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EndowmentsEndowed Professorship forConstruction ServicesThe Rinker School plans to develop a construction services trackusing an endowment funded by the construction industry, especiallycompanies in the construction services sector. Students who graduatefrom this track will be qualified to work for equipment suppliers,material suppliers, testing laboratories, bonding agencies,insurance providers, financial firms, accounting firms, legal firms,and specialty contractors. Please consider a generous donation tothe endowment for Construction Service Professorship. Donors willbe entitled to the following benefits:- Perpetual Donor Wall Recognition- Orange & Blueprints publication- University Honor Roll of Donors- LCD monitor advertisement space- Rinker School Major Donor Status- UF President’s Council recognitionThe Rinker School wishes to thank the following companies fortheir generous donations to the Construction Services Endowmentfunds:Industry Leadership Honor RollCompany NameGiftAcousti Engineering $5,000Angle and Schmid $20,000Baker Concrete Construction $80,000Balfour Beatty $20,000Berg Electric Corp $20,000Brasfield & Gorrie $20,000CCK Concrete $20,000Cemex USA $20,000Clark Construction $40,000Climate Control Mechanical Serv. $20,000Coastal Construction $20,000Charles Perry Construction - PPI $20,000Current Builders $20,000Fluor $30,000Gerdau Ameristeel $25,000Haskell Company $20,000J. Raymond Construction $20,000James A. Cummings $20,000McIntyre, Elwell and Strammer $20,000Nash, Inc. $20,000Skanska USA $20,000Springer Peterson Roofing & SM $20,000Suffolk Construction $20,000TGSV Enterprises $10,000Vulcan / Florida Rock Industries $20,000CASF ScholarshipThe Construction Association of SouthFlorida pledged to the UF Foundationthe amount of $75,000 to establish “TheConstruction Association of South Florida(CASF) Endowment Fund.” The spendableincome from the Fund will be used to supportscholarship awards for students in theRinker School. Preference will be given to students from SouthFlorida who meet the following criteria: full-time junior student,proven academic merit and have clear career objectives.Denny Endowed Scholarship/FellowshipCharles Denny and his wife,Dr. Wanda Denny, have given a$100,000 gift to the UF Foundationto establish “The C.H. Denny, IIIEndowed Scholarship /Fellowshipin Building Construction.” The giftis eligible for State matching fundsfrom the State of Florida Trust Fundfor Major Gifts. Mr. Denny is amember of the BCN ConstructionHall of Fame and an Emeritus memberof the BCN Advisory CouncilExecutive Committee.Stiles Corporation GiftThe Stiles Corporation, Stephen Palmer (BCN 1979) and James W.Stine provided a $130,000 gift for the benefit of the Warrington Collegeof Business Administration and the Rinker School of BuildingConstruction. The spendable income from the Fund will be used toencourage and enhance interdisciplinary faculty teaching betweenbuilding construction and the graduate real estate programs capstoneproject courses.The Spring 2009 semester marked the beginning of this interdisciplinaryexchange. The link is established in the respective Capstonecourses, where BCN presents a construction perspective to the realestate majors while real estate supplies the site selection and analysisprocess to the BCN classes.The initial exchange was facilitated with Timothy Becker, Directorof the Bergstrom Center teaching the site selection and permittingmodule of the BCN Capstone course, and Rick Smailes, the BCNCapstone professor, teaching conceptual estimating and scheduling.The project for the graduate class in real estate was Bay Street Station,a proposed 900,000 square foot mixed-use complex in downtownJacksonville. Each team of students evaluated the initial developmentplan, then put forward their own project in light of thecurrent economic situation. During the Real Estate simulation, Dr.Smailes acted as the design-build consultant by responding to formalRFQ’s from the teams in terms of costs and construction times.Each team made their final presentations to a panel of judges ledby Bill Sulzbacher of Atlantic Coast Developers. We are pleasedto report that the winning team was led by BCN grad Mark Hardee(BCN 06).The initial success of this effortwill continue to be developedin the future starting in the Fall2009 semester.16
SponsorshipsOpportunities to helpThe Rinker School has a limited budget, and there are many activities and items for whichwe could certainly use your financial assistance. In return for your underwriting of theseactivities/items, we would provide appropriate publicity about your support.In the case of events, we would be pleased to have a company representative attend theevent and say a few words on behalf of your firm. For the Newsletter, we would include aprominent credit on the back page of the Newsletter.The following is a list of events and their approximate cost to us for which your supportwould be very beneficial to the Rinker School and its students:Available Event SponsorshipsGraduate Student Reception Fall 2009 $1,500Graduation Dinner Spring 2010 $3,500BCN Newsletter Spring 2010 $8,000NAHB Competition Spring 2010 $5,000Welcome Reception Fall 2011 $6,000LEED Competition Team Spring 2012 $6,000Homecoming BBQ Fall 2012 $3,500BIM Competition Spring 2010 $5,000Past Event SponsorsSpecial thanks to our past event sponsors.Commercial Team (1998 - present) -Balfour BeattyDesign-Build Team (2002-present) -Haskell Comp.Heavy/Civil Team (2006-present) –Nelson Const.NAHB Competition Team2003 - London Bay Homes2004 - Centex Homes2005 - BCBE Construction2006 - BCBE Construction2007 - Mercedes Homes2009 - Paul & Laura DickertBIM Competition TeamSpring 2009 - Current BuildersLEED Competition TeamSpring 2007 - ME&SSpring 2008 - Beck GroupSpring 2009 - Holder ConstructionGraduation DinnerFall 1999 - Beck GroupFall 2000 - Brasfield & GorrieWays to Give Back to BCNSpring 2001 - Hensel PhelpsFall 2003 - Current BuildersSpring 2004 - Rinker MaterialsFall 2004 - James A. CummingsSpring 2006 - Clark Construction GroupFall 2006 - WCI CommunitiesSpring 2007 - Hunt Construction GroupFall 2007 - Charles Perry/ PPISpring 2008 - Hawkins ConstructionFall 2008 - Kitchen Art of S. FloridaSpring 2009 - James A. CummingsWelcome ReceptionSpring 2001-Weitz CompanyFall 2001- Brasfield & GorrieSpring 2002 - Fluor CorpFall 2002 -Turner ConstructionSpring 2003 - Weitz CompanyFall 2003 - Fluor Corp.Spring 2004 - Brasfield & GorrieFall 2004 -Current BuildersSpring 2005 - Weitz CompanyFall 2005 - Charles Perry ConstructionSpring 2006- James A. CummingsFall 2006 - Clancy & TheysSpring 2007 - Holder ConstructionFall 2007 - Clancy & TheysSpring 2008 - The Weitz CompanyFall 2008 - Robins & MortonSpring 2009 - Hardin ConstructionFuture Event SponsorsWelcome ReceptionFall 2009 Holder ConstructionSpring 2010 Brasfield & GorrieFall 2010 Clancy & TheysSpring 2011 Hardin ConstructionGraduation DinnerFall 2009 Shaw GroupHomecoming BBQFall 2009 Brasfield & GorrieFall 2010 Hawkins ConstructionFall 2011 Current BuildersLEED CompetitionSpring 2010 James A. CummingsSpring 2011 Clancy & TheysIf you need additional information, please contactDr. Abdol Chini (chini@ufl.edu).Homecoming BBQ2004 - Brasfield & Gorrie2005 - Burkhardt Const.2006 - Holder Construction2007 - Angle & Schmid2008 - Weitz GolfBCN NewsletterFall 2001- Hardin ConstructionSpring 2002 - Hardin ConstructionFall 2002 - Hardin/ Prof. GunbyFall 2003 - James A. CummingsSpring 2004 - James A. CummingsFall 2004 - Hardin ConstructionSpring 2005 - Stiles CorporationFall 2005 - James A. CummingsSpring 2006 - Hardin ConstructionFall 2006 - Stiles CorporationSpring 2007 - J. Raymond Const.Fall 2007 - James A. CummingsSpring 2008 - Gerdau AmeriSteelFall 2008 - Charles Perry Const/PPISpring 2009 - Hawkins ConstructionGraduate Student ReceptionFall 2000- Ajax ConstructionFall 2005- Turner ConstructionFall 2007- Stiles CorporationSpring 2008 - Clark ConstructionSpring 2009 - Clancy & TheysIf you are interested in giving or learning the different ways to give to the RinkerSchool, please contact Lynne Capece, Director of Development at lcapece@dcp.ufl.edu or (352) 392-4836 x314.17
Page 1 and 2: V o l - ume 73 Issue 1Spring 20091
Page 3 and 4: Orange & Blueprintsa bi-annual publ
Page 5 and 6: 2009 Distinguished AlumnusThe Rinke
Page 7 and 8: Alumni in Higher EducationStarting
Page 9 and 10: Alumni UpdatesGordon Gunn, BCN 1989
Page 11 and 12: BCN Alumni Building Gator NationThe
Page 13 and 14: BCN Alumni Regional Club UpdatesTam
Page 15: Lessons LearnedTHE ART OF ENFORCING
Page 19 and 20: Thank You1951Robert W. Nora1952Robe
Page 21 and 22: Spring 2009 Graduation CeremonyThe
Page 23 and 24: Internship ExperiencesEric Kleinzwe
Page 25 and 26: MEACThe Mechanical and Electrical A
Page 27 and 28: Student Competition TeamsBIM TeamTh
Page 29 and 30: Faculty NewsDr. Jim Sullivan and Ph
Page 31 and 32: Advisory CouncilThe M.E. Rinker, Sr

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