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MacDill Air Force Base’s Combat Training Facility has just earned the U.S. Green Building Council's® LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification. The Silver Certified building is a new single-story, 7,000-SF facility that contains classrooms, offices, instructors’ work areas, bathrooms with showers, storage, break room, and mechanical, electrical, and communication rooms. The project also included renovating an adjacent existing 3,300-SF training facility.

Jones Edmunds, as a subconsultant to RUSH Construction, Inc., provided architectural and engineering design services for the project under a design/build contract. The new facility supports critical combat training for our troops to prepare them for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. Rich Koller, PE, Office Manager of Jones Edmunds’ Titusville office, said, “We are proud to be a part of this important project. Our team successfully put our commitment to service and sustainability into practice on this project.”


Published: September 2011

                
   Jones Edmunds Names New Chief Executive Officer


The Board of Directors of Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., has appointed Rick Ferreira, PE, as President and Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Mr. Ferreira will be the senior officer and will have the ultimate management responsibility for the firm. Dr. Richard Jones and Mr. Robert Edmunds—the firm’s principals—will stay involved with the firm as the Board of Directors.

 

“This appointment is a vote of confidence in the future of the firm,” said Robert Edmunds. “Despite the current difficult economic circumstances, our firm is well managed and remains true to time-tested values.”

 

Mr. Ferreira has worked for Jones Edmunds for 12 years, first as a Senior Project Manager, then Jacksonville Office Manager, and most recently Chief Operating Officer. His background is in infrastructure planning and design including roadway and drainage, stormwater management systems, and water and wastewater utilities. He has worked on many public and private sector projects that demonstrate his expertise in planning, designing, and managing major engineering endeavors. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Ferreira successfully oversaw all Company operations and achieved consistent rankings in the Engineering News-Record list of Top 500 Design Firms.


                                                                                                                                Published: July 2011

                 Jones Edmunds in ENR Top 500 Design Firms 10 Years in a Row
                    
Florida-based Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc. is once again in the annual Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms national ranking for the tenth year in a row with a ranking of 304 for 2010.

 

Jones Edmunds is also ranked 21st among the top Southeast design firms for 2010 by ENR. The Southeast region covers Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Additionally, Jones Edmunds is among the top 10 firms in two sectors in the region—ranked third in Sewerage and Solid Waste and eighth in Civil Engineering—as well as twelfth overall in Florida.

 

These rankings by ENR, one of engineering’s principal industry publications, is considered an annual performance benchmark for any engineering firm—publicly and privately held—doing business in the United States and is based on design-specific revenue.

 

“We are proud of these rankings, which we credit to our employees and their dedication despite a challenging economic climate and limited client budgets,” said Rick Ferreira, Jones Edmunds’ Chief Operating Officer. “We look forward to greater success as the economy recovers and the market strengthens.”

 

Jones Edmunds continues to earn its ranking on the ENR Top 500 by providing top-notch client service, hiring and retaining the best talent, and offering a diverse breadth of technical and regulatory services.

                                                                                                                                    Published: May 2011


                        Jones Edmunds Helps Keep Sarasota County BeautifulOn February 19, 2011, 16 Jones Edmunds employees, friends, family, and a client picked up 12 large bags—approximately 120 pounds—of litter along a 4-mile stretch of 17th Street in Sarasota County. Jones Edmunds adopted this roadway as part of the Keep Sarasota County Beautiful program and will be doing four cleanups a year. This type of effort not only helps improve the local water quality but is a great benefit to the community.

“This first-time cleanup was a great opportunity for fun and to do something positive for the community where we work and live,” said Kim Clayback. “Although it is a lot of work, all of us are looking forward to the next cleanup.”

                          
                                                                              Published: February 2011

NASA's Greenest Facility is a Jones Edmunds Design


NASA's most environmentally friendly facility—the Propellants North Administrative and Maintenance Facility in Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 area—officially opened on Thursday, January 20, 2011.

 

This facility qualifies for the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) green building certification program Platinum status, the highest achievable rating for "green" buildings. It is designed to reach net-zero energy, which means it will produce enough energy onsite from renewable sources to offset what it requires to operate.

 

Jones Edmunds provided architectural and engineering study and design services and construction-phase services for this new facility, which consists of a two-story 9,540-SF administration facility that will house managers, mechanics, and technicians who fuel spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center and a one-story 1,800-SF maintenance facility that will be used to store cryogenic fuel transfer equipment.

 

For more information about Propellants North, click here for a detailed description or here for a video tour.




Published: January 2011

 

                                       Paynes Prairie Sheetflow Restoration

Jones Edmunds is providing design services for the Paynes Prairie sheetflow restoration project. The project will satisfy the total nitrogen-load-reduction requirements from the Main Street Water Reclamation Facility and the City’s Municipal Separate Stormwater System that contributes to Sweetwater Branch. In addition, the project will provide substantial environmental benefits to the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. The primary objective of the project is to restore the sheetflow of Sweetwater Branch to Paynes Prairie without creating undesirable impacts to the Prairie.

 

Click here to watch a video about this project. Jones Edmunds prepared the 3-D animation used in this video.

                                                                                                                             Published: October 2010