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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-73257463388575337092018-02-14T11:25:00.002-06:002018-02-14T11:25:45.104-06:00Rogers Executive Airport runway recognized for pavement quality<div class="MsoNormal">
A Garver-led project that provided Rogers Executive Airport
with a rehabilitated runway ahead of an already aggressive timetable has won a
national award recognizing the project for its pavement quality. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Garver provided planning, environmental, design, and
construction phase services for the project that completely rehabilitated
Runway 2-20, highlighted by a construction phase that covered eight days and
finished 24 hours ahead of schedule. The project was recently awarded the Ray
Brown Airport Pavement Award from the National Asphalt Pavement Association for
the highest-rated airport pavement in the nation. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“This project has provided a growing airport with a new
runway surface that meets a need for its growing client base,” said Garver
Project Manager Adam White. “Because of these changes, the airport can now
handle a more diverse mix of aircraft, and thanks to a combined effort between
Garver’s Aviation and Construction Services teams, the contractor, and airport
staff, operations were affected for only a week.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rehabilitation of the airport’s lone runway consisted of
full reconstruction of the runway keel section and a mill and overlay of the
remaining runway surface. With these improvements, Runway 2-20 can now support
aircraft up to 100,000 pounds. Construction included 76,000 square yards of
milled surface, 14,000 tons of asphalt, 19,000 linear feet of pavement edge
drains, and full rehabilitating of the runway lighting circuit, including new four-box
LED PAPI systems. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To make sure the airport’s operations were affected as
little as possible, Garver’s Construction Services Team worked with personnel
from Emory Sapp & Sons around the clock on 12-hour shifts, with daily
meetings to address project progress.</div>
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To learn more about what Garver’s Aviation Team can do for
you, visit <a href="http://www.garverusa.com/">www.GarverUSA.com</a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-49130906685500868712018-02-08T15:17:00.000-06:002018-02-08T16:24:15.499-06:00Garver congratulates Bert Parker on 40 years<div class="MsoNormal">
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Currently serving as chief administrative officer, Parker,
who joined Garver in 1978, has also served as director of transportation and
spent his earliest years on the Bridge and Aviation teams. Over four decades,
Parker has helped Garver take on new services, expand into new markets, and in
2017 became just the fifth engineer from Arkansas to be accepted into the ACEC
College of Fellows, a distinguished class of engineers selected by their peers
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He has provided oversight and improvements to the expansion
of the federal interstate system along with state and local highway projects
and, perhaps his largest contribution, served as project manager for the I-540
and Bobby Hopper Tunnel project, the state’s first highway tunnel. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“We’ve been able to thrive as a company because we’ve always
had employees with the utmost dedication to us and the profession,” said Garver
President and CEO Dan Williams. “I’ve learned a lot from Bert over the years,
and I know a lot of others at Garver have, too. Congratulations on 40 years!”</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-7875742196879841422018-02-07T11:41:00.000-06:002018-02-08T16:32:52.850-06:00Helena WWTP improvements earn Grand Award<div class="MsoNormal">
A Garver-led project that helped a wastewater treatment
plant adhere to reduced permit limits has earned the Grand Award from the
American Council of Engineering Companies of Alabama. The Helena Wastewater
Treatment Plant Design Improvements project earned the award from the American
Council of Engineering Companies of Alabama’s Engineering Excellence Awards
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The project consisted of multiple improvements that helped the Helena WWTP meet strict effluent discharge
limits for total phosphorus. Because it discharges into Buck Creek, reliable performance
and operation of the Helena WWTP is essential to maintain the quality of this body of water frequently used by the citizens of Helena and surrounding
communities for swimming, wading, canoeing, and fishing.</div>
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“The frequent-use of Buck Creek as a recreational
destination requires<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-size: 10.6667px;"> </span></a>the effluent coming out of this plant to
meet stringent, near-reuse requirements,” said Garver Water Team Leader Brian
Shannon. “The improvements being made to this plant will uphold the health and
diversity of the natural species that inhabit Alabama’s most ecologically
diverse river system.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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To help the plant meet the current and future total
phosphorous requirements (0.20 mg/L and 0.043 mg/L), Garver first developed a
facilities plan that included a plant-wide evaluation of existing treatment
processes to identify shortcomings that hinder plant performance. That plan led
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Phase 1 of the project, which was completed in September
2017, included rehabilitation of the existing
secondary clarifiers, new tertiary filtration equipment, new chemical storage
and feed facilities, and a new UV disinfection process. Because the existing
plant hydraulics were limited, the design team had to develop a unique
disinfection and post-aeration strategy consisting of closed-vessel,
low-pressure UV disinfection followed by a low-profile, cascade aeration system
to provide treatment regardless of downstream water level conditions in Buck
Creek.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is the second Grand Award earned by a Garver-led
project in the ACEC-Alabama contest. The Tuscumbia Water Treatment Plant and
Supply Improvements project earned the Grand Conceptor Award in 2013. That project was the first in the state
to use a blended series membrane process after Garver provided project design,
funding assistance, bond issue assistance, construction management, and
operation support in replacing a 60-year-old plant. The ACEC-Alabama Grand
Conceptor Award for 2018 will be announced at the awards presentation in April.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-78163398771198975432018-02-01T10:54:00.000-06:002018-02-01T10:54:11.026-06:00Garver, North Arkansas College to team up in providing airport upgrades<div class="MsoNormal">
Garver, the Boone County Regional Airport, and North
Arkansas College have had a working relationships for years, having combined on
previous projects that have provided airport upgrades along with valuable
experience for the college’s students.</div>
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Now, all three are teaming up again, in a project that will
create an expanded parking lot near a terminal facility to be completed at no
cost to the airport located in Harrison, Arkansas. Thanks to a grant from the
Arkansas Department of Aeronautics that will cover engineering and construction
costs, Garver will design the expanded parking lot and students at North
Arkansas College will provide labor, which will take place during the spring
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The students, who have a history of providing the airport
with in-kind services, will construct the earthwork and aggregate base course
for the parking lot that will relocate the airport’s growing rental car parking
spaces to the newly constructed lot. The expansion will create 43 new spaces
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for new and innovative ways for our clients to fund their projects,” said
Project Manager Adam White. “This gives us the best of both worlds: The airport
will receive a cost-effective upgrade that relieves stress on its terminal
parking areas, and the students at the college get valuable experience working
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It’s not the first time the three entities teamed up for
this type of project delivery. In 2012, a grant from the Arkansas Department of
Aeronautics funded a Garver-designed project that delivered a 315-foot-long
taxiway and apron that provided access to a new hangar area.<o:p></o:p></div>
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you, visit <a href="http://www.garverusa.com/Aviation">www.GarverUSA.com/Aviation</a>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-29753004990259749612018-01-31T14:56:00.000-06:002018-01-31T14:56:40.400-06:00Jones, Watts have article published in WER journal<div class="MsoNormal">
Garver Water Services Director Dr. Steve Jones and Water
Reuse Practice Leader Dr. Michael Watts co-authored recently an article
published in the Water Environment Research journal that highlighted the
continued need for the development of alternatives to meet public water demands.</div>
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Titled “A Nanofiltration Decision Tool for Potable Reuse: A
New Rejection Model for Recalcitrant CECs,” Jones and Watts touched on the need
for new strategies for sustaining public water portfolios amidst population
growth and drought. The objective of the research outlined in the article was
to verify the occurrence of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) in reuse rejection
performance, and to conceive a decision tool for selection of either
nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membrane treatment for potable
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“Public water supplies in the United States have
historically originated from relatively pristine sources, but the increased
pressure of population growth and lifestyle changes coupled with prolonged
drought are stressing these supplies in many communities,” the article states.
“New strategies are needed to help meet water demands and develop more sustainable
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a growing water crisis, visit <a href="https://garverusa.com/water">GarverUSA.com/Water</a>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-70291859387942388122018-01-29T10:11:00.000-06:002018-01-29T10:11:34.414-06:00Gov. Asa Hutchinson visits Garver's Fayetteville office<div class="MsoNormal">
Since its founding in 1919, Garver’s priority has been to
deliver the communities in which it operates the most innovative and efficient
infrastructure solutions. The key to fulfilling that mission is the sharing of
ideas with elected officials on how to advance infrastructure even further.</div>
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Garver appreciates the visit made by Arkansas Gov. Asa
Hutchinson, who toured our Fayetteville office recently while learning about
our continued improvement of Arkansas through aviation, transportation, water,
and other projects. Roughly half of our nearly 500 employees live and work in
Arkansas, so our dedication to providing communities with sound work is of
utmost importance and is backed by decades of positive results.</div>
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“We always enjoy opportunities to trade thoughts and ideas
on how to improve the infrastructure in Arkansas, which in turn helps make our
home state an even better place to live and work than it already is,” said
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An innovative approach to runway
rehabilitation never before performed at a Kansas airport that resulted in cost
savings and reduced construction time has been honored by the American Council
of Engineering companies of Kansas with an Engineering Excellence Award.</div>
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The rehabilitation of Runway 13-31
at Strother Field Airport in Cowley County, Kansas was originally scheduled to
be completed by traditional methods, with the milling of the existing bituminous
surface and constructing a bituminous overlay. But Garver had to come up with
an innovative alternative when it was determined the runway, one of two at the
airport, had deteriorated to a condition that would not withstand such
construction methods. Instead, Garver developed a solution to improve the
pavement condition, preserve capacity, sustain access, and maintain the project
budget to overhaul a runway that helps serve GE Engine Services, the last jet
engine overhaul facility based in North America.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“This project highlights what we
like to do best at Garver,” said Kansas Aviation Team Leader Mark Williams. “By
finding an innovative solution to a complex problem, our Aviation Team not only
developed an alternative to Strother Field’s current issue, but we created
another option for similar projects in the future.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Garver’s solution included
reclaiming the existing bituminous surface course to serve as a stabilized base
course for a new bituminous surface course, which required collaboration with
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to gain approval of technical
specifications. The FAA-approved strategy reduced project costs, and runway
closure-time, while improving the pavement condition and maintaining access to
GE Engine Services.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In addition, Garver developed a
bituminous pavement specification that incorporated the material requirements
of the Kansas Department of Transportation specifications with the construction
methods required by the FAA. These specifications can now be used on future
airfield bituminous paving projects in Kansas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-26763436544052488922018-01-11T10:36:00.002-06:002018-01-11T10:36:16.429-06:00GarverGives contribution boosts hospital drive<div class="MsoNormal">
In what has become an annual holiday tradition, a
GarverGives donation from Garver’s Jackson, Mississippi office benefited a toy
drive held by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks
Conservation Officers in support of a local children’s hospital.</div>
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A group of 10 employees in Garver’s Jackson office presented
a $3,300 check that went to the Conservation Officers' “Stuff the Truck” toy
drive, which was organized to provide support to the child life specialists at
Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“As a father of two children, and the colleague of other
parents, we share a common belief in helping Mississippi’s children any chance
we get,” said Project Manager Wayne Black. “If we can help them take their
minds off the situations that they are in – even for a short time – that is
money well spent.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is the second consecutive year in which Garver has contributed to the Conservation
Officers' event that benefits Mississippi’s lone children’s hospital. The
“Stuff the Truck” drive supports the hospital’s annual toy drive that is put on
by its child life specialists, who strive to provide education, support, and
joy during each patient’s hospital stay. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-48775047308355151702018-01-10T10:20:00.001-06:002018-01-10T10:21:39.556-06:00The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture publishes Neal Garver biography<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtCI0uIDLgRZD6wHdzvcEYQXmPeIXnRSTLMfgN985p43yluhPMXjOgE0kD3zihBfoLS69QAmadRVDT_gL2ydc7Lx0zUDQ5HYhzUestcJ8wqn7sQtFf-dUSk-T6hvIWbTH3j0xhHdbR6nf/s1600/Neal+0877_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1009" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtCI0uIDLgRZD6wHdzvcEYQXmPeIXnRSTLMfgN985p43yluhPMXjOgE0kD3zihBfoLS69QAmadRVDT_gL2ydc7Lx0zUDQ5HYhzUestcJ8wqn7sQtFf-dUSk-T6hvIWbTH3j0xhHdbR6nf/s320/Neal+0877_002.jpg" width="201" /></a><a href="http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/">The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture</a>, an
online resource operated by the Central Arkansas Library System, published
recently a biography of Neal Garver, the founder of this company, which touches
on his early life on the family farm in Iowa, his time at Iowa State University, his arrival in Arkansas, and some of the company’s earliest achievements.<br />
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Garver worked in Toledo, Ohio, and as a professor of structural engineering at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, before reporting in June 1918 to Little Rock,
Arkansas, to aid the country’s war effort. He and two engineering
colleagues arrived to supervise the construction of a picric acid plant
southeast of Little Rock, which was to be used to manufacture munitions during
World War I. By the time the war ended that November, before the plant could become
operational, Garver had already decided to stay in Little Rock to help improve the
infrastructure in a state that, at the time, had few engineers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Architects were here in sufficient number to design
buildings, but few could design complicated structural features,” Garver wrote
in his unpublished autobiography.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1919, as the firm’s lone employee in the Gazette Building
in downtown Little Rock, Garver started what has grown since into a multi-disciplined firm with offices in 10 states and nearly 500 employees. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Read the <a href="http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=12525">entire entry here</a>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-36298411069503290402018-01-04T14:28:00.000-06:002018-01-04T14:28:00.991-06:00GarverGives donation aids Oklahoma homeless shelter<div class="MsoNormal">
A relationship between Garver’s Norman, Oklahoma, office and
a local homeless shelter began three years ago, when employees began helping
retrieve donations for the shelter to use for the meals it makes daily.</div>
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A total of 11 employees from the Norman office exceeded that help to
Food and Shelter, Inc., recently with a donation that will assist in its daily
contributions to the homeless community. GarverGives matched employees' efforts with a $1,320 donation presented last month to Food and Shelter, and will go to aid the soup kitchen and shelter
program’s quest to provide daily meals and consistent housing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“We’re proud to work with Food and Shelter, which has been
such a vital part of this city for decades,” said Project Manager Amanda Way.
“We’re part of this community in every way, and we cherish the opportunities to
partner with an organization that provides the city with such a vital service.”
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Garver employees donated more than 56 hours of time to Food
and Shelter in 2017, picking up donated goods from two area coffee shops and a
grocery store, while some also helped serve breakfast. Employees also donated $400 on Giving Tuesday last November.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Food and Shelter, a fully operational soup kitchen and
shelter program founded in 1983, serves the homeless community in Norman
breakfast and lunch each day, and provides short-term, long-term, and
supportive housing for homeless individuals and families. <o:p></o:p><br />
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To learn more about Garver's charitable giving, visit <a href="http://www.garverusa.com/GarverGives.">www.GarverUSA.com/GarverGives.</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-62450842121262348922018-01-02T11:23:00.000-06:002018-01-02T11:23:15.302-06:00ACEC-Texas honors Garver-led Master Plan project<div class="MsoNormal">
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A Garver-led project that will help assess alternatives and
improve operational efficiency for decades has earned one of the industry’s
highest honors from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas.</div>
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The Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) Central Regional
Wastewater System (CRWS) Master Plan and Modeling project earned a Gold Medal
recently in the studies, research, and consulting engineering services category
of ACEC-Texas’ Engineering Excellence Awards. </div>
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In the most detailed evaluation ever completed at the CRWS
treatment plant, the Garver team evaluated plant capabilities, capacities, and
treatment paradigms; projected future flows and loadings; and anticipated
regulatory requirements, completed processes and hydraulic modeling
assessments while delivering a new plant process model and a new hydraulic
model.</div>
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“This was a large undertaking for both the Garver team and
TRA,” said Garver Texas Water Team Leader Jeff Sober. “Because the $470 million
CIP has a significant impact on customer cities and the facility, it was critical
for the process to include the input of all possible stakeholders, and a constant
line of communication was crucial throughout the entire process.”</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYVLfzxXL6oKK09jILTfDR5GZwZ84J2bgHwg_2wA9ocxgC52oOEm5I11TO814qV92B4I_QdRK6yhbtg6L9687ERLQAkzm92xuW9J5r-Ka9cyW2Rg1uxI_5n8JSTkSwGNJJDqqk9XEluRO/s1600/DSC_0185.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYVLfzxXL6oKK09jILTfDR5GZwZ84J2bgHwg_2wA9ocxgC52oOEm5I11TO814qV92B4I_QdRK6yhbtg6L9687ERLQAkzm92xuW9J5r-Ka9cyW2Rg1uxI_5n8JSTkSwGNJJDqqk9XEluRO/s640/DSC_0185.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 100%;" /></a></div>
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The key to the project’s success was Garver’s development of
stop gaps that helped determine if there were any unidentified items to
evaluate or unintended consequences. The
final Master Plan was the result of a 22-month effort that developed 39 capital
improvement projects. Each project evaluation included life cycle cost analysis,
uncertainty analysis using Monte Carlo simulations, and non-economic evaluations,
all of which will help provide recommendations on capital planning and
operations and maintenance for the facility to manage 405 million gallons per
day of flow.</div>
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visit <a href="http://www.garverusa.com/Water">www.GarverUSA.com/Water</a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-63685092404156753732017-12-21T11:48:00.001-06:002017-12-21T11:48:41.680-06:00Gran elected president of Oklahoma chapter of SMPS<div class="MsoNormal">
Garver Regional Marketing Administrator Cindy Gran has been
elected President of the Oklahoma Chapter for the Society for Marketing
Professional Services (SMPS). Gran, who has been a member of Oklahoma’s SMPS
chapter since 2006, began her one-year term on Sept. 1.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTy_eSLsMj1eoIRvU_McPOueZ6BgEp-n-EAOWL9fvutcTHN9peSid6XCvCnyZp1J9xUDwE8gfImSy73nB1Mt9pCwN-uekzc1V1eiGNi_8P0jEG1AjcT2D0cTqMqF5ZaTixWeut_qwWaQPR/s1600/Gran_Cindy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1076" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTy_eSLsMj1eoIRvU_McPOueZ6BgEp-n-EAOWL9fvutcTHN9peSid6XCvCnyZp1J9xUDwE8gfImSy73nB1Mt9pCwN-uekzc1V1eiGNi_8P0jEG1AjcT2D0cTqMqF5ZaTixWeut_qwWaQPR/s320/Gran_Cindy.jpg" width="215" /></a>“I’m honored to be selected to lead an organization that has
proven to be so vital to our industry in Oklahoma,” said Gran. “Over the next
year we hope to continue the steady growth of SMPS membership, while providing
even more support that allows us to better serve our clients and enhance our marketing
and business development professional growth and opportunities.”<o:p></o:p><br />
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Identified as the leading organization dedicated to creating
business opportunities in the AEC industry, SMPS counts more than 6,000
businesses and professionals as members. The Oklahoma chapter, formed in 2001,
aims to strengthen the AEC industry in the state through networking,
educational programs, certification, and national exposure. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Gran has served previously on the National SMPS Marketing
for Communications award selection jury for SMPS, as the Oklahoma Chapter
Membership Chair and President-Elect, and as President of the Society of
American Military Engineers (SAME) Tulsa Post, which honored her with the
distinguished Regional Vice President (RVP) coin in recognition of outstanding
service to the organization in 2013.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-75730958254932835872017-12-14T10:12:00.003-06:002017-12-14T10:38:25.372-06:00GarverGives donation aids school garden program<div class="MsoNormal">
A recent donation from Garver’s Norman, Oklahoma office will
help advance the mission of Earth Rebirth, a nonprofit organization that
aims to educate the community by creating sustainable food, energy, and water.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Earth Rebirth’s award-winning Garden Your Own Growth program
uses its various education programs to spark economic improvement within its
community by using the food it produces. The Norman-based organization now reaches 17 schools, 15 of which
are in Norman, including an aquaponics system at Norman High School that supplies
its cafeteria, a food pantry program, and a local farmer’s market. Garver
gladly supports the hands-on, STEM-based curriculum that allows up to 300
students maintain the gardens themselves. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRhb1a_vmHZQwomoC9vxmTuOs6Wdyjvl1mVT_HnqsVr40d0xM92cQN-PScS7T_s5v-TSOMHQnUtWLELbYEbLhdchnL_cITagsyo5pQg5D0YRKKD9PlbGvEgLD6z83baF9m-InGmCsgmFK/s1600/Norman4.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRhb1a_vmHZQwomoC9vxmTuOs6Wdyjvl1mVT_HnqsVr40d0xM92cQN-PScS7T_s5v-TSOMHQnUtWLELbYEbLhdchnL_cITagsyo5pQg5D0YRKKD9PlbGvEgLD6z83baF9m-InGmCsgmFK/s640/Norman4.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 100%;" /></a></div>
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The $1,500 GarverGives donation will support Earth
Rebirth as it increases the number of school gardens; helps purchase winterization
supplies for school gardens, and materials to construct hoop housing for raised
garden beds and in-ground garden beds while funding transport to each of the
17 partner schools.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“We wanted to work with Earth Rebirth because it represents
so many of Garver’s values by using innovative thinking to make an impact on
our community,” said Garver Project Engineer Amanda Way. “We’re excited that
this donation will allow them to continue the important contributions they’ve
already made.”<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-12788675560288756532017-12-11T14:03:00.001-06:002017-12-11T14:16:02.969-06:00Garver adds Gorsegner to Wellness team<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 1em;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LTujFg1zUpc6twZR-rWvqjMF1BQyAHZclNmu4EcY3vrusWAfq1aTmtC3p-kngknaM8xyhHYYgdcSFj0NqpsrFl0inML4RQJaF4bXmXCOY6eA01jpEsurWNj-gLbW3wbhwTut25ntpytl/s1600/Gorsegner+Whitney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LTujFg1zUpc6twZR-rWvqjMF1BQyAHZclNmu4EcY3vrusWAfq1aTmtC3p-kngknaM8xyhHYYgdcSFj0NqpsrFl0inML4RQJaF4bXmXCOY6eA01jpEsurWNj-gLbW3wbhwTut25ntpytl/s320/Gorsegner+Whitney.jpg" width="213" /></a>
Over the last decade, Garver has experienced unprecedented
growth, expanding our services into new markets and adding expert professionals
who aid clients like never before.</div>
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But Garver takes seriously its commitment to maintaining a
healthy workplace and a positive company-wide culture, and with that effort in
mind, Garver is pleased to announce the hiring of Wellness Coordinator Whitney
Gorsegner, who will help advance its award-winning, employee-focused Wellness Program.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“No matter how much
we continue to grow, promoting a health-conscious workplace will always be one of our
top priorities,” said Wellness Team Manager Sarah Palmiero. “Whitney’s
experience as a dedicated advocate for a healthy lifestyle will be a welcomed
addition, and will provide even more support to our employees and their families.”<br />
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Gorsegner comes to Garver with experience in developing personal
training, group fitness, and health education curriculum, while serving as an advocate for
healthy eating as a foundation for quality life. She is a
Certified Health Education Specialist and a certified personal trainer by the
American Council on Exercise.</div>
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“I firmly believe that lives can be changed simply by
showing people of any age how fun being healthy can be,” Gorsegner said. “I’m
positive that we’ll continue to create an environment in which our employees
continue to discover the benefits of healthy lifestyles.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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As part of Garver’s People Services Team, Palmiero and
Gorsegner will work together in advancing the award-winning Wellness Program with
continued support of its employees and families in achieving overall physical,
mental, financial, and social well-being. In 2017, 99 percent of </div>
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employees participated in the Wellness Program, with almost 40 percent earning
financial rewards for hitting established benchmarks. Garver was named earlier
this year a Gold Well Workplace by the Wellness Council of America and was
named among the Top 100 Healthiest Employers at FitBit Captivate 2017.</div>
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overall programming, while concentrating on disease management efforts and
total rewards support, while Gorsegner will focus on health promotion, employee
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-90878930270147154932017-12-07T11:06:00.000-06:002017-12-07T11:10:31.991-06:00MDOT opens stretch of I-269 in north Mississippi<div class="MsoNormal">
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Garver joined representatives from the Mississippi
Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and several elected officials this week to
mark the opening of a section of I-269 in Marshall County, Mississippi
southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. The four-lane controlled access interstate
extends I-269 from just east of U.S. Highway 78 to State Road 302 and is the
second leg of the ongoing project. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Garver provided engineering services for Phases A, B and C of the project, which included surveys, roadway, traffic and bridge design.
Garver’s section of the project, which opened this week, covers 6.3 miles
and includes one interchange, several grade separation structures, and a
4,000-foot bridge over the Coldwater River.</div>
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“We knew from the beginning that this would be a huge economic
benefit to north Mississippi, providing another route around one of the region’s
largest metropolitan areas,” said Garver Senior Project Manager Steve Haynes.
“It’s rewarding to see this stretch of interstate open and to know that the
citizens of Mississippi and Tennessee, and those traveling through it, will be
taking full advantage.”</div>
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Eventually I-269 will provide an interstate loop around
Memphis, providing easier access into Memphis while opening up additional areas to further development. From Hernando,
Mississippi, the interstate will travel along Memphis’s eastern edge to
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-20552422776826273442017-11-30T12:32:00.000-06:002017-12-01T10:31:29.772-06:00Garver adds landscape architecture to available services<div class="MsoNormal">
Garver has always strived to be a full-service engineering
and consulting firm that provides solutions throughout the life of a project. With
that effort in mind, it has added landscape architecture to its list of varied capabilities,
providing clients with services related to all aspects of site planning and
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From its office in Wichita, Kansas, Garver’s registered
landscape architects have the ability to improve and enhance municipal streets,
educational facilities, bicycle and pedestrian trails, retail facilities, park
and recreational facilities, and medical buildings. They’re also capable in
land planning, streetscapes, and wayfinding for projects throughout Garver’s 10-state
footprint.</div>
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“Anything outside of the structure, we can come up with a
plan that creates a vibrant, more attractive space for our clients,” said Landscape Architect Brent Thomas, a member of Garver's Federal Team who will help deliver projects across all available services. “Our plans will improve the curb
appeal and really make these projects something our clients can be proud of.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Garver’s landscape architects are currently working on
projects in Alabama, Kansas, and Texas; while past projects include a church
expansion master plan, a cemetery design, a streetscape design that reinvented
two streets in downtown Wichita to spark further redevelopment; entry signage for a residential development; and a retail concept planning project at a 25-acre aviation campus.</div>
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capabilities, visit <a href="https://www.garverusa.com/federal">GarverUSA.com/Federal</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-58553679304586337592017-11-28T11:36:00.000-06:002017-11-28T11:36:43.654-06:00Radar approach facility renovation awarded Gold Medal<div class="MsoNormal">
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas recently
honored a Garver-led project that turned one of the U.S. Army’s most complicated
radar approach control facilities into a modern and updated operation focused
on efficiency and safety. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A full-scale renovation of the Army Radar Approach Control building at Robert
Gray Army Airfield at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas was awarded a Gold Medal in
the Building/Technology Systems category by ACEC-Texas, the result of a combined effort
between Garver’s Aviation, Facilities Design, and Federal teams. The project completely
reorganized a control facility that has been in use since 1975 and currently services eight civilian and four military
airfields in central Texas.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“Because of its importance, we had to come up with a plan to keep the ARAC operational during construction," said Project Manager Josh Crawford. "It was a difficult task, but we're proud to say it didn't miss one day of operations."</span><br />
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provided a temporary and transportable facility, which required coordination with the Federal
Aviation Administration, Fort Hood Directorate of Aviation, and the City of Killeen Department of Aviation, to keep operations going during the renovations. The new facility, which opened earlier this year, now has a free-flowing floor plan concentrated to enhance operations, maintenance, administration, and general areas, to more efficiently service up to 10,000 flights per year.<br />
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To learn more about what Garver's Aviation Team visit <a href="https://garverusa.com/markets/aviation/">GarverUSA.com/Aviation</a>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-40049153461234173372017-11-16T11:11:00.001-06:002017-11-16T11:11:24.294-06:00Garver project wins DBIA merit award<div class="MsoNormal">
A Garver design-build project that provided the Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) with a state-of-the-art canine training facility
has earned one of its industry’s top awards.</div>
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The Design-Build Institute of America awarded the Canine
Training Facility at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, with a
National Award of Merit in the Educational Facilities category at its annual
awards dinner last week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Garver provided design
project management, design quality control, and architectural, civil,
communications, mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection design services.</div>
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Garver was joined on the design-build team with The Ross
Group and HDR for the 25,000 square-foot-facility that includes classrooms,
offices, and large gathering spaces. The LEED Silver facility is equipped to
educate around 230 canine-handler teams per year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“We were proud and honored to work on a project that is so important
to the TSA’s mission,” said Greg Archer, Director of Architecture at Garver. “The finished product was exactly
what we envisioned – an open design that is as elegant as it is functional and will be of use for a long, long time.”</div>
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The DBIA said the academy provides the National Explosives Detection
Training Program with “an optimal educational environment for the critical training
functions of the men, women, and explosives detection canines who protect and
serve our country.”</div>
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To learn more about what Garver’s Facilities Design Team can
do for you, visit <a href="https://garverusa.com/facilities-design/">GarverUSA.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-54480008300946368372017-11-16T10:33:00.001-06:002017-11-17T10:57:09.888-06:00Garver drive contributes to Arkansas Children's Northwest<div class="MsoNormal">
Garver affects its communities on a daily basis through improvements
to airports, roads, and water treatment plants. But Garver’s Fayetteville,
Arkansas office recently impacted a vital addition independent of
infrastructure design.</div>
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About 60 employees in the Fayetteville office united last
week to raise more than one-third of what resulted in a $30,000 donation from
GarverGives, the company’s corporate giving arm, to Arkansas Children’s
Northwest, a state-of-the-art pediatric care center scheduled to open in
January 2018 in Springdale.</div>
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came with perks, such as shoving a pie in the face of their manager, making
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“It was important to us for our employees to have fun with
this campaign,” said Project Manager Adam White, who helped organize the drive.
“But the most important part was the impact this will have on the new hospital,
which will impact Northwest Arkansas for generations. To be a part of that is a
true blessing.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Arkansas Children’s Northwest will be the first freestanding
children’s hospital in the area, which will aid Garver’s employees and their
families along with the rest of the community.</div>
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“With this coming here, that’s going to allow Northwest
Arkansas families to stay close to home during some of the most difficult times
when they otherwise would have had to go to the hospital in Little Rock for an
extended period,” White said. “That was something we really wanted to get
behind.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-90438529577087498942017-11-09T13:40:00.000-06:002017-11-09T13:40:22.399-06:00Garver honors America's veterans<div class="MsoNormal">
Garver is eternally grateful for the sacrifices made by the
men and women who served our country, as well as those who continue to do so. On Friday,
we will recognize those veterans who provided a safer nation by serving the military and who now serve Garver in our mission to provide that same
nation with sound infrastructure. <o:p></o:p></div>
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More than 20 current Garver employees served in various
military branches – a group that touches multiple business lines and Garver
offices – and to them we say thank you for what you’ve done for our country and
continue to do for our company. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Wade Carpenter</b>, Senior Project Surveyor, Survey, Huntsville,
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<b>Guy Choate</b>, Communications Team Manager, Communications, North
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-8685787968156766112017-11-02T10:21:00.001-05:002017-11-02T10:27:08.313-05:00Dusek, Luna, Snyder win Spirit of Garver Awards<div class="MsoNormal">
Each year, Garver Summit is held to celebrate company
achievements and the employees who helped make them possible. That’s why, one
of the features of each Summit is announcing the Spirit of Garver Awards, which
go to the individuals who best exhibited dedication, passion, and
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This year, for the first time ever, three were announced as
Spirit of Garver winners. Kaylee Dusek, Edoardo Luna, and Andrew Snyder each
won the award, which comes with a cash prize and recognizes their achievements
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Dusek is a project engineer on the Water Team in the Frisco,
Texas office. Luna is a Regional Finance Leader in the Frisco, Texas office. And
Andrew Snyder is a Project Manager on the Transportation Team in the Tulsa,
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Congratulations to our winners, our nominees, and <a href="http://blog.garverusa.com/2017/08/spirit-of-garver-finalists-named-for.html">finalists</a>.
To see more photos from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/garverusa/photos/?ref=page_internal">Summit 2017</a>, visit our Facebook Page.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-61413577284442352512017-10-31T13:00:00.001-05:002017-11-02T14:14:27.277-05:00Employees travel to Oklahoma City for Garver Summit 2017<div class="MsoNormal">
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Each year, Garver employees gather in one location for presentations,
company meetings, awards, and team-building exercises in what has become one of
its most anticipated events. Garver Summit 2017, held recently in Oklahoma
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Nearly 300 employees from across Garver’s 10-state footprint
gathered in central Oklahoma recently for the seventh annual event. This year’s
Summit was hosted by Garver’s Norman, Oklahoma office, which has been a part of
the Garver family since 2004. One of its largest offices, Norman has provided clients with water, transportation, aviation, facilities
design, and construction services for more than a decade. It was the second
Summit to be held in Oklahoma, after Garver’s Tulsa office hosted the event in
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Like in years past, the team-building competition was a
highlight. More than 35 teams traveled the streets of Oklahoma City in an
Amazing Race-style event that sent them through the city’s
underground walkways, and required them to maneuver a Segway through the concourse of Chickasaw
Bricktown Ballpark, navigate a white-water rafting course, and zip line over
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"Give yourselves a goal," he told employees. "Say it out loud. Refine it. Write it down. That's what we did in 2006. I'm here to tell you, and you can see the proof in Garver's history, establishing a goal is the first step toward achieving it."</div>
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City, Missouri offices as “Best Places to Work” in the small business category
at a luncheon at the College Basketball Experience in Kansas City.</div>
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“We pride ourselves in providing excellent services, but
being a place that the most talented employees want to continue to work at is just
as important,” said Garver Senior Project Manager Mark Williams, who is based
in the Overland Park office. “We’ve been able to accomplish a lot in a short
amount of time in this market, and our workplace culture is a big part of that.”</div>
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Flexible work schedules, competitive benefits, and an
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expand on those tenets with mentoring programs for young employees to meet
with office leaders, a book club that sparks discussion among co-workers, and a
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The two offices were also named earlier this year as
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Garver opened both offices in 2013, from which it has since served
aviation and transportation clients. Garver provided design services for the
U.S. 69 Missouri River bridge design-build project, is leading the design of SW Route 65 in Springfield, Missouri, has served as construction manager for runway status lights installations at airports in New York and San Francisco, and is currently
working with the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport to expand its general aviation apron.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835239613979661503.post-71340076993072762862017-10-17T09:57:00.002-05:002017-10-17T09:57:58.570-05:00Garver helps local charity raise more than $3,000<img border="0" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0auEjQ_-hMQ8g6DDFkkWJjm5caSnS-5HXkK8tSYqfLwRsG-jKuFpUT2fGFVj4f6aeOYTseNhb0PMFF8eaI_74qcV_Db5i5E0N44rhJ9azKsxLiz7flCvPR5Pa4cToKw9aI2iIx4a1x0/s320/TulsaPancakes-thumb.jpg" style="display: none;" width="1" />
A pair of Garver-sponsored events held in Tulsa recently assisted a charity aimed at helping those with developmental disabilities raise more than $3,000 as part of a months-long fundraising effort.<br />
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Ten volunteers from Garver’s Tulsa, Oklahoma office hosted a pancake breakfast followed by a four-on-four sand volleyball tournament last month. All proceeds from both events went directly to A New Leaf, a Broken Arrow-based organization that provides those with developmental disabilities with life skills and job training through horticulture and community-based vocational placement.<br />
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Garver’s pancake breakfast, assisted by volunteers from a local Chili’s restaurant, where the event was held, the Civitans from Tulsa Community College, and The Eagle, KJSR-FM, 103.3, raised more than $2,000 by selling tickets at $10 each. After additional tips and donations, the breakfast averaged more than $25 per person. Then, a 10-team volleyball tournament, assisted by the Tulsa Volleyball League, provided even more assistance to the organization. Both were held as part of A New Leaf’s “Grow Together” campaign to raise funds and awareness through a variety of events spread over multiple months.<br />
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“From raising funds to awareness, we learned a lot about planning and operating these types of events,” said Garver Project Engineer Jordan Jones. “A New Leaf is a vital part of our community here, and we look forward to continued work with them, and their 'Grow Together' campaign.”<br />
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To learn more about Garver's charitable giving, visit <a href="http://www.garverusa.com/GarverGives.">www.GarverUSA.com/GarverGives.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554678284530805904noreply@blogger.com