SAME NoVA Post April Newsletter

April 2024

Our Mission: Build Leaders and Lead Collaboration among Government and Industry to Develop Multi Disciplined Solutions to National Security and Infrastructure Challenges

2025 SAME Strategic Plan

From the President:

Greetings SAME NoVA Post Members!

Spring is in full swing across NoVA and throughout the US and brings about a season of growth and development. Are you planning on using this Spring to grow and develop personally? SAME National provides additional opportunities to expand in the 17 Communities of Interest, A/E/C Credentialing Program, Military Credentialing Program, and Leaders Development Program. Take advantage of these opportunities to explore further career opportunities and become the recognized expert in your field and discipline.

In addition to the regular NoVA Post events, Ingrid Davis-Colato will be offering an FE and PE Civil Exam webinar study groups in the very near future for professional development. The courses will offer:

FE Exam:

Exam Insights: Learn about the latest changes, exam format, and key topics.
Study Strategies: Discover effective study techniques and resources.
Q&A Session: Get your burning questions answered by seasoned professionals.

PE Exam:

NCEES Handbook: Learn about the updated handbook version 2.0.
Preparation Options: Join Live online webinars.

Stay tuned for the official announcement!

The Joint SAME NoVA and DC Posts 16th Annual Small Business Conference is next Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, at the Capital Turnaround in Washington, DC.

The NoVA and DC Post Veterans Committees are combining efforts to host a Veteran's Lounge that will have the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), American Corporate Partners (ACP), Team River Runner, and Boulder Crest Foundation offering assistance to transitioning military and veterans. Ben Wham, F. SAME, of Global Recruiters of Charlottesville, will be the lounge's lunch highlight speaker presenting on transitioning military and veterans in the AEC industry.

If you have any ideas, suggestions, comments, improvements, or criticisms, please contact me or any of the Post Board members to discuss.

Thanks for your continued incredible support of the NoVA Post!

Phil,

Lt Col Philip Hicks, PE (AL,VA), PMP, USAF (Ret)

SAME Northern Virginia Post President

Dewberry Engineers | Senior Project Manager

16th Annual DC & NoVA Joint

Small Business Conference

LAST CHANCE TO SAVE ON REGISTRATION!

Today is the last day for regular ticket prices! The price goes up after 7 pm tonight!

Join us April 24th for our local SAME Small Business Conference that brings together the State & Local and Federal agencies and businesses throughout the DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia area to network, discuss upcoming contracting opportunities! Click below to get the schedule and listing of speakers and exhibit booths!

Information and Registraion!

24th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament

Join us for our 24th Annual Golf Tournament to support our Scholarship fund!

Don't wait till SBC is over - we are less than 2 weeks away from the tournament! Sign up your foursome today and enjoy a wonderful day on the golf course networking!

Looking for Raffle items and Swag

Bag items for the course - golf balls, tees, water bottles, golf towels!

Contact Kelli Stamm with any questions! kstamm@precisionmeasurements.com

National Academy of Construction

This month we would like to highlight another valuable organization, the National Academy of Construction (NAC). Heather Wishart-Smith, NoVA Post Member and Past National President, and a member of NAC is proud to share NAC's Thought Leadership offerings with our Post.

Did you know that the National Academy of Construction provides Thought Leadership insights, podcasts, and webinars with insight on engineering, design, and construction? The following information is free and available to all. Please check it out and let me know if you have interest in learning more.

Executive Insights (https://www.naocon.org/insights/): NAC has produced over 183 Executive Insights which capture the knowledge, experience, and wisdom gained through individual NAC member’s leadership roles in the Construction Industry. Topics range from Technical Fundamentals for Design and Construction to Accelerating Project Delivery. Leadership Development a key mission for SAME and NAC’s 23 published Executive Insights on leadership topics provide real value to SAME members.

Get The kNACk: (https://www.naocon.org/get-the-knack/) Get The kNACk podcasts share insights and wisdom from our members’ best thinkers, on critical and relevant topics impacting the construction industry. Get The kNACk is intended for all parties interested in the engineering, design, and construction industry, from college students to young professionals to emerging leaders to help us all improve. NAC has released seven ‘Get The kNACk’ episodes on Leadership, effective leadership improves performance. Leadership strengths includes strategic thinking, relationship building, communication, influencing, execution and of course talking care of your people.

Ask Me Anything. (https://www.naocon.org/nac-ask-me-anything/) webinars for students and young professionals with an interest in the design and construction industry. Spring 2024 Student and Young Professionals Webinar Series: These webinars are for students and young professionals with an interest in the design and construction industry. The themes for spring 2024 are focused on sustainability and resilience, and the use of new technologies in construction. Each webinar will feature an NAC member who will discuss their opinions about these subjects, their careers, and answer questions from students. At the end of each webinar, students submitting a question prior to or during the webinar have the opportunity to win a $500 scholarship.

Please contact Heather if you have any questions: heather@wishart-smith.com

Veteran's Corner

If you are attending the SAME Joint NoVA DC Post Small Business Conference, make sure you go upstairs to the Veterans Lounge and see all the resources available to you! See Phil's message above for more information.

Veterati | America’s Mentoring Network for the Military: Join thousands of Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses in setting up free 1-hr mentorship phone calls with successful professionals. Register as a protégé or mentor at https://www.veterati.com/

American Corporate Partners | Founded in 2008, ACP aims to ease the transition from the military to the civilian workforce. ACP is the only nonprofit organization engaged in national corporate career counseling for our returning military. Register as a protégé or mentor at https://www.acp-usa.org/mentoring-program.