AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES/MARYLAND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING JUNE 21, 2017

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1 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES/MARYLAND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING JUNE 21, 2017 A meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Council of Engineering Companies/Maryland was called to order by S. Robinson, President, at 3:15 P.M. on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Oxon Hill, MD. IN ATTENDANCE: S. Robinson, President; J. Jannetti, Vice President; S. Taub, Treasurer; A. Straus, Secretary; M. Peters, C. Kumi, T. Frascarella, S. McCone, V. Pielli, ACEC/MD Directors; D. Knight; ACEC Director; W. Barrett, ACEC Alternate Director, H. Floyd, D. Cheng, J. Haynes, F. Waesche, and J. Otradovec, ACEC/MD Executive Director. MINUTES OF THE MAY 18TH MEETING: A motion was duly moved and seconded that the minutes of the May 18, 2017 meeting be approved. FINANCIAL REPORT: S. Taub distributed copies of the Statement of Financial Condition for the Council as of May 31, 2017, as follows: ASSETS: Cash - checking $ 55, T. Rowe Price Prime Reserve Fund 2, Accounts Receivable 114, Dues Receivable Local $ 156, National 73, , Affiliate Dues Receivable 7, Joint Council Dues Receivable Prepaid Expense-Insurance (2 years of 3 year policy) Prepaid Expense-60 th Anniversary 7, Prepaid Expense-2018 Conference 1, $ 544, LIABILITIES: Accounts Payable $ 18, ACEC/PAC Raffle 3, $ 21, NET WORTH: Beginning Balance 7/1/16 $ 308, Total to Date 89, $ 397, The Statement of Income and Expense, which is attached to the minutes, was reviewed for eleven months ending May 31, S. Taub reported that dues payments are running slightly behind previous years, while receivables have declined significantly since the last statement. Since the bill has not been received from ESB for the Environmental Forum, the accounting on the event is incomplete. In 1

2 addition, due to production errors on the golf giveaway umbrellas, the expenses for the items are not included in the statement. The statement reflects printing costs for the annual awards newsletter and a rebate back from ACEC for ACEC/MD achieving attendance goals at the recent conference. Eleven months into the fiscal year, the budget continues to be on target. Also, the proposed budget for FY was overwhelmingly approved by the general membership. OLD BUSINESS: 1. SMART Goals S. Robinson and J. Otradovec provided a summary of the goals, as follows: Membership Growth/Retention While five new Regular members and two Affiliate members have been added, the net gain goal has not been achieved. After discussion, in order to focus on retention, the Executive Committee requested that quarterly reports be provided on participation at ACEC/MD activities. Program The Utilities Committee program, focusing on resiliency, was a success. A program focusing on MEP concerns will be offered next year. Political Fundraising Half way through the third year of the election cycle, almost $65,000 of the $75,000 goal has been raised. This represents only 22% of the 40% member firm participation called for in the goals. The committee is making targeted calls to encourage more contributions. Career Outreach Eight out of twelve members of the Executive Committee have identified two or more individuals that would be involved in outreach efforts. Prime/Sub Interaction The third of three roundtables in the current fiscal year was held at Phoenix Engineering on June 15th. Some members of the Executive Committee commented that it is unfortunate that there was not enough interest by SBE Committee members in holding the roundtable at the conference, as previously scheduled. They commented that it would have been the perfect opportunity for SBE representatives to interface with Prime firm representatives in attendance. After discussion, it was decided that ACEC/MD should facilitate Primes reaching out to SBEs to generate more activity and involvement. Increased Legislative Support Just under 100 member firm representatives attended the annual CEPAC luncheon, with 50 representatives participating in the morning visitations. All firms represented on the Executive Committee and committee chairs paid dues by the second quarter of the fiscal year. 2. ACEC/MD s 60 th Anniversary J. Otradovec reported that the gala will be held at the Sagamore Pendry Hotel in Fells Point, Friday, November 3 rd from 6:00 10:00 PM. Valet parking will be available. Similar to the 50 th anniversary celebration, the band A Classic Case will perform. The hotel will allow a ten-room block at $280 per night without an attrition clause. To date, approximately fifteen individuals have expressed interest in staying at the hotel. Even if an individual has expressed interest in staying overnight, reservations must be made directly with the hotel by calling Tri-State Meeting (September, 2019) ACEC/MD Vice President J. Jannetti previously reported that ACEC/NY, ACEC/NJ and ACEC/PA have invited ACEC/MD to participate in their next joint conference, being held in New Jersey, September It would be a twoday program with PDHs addressing multi-state topics of interest. The ACEC/MD Executive Committee meeting would also be held at that time. 2

3 SPECIAL REPORTS: 1. ACEC Reports - W. Barrett and J. Otradovec reported the following: ACEC will hold orientation sessions for Member Organization leadership: Nov. 6-7, Nov. 9-10, and Nov While they specifically requested that the President, President-elect and Director of MOs attend, they agreed to ACEC/MD s request that individuals rising in the organization such as Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary would be appropriate to attend. ACEC s Fall Conference will be held October 15-18, 2017 at the Hilton Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria in Orlando. Less than halfway through the calendar year, ACEC/PAC has raised approximately $500,000 toward the goal of raising $1M. ACEC/MD has raised approximately 40% of the federal (ACEC/PAC) goal. As is tradition, raffle tickets are available in support of ACEC/MD s effort. The drawing will be held at the October 12 th General Membership Meeting. Acting, in part, on the recommendation of participants of ACEC s Annual Legislative Summit, 200 Congressional Representatives have signed on to the Graves/Norton letter that encourages addressing the long-term financial stability of the highway trust fund in any tax reform legislation. Sen. Cardin was a co-sponsor of legislation addressing combined sewer overflows. COMMITTEE REPORTS: 1. Facilities J. Otradovec provided the report from the chair on the June 7 th meeting with Baltimore County Schools, as follows: Current Organization Structure/Pending Changes BCPS is going through a re-organization in the near future. Engineering and Construction will become Facilities Construction and Improvements The Board of Education will become 100% elected by 2019 Chief Inspector Mike Ryan retired. He was replaced by Sam Hobbs BCPS Items BCPS has become more client focused, partnering internally and externally BCPS will purchase project management software soon, potentially E-Builder BCPS has between $800M - $1B of current work Prevailing wage has become a funding issue Procurement/Technical Team Selection Process Solicitation for Design Services is forthcoming, probably in September Architectural, MEP, Civil/Structural, and CM in Tier 1 (>$2m), Tier 2 ($.5m - $2m) and Tier 3 (<$.5m) Upcoming Solicitations of Interest to the Engineering Community/Budget The County Executive s speech from April 2017 contains a summary of upcoming projects Seven new schools need to be operational by 2021, staggered over three years. Three will be prototypes. Five additions will be built by 2021 There will be smaller projects as well Technical Concerns on Recent Contracts/Projects Fingerprinting has become a nightmare, but it has been delegated to third party firms 3

4 Quality Control Concerns on Recent Contracts/Projects Very happy with current design teams except for one BCPS needs new Civil Engineering firms. The current three firms have too much work MBE Changes/Goals Reduced for AC projects Determined by funding source and project LEED Requirements BCPS does not favor LEED. System Commissioning With FF&E and IT costs rising, BCPS cannot afford commissioning 2. DGS Liaison/Interprofessional J. Otradovec reported that comments received in response to DGS L. Buckler solicitation regarding the proposed procurement reform regulations included: The appeals process for non-selection on A&E contracts has been changed to require an appeal to the Maryland Board of Contract Appeals, which would be similar to a bid protest on a construction process. Questioning why the expedited procurement process only applies to MPC, MAA and DGS, and not all MDOT Business Units. Simply combining the Expression of Interest (EOI) and Task Proposal (TP) will save time, but could cause higher costs to the industry and, therefore, increased OH cost to the State. In addition, the provision may cause non-qualified or lesser qualified firms to do extensive work associated with the TP. L. Buckler responded that the EOI and TP can be separated or combined. For major MDOT work, with a high volume of proposals, the intent would be to separate, while smaller projects with less interest would have them combined. 3. Utilities J. Otradovec reported on the internal meeting held May 24 th, as follows: The committee questioned whether there are any initiatives that the Executive Committee would like them to pursue. The committee is interested in meeting with the City of Baltimore, but is aware that there is currently a liaison committee addressing items of mutual interest. The committee would like to pursue a meeting with DC Water. In order to pursue a meeting with BGE, the committee is developing a list of objectives. Verizon is not interested in meeting. PEPCO/Exelon- BGE has biannual customer meetings that might be valuable to attend Potential topics with clients include: Design Guidelines Quality QBS Technology Right-A-Way AWWA s Conference is being held in Baltimore November 2-3. Discussed possibility of presenters attending ACEC/MD 60 th Anniversary Celebration. 4

5 4. MDOT Liaison A. Straus and J. Otradovec reported the following: SHA Partnering/Liaison Meeting (June 15 th ): Workload/Program - While the program remains robust this year ($1.4B), in FY18 ($1.5B) and FY19 ($1.4), SHA sees a decline in the out years. While that sometimes does happen, there is less visibility with funding to supplement the out years. SHA encouraged ACEC/MD member firms to routinely check the SHA Consultant Services page for a complete and updated list of upcoming opportunities. Workgroups update: Alternative Delivery - Current Projects & Update on Forthcoming Projects US 219 (moved to shortlist) and MD 32, Phase 2 (advertise in Feb 18) are funded. FBI headquarters awaiting decision from the Federal Government, recently delayed. They are very different projects depending on the location selected. SHA is analyzing options to use Design-Build for various Water Resources programs with a pass/fail and schedule of items procurement method. Considering a contract for noise abatement along I-270 with a similar procurement method as above with water projects. Environmental - SHA is planning a procurement for stream restoration projects. A pre-proposal meeting was held in June with the proposal due in August. CADD and ProjectWise Partnering Committee SHA is pleased with the improved use of ProjectWise. SHA reported they are staying with the current workspace with ProjectWise, while analyzing the potential and pilot use of OpenRoads Technology in July. Construction There is a plan review RFP in the pipeline and several CMI contracts out or coming out. Construction personnel are transitioning over the state to cover changing priorities. Red Vector may not be an adequate solution and continuing to investigate VDOT University as an example for further training and certification. Concern was expressed at recent liaison meeting that electronically transmitting personal information is illegal. However, apparently the SSA website does not prohibit. SHA is looking into the matter. PRD Procedure and Practices Prepared a draft technical practices document, which is being reviewed internally. Will release to a small vetting group for final thoughts and revisions and looking to publish mid-late August. PRD is the SHA lead office for all submittals, except small pond still through MDE Dam Safety Division and Design Build, which will have a dedicated/separate team and not necessarily through SHA PM. 5

6 Sediment and Stormwater document being developed. Comments due by July 21 st. SHA-ACEC/MD Project Management (PM) Summit Targeting an audience of mid-level PM personnel from both the SHA and consultant communities. The goal of the summit is to primarily establish a more consistent application and understanding of the processes and protocols around managing SHA work. Targeting for late summer or fall for the summit with an eye on future events. Current Topics: SBE Set-Asides While ACEC/MD fully supports the SBE program, concern over implementation has been discussed several times. ACEC/MD strongly prefers that entire sets of contracts in various districts (used forthcoming District #6 as an example) not be solely designated for SBE firms. While ACEC/MD has many SBE member firms, there are non-sbe firms that are very interested in these contracts and have worked in districts for years. Also concerned that SBE firms will not have the range of capabilities the scope in the RFP calls for. SHA indicated they are being instructed by FHWA to package SBE procurements in this manner. All series must be either SBE or non- SBE. Electronic Invoicing SHA currently coordinating with MDOT, picking up on previously stalled efforts. Infrastructure moving to e-invoicing is nearly in place, including works with accounting system. Waiting for further guidance and funding from MDOT to move toward implementation. Timing for completing rollout is approximately 1 year. Charging Time for Oversight of Offsite Staff The current practice is to not allow management of construction and seconded staff. FAR requires project related charges to be accounted for in that project. SHA will look into the practice and report back to ACEC/MD. Contract Management Task Force Was placed on hold while Governor s Commission and current legislation moved to passage. Eric Lomboy will develop a small subcommittee with SHA and ACEC/MD members to work through the issues. Work on this and other follow up items have been slowed because of SHA being short-staffed. 6

7 SHA also reported the memo aimed at addressing several longstanding business finance-related issues is in final review and should be released in several weeks. New Business: Cybersecurity Both ACEC/MD and SHA remain concerned and focused on these issues. SHA outlined their four-pronged approach to Cybersecurity: o Data Loss Prevention o Encryption Strategies o Vulnerability Assessment/Security Patches o Awareness and Education - SHA uses Security Mentor, and suggests that the consultant community consider using the same training system. Acknowledged that security is only as strong as the weakest link. DBE Tracking Consultant community concerned that SHA has moved away from tracking DBE compliance by contract, and strictly requiring each task to meet the DBE contract requirements. SHA confirmed this was not the desired practice and would work internally to correct. ACEC/MD requested that SHA review the turnaround time for price proposals. While everyone is committed to shorter procurement times, consultants often need more than two or three days to coordinate with their sub consultants, many of which are small businesses with limited resources to respond that quickly. SHA s B. Connor is reviewing issue. SHA is working with FHWA on clarifying the DBE grandfather and graduation rules. SHA will consider the practice of creating a repository for annual submission of consultant financial documentation, in lieu of requiring separate submissions for each procurement. PennDOT was cited as one example, but SHA requested ACEC/MD provide other examples. Legislative Issues: Ever since the MD Open Transportation Investment Decision Act of 2016 was passed, ACEC/MD and MDOT have worked to get certain provision of that Act changed. This past session, the legislature passed provisions to allow more consideration for how to move forward as a result of the Act. A workgroup that includes many stakeholders will work to present their findings to the legislature to recommend a path forward. SHA also reported that several procurement-related bills were passed. Semi-annual MDOT Business Unit Program (June 6 th ) MDOT Secretary Rahn provided the opening remarks at the event that was attended by over 100 representatives. He provided the following comments: He very much appreciates the partnership between the consultant community and MDOT s Business Units, and very much dislikes the gotcha approach. 7

8 2017 General Assembly All but two initiatives were adopted. The Road Kill Bill is now an advisory mechanism and no longer a scoring approach. Program The Department is realizing record infrastructure investment, but due to fuel prices projected at $4.20/GA rather than the current price and a $150M hit in the income tax component, the CTP has been reduced from $15.6B to $14.8B. Also, the Excise Tax portion reflects an increase in the value of vehicles sold, but no increase in vehicles sold. Additional Federal funding might become available. Unanticipated Change Orders 88% are coming from A/E services. Since he views the situation as MDOT Business Units losing control, they will look at more closely. Purple Line He is pleased with where they are on the project. Working with the AG s office, they received a favorable ruling on 24 out of 25 decisions. Instead of focusing on ridership projections, the judge could have held the project up indefinitely. At this point, at the Executive Committee meeting, D. Cheng reported that, in commemoration of MdQI s 25 th anniversary, a book and video are being developed for distribution at the 2018 conference. Firms and supporting organizations are encouraged to consider sponsoring the initiative. After considering sponsorship levels, and recognizing the importance of MdQI, a motion was approved to make the maximum contribution of $1,500. In addition, firms that received awards for outstanding projects are requested to provide pictures of projects for potential use in the commemoration 5. Construction Services No report. 6. Business Finance - T. Frascarella reported that the next committee meeting is scheduled July 27 th. 7. IT No report. 8. County/Municipal Government Liaison - V. Pielli and J. Otradovec reported the following: Carroll and Howard At the request of a member firm representative, ACEC/MD worked with Affiliate member firm Ames and Gough to contact the Counties regarding uninsurable provisions in their contracts. Also, a liaison meeting was held with Howard County representatives on June 14 th. Minutes are pending. City of Salisbury Acting at the request of ACEC/MD, CBIZ was successful in getting the City to modify their RFP document to allow for a firm to take exception to uninsurable contract provisions. Next internal meeting June 27 th. 9. Gov. Golf Outing Greystone Golf Course, White Hall (May 1, 2017) J. Otradovec reported that efforts are still underway to secure the event giveaway umbrellas that encountered production errors. 10. Human Resources No report. 8

9 11. QBS V. Pielli and J. Otradovec reported the following: To date, the chair has been unable to schedule a meeting in Anne Arundel County to address QBS. At a previous liaison meeting, County representatives agreed to discuss their procurement process. The chair and facilitator R. Lepson recently met with Frederick County officials to discuss their procurement process. They agreed to consider ACEC/MD s recommendation regarding utilizing open end contracts. R. Lepson has unsuccessfully attempted to schedule a meeting with Carroll County officials to address their selection process. He is recommending that the matter be addressed at an upcoming liaison meeting. QBS Council The council is officially being disbanded, and funds are being proportionately distributed to contributors. Firms are reminded to provide RFPs from recent projects that do not follow QBS. 12. Nominating No report. 13. Past Presidents Advisory/Bylaws/Fellows D. Knight and J. Otradovec reported on the committee meeting held May 25 th, as follows: Fellows Candidates Outgoing President S. Robinson was unanimously approved by the committee. He will be recognized at the December 14th GMM. Leadership Reunion Program The committee suggested that an ethics program be considered. QBS Due to the number of counties that fail to use QBS, the committee suggested that consideration be given to initiating legislation reinforcing that QBS be used when state funds are involved on a project. Salisbury s new mayor, who is an architect, may be receptive to QBS and ensuring that insurable language is included in contracts. Comptroller Franchot could play an important role in advocating for QBS. Initiating a Client Award The item was brought forth because states that have a client award realize a lot of client representatives at their awards banquets. After discussion, the committee decided that the current ACEC/MD President s Award achieves the same goal. 14. Awards & Recommendations M. Peters reported that ACEC/MD s 2017 Community Service Award winner R. Scrafford was submitted to ACEC for consideration in the national competition. 15. Environmental J. Otradovec reported that the chair recommends that the minutes from the meeting with MDOT s Charles Glass, regarding the TMDL RFI, be sent rather than an official letter. After discussion, the Executive Committee concurred with the recommendation. 16. Public Relations J. Otradovec reported that the chair is developing a timeline of engineering achievements that would be used to commemorate ACEC/MD s 60 th anniversary celebration. He thanked M. Peters for providing pictures associated with the Baltimore Consent Decree. He also reported that, according to KCI s C. Overcash, five member firms had teams that participated in the Tour de Cure that was won by KCI. Since this is a great 9

10 opportunity to get ACEC/MD s name in front of the public, as well as raising funds for ADA, C. Overcash encouraged more firms to participate next year. 17. Career Outreach M. Peters reported that the next committee meeting is scheduled June 30 th. 18. CEPAC S. McCone reported that the committee continues to focus on getting pledges from both firms and individuals, and is attending a wave of fundraisers that traditionally occur after the session. Special attention is being paid to legislators that supported ACEC/MD s pro-business initiatives that passed. Currently, only 22% of ACEC/MD firms are contributing, resulting in approximately $62,000 being raised toward the $75,000 goal in the third year of the election cycle. 19. Legislative S. McCone and J. Otradovec reported the following: Sen. Manno contacted the ACEC/MD office about garnering support for his potential run for the 6 th District Congressional seat. Congressman Delaney, who currently holds the seat, is scheduled to announce his intentions of seeking a different office by the end of July. In addition to continuing to work to preserve infrastructure funding gained in previous sessions, the committee would like to pursue legislation that would provide for the release of the short list on D/B projects. 20. Membership J. Jannetti presented an application for Regular Membership from CST ENGINEERING, INC. After discussion, a motion was duly made and seconded that: The application from CST ENGINEERING, INC. for Regular Membership be presented to the membership for acceptance in ACEC/MD. Motion approved. Also, a representative from SOMAT Engineering, who has opened an office in Baltimore, and CES B. Catterton have expressed interest in joining ACEC/MD. 21. Program/Annual Conference (Gaylord, National Harbor, MD, June 21-23, 2017) S. Robinson welcomed everyone to ACEC/MD 29 th annual conference. Including Leadership Class participants, 94 people have signed up to attend. He also encouraged member firm representatives to mark their calendars for June 27-30, 2018, and plan to attend next year s conference at The Hyatt Centric in Key West. 22. Federal Gov. Liaison/Corps of Engineers Liaison C. Kumi and J. Otradovec reported on the May 23 rd meeting with USACE representatives, as follows: Organizational changes: Tony Vidal will be retiring at the end of June. The District is understaffed by about 30 personnel. They have a need for project managers, design managers, and technical personnel. Environmental Regulations update Mitigation banking is gaining traction in Maryland. SHA set up an umbrella mitigation banking instrument which sets the crediting schedule, with the Interagency Review Team (IRT) handling approvals. The instrument is for all of MDOT, with SHA as the administrator of the instrument. 10

11 There are three approved banks and three pending banks. SHA wants to set up a stream bank. Joint Base Andrews is considering a bank for DoD use. A sub-group of the IRT is looking at function-based crediting for streams. In-Lieu Fee: USACE is working with MDE, but MDE has to make the next move. SPGP-5: Significant permitting changes are as follows: 2017 Nationwide permits became valid in March Increased the repair/maintenance threshold to one acre. SHA broke out a special exception for grout/paving maintenance. New stormwater management activity for minor impacts. New restrictions for piers and pile driving in tidal areas. Set design criteria/bmps for tidal activities. Permitting timeframes: 60 days from complete Joint Permit Application. TMDL Update The Phase 2 MS4 permits for installations are in draft form. DoD is discussing sharing credits among the service branches/agencies. Army Environmental Command will fund projects for Army installations over the next few years. They are starting early before the permit is out. USACE is helping to pick sites compatible with installation master plans. Initially, they are avoiding all leased lands (e.g., schools, military housing) on post. Ft. Meade has a 150 acre requirement that will be difficult to meet. Aberdeen Proving Ground has more ponds for retrofit than Ft. Meade. Limited in project size by MILCON funding threshold of $1M. Also, can t use Civil Works money because cost/benefit ratio is hard to justify. Bases will have until 2025 to meet the requirements. Watershed Resources Registry is being improved for stream restoration opportunities. TMDL permitting USACE is seeing very large stream restorations or small outfall stabilizations with few medium-sized projects. They have not experienced the high volume of projects projected. Program/Workload projections: WRDA: No update MS4: see above IDIQs: Starting to initiate the next round of AE contracts Letterkenny IDIQ either out or coming out soon. Environmental MAES award in the fall. Working on $150M MATOC AE contracts for HTRW/military munitions: eight awards; five unrestricted, two 8a, one small. Ecological restoration contract from Planning Division: $9M sources sought last summer. 11

12 CM contracts: Five 8a competitive contracts for $9M out before the end of the fiscal year. The 8a will have to perform 50% of the work. Contracting/Workload trends Brought up problem of mid-size firms being able to compete against large businesses on unrestricted contracts. Suggested discipline-specific contracts to USACE, but they are not thinking about these types of contracts right now. USACE agreed to consider discipline-specific or engineer-lead contracts for SRM building renovations. AE task orders: mostly renovations with a few new buildings. Mix of 50% design build and design-bid-build. Range from $50M to $100M. Design/build bids tend to come in higher than estimates. For Design/Build projects assume escalation to the midpoint of construction. Discussed the problem of long time elapsing (two years) between award and construction. Lots of new access control points. The District is not meeting small business goals for this year (i.e., 14% vs. 23% goal) due to RSFO and NSA mega projects. CPARS ratings for subcontractors: nothing new, but did provide an example of a contractor who was not selected solely because he did not have a CPARS rating. New Customers for the District NIST VA: Coming to USACE for BIM facility assessments for 175 facilities. In the early stages of starting a pilot program. Secret Service VA: HQ USACE Program Management Office not operational yet. Changes with new administration No real changes. There is less uncertainty. STEM Let USACE know when the engineering community has STEM events. Questions for ACEC BIM: Are there any disciplines not using BIM? USACE says their structural engineers and site/civil don t use it. USACE is asking what the private sector is using to integrate the structural engineering practice into Revit. They would consider a lunchtime seminar on designing in Revit using the USACE design criteria for an example vertical construction multi-discipline project. Contact Harvey Johnson. Project scoping: USACE is having problems properly scoping projects. How does the private sector scope projects? USACE is moving to the PNC building in January Baltimore City Liaison C. Kumi and J. Otradovec reported the following: Based on input from member firms and the discussion on February 10th, the chair is organizing a response to Jim Smith, Chief of Strategic Alliances and Pete Hammen, Chief Operating Officer regarding ways to improve the invoice and task approval processes. Prior to providing recommendation, he would like to meet with DPW Director Chow. The SBE Committee has agreed to assist in delivering the message to City officials. The City s design and construction program will be held June 27 th. 12

13 Concern was expressed by member firm representatives regarding the City s standard of care language and the City s practice of reducing invoices because actual rates were used rather than the average. 24. EWC/ESBAC Liaison J. Otradovec reported that, in order to complete major renovations to the mansion, the Engineers Club is assessing members that have not previously pledged a contribution to their Capital Campaign. ACEC/MD will not be impacted by the assessment. 25. Small Business Enterprise C. Kumi reported that the discussion at the Prime/Sub roundtable on the June 15 th was very informative. Minutes are forthcoming. Also, committee members continue to emphasize the importance of receiving minutes of meetings. The responsibility will be emphasized to committee chairs, once again, when chairs are designated for the new fiscal year. COMMUNICATIONS & ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. to BMC regarding selection process Responding to Director T. Lange s request, ACEC/MD provided suggested guidelines for selecting consultants for IDIQ tasks. 2. to and from Maryland Department of General Services L. Buckler regarding procurement reform See DGS Committee report. NEXT MEETING: 1. ACEC/MD 29 th Annual Conference (June 21-23, 2017) National Harbor. 2. ACEC/MD Executive Committee Meeting (August 17, 2017) ACEC/MD Office, Baltimore. 3. ACEC/MD Executive Committee Meeting (September 14, 2017) ACEC/MD Office, Baltimore. 4. CEAM Conference (September 20-22, 2017) Princess Royale, Ocean City. 5. ACEC/MD Executive Committee Meeting (October 12, 2017) ESB, Baltimore. 6. General Membership Meeting (October 12, 2017) ESB, Baltimore. 7. ACEC Fall Conference (October 15-18, 2017) Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL. 8. ACEC/MD 60 th Anniversary Celebration (November 3, 2017) Sagamore Pendry Hotel, Baltimore. 9. ACEC/MD Legislative Breakfast (November 16, 2017) ESB, Baltimore. 10. ACEC/MD Executive Committee Meeting (November 16, 2017) ESB, Baltimore. 13

14 11. ACEC/MD Holiday Party (December 5, 2017) BMI, Baltimore. 12. ACEC/MD Executive Committee Meeting (December 14, 2017) ESB, Baltimore. 13. ACEC/MD General Membership Meeting (December 14, 2017) ESB, Baltimore. 14. ACEC/MD Legislative Action Day (January 18, 2018) Annapolis. 15. ACEC/MD CEPAC Luncheon (January 18, 2018) Governor Calvert House, Annapolis. 16. ACEC/MD Executive Committee Meeting (January 18, 2018) Governor Calvert House, Annapolis. At this point, ACEC/MD President Robinson thanked everyone for their support throughout the year, and he extended best wishes to Incoming President Jannetti for a successful year. The Executive Committee congratulated President Robinson on a great year. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:38pm. Respectfully submitted, A. Straus, Secretary, American Council of Engineering Companies/Maryland 14

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