THE FLOW MARCH 2019

INSIDE THIS EDITION

Upcoming Events

Annual Golf Tournament

Tuesday, April 2nd

St. Johns Golf & Country Club

Registration begins at 9:30 am

11:30 Shotgun Start

Dinner & Awards immediately

following play

Sunshine 811 Safe Digging

Workshop & Roundtables

April 18th

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Night at Baseball Grounds

Thursday, May 16th

Tickets $26 each

Include Buffet & Game Ticket

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President’s Message

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Calendar of Events

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The Law & Your Business

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NUCA Convention Highlights NUCA of Florida Legislative Days Scholarships Now Available

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NUCA News

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Safety News

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Jumbo Shrimp Ticket Order Form

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Sunshine 811 Safe Digging Workshop Thank You Note from Seamark Ranch

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Featured Sponsor— ECS Florida

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear Friends,

Happy April everyone! I hope everyone is happy,

healthy and doing well! As always, thank you to our

monthly sponsors, we couldn’t be as successful as

we are without you!

Our 2019 Annual Golf Tournament is looking like it

will be another huge success! We are currently sold

out! Thank you all, again, for your support. On

April 18th, Sunshine 811 will be holding a Safe

Digging Workshop and round table discussion. This

is a great opportunity to meet with utility Owners

and operators, and 811 members and discuss some

of the issues we all have with our locate tickets.

Remember, your problems can’t be addressed if they

are unknown. Please go to the calendar located on

www.sunshine811.com for more details. Also, on

April 18th, we are planning our next Young

Professionals Event. It will be held at Surfer in Jax

Beach. Get in touch with Kathy or me if you would

be interested in sponsoring!! On April 25th at the

A.J. Johns training center, we will hold the next

installment of our Safety Directors Forum. On May

9th we will have continue our Next Man Up class.

This one will specialize in Punch Out work. Sign up

quick. And last, but most certainly not least, on

May 16th we will have our next Board of Directors

meeting and our annual NUCA of NF Night at the

Baseball Grounds with the Jacksonville Jumbo

Shrimp. Bring your employees, families, and

friends and enjoy a great night of baseball!

As always, please continue to support our

members and associates. If there is anything I can do to

help you out, please do not hesitate to give me a call.

Sincerely,

2019 OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President

Mike Kivlin, John Woody, Inc.

President-Elect

Chad Cockrell, A. J. Johns, Inc.

Vice President I

Gabriel Powers, Vallencourt Construction

Vice President II

Marty Adams, TB Landmark

Secretary/Treasurer

Rob Pinkston, Ferguson Waterworks

General Counsel

Tony Zebouni, Regan, Whelan, Zebouni &

Atwood

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rick Erickson, Beard Equipment Company

Billy Hood, J. B. Coxwell Contracting

Drew Lane, Advanced Drainage Systems

Jason Plauche, Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Con.

Justin Scarberry, ECS Florida

Jarod Wolford, Martin Marietta Materials

Jon Woodall, John Woody, Inc.

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2019 NUCA of North Florida Monthly Sponsors

Diamond Sponsor

United Rentals Trench Safety

Platinum Sponsors

Beard Equipment Company

Sterett Heavy Hauling

Silver Sponsor

Ring Power Corporation

Gold Sponsor

Standard Precast, Inc.

Bronze Sponsors

A.J. Johns, Inc.

ECS Florida, LLC

Flagler Construction

Equipment

Gate Fuel Service

John Woody, Inc.

Lippes & Bryan

Petticoat-Schmitt Civil

Contractors

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

April 2nd

Golf Tournament

St. Johns Golf & Country Club

April 9th

Executive Committee Meeting

April 18th

Sunshine 811

Safe Digging Workshop &

Roundtable

April 18th

Young Professionals at Surfer

April 25th

Safety Director’s Forum

A.J. Johns, Inc.

11:30am to 1:30 pm

May 9th

Next Man Up—Punch Out

May 14th

Executive Committee Meeting

May 23rd

Board of Directors Meeting

Night at Baseball Grounds of

Jacksonville

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The Law and Your Business – Progressive Design Build

By Anthony (Tony) Zebouni, NUCA North Florida

The construction industry is constantly developing new project delivery mechanisms. Fifty years

ago, the most prominent delivery method on Public Construction Projects was Design-Bid-Build

(“DBB”). Now there is a vast menu of State of Florida competitive public procurement options:

DBB, Construction Manager at Risk, Construction Manager Agent, Design Build, Piggy-Back

Purchasing, unsolicited proposals under the State Public Private Partnership Statute, and

Invitation to Negotiate Process, just to name a few.

In addition to traditional public Design Build in Florida there has been some interest in

“Progressive Design Build” (“PDB”). Essentially PDB contemplates selection of a Design Builder

based on qualifications but the contract does not provide for a Guaranteed Maximum Price at the

time of contract execution. A PDB contract may include several phases (much like a construction

management contract) with a final design and price is established during a later phase. One of the

major advertised benefits of PDB is that it offers an Owner transparency into the actual cost

(including risk and contingencies) (Design Build Institute of America).

In Florida, public entities are governed by the requirements of Florida Statutes (Ch. 287.055, Fla.

Stat.). Generally, there are two methods in which a Florida public entity may obtain design build

services, qualifications based, or proposal based. Section 287.055 (9)(c) states that

“Municipalities, political subdivisions, school districts, and school boards shall award design-

build contracts by the use of a competitive proposal selection process as described in this

subsection, or by the use of a qualifications-based selection process pursuant to subsections (3),

(4), and (5) for entering into a contract whereby the selected firm will, subsequent to competitive

negotiations, establish a guaranteed maximum price (“GMP”) and guaranteed completion

date”. It is at least arguable that the statutory language may be read to require that at the time the

public entity enters into the contract with a design builder that a GMP and completion date must

be recited. It is important that all state agencies comply with State Statutes, Ordinances and their

own Purchasing Codes. It is not the intent of this article to debate the pros or cons of PDB.

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The Law and Your Business

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NUCA CONVENTION HIGHLIGHS

Over 300 people attended the NUCA convention in March in Naples, FL. Two new chapters were

granted their charters, NUCA of Middle Tennessee and NUCA of North Dakota. Members from

both chapters attended the convention.

The convention kicked off with committee and board meetings on Thursday followed by a

welcome reception held outdoors. Chapter awards were presented. Friday was the popular

Executive Roundtables. This year’s topics included Filling the Workforce knowledge Gap,

Protecting your company from Liability Clauses in Contracts and Building Relationships that

provide “Value-Added Engineering”. The Exhibit hall also opened and a Sand Castle Team

building activity took place. Top job finalists were announced at the Exhibit Hall Reception in

the evening. United Rentals Trench Safety was recognized as the 2018 Associate Member of the

Year. Congratulations to URTS!

Saturday was the Economic Forecast with Mark Bridges followed by the Keynote luncheon with

Major Dan Rooney. The convention was concluded with an Auction and Awards Gala which

included awards of Excellence and transition of Leadership Ceremony.

URTS

2018 Associate

of the Year

We ran into long-time Member Joe

Atkinson working the Sunbelt booth.

Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors

received a Top Jobs Award

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Several members of our chapter attended the Legislative Days held March 25th & 26th in

Tallahassee. A meeting of the Board of Directors was held followed by a legislative briefing.

The main issues for our association this year are: Local Government Bidding Process,

Impact Fees, Construction Industry Workforce Funding, Construction Workforce

Graduation Requirements, Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety, Public

Utility Storm Protection Plans, and several other issues. While we were in Tallahassee we

sat in a the Energy & Utilities Subcommittee meeting. Jordon Lee, NUCA of North Florida

President spoke to the committee regarding Underground Facility Damage Prevention and

Safety. Thanks to Tony Zebouni, Mike Kivlin, Paul Gilsdorf and Gabe Powers who made

the trip to Tallahassee.

Outstanding Individual Contributor

Winner, Ashton Milam

President’s Award Winner, Marty

Adams

Mike Woodall was recognized with

a Clock for his many years of

service on the NUCA of North

Florida Board of Directors

NUCA OF FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE DAYS

Senator Audrey Gibson

Senator Gruters

NUCA of Florida President Jordan Lee speaking before

committee on Safe Digging

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SCHOLARSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE

The NUCA Foundation for Education and Research is now accepting scholarship

applications. Eligibility: Any high school senior whose parent or legal guardian is

employed by a NUCA member company in good standing at the time of the

application deadline may apply. This includes dependents of employees of NUCA

members, high school student employees of NUCA members, and dependents of

NUCA Chapter Executive Directors. Submission Deadline is April 15, 2019.

Please visit https://www.nuca.com/nucafoundationscholarship for additional

information and to get an application.

NUCA WELCOMES TWO NEW CHAPTERS

At the NUCA Conference in Naples, two new chapters were given their charters,

North Dakota Chapter and Middle Tennessee Chapter . There were a number of

members from both chapters on hand to accept their charters. Congratulations to both

chapters!

NUCA Washington Summit May 21 to 23rd

CHANGE CREATES OPPORTUNITIES

With more than 100 new Members of Congress who will be taking a fresh look at investments in infrastructure, now is the time to make our voices heard.

Summit Highlights:

Hill Visits: Discuss What Matters to You with Your Senators and Representatives Federal Issues Conference: Presentations from Washington Insiders and Experts Legislative Briefing: An In-Depth Look at the Key Issues Before Congress

Congressional Reception: With Members of Congress and Staff in a Fun and Casual Setting

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SAFETY NEWS By Jeff Blomgren

Safety Director at Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors

Inspections; How important are they?

It’s human nature to assume that today is the same as yesterday and what we do is

merely repeating what we did the day before so why expect anything different from

the outcome? Why check it? It’s always the same? Does that make sense to you? If it

does you are headed for trouble. There are variances that occur that affect the

outcome of every task. A quarter inch off here and in a mile the effect is

staggering. The only way to prevent these things from happening is to have a quality

control program that include inspections.

The inspection process establishes a standard and set of procedures and guidelines for

producing a product. Most of those are included in the OSHA rules for our type of

work. Internal quality guidelines are also a factor. Maintaining those standards can

only be done by a well thought out and executed inspection plan. The plan must

include a measurement system that has accountability built in. A documented scoring

system should be used to establish the quality rating for the task being performed and

gives immediate feedback to the operation and the responsible parties involved. An

effective system also is connected to compensation. Quality work deserves reward

and recognition.

In our personal lives, we include inspection because we know the results of not

following good procedures. Checking your oil and you gas gage, freshness dates on

food, safety devices on tools, appliances and a dozen other things we use every day, to

be sure that we have done what we can to provide a safe environment for our

families. The same concern for quality should apply to the work we do and how we

do it.

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April 18th

Holiday Inn I-295 E. Baymeadows

11083 Nurseryfields Drive, Jacksonville

Effective communication is at the heart of every team. It leads to understanding, respect and

trust.

Join Sunshine 811 and industry stakeholders for an afternoon of interactive education and lively discussion. Attend one of the “Practical Solutions for Safe Digging” Workshops and Roundtables. Registration for each begins at 11 a.m. followed by lunch at 11:30 a.m.

The program begins at noon with interactive education on white lining, positive response, developing clear and concise locate descriptions, and tips for working with locators.

Join the Roundtable discussion at 1 p.m. where we’ll test our communications skills with utilities, locators, excavators and others, focusing on solutions while working through issues with the 811 process.

Use this link to register: http://www.sunshine811.com/news/3-free-workshops

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SEAMARK RANCH THANK YOU

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