. Corporate headquarters reside in Austin, Texas with branch offices in Houston, Dallas, Denver, and Columbus.  SAM, Inc. has 115 fully-equipped survey crews, 95 professional land surveyors, 5 certified photogrammetrists and 35 geospatial technicians with a total staff of 585.  SAM, Inc. appreciates the opportunity to be a team member to small or large businesses pursuing federal work.  SAM, Inc. Federal Contracts Manager, S. Keith McNease, RPLS, CP, 800-656-9525, www.saminc.biz

The Louis Berger Group is an internationally recognized consulting firm that provides engineering, architecture, program and construction management, environmental planning and science and economic development services. We are a trusted partner to federal, state and local government agencies; multilateral institutions; and commercial industry. To this diverse client base, we bring strategic vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, developing innovative solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems. With a resource base of more than 6,000 professionals and affiliate employees in more than 50 countries, we are able to respond to local conditions while providing clients with the technical resources and rapid response capabilities of a leading global organization.  We are actively serving regional federal clients; such as, Headquarters Army Environmental Command and Air Force Civil Engineer Center located in San Antonio, TX and multiple USACE Districts in the Southwest Division, Mississippi Valley Division, and Northwest Division through our offices in San Antonio, TX; Denver, CO, and Kansas City, MO. Representing the firm is Hope Luhman PhD, RPA. Dr. Luhman is a Vice President with The Louis Berger Group and leads our distinguished Cultural Resource practice that is based out of the Kansas City office. The Kansas City office is our hub for western operations. In addition to the cultural resources/archaeological lab, the Kansas City office is home to facility and environmental planners, energy siting and permitting experts, strategic communications professionals, and civil engineers specializing in water resources and transportation.

SUNDT CONSTRUCTION, INC.  Sundt is the 64^th largest contractor in the United States. It provides a variety of construction services for clients across the country. The 100 percent employee-owned company constructs projects of many types for both private and public owners, including buildings of various types; heavy civil projects such as highways, bridges and airport facilities; mining and industrial facilities; and various projects for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The company performs portions of the work with its own crews.  Sundt has been a leader of industry innovations, such as Building Information Modeling, or BIM, and ROCK technology. Sundt has helped develop an innovative technology called Virtual Design in Construction, or VDC, which is essentially BIM applied to horizontal construction projects. VDC models can be used to guide heavy equipment for greater accuracy, efficiency and cost savings. While automated machine guidance isn’t exclusive to Sundt, combining it with parametric 3D models through VDC is.  Sundt’s commitments to industry leadership, as well as its philanthropic activities through the Sundt Foundation, are important values that set the company apart from its competitors. The Foundation has made more than $5 million in grants to non-profit organizations in the cities and military installations where Sundt has an active office or project.  Sundt has been a Texas contractor for more than 40 years, with offices currently in San Antonio and El Paso.  The company has done extensive work at Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston and Fort Hood and is currently building the new 7^th Street Bridge in Fort Worth.

Stell Environmental Enterprises, Inc. (SEE) is a woman-owned 8(a), SB headquartered in Pennsylvania, with office locations in Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso, Texas; and in Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington state.  SEE also maintains project offices at federal facilities in locations across the nation.  Incorporated in 2004, SEE’s growth has been consistent and measured, resulting in financial stability, established infrastructure, documented performance, and solid relationships with partners and clients.  In our restoration, compliance, and technical support services practices, SEE provides AE and professional services from NEPA support and cultural and natural resource surveys to remedial and munitions investigations.  Client site program support for Army installations includes energy and NEPA support, cultural and natural resource management, environmental compliance, pollution prevention, range sustainability and integrated training area management, and facility management.  SEE currently holds more than 20 federal contracts.  More than a dozen are prime contracts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Districts, including Fort Worth and Tulsa.  Other contracts are with the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and National Guard Bureau.  Since 2006, SEE has delivered close to $15 million in support to the local District.  SEE’s ACASS/ CPARS ratings are 88% “Very Good” or “Exceptional.”

Founded in 1969, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is recognized as the world’s leading fire protection and life safety consulting firm. The Dallas office opened in 2001 and Houston in 1981.  RJA is headquartered in Chicago with 21 offices worldwide, located in 16 major U.S. cities, and five abroad.  Additionally, we have over 20 strategic business alliances around the world. Our Mission is to be recognized as the best in our profession at providing fire protection / life safety consulting solutions for the built environment worldwide.  The purpose of RJA is to assist our clients in developing innovative, cost-effective solutions to life safety, fire protection and building code challenges. These solutions not only satisfy applicable codes, they also meet the unique requirements of each project and its owners and managers.  Our technical expertise and involvement in codes and standards committees makes RJA uniquely qualified to work with building code officials, interpret the provisions of applicable codes and standards, design systems, and develop approaches for providing “equivalent means of protection.”  We are pleased to be a sustaining member of SAME and look forward to our continued association and networking with the Fort Worth Post members

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