2010
2010 Oldsmar Office Ribbon Cutting and Open House
On Tuesday, March 23, 2010 American’s Oldsmar office celebrated their new location with a ribbon cutting and open house.
In attendance alongside American’s Oldsmar staff was the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce staff, Bruce Haddock (Oldsmar City Manager), Linda Norris (Oldsmar City Council), Ray Boler (Safety Harbor Public Works Director), Daniel Paasch (District Aide from Congressman Gus Bilirakis’ office), and several other local businessmen and women.
John Kilgore led the ribbon cutting by thanking those who came out to welcome American to Oldsmar and announced how excited American is to be a new business member within the City of Oldsmar and the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce. John also described how American Consulting Professionals and its graphics development group, Digital Tap (www.digitaltap.tv) could be of service to the community by providing civil, transportation, traffic, structural, environmental, planning, and construction engineering services, as well as 3D animation, web design, graphic design, and video production services.
On display throughout the Oldsmar office were exhibits of past and current projects completed for various municipalities, counties and FDOT. Samples of Digital Tap’s first direct-to-video cartoon, “Zap Squad and Sands of Time” were on display as well (www.zapsquad.com).
American would like to thank all who attended and our Oldsmar office looks forward to working with the City of Oldsmar and the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce in their new location!
2009
2009 American Wins Service/Distribution Industry of the Year Award!
American Consulting Engineers of Florida, LLC was honored with the Category 2 Service/Distribution Industry of the Year Award at the Pasco County Economic Development Council's 23rd Annual Industry Appreciation Banquet! Click the link below to view the Award:
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2009 Shawn McCabe, GISP
American Consulting Professionals, LLC takes great pride in announcing that Shawn has successfully met the standards and requirements established by the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) to become a certified Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP). The guidelines of the GISP have been established by leaders in the GIS field. Congratulations Shawn!
2009 American / Avalon Hires Senior Transportation Engineer / Project Manager
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American / Avalon is pleased to announce that Jai Ramkissoon, PE has joined our Wesley Chapel office as a Senior Transportation Engineer / Project Manager in the Traffic Division. Jai brings over twenty-five years experience serving as a project manager and/or regional manager in charge of numerous transportation projects throughout the state of Florida.
Jai has managed projects ranging from planning and project development and environmental (PD&E), to roadway design and post design services. Jai obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Dublin, Republic of Ireland and his Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida. Jai is an active member of the American Public Works Association (APWA), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). |
2008
2008 Two New Office Locations
American/Avalon is pleased to announce two new office locations to better serve our growing clientele. Our new office in Dalton, Georgia is located at 206 W. Hawthorne Street, Dalton, Georgia, 30720. Lead Contact: Anna Peterfreund (706) 508-4029. We are pleased to announce the opening of our Ocala, Florida office located at 56 NE 49th Street, Ocala, Florida, 34479-1634. Lead Contact: Don Keenan (352) 342-9982.
2008 Digital Tap, LLC
American/Avalon is pleased to announce that we have created and incorporated a dedicated graphics production team, Digital Tap, LLC, which operates in a suite adjacent to American/Avalon in our Wesley Chapel office location.
2008 New Headquarters for American Consulting Engineers of Florida
American Consulting Engineers of Florida, LLC moved their headquarters from Land O’ Lakes to Wesley Chapel. The new building is situated in the northeast corner of Interstate 75 (just north of the I-75 & I-275 interchange) on the newly constructed leg of State Road 56. This Class A office building features a 45,000 square foot facility situated on 3.2 acres of land, with an additional 1.87 acres of pond and wetland area.
2008 American/Avalon Adds Four New Partners
American/Avalon, a leading civil engineering, consulting, planning, and project management organization is pleased to announce the addition of four new members to the partnership.
The new partners include:
Akram Hussein, PE, PTOE/Principal who leads our traffic engineering services has become an invaluable asset to us in growing and diversifying the traffic engineering division of the firm; Marty Morlan, PE/Principal who has a vast knowledge of state-of-the-art design practices in both roadway and drainage design; and Leigh Whyte, AICP/Principal who leads our urban and renewable engineering services in our Ft. Erie office.
2007
2007 American/Avalon Adds Two New Partners
American/Avalon, a leading civil engineering, consulting, planning, and project management organization is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to the partnership.
The new partners include:
Mark Colmerauer, Principal who leads our urban and renewable engineering services in our Buffalo office and Sarah Pointec, PE/Principal, a roadway engineer, who has rapidly grown to become instrumental in leading the production of many of our projects.
2006
2006 American/Avalon Adds Seven New Partners
American/Avalon, a leading civil engineering, consulting, planning, and project management organization is pleased to announce the addition of seven new members to the partnership.
The new partners include:
Tracy Boutwell, PE, Office Manager/Principal who has been leading our operations in Pace and has been extremely successful in American becoming a more prominently recognized presence in the FDOT 3rd District; Martin Grebing, Creative Director/Principal who has led the development and enhancement of our graphics group which has made major advances toward becoming the preeminent provider of these services in our industry; Paige Ippolito, Director of Administration/Principal who leads our administrative group and has been instrumental in successfully growing the firm over the past four years; Erik Leschak, Project Engineer/Principal who started his career with American as a part-time student intern and has rapidly grown to become instrumental in leading the production of many of our projects; Tom Muzicka, Senior Construction Manager/Principal who joins us this year and brings many years of experience both as a licensed General Contractor and leader of FDOT CEI projects; Allen Peterfreund, PE, Project Engineer/Principal who has proven to be invaluable in the production of a broad variety of projects and is successfully leading the internal management and production of numerous projects; and Anna Peterfreund, Environmental Scientist/Principal who is managing some of our largest planning projects while serving as our lead environmental scientist and having more than tripled our capabilities in this area in the last several years.
2005
2005 Avalon Consulting Professionals of Ontario Now Open!
American/Avalon is please to announce that Avalon Consulting Professionals of Ontario opened an office in Ft. Erie focusing on renewable/alternative energy and environmental specialty services.
2005 American/Avalon Adds Four New Partners
American/Avalon, a leading civil engineering, consulting, planning, and project management organization is pleased to announce the addition of four new members to the partnership.
The new partners include:
Joel McGee, PSM/Principal who leads our survey and mapping services throughout the state; John Kilgore, PE/Principal who has gained a great deal of knowledge through his involvement in many design contracts, including FDOT multi-laning, resurfacing, enhancement and bridge replacement projects; Richard Hunter, PE/Principal who leads our District 1 and District 7 structures projects and Bill Adams, PE/Principal who leads our drainage services in the West Palm Beach Office.
2004
2004 American/Avalon Selected for Design Support
American/Avalon is please to announce our selection by Districts 3, 4 and 7 to provide design support through the advancement of several projects using the design-build delivery process.
2004 New Office Locations
American/Avalon is pleased to announce the expansion of our firm to include new office locations in New York (American Consulting Professionals of New York), Michigan (American Consulting Professionals of Michigan) and Ontario, Canada (Avalon Consulting Professionals of Ontario) Our new office in Buffalo, NY has opened focusing on renewable/alternative energy and environmental specialty services.
2004 American/Avalon Adds Three New Partners
American is pleased to announce the addition of three new partners: David Bredahl, AICP/Principal who offers over 20 years of progressive transportation planning experience; Chad Peck, A+, Network, MCSA, MCSE, EI/Principal who leads our information technology department; and Don Keenan, PE/Principal who has become an invaluable asset to us in growing and diversifying the firm’s structural division.
2003
2003 American/Avalon Adds New Partner
American is pleased to announce the addition of Chris O’Reilly, PE/Principal as our newest partner. Chris provides over 16 years professional experience in South Florida. His experience includes the management of highway design, specifications, and project management, leading numerous projects for the FDOT District 4
2003 American/Avalon Selects Managing Partners
American Consulting Engineers of Florida, LLC, a leading civil engineering, consulting, planning, and project management organization is pleased to announce the selection of our Managing Partners:
Scott Korpi, SE/Senior Principal leads our structures group and has over 14 years of project management, structural design, repairs and inspection experience; Ryan Forrestel, PE/Senior Principal has over 25 years of diversified experience in highway design, site design, and traffic engineering; Jeff Novotny, PE, AICP/Senior Principal is a decisive leader and highly effective project manager with over 15 years of experience in planning, design and construction of transportation facilities; and Brian Mirson, PE, AICP/Senior/Principal who specializes in a wide variety of professional, administrative, fiscal and analytical transportation/ transit related services including contract management, financial analysis and budget development.
2002
2002 A New American Welcomes a New Year
With the New Year just about underway, we reflect and celebrate our first year as American Consulting Engineers of Florida, LLC. Change seems to be a theme at the beginning of a new year and this one is no exception. As we aim to redefine the new American as well as contribute and build on our growth, we welcome change as a kind of chisel that is shaping our future success.