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NAEP January Board Meeting held at Brown and Caldwell Offices
The NAEP Board extends its gratitude to Brown & Caldwell for allowing us to use their Houston office for our January 2010 Board Meeting. Use of this type of corporate space for Board Meeting saves NAEP money. Those savings can then be directly applied to the work of increasing member benefits. Use of this space truly demonstrates dedication of Brown & Caldwell to NAEP and the environmental profession.
Brown and Caldwell is an environmental science, engineering, consulting and construction management firm offering a wide range of solutions on environmental and engineering projects. Brown and Caldwell’s nationally recognized firm has been delivering innovative, economical solutions to environmental challenges since 1947, more than 60 years. In 2008, Brown and Caldwell earned revenues of over $250 million, while Engineering News Record ranked Brown and Caldwell sixth in their 2008 Top 20 Environmental Firms in Design/Engineering.
Brown and Caldwell’s resources consist of 50 offices nationwide and over 1,500 personnel. Each office is supported by an experienced staff of environmental professionals, engineers and construction managers who provide the firm’s full range of services, drawing as needed from our nationwide network of experts and specialists. For more information on Brown & Caldwell and the services they offer please call Ed Ricci, Senior Vice President and Manager of Client Services, at 602-567-3917 or visit their website at
http://www.brownandcaldwell.com.
Industry News, Events and Announcements
U.S. Institute for ECR: 2010 Training in Lakewood, CO
Professionals, the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution is offering an opportunity in 2010 to provide collaboration and conflict resolution training that will be held at 12300 West Dakota Avenue in Lakewood. The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, part of the Udall Foundation, is an impartial Federal agency that was created to provide training and help people work collaboratively to address environmental conflict, including transportation challenges. Find more about us at www.ecr.gov. We invite FTA to take part in this series of trainings. This is an opportunity to bring collaboration and conflict resolution training to your staff as well as to resource and regulatory agencies and non-governmental stakeholders with whom you work.
Our 2010 courses scheduled in Denver include:
California AEP 2010 Annual Conference
Mark it in your calendars and plan on joining CAEP for an exciting Conference in Palm Springs, to be held at the Hotel Zoso, an exceptional 4-star boutique hotel in vibrant downtown Palm Springs, only a short distance from I-10 and the Palm Springs International Airport (special room rate only $179/night). In addition to pre-conference workshops on Sunday March 14, the Conference will explore a diverse range of topics, with an emphasis on practical applications, including Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the water/energy nexus, LEED/sustainability, CEQA/NEPA practice, legislative updates, case law updates, public participation, the latest in computer modeling and GIS tools, and regulatory permitting.
Click here to access the conference website.
Environmental Practice - Call for Papers
Environmental Practice is seeking submissions for two special issues that will be published next year. EP vol. 12 no. 1 will focus on Sustainability and submissions are due by October 15, 2009. EP vol. 12 no. 2 will focus on the 40th Anniversary of NEPA and submissions are due by January 1, 2010. Click here to download the full call for paper for both of these important issues.
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MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to be the interdisciplinary organization dedicated to developing the highest standards of ethics and proficiency in the environmental professions. Our members are public and private sector professionals who promote excellence in decision-making in light of the environmental, social, and economic impacts of those decisions.
Our vision is to:
- Be the primary source of unbiased information on environmental practices
- Support the advancement of the environmental professions as a whole and our individual members in their careers
- Encourage better decision-making that thoughtfully considers the full implications of those decisions
