Environmental Challenges, 2010 and Beyond
Current and Emerging Environmental Issues Facing Northeast Florida
We are in a period of regulatory change probably unmatched since the National Environmental Policy Act and the initial establishment of the EPA and its associated landmark programs in the 1970’s. Regulations currently being contemplated may have significant wide ranging effects on individuals, our local manufacturing and industrial sector, and the First Coast community at large.
Please join us on November 4 as executives in leading positions on these regulations in our region help frame the issues and a discussion surrounding the significance of four emerging regulatory issues especially significant for the First Coast:
- Rick Ferrin, Executive Director of JaxPort, will frame the significance of proposed river water withdrawals in Central Florida on Port Expansion.
- Kirby Green, Executive Director of the St. Johns River Water Management District, will frame the Districts efforts to understand the sustainability limits of groundwater withdrawals in NE Florida, and opportunities for the Water Management District and individuals, industry, and utilities to expand water supply portfolios, especially conservation efforts.
- Jim Dickenson, CEO and Managing Director of JEA, will frame the national rulemaking surrounding the greenhouse gas cap and trade programs, and what effects they will have on the commercial generation of electricity and electric rates in our region.
- Greg Strong, Northeast District Director of FDEP, will frame the Numeric Nutrient Criteria issue that EPA is forcing Florida to set that has the potential to supersede the extensive TMDL work done in this region.
For each issue, we will frame the drivers for additional regulation, the potential impact to First Coast businesses, and what various groups are doing to explore these issues and to help shape public policy. This is a special gathering of community leaders discussing programs with wide-ranging impacts, exclusively for FCMA members. Manufacturing Executives and your EHS staff will not want to miss this.
Details:
| When: | 7:30 (Registration/Breakfast) – 10:30 AM Wednesday, November 4 |
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| Where: | Northeast Florida Regional Council 6850 Belfort Oaks Place, 2nd Floor Board Room Jacksonville, FL 32216 |
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| Cost: | $25 (FCMA members only, due to high demand) Seating is limited to 75 attendees (max of 3 per company only) |
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| RSVP: | FCMA Reservation Line (904-343-9372) or e-mail Debbie no later than Friday, October 30 |
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All About You
Contact: Heidi Hanes-Barfield, Principal
Phone: (904) 982-0112
2734 Country Club Boulevard, Orange Park, FL 32073
Personal consultation on sales strategy, human resource planning, staffing models and cost savings.
Sponsor: FCMA
CDM
Contact: Kart Vaith, Senior Vice President
Phone: (904) 527-6708
8381 Dix Ellis Trail, Suite 400, Jacksonville, FL 32256
CDM is a consulting, engineering, construction, and operations firm delivering exceptional service to public and private clients worldwide.
Sponsor: Paul Steinbrecher, JEA
Corrocoat USA
Contact: Shawn Feagin, Manager
Phone: (904) 268-4559
6525 Greenland Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Corrocoat was founded in 1975 to fulfill the needs for a coating contractor and manufacturer to service the repairing of corrosion damaged plants and equipment.
Sponsor: FCMA
H&E Equipment Services
Contact: Brian Mason, Branch Manager
Phone: (904) 739-7960
6268 Philips Highway, Jacksonville, FL 32216
H&E is fully equipped and staffed to get your equipment back on the job fast. From a basic tune-up, to a complex repair, our factory-trained technicians will solve your service needs at your place or ours.
Sponsor: Katie Zahn, Randstad
Nassau County Economic Development Board
Contact: Steve Rieck, Executive Director
Phone: (904) 225-8878
76346 William Burgess Boulevard, Yulee, FL 32097
Nassau County Economic Development Board is the county’s sole economic development organization charged with promoting business recruitment and expansion; new capital investment.
Sponsor: FCMA
S. David & Co., Inc.
Contact: Blake Sherrod, Marketing Director
Phone: (904) 636-7788
4856 Victor Street, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Since 1977, S. David & Co. has been a leader in the Commercial Painting Industry. They have extensive experience in warehouses, office buildings, schools, hospitals, hotels, airports, prisons, building renovations and water treatment plants.
Sponsor: FCMA
Bridging the Gap between Business and Government Workshop
On Wednesday, October 21 from 7:30-9:30AM, Erica Courtney of Courtney Consulting Solutions will give a presentation on how to make the Federal Government one of your customers. This workshop will give an overview on how to do business with the government from start to finish from an ‘insiders’ perspective. There are right and wrong ways to approach this marketplace. Learn the right way so you don’t waste precious resources.
Click here for more information.
I-9’s and Audits Workshop
On Wednesday, October 28 from 7:30-9:30AM, the Workforce Development Committee will be hosting a workshop about the changes on the I-9 form and E-Verify. This workshop will help you determine and document employee work authorization, which has never been more challenging for employees. The presenter will be Lori Patterson of Rogers Towers. Click here for more information.
EHS Workshop on Emerging Environmental Issues
| When: | 7:30 (Registration/Breakfast) – 10:30 AM Wednesday, November 4 |
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| Where: | Northeast Florida Regional Council 6850 Belfort Oaks Place, 2nd Floor Board Room Jacksonville, FL 32216 |
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| Cost: | $25 (FCMA members only, due to high demand) Seating is limited to 75 attendees (max of 3 per company only) |
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| RSVP: | FCMA Reservation Line (904-343-9372) or e-mail Debbie no later than Friday, October 30 |
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| Sponsorships: | $400 sponsorships are available. This will include entrance to the workshop for 3 employees and your company logo on all workshop promotions. An area will also be provided where you may distribute promotional material on your company. |
Holiday Social
Mark your calendars for our annual Holiday Social on Tuesday, December 8 from 6:00-8:00PM at The Haskell Building, located 111 Riverside Avenue.
Manufacturing on the First Coast Magazine
The 4th edition of the magazine will be published in February 2010 and distributed over the next two years. We are currently looking for advertisers for the issue. Click here for rates and content information. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Jane Bachtell of Clements Publishing.
2009 Wage & Benefit Survey
The 2009 Wage & Benefit Survey has been released Member companies can receive a copy of the survey for only $75. To order your copy or for more information call the FCMA office or e-mail Sherri Mitchell.
Many thanks to our survey sponsors!
2009 Manufacturing Summit
The Manufacturers Association of Florida’s Annual Summit for manufacturers and associated businesses will be held on November 5-6, 2009 at the Hyatt Orlando Airport Hotel, Orlando. The theme this year is “Manufacturing Today and Tomorrow.” Plant tours to Lockheed Martin and Mitsubishi Power Systems will be included. Links: Summit announcement, Registration form, More information.
FREE LUNCH from the EHS Committee
Attention Associate Members of the EHS Committee! You will receive your lunch for free and your Manufacturing member guest’s lunch, when you bring an FCMA Manufacturer who has not previously attended an EHS Committee meeting or has not attended within the past year. In addition, your name will go into a drawing for a door prize for all Associates helping to increase manufacturing’s participation. For a schedule of EHS Committee Meetings, click here.
Jacksonville Business Journals Ultimate CFO Awards
The award program provides a forum to publicly recognize outstanding CFO’s whose accomplishments often take place behind the scenes with limited public fanfare. Nominations are open through the end of August with a panel of judges selected by the Jacksonville Business Journal determining recipients in September followed by an awards luncheon on October 15, 2009 as well as public recognition in the Jacksonville Business Journal. FCMA member Tatum LLC is a sponsor of the award program. Click here for more information.
Next Meeting Will Be MONDAY OCTOBER 26!
Our next General Meeting will be held at Allstates World Cargo (AWC) on October 26 from 4:00 to 6:00PM. AWC is one of the nation’s most experienced and respected transportation companies. They specialize in airfreight and expedited services. AWC’s facility is located at 8010 Westside Industrial Drive. For a map to the location, click here.
Our September General Meeting at the United States Gypsum Company was canceled due to the recent tragic accident there. We at FCMA offer our deepest sympathies to all those affected and ask that you keep the families and co-workers of USG in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
USG is a manufacturer of gypsum wallboard and joint compounds. The local plant includes a multi-cylinder paper machine that processes only recycled waste converting approximately 370 tons per day into finished paper for the wallboard operation.
2009 Crane Awards - Outstanding Employee Recognition
With 315 in attendance and 92 award winners from 29 companies, the night was a huge success!
On September 18, these companies got together to honor their outstanding employees by to publicly announcing them as true winners. These winners will also be recognized on October 4 in the TU insert–thanks to our partnership with the Florida Times-Unionl!
Winners… Congratulations on a job well done! Companies… you did a great thing for your employees.
On behalf of the FCMA Board of Directors, we wish to personally thank the Crane Awards Committee for their time and dedication to this very special event. A special thank you to Amanda Hassell, Allstates WorldCargo for her role as event chairperson.
Click here to watch our salute to the 2009 Crane Award Winners (please allow a few minutes to download).
Below are pictures from the event, click to view larger versions.
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Sales Seminar
Over 60 were in attendance for the September 11 Sales Seminar & Golf at Deerwood Golf and Country Club. We appreciate Atlantic Marine, CSX Transportation, Gerdau Ameristeel, and Vistakon coming and sharing information on their procurement process. We had a great afternoon for golf and members were able to spend a lot of one-on-one time on the course.
Following are pictures from the event:
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Members Only Networking Event
FCMA’s Fall Members Only Networking Event, held at The Ivy Ultra Bar, was a huge success. Nearly 50 members from over 25 different member companies came out to spend some social time together on September 24.
Thank you to our event sponsors!
Following are pictures from the event of our sponsors and door prize winners:
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Graduation 2009
Professional Progress Class of 2009 celebrated their graduation with a dinner at the River Club on September 22. Companies interested in signing up for next year’s class are encouraged to sign up early, as size is limited. Click here for the 2010 Nomination Form.
Following are pictures from the event:
The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Adrienne Conrad and Scott Cairns with McGuireWoods made a great team presenting facts on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The scenario, which hit so close to home, really peaked the interest of the attendees and made for fantastic Q&A. Attendees were provided with enough valuable information to create their own strategies for dealing with wage claims in the workplace. Being proactive in a situation like this will pay off in the long run if these members are ever faced with this issue.
Golder Associates was our gracious host this month a special thank you to Kim Baumann for opening their training room to us.
Below are pictures from the event:
Applied Technology & Management (ATM)… is celebrating 25 years of environmental stewardship to their clients in the engineering and environmental services industry.
Golder Associates… Jacksonville-based geotechnical engineer, Bill Brumund has been recognized by the Academy of Geo-Professionals Board of Trustees as having met the requirements for the Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering (D.GE) credential. This exemplifies the commitment that Bill has made to continued education and professional development.
The Haskell Company… has landed an $11.6 million contract to design and build the headquarters building for the U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. Work is scheduled to be completed by January 2011.
The Jacksonville Bank… president and CEO, Bill Pomar was quoted in an article about local banks in the Jacksonville Business Journal. Click here to read the article.
McGuireWoods… won a Jefferson Award from the JBJ for its commitment to volunteering in community organizations and nonprofits. The firm donated a total of 978 hours to nonprofits in 2008. “Volunteering fosters goodwill in the community when employee give their time and effort as well as from their checkbook….It fosters congeniality with a purpose.”
Rogers Towers… is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Howard has earned a Board Certification in Construction Law from the Florida Bar. Rogers Towers is northeast Florida’s largest law firm and has a total of 16 board certified attorneys, six of which are in construction law.
Safariland… Linda Hudson, president of the land and armaments group for BAE Systems, of which Safariland is a division, was interviewed for an article in the New York Times. Click here to read the article.
Shaw’s Southern Belle Frozen Foods… was featured in an article in the Jacksonville Business Journal about their recent venture into selling their salmon burgers on QVC. Shaw’s sold 125,000 burgers in 42 minutes. Click here to read the article.
FCMA Members and Military Contracts… FCMA members, The Haskell Co., Stellar, and Reynolds Smith & Hills were featured in an article in the Jacksonville Business Journal about success in military contracts Click here to read the article.
Jacksonville Business Journal’s “The List”… The following FCMA members were listed in JBJ’s list of Engineering Firms, ranked by area licensed engineers and employees:
1. Reynolds Smith & Hills, Inc.
2. The Haskell Company
4. Stellar
9. Golder Associates
12. Mactec Engineering and Consulting Inc.
- When will the jobs come back? - “Northeast Florida has lost 49,100 jobs since the recession began in December 2007. That works out to 7.7 percent of the total jobs in our area lost in the past 21 months.” Click here to read the JBJ articles on the employment situation for the Logistics and Manufacturing sectors.
- Jax employers cautious with hiring plans - “The economy might be making a modest comeback, but you wouldn’t draw that conclusion from the hiring plans of Jacksonville-area employers. Only 12 percent of employers plan to add workers in the fourth quarter.”
- Wake-up Call - “This week’s coverage of Northeast Florida’s lost jobs shows that the same lesson applies to employees — it’s time to sharpen your skills and prepare yourself for the changes that are coming in your industry. The chances are, changes are coming, whatever your business.”
- This recession has taken us all to school - “Vernon Law is credited with saying, “Experience is a harsh teacher; it gives the test first and the lesson afterwards.” We’ve all been taken to school by this recession.”
- Continuous Improvement — What’s the Future of U.S. Manufacturing? - “Some claim manufacturing is dying here but the numbers tell a different story.”
- Buried Under Inventory - “The economic downturn of 2009 should change some manufacturers’ approach to inventory management.”
- Why Customer Service Needs To Be More Than Mere Lip Service - “Offering the same level of customer support without a clear understanding of customer needs or a customer’s importance to your business can erode profit margins.”
- Sustainable Business Strategy: More Than Social Responsibility - “Suppliers can turn to an Eco-Operations oriented value chain which is a supply chain with sustainability intelligence built into it.”
How Leading Companies Thrive After the Recession
“Once the recession ends (and it will end), something interesting will happen. Some companies will emerge from the downturn in a better position than their competitors and start to outperform them. What sets these strong performers apart? Our work with companies suggests two factors: a commitment to innovation and a drive to become immersed in emerging growth markets.”
“Investing in new initiatives during a brutal downturn isn’t easy. While cost-cutting is often the norm, the mistake companies make is thinking short-term, having the savings flow directly to the bottom line, rather than reinvesting a portion into long-term opportunities. Without investments in innovation and new markets, growth will stall even as the economy rebounds.”
Click here to read the entire article.
