A Message From FES President Ronald Colas Greetings to all! In this monthās Presidentās message, I would like to touch on one of the challenges engineers, contractors, and owners/clients face that I mentioned in my acceptance speech at our Annual Conference in Marco Island: Workforce Development. In addition, I wanted to share an update on…
DetailsA Message From FES President Ronald Colas Dear FES members, Thank you again for your contributions and efforts to help Meridith Glass and her family. As I mentioned in my previous Presidentās message, I am very proud that our FES members and ACEC Florida colleagues have collectively exceeded the $100,000 goal to provide stability and…
DetailsA Message From FES President Ronald Colas Dear FES members, At the beginning of my tenure, I had planned to discuss the goals for the upcoming year in my monthly communications. We will begin that series in October. This month, I would like to pause to reflect on the overwhelming support of our community to…
DetailsA Message From FES President Ronald Colas Thank you to my predecessor, Kelly Cranford, for her service for the past 12 months! Under her leadership, we re-aligned the FES committees and practice interest to ACEC Floridaās practice committees, we expanded our social media reach to include a Podcast, we have the newly branded FES Journal…
DetailsA Message From FES President Kelly Cranford Hello FES Members, Wow ā this year has flown by! We have increased our membership over the past year and have a definite āseat at the tableā for the milestone building inspection rules, water quality rules, and regulations concerning the procurement of professional services.Ā Remember:Ā without friction, there is…
DetailsA Message From FES President Kelly Cranford Hello FES Members, Welcome to the start of Florida’s rainy season.Ā Make sure your generators work, keep your gas tanks at least half full, and stock up on the rest of your “camping in your house” (aka hurricane season) supplies. It was beautiful weather as we held our annual…
DetailsA Message From FES President Kelly Cranford (This month’s message was written by Carlos Penin, PE, 2021-2022 FES President.) Hola FES Members, The April FES Newsletter is always interesting because of the many events and issues surrounding our lives and industry.Ā First of all, Spring has sprung, with the first day of Spring this year…
DetailsA Message From FES President Kelly Cranford Hello FES Members, As we traveled home from Professional Engineers Days, a friend and I reminisced about former FES President Mark Mongeau’s memorable mantra, “If not us, who? If not now, when?” We were much younger when we first heard the call for engineers to take action, and…
DetailsA Message From FES President Kelly Cranford Hello FES Members, Iām starting my message to you with a question. Whatās the difference between laws and rules? As engineering professionals, you may not have thought about this particular question, but certainly, the answer and the implications could have an impact on each of us every day.…
DetailsA Message From FES President Kelly Cranford Hello FES Members, Recently, I spent a few days at my alma mater, the University of Florida, meeting with current students and walking around campus. While the student union and most of the campus have been updated in the 30+ years since I was a student, the vibrancy…
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