Kingsnorth Involved in Nassau County Gas Expansions
Charlene Kingsnorth of Kingsnorth & Company, Inc. has for more than a year now served as a member of the Nassau County Economic Development Board as an appointee of County Commissioner Stacy Johnson. Nassau County has embarked on an aggressive campaign to promote quality economic development. The county’s plans include the extension of natural gas service to strategic locations in Nassau County that will attract target industries that require natural gas. Contact Kingsnorth at 904.519.8400 for more information.
Laser Scanning Services of King Engineering
Through Laser Scanning, King is able to capture survey data more efficiently and accurately then ever before. 3D-laser scanning is a relatively new measurement technology for obtaining 3D-coordinates of objects at a project site. Using a HD scanner, the data is collected at a speed of several thousand points per second. This data is imported into the processing software and 3D point cloud is created. The 3D point cloud, can be used with software to view, pan, zoom, and rotate in 3D and obtain instant point to point measurements from the model. With additional post-processing, the raw data can be translated into accurate 2D or 3D AutoCAD drawings to be utilized for design. King's Laser Scanning allows the Engineer or Surveyor to bring the project from the field to their desktop. If you are interested in learning more about the many benefits of using the latest technology employed by King Engineering, please contact Jim Godfrey, PLS in King's Tampa office at 813-880-8881 or send an email to jgodfrey@kingengineering.com.
Capitol Energy Florida Partners with New Communications Firm
Erin VanSickle, former communications director for the Florida GOP, announced the launch of Capitol Energy Communications, LLC in July. Capitol Energy Communications is a unique partnership between VanSickle and government affairs consultants Jerry Paul and Rob Wilson of Capitol Energy Florida, LLC. “Capitol Energy Communications will offer distinctive communications services, helping clients face today’s industry challenges and effectively share their ideas with key Florida and national stakeholders,” said VanSickle. “Offering a broad range of customized services and an extensive network of Capitol contacts, CEC features more than 50 combined years of consulting expertise.”
GES Listed on Top Industry Rankings
GES is pleased to announce that we have been recognized by two exclusive industry rankings: the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 200 Environmental Firms and the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies List.
GES maintained its position at #65 in the top 200 environmental firms ranking; GES was also listed among the top 20 all-environmental firms, consisting of those companies whose environmental revenue is 100% of total company income. ENR's ranking provides an annual look at a $30 billion market, with positions based on 2008 gross revenue for environmental services and products.
Inc. magazine ranked GES number 4356 on its third annual exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at America’s independent entrepreneurs, with standings based on percentage revenue growth from 2005 through 2008.
“GES’ mission is to provide superior, effective, and responsive environmental services to our clients,” said Edward Van Woudenberg, president and chief operating officer. “We continue to pursue our successful positioning as a hands-on consulting firm providing environmental solutions and liability management to our clients. It is rewarding to see our commitment reflected on these highly-respected surveys.”
“Our primary lines of business are environmental assessment, regulatory consulting, rapid or short-term remediation strategies, system design and installation, and O&M,” Van Woudenberg added. “We have a consistent strategy of staying true to our mission while adapting our approach to our clients’ business and regulatory drivers. Examples of these adaptations are GES’ expanding green remediation program, our Max-Ox innovative remediation technologies, and our flexibility in environmental management contracting mechanisms.”
ENSR Corporation now AECOM Environment
On November 10, 2008, ENSR Corporation changed its name to AECOM, Inc, dba AECOM Environment. AECOM Environment utilizes the environmental resources of leading legacy environmental service providers including ENSR, Earth Tech, STS and Metcalf & Eddy. Though our name has changed, our commitment to the success of our clients’ projects and organizations remains strong. AECOM Environment is AECOM's full-service, global business line dedicated to serving industrial, commercial and government clients with seamless delivery of comprehensive environmental health and safety (EHS) management and sustainability services.
AECOM is a global leader in providing fully integrated engineering, design, analysis and program management services for a broad range of markets, including architecture, building engineering, design and planning, land use and real estate economics, energy, environment, government services, transportation and water. Our Energy professionals around the world work with clients to meet their project demands. AECOM has provided permitting and certification services on over 27,000 miles of pipeline projects throughout the world including approximately 800 miles of pipeline in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. We customize project teams to meet the individual client’s objectives—from AECOM performing individual tasks at the client’s direction, to AECOM leading the entire permitting and certification effort for mega projects.
First launched as an employee-owned company in 1990, AECOM, now with more than 43,000 professionals, is one of the largest and most respected providers of professional technical and management support services in the world. Our 900 Florida-based professionals combine local knowledge and technical excellence with global resources to deliver innovative solutions to projects throughout the state. Innovation, efficiency and collaboration: that’s a winning combination for AECOM clients, in Florida and around the globe.
MESA Products Offers Complete Pipeline Integrity Services
MESA Products, Inc. now offers a complete range of pipeline integrity services, from engineering to assessment to remediation. From close interval survey (CIS) to DCVG, our field survey technicians provide complete ECDA data acquisition and analysis. Our certified engineers and technicians are highly qualified, with many years of training and field expertise. We’ve developed industry-leading tools to acquire, integrate, and analyze data in order to develop cost effective solutions to the challenges of pipeline integrity.
MESA’s integrity personnel will address and assist you in controlling the factors that contribute to system failure, providing the following services:
• Integrity project management and procedure development
• External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA)
• Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment (ICDA)
• Stress Corrosion Cracking Direct Assessment (SCCDA)
• Global Position Satellite (GPS) Surveys
• Bellhole Excavations & Inspections
• Stray Current & Interference Analyses
Integrity Data Management
• MESA’s analysis tools have the capability to integrate multiple data sets into a single database for analysis, including ILI data.
• Program aligns multiple data sources to allow single graphical and tabular presentations of merged data streams, permitting the client to see all their combined data.
• All Data Points are assigned GPS coordinates for ease of physically locating specific sites from the data presentations.
• Reports customized to meet client-specific report requirements.
• CSV, Excel or ESRI Shape file export options for importing into a Geographical Information System (GIS).
For more information, contact Jim Sapp at 850-893-9366 or visit our website www.mesaproducts.com.
Natural Gas Services of Florida
Natural Gas Services of Florida (NGSF) is a new consulting and services company in the Florida market. Its goal is to provide cost effective development and administration of natural gas related programs and services for local distribution companies (LDCs), pipelines, marketers, suppliers and industry associations within Florida.
A targeted area is to provide a cost effective solution to small and medium sized LDCs for meeting the requirements of the Florida RP1162 legislation. NGSF will work with LDCs to develop and implement the public awareness plan, and serve as the program administrator.
Another area that NGSF will target is the development and implementation of marketing programs for those same LDCs to assist in their growth plans for their systems. NGSF will work with the LDC’s to develop a marketing program to meet their needs and budget, as well as coordinate a number of other services.
For more information regarding the services mentioned above or to discuss other opportunities where NGSF may be able to help your organization, contact Yvette Carabeo at yvette@ngsf.com.
Coates Field Service, Inc. Implements Web Based Safety Program for Employees
Safety concerns and training have become an increasingly important part of the oil and gas industry and have also impacted land and right of way acquisition companies such as Coates Field Service, Inc. In response to that issue, Coates has implemented a web based safety program to provide training to the company’s employees who are working nationwide and to provide tracking and compliance information for clients.
Coates offers four online safety training courses that employees can access via a secure portal, available to them around the clock. Courses offered as part of a customized employee training package include Incident Reporting Procedures, Situational Safety Awareness, Driver Safety and First Aid.
Each course assures that Coates employees receive relevant, up-to-date training and that they demonstrate safety competency by listening and reading on-screen information and then answering a series of questions. When the employee demonstrates competency by answering the questions correctly, they are awarded a certificate of completion. If the employee does not answer questions correctly, he/she is redirected to review the appropriate training.
The training is documented and Coates can generate reports to verify that employees have obtained safety competency certification. This information is used to comply with the various qualification questionnaires that companies must complete for regulatory and government agencies and other entities.
Coates Field Service, Inc., founded in 1950 in Oklahoma City, is exclusively in the business of land and right of way acquisition, operating nationwide and in Canada. Coates offers a full range of acquisition services to the oil and gas industry, utilities, communications companies, government agencies and private industries. These services include project management, route selection, property management, abstracting and title search, due diligence, database and document management, appraisal, negotiations with property owners, acquisition of easements and land in fee, relocation assistance, permitting, construction liaison and damage settlement.
