AE Newsletter - Sept 23

NEWS Sept. 2023

on the spotlight // TEAM AE Celebrate Our Staff

Help us welcome new staff and celebrate those who have recently achieved milestones with the firm.

// PROJECTS From Start to Finish

Recent wins and highlights of some of our recent starts and successfully completed projects.

// NEWS What’s going on at AE?

Employee of the Quarter Winners and Nominees, AE at conferences and fairs, and AE hard at work.

AE’S LATEST COMPANY NEWS INSIDE

LATEST COMPANY NEWS

// PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

NEWSLETTER

EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS

Our Continued Commitment to Exceed Expectations

As we approach the end of the third quarter, we want to take some time to acknowledge our continued commitment to exceeding expectations and highlight some of our successes over the course of the year. Starting off the year, Cory and I established two main goals for the company; continued commitment to staff education and training and continued smart growth. Since then, AE has done an outstanding job meeting these goals. As part of our initiative to provide our staff with education, training, and development opportunities, we have continued to prioritize required and desired certification opportunities for our team members, invest in training opportunities to support our clients growing needs, and have acquired numerous additional prequalifications and certifications throughout the Southeast Region of the United States to expand opportunities for our team members alike. We encourage professional growth and will continue to provide opportunities for you all to become the best versions of yourself both professionally and personally.

Our smart growth initiatives have continued to expand and improve these past few months in the streamlining of our Quality Control and Building Inspection services. We are appreciative of our dedicated staff that have continued to improve this groups’ responsiveness and capabilities. We have also continued our Out-of-state expansion with key hires to complement our existing projects and clients needs in both Georgia and North Carolina. We are excited to continue with these growth efforts in a manner that allows our firm to exemplify excellence in services provided.

As stated earlier in the year, we look forward to continuing the growth of our presence, diversifying our markets, and simply providing quality services to address the needs of our clients regionally. In addition to staff development and smart growth, we would like to make note of our commitment to safety. I am a true believer that our recently implemented Toolbox Talks make a difference. I’d like to give some special recognition to a few individuals who have contributed immensely to the program’s success. Thanks goes out to our amazing Safety Committee - we are resolutely focused on developing a core safety culture for our firm and look forward to exploring more Toolbox topics as we move forward with this initiative. AE’s core goal is to approach each challenge as a unified family, safety is a unifying goal so that we ensure the safety of all our team members and the traveling public.

Along the lines of family, I was excited to see the participation of our team members at our Companywide Summer Socials/Events – these are key to the culture Cory and I want to foster at AE. We appreciate those who took ode the time to participate and encourage those who didn’t to take the opportunity to engage with your colleagues to ensure you enjoy the AE workplace balance that we are seeking! As a nod to our company culture, I would like to highlight that since the start of 2023, AE has seen the highest return of past team members in its history; we are excited to have these high-performing professionals rejoin the AE family - Welcome Home!

We thank you all for making a continuous effort to maintain the AE mission and vision and look forward to what the rest of the year will bring. We are appreciative of all our great team members and I salute my cap to all the AE Champions as we continue to pursue our goals as a group! On a personal note, I’m currently participating in the #Greatcyclechallenge to raise money to fight Kids Cancer…. I’ve committed to riding 400 miles this month and ask that you please support me and this worthy cause if you can.

Roderick Myrick, P.E. President

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//AE NEW HIRES

WELCOME TO AE! As we grow at AE, we are grateful to welcome many new and returning employees to our team. We are excited to watch them grow professionally with us as we continue to work alongside our amazing clients.

Thank you for choosing AE! EDDIE HERNANDEZ, P.E.

HARLEY HAYNES

APRIL 2023 - SEPTEMBER 2023

MATTHEW HAYES

BRITT MCCURRY, P.E.

MARIANA BETANCUR

ALISON LEWIS

Alison Lewis

Shaun Raulerson

Cindy Seals

Cynthia Phillips

Francis Pizzi

Robert Lindsey

Mariana Betancur

Britt McCurry, P.E.

Robert Cline

Matthew Hayes

Carlos Cardoso

Chad Kalins

Austin Rice

Kwando Lynch

William Miller

Nick Smith

Kenjela Mullings

Marcus Howard

Patrick Carmichael

Keith Crews

Taylor Arias-Bertani

Jennifer Francis

Mathew Conner

Levi Carlstrom

Benjamin Gabriel

WELCOME BACK Eddie Hernandez, P.E. Harley Haynes Udin Dwarica-Ogeer Monique Robson

//AE ANNIVERSARIES

CONGRATS Thank you for

MARCH 2023 - SEPTEMBER 2023 1 YEAR Franco DeGeorge

Grace Granados

Carl DeSha

Zach Haidra

Samaria Evins

Brandon Humphrey

Alan Floyd

Matt Turner

Paige Garcia

Marcus Maxwell

Juan Garcia

Senia McIntyre, P.E.

Bill Glennon, P.E.

Ki-Ana Moody

Cole Parker Ronald Pierre-Paul Michael Roark Hosea Smith

10 YEARS of service!

Chris Sweat, P.E.

Alex Humerez

5 YEARS Siva Kumar-Bathula

Ralphy Diaz

Jim Newman

DJ Cook

Mike Misiaszek

Wilmer Sanabria

James Bleakley

John Calhoun

Carlos Magno

Hinton Bussey

Kevin Campbell

10+ YEARS

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NEWSLETTER

// EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER

WINNERS

QUARTER 1 WINNER Grace Granados

Contract Support Specialist, Central FL

QUARTER 2 WINNER Torrance Thomas

Project Administator / Senior Inspector, South FL

CELEBRATING OUR NOMINEES Thank you to all of our 2023 nominees for going above and beyond! Your hard work and dedication to AE and our clients does not go unnoticed to your management and your peers!

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SEPTEMBER 2023

LATEST COMPANY NEWS

// NEW CERTIFICATIONS

CELEBRATE ADRIANA CEFALO, E.I. CONTRACT SUPPORT SPECIALIST

ARAMIS GONZALEZ, P.E. PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR

// AE SUMMER SOCIALS

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1. South, FL at Xtreme Action Park // 2. South, FL at Fisheating Creek Outpost // 3. North, FL at Autobahn // 4. Central, FL at Andretti // 5. North Carolina at the Asheville Tourists Baseball game

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// WE’RE GROWING!

Chris Sweat, P.E. NC, SC, TN, TX Lead

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REGIONAL PROJECT WINS IN 2023!

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Valdosta, GA: Professional Services Consultant

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Gadsden County, FL: CDBG-CV Grant Project

AE is honored to have been selected as the Prime CEI firm for some of our many recent contracts/projects throughout the states of Florida and Georgia.

Our team has also been a subconsultant to a variety of different projects and contracts throughout North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia. As we continue to grow as a firm, it’s our goal to continue to provide quality professional and CEI services to each and every client.

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Engineers-Engineering Consultants

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GA Lead

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FDOT District 2: Disaster Monitoring & CEI Continuing Services Contract

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Alachua County, FL: CEI Services for SW 170th Street

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Central Florida Tourism Oversight District: CEI/CMT

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Services for 2023 Milling & Resurfacing Pavement Program

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FDOT District 4: SR 656/17th Street Project

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Miami Springs, FL: CEI for Oakwood Drive & East Drive Stormwater and Roadway Improvements

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FDOT District 5: Areawide 15 Continuing Services Contract

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FDOT District 3: CEI Group 24-E in Leon County

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SEPTEMBER 2023

// PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

CENTRAL FLORIDA EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY, SR 429 This $97M widening project for the Central Florida Expressway Authority includes 3.6 miles of road widening, the widening of three bridges, and the addition of 11 sound walls, five temporary critical walls, and 18 overhead sign structures. The project is projected to run for 840 days.

FDOT DISTRICT 7, I-4 ITS FRAME This project is comprised of two contracts with a combined construction cost of $19M. The improvements and ITS updates cover 77 miles of I-4, 122 miles of other routes along the I-4 Corridor, 491 traffic signals, and the project spans three districts, four counties, and multiple municipalities.

GDOT I-285 / I-20 EAST INTERCHANGE This scope of this project is improvements to the existing interchange, which includes reconstructing I-285/I-20 East Interchange ramps, the addition of lanes where warranted, constructing a new collector-distributor road along westbound I-20 , and replacing and widening some of the existing bridges.

FDOT DISTRICT 1, SR 25 FROM FISHEATING CREEK TO HIGHLANDS CO. LINE The project includes milling and resurfacing on the shoulders, two right turn lanes, 20 crossovers, turnouts, side streets and driveways by employing different milling depths. Other improvements include drainage replacement, two right turn lanes widening with a bike lane, and a bridge component.

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, LASALLE STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS The objective of this Design-Build project is to construct a new pump station and replace the existing storm drainage system within Jacksonville’s historic San Marco neighborhood. The improvements to the collection system include the installation of new pipes, the addition of manholes, and a backflow preventer at the St. Johns River.

FDOT DISTRICT 1, HEARTLAND OPERATIONS HYBRID CONTINUING INSPECTION SERVICES This project is an ongoing $5M contract with Heartland Operations for hybrid inspection that provides support personnel for several diverse projects that inlcude sidewalk construction, roadway resurfacing, and bridge rehabilitation. AE currently has 8 team members supporting this contract for various projects.

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NEWSLETTER

//PHOTO CONTEST

WORK HARD, PLAY HARD 2

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1. Best Office - Ococee (CFX Field Office) // 2. Best Logo - Rumble Strip Operation (SR 21 in Keystone Heights) // 3. Best Field - Universal Kirkman Road Extension // 4.

Best Project - Lake Wilson Road Widening // 5. Best Group - Brandt. Drive // 6. Best Scenic - Royal Park Bridge Painting // 7. Best Scenic - Lyons Road (LAP Oversight) // 8. Honorable Mention - I-75 Corkscrew Interchange // 9.

Honorable Mention - Hobe Sound Bridge Repair 4

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//AE HARD AT WORK

SEPTEMBER 2023

STAFF IN THE FIELD

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