SAME Charleston Post Members In the News

The Charleston Post will list announcements on its website about individual members (promotions, retirements, transfers, switching companies, etc) and press releases from sustaining members for the Charleston Post. Firms which are national sustaining members have other venues to post announcements through the national SAME website, Linked-In, the national SAME blog, The Military Engineer magazine, etc.).

You can click here to send items to be shared, or send them directly to our membership director to confirm membership or sustaining membership status before it's posted.


On Monday, June 20th, the Charleston District signed the Feasibility Cost-Sharing Agreement with the South Carolina State Ports Authority to initiate the feasibility phase of the Charleston Harbor Post 45 project. The feasibility phase will determine if deepening the harbor is both economically beneficial and environmentally acceptable to the nation. Click the icon above which will take you to the new Post 45 website where you can get all the latest information regarding the project.

Click here for a video of Patrick O'Donnell from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers talking about a harbor deepening study to consider the economic benefits and environmental impacts of deepening Charleston Harbor beyond 45 feet to allow the largest container ships to call on the Port of Charleston without tidal restrictions.


6/3/2011

Charleston, SC-The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Charleston Post announced today that it was awarded Post Streamer Awards and became a National Distinguished Post. They are one of only four medium-sized Posts in the world to win this recognition this year. Both Len Dillinger, SAME Fellow, PB Americas Area Construction Manager, SAME Carolinas Regional Vice President; and Nicole Randazzo, Marketing Coordinator for CEMS Engineering, Charleston Post Young Member representative, accepted the award at the Joint Engineering Training Conference (JETC) in Grapevine, Texas.

The Distinguished Posts must meet criteria for the following Streamer Award categories: Membership; Education and Training; Relationship and Recognition; Community and Outreach; and Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security.

SAME is the premiere, professional engineering association in the United States. The SAME Charleston Post (www.samecharleston) was established in 1941. The Post is composed of public sector members from federal, state or local government including USACE Charleston District, Joint Base Charleston, SPAWAR, SC National Guard, NAVFAC, NOAA, The Citadel, and the SC Ports Authority; along with private sector members from the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industries. The Post has approximately 250 individual members and 30 Sustaining Member companies.


5/19/2011

THANKS again to our sponsors for the amazing 2011 Industry Day program!

Click here for the program agenda and links for downloading presentations.


5/3/2011

LTC Jason Kirk, Charleston Post President and Commander of the Charleston District of the US Army Corps of Engineers, was selected by the Charleston Regional Business Journal as a member of its Forty Under 40 Class of 2011. The annual awards recognize the professional success and community involvement of 40 people younger than 40 years old who are making their mark on the region's business community. The winners were honored during a special ceremony and networking event on May 3 at Alhambra Hall in Mount Pleasant.

Click here for a photo and profile of LTC Kirk.


1/21/2011
Thanks to the wonderful turnout at the Charleston Post Oyster Roast in November, the board voted to sponsor two students for SAME Summer Camps this year. A button was added to the website for information and applications.
1/21/2011
Congratulations to our own Capt. Walter (Len) Dillinger, USN (Ret) for selection to the Fellows Class of 2011, as noted in the January-February issue of The Military Engineer magazine, page 82. We need to continue to grow the Fellows in our post.
11/17/2010
Lindbergh & Associates Named the 8th Fastest-Growing Company in South Carolina

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce has named Lindbergh & Associates as South Carolina’s 8th Fastest-Growing Company at the Chamber’s 31st Annual Summit on November 11, 2010. The annual Fastest-Growing Companies program recognizes the achievements of the South Carolina’s top-performing private and publicly-owned companies. Lindbergh & Associates was honored among the state’s top 25 businesses representing a range of industries, such as defense contractors, marketing companies, manufacturers, and physicians.


6/1/2010

Williams Re-appointed to Serve on the S.C. Centers of Economic Excellence 2010 Council of Chairs Coordinating Committee

Melvin C. Williams, Business Developer with S&ME, Inc. has been re-appointed to serve on the S.C. Centers of Economic Excellence (CoEE) Council of Chairs Coordinating Committee for its 2010 State Conference. The CoEE Program was established by the South Carolina General Assembly in 2002, funded through South Carolina Education Lottery proceeds.

The legislation authorizes the state's three public research institutions, Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson University and the University of South Carolina, to use state funds to create Centers of Economic Excellence in research areas that will advance South Carolina's economy.

Each Center of Economic Excellence is awarded from $2 million to $5 million in state funds, which must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis with non-state funds.

The CoEE Council of Chairs was establish in 2009 and its mission is to advise, coordinate, and provide leadership for South Carolina in matters related to science and technology and to maximize the benefits of the CoEE Program by coalescing state-wide resources to enhance the regional economy and science base. Plans are to hold a state conference again this year to highlight previous and new Centers of Economic Excellence and to showcase the CoEE Program.