http://tg.rickwhittington.com/index.php en Tim.Asimos@timmons.com Copyright 2012 2012-04-25T12:05:54+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-introduces-high-definition-surveying-and-3d-laser-scanning-ca http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-introduces-high-definition-surveying-and-3d-laser-scanning-ca#When:12:05:54Z Richmond, Va. – April 25, 2012 – Timmons Group, an ENR 500 Design Firm and a leader in engineering and technology consulting services, is proud to introduce High Definition Surveying and 3D Laser Scanning services to complement its full line of land surveying services. Chris Dodson, Principal of the Field Operations Division says, “The incorporation of the Leica ScanStation C10 into our existing range of surveying equipment provides us the added versatility to take on any challenge.”  3D Laser Scanning sometimes referred to as High Definition Surveying (HDS) or ground based LIDAR, is a process by which large volumes of highly accurate data is captured at a rapid pace.  This alternative method to traditional survey techniques is used to acquire data in the form of a 3-Dimensional cloud of points.  The resulting point cloud contains millions of points collected at such a high resolution that shapes of complex objects can be measured with great detail.  This new, fast and versatile scan system is capable of collecting up to 50,000 data points per second over a full field of view with accuracies measured in millimeters from a remote and safe location.  This method is very beneficial for capturing data in congested, hazardous or hard to reach areas. For more information about Timmons Group's High Definition and 3D Laser Scanning services, visit http://www.timmons.com/what/land-surveying/high-definition-3d-laser-scanning. About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized for nearly twenty years as one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country. As a Certified Small Business (SWaM) in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the firm provides civil engineering, environmental, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has regional offices throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit www.timmons.com. Media contact:      Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-04-25T12:05:54+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-master-plan-envisions-newest-park-for-city-of-richmonds-james http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-master-plan-envisions-newest-park-for-city-of-richmonds-james#When:19:34:46Z Richmond, Va. – April 24, 2012 – Timmons Group, an ENR 500 Design Firm and a leader in civil engineering and landscape architecture services, announced today that the firm has developed and presented a master plan for a new park for the City of Richmond’s James River Park System. Tentatively referred to as Retention Basin Park based on its function as a basin for large stormwater events, the park will be the first new park added to the James River Park System in several years and is the missing link that connects Belle Isle, Browns Island, and the Slave Trail with the overall parks network. The design team sought to create an urban refuge for Richmond’s park lovers and Manchester’s residents. As a grand vision for the park, the master plan calls for a main loop trail with a bridge over the water that weaves through native wildflower meadows and allows for both passive and active recreation. Park goers can play bocce and croquet in the open lawn areas, sit quietly and read a book on a park bench, learn about the history of the site through interpretive signs, eat a picnic lunch by the water and even go for a run or exercise their dog. This dynamic parcel of land was offered to the James River Park System by the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities. The property is bordered by the floodwall to the north, interstate 95 to the east, railroads to the south and west, and a major Dominion Power easement through the property.  Surprisingly, despite restrictions, the site is an urban oasis—a real treasure nestled below the safety of the flood wall. Formerly part of the Manchester Canal system, the park focuses around a small waterway that is home to osprey, blue herons, wood ducks, fish, frogs and other local wildlife. The idea for a project was cultivated by Baskervill Architects and Ralph White with the James River Park System.  With promises of reaching out to the community at the Earth Day Festival in Richmond’s Manchester district, the focus was to assemble a team and deliver a master plan for a piece of city property located in the heart of Manchester. The team consisted of Timmons Group Landscape Architects and Engineers, Baskervill Architects, DPR Construction, RTB Structural Engineers, and the James River Park System. Each team member, native to the Richmond area, volunteered their professional services to assure that the design was evaluated from every perspective. On April 21st, in conjunction with the Richmond Earth Day Festival, Mayor Dwight Jones and Ralph White dedicated the park to the City of Richmond. Future phases of the master plan will not be constructed until funding is appropriated and permitting is approved. Two interpretive signs and numerous bird houses were constructed and installed by volunteers from Timmons Group and the James River Park System. To view the conceptual master plan, click here. About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized for nearly twenty years as one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country.  As a Certified Small Business (SWaM) in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the firm provides civil engineering, environmental, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has regional offices throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit www.timmons.com. Media contact:      Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-04-24T19:34:46+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-climbs-to-326-on-enrs-2012-top-500-design-firms-list http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-climbs-to-326-on-enrs-2012-top-500-design-firms-list#When:11:06:03Z Richmond, Va – April 23, 2012 – Timmons Group, an ENR 500 Design Firm and a leader in multi-discipline civil engineering, environmental and geospatial consulting services, announced today that the firm’s ranking in the prestigious Engineering News Record (ENR) list of Top 500 Design Firms has increased in 2012. The list, published in the April 23, 2012 issue of ENR, ranked Timmons Group 326—up from 350 in 2011. The 2012 rankings are based on revenue for design services performed in 2011. This marks the 17th straight year Timmons Group has been on the ENR Top 500 list. ENR is a weekly magazine that provides worldwide news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry. The Top 500 Design Firms list, published annually in April, ranks the 500 largest U.S.-based engineering, architectural and environmental design firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue generated by each company. About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized for nearly twenty years as one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country.  The firm provides civil engineering, environmental, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has regional offices throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit www.timmons.com. Media contact: Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-04-23T11:06:03+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-develops-geospatial-application-for-virginia-department-of-fo http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-develops-geospatial-application-for-virginia-department-of-fo#When:18:03:44Z Richmond, Va. – April 19, 2012 - Timmons Group, a leader in geospatial consulting and application development, recently developed a geospatial application for the Virginia Department of Forestry that allows Virginians to better evaluate how forest cover impacts water and air quality.  The new tool is available online for anyone who is interested in learning about the effects of changing land use on a particular tract of forest or farm land in Virginia. The application, called InFOREST, was developed for the Virginia Department of Forestry in partnership with Virginia Tech and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries with funding from Dominion Virginia Power and a U.S. Forest Service grant. “InFOREST will enable city and county planners, landowners or anyone interested in understanding how land-cover changes impact nutrient and sediment loading to our streams and rivers,” said Buck Kline, director of forestland conservation at the Virginia Department of Forestry.  “Until now, this kind of information has been available primarily to individuals who are savvy enough to run models.  InFOREST is a user-friendly software tool that enables many users to access and run the various models that estimate ecosystem services.” Program users can do basic mapping and view various layers with InFOREST.  These layers include: aerial imagery; topography; streets and roads; watershed boundaries, and a forest conservation value layer.  In addition to mapping, users can estimate various ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration from forests and nutrient and sediment runoff from various land covers. Taking information entered into the program by an individual, InFOREST uses a complex set of models to provide an estimate of ecosystem services associated with a proposed change of land use.   Planners, landowners and citizens will be able to better determine how to mitigate any negative impacts that would result if the land use were changed. Prof. Randolph Wynne at Virginia Tech said, “Using the MEASURES suite of ecosystem services tools developed by Virginia Tech for InFOREST, landowners, managers and diverse stakeholders can estimate the carbon sequestered and the sediment and nutrients delivered to receiving streams using scientifically vetted, best-of-breed models for a wide variety of land use and management scenarios.” VDOF’s area forester in Spotsylvania County, Tom Snoddy, said, “I recently had an opportunity to look at InFOREST, and I think it will work well for landowners as well as consulting foresters and loggers.  As with any new program, there is a learning curve, but I found the features of this program to be very user friendly.” Karen Firehock, director of the Green Infrastructure Center Inc., said, "InFOREST is an easy-to-use, practical tool that anyone can apply to model different land-use scenarios to reduce pollution impacts.  We've used the nutrient and sediment runoff calculator to show developers how to reduce their pollutant loadings by 50 percent and to show counties how to use the tool to help landowners to minimize impacts to drinking water reservoirs." Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Solutions for Timmons Group, said, “Timmons Group has been a proud partner in this important project.  We believe InFOREST will be of great value to landowners, planners and developers as they work through difficult decisions regarding land use.” To learn more about InFOREST or to use the program, go to http://inforest.frec.vt.edu/. About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture and engineering services focusing on developing intuitive, enterprise geospatial web applications, highly-usable, cross-device mobile applications, and integrated, geospatially-enabled enterprise solutions. Timmons Group develops solutions across multiple platforms, including Adobe Flex/Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, HTML5, and native mobile operating systems. Timmons Group is a privately held ENR 500 company and maintains a strong business partner relationship with Esri. Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the Esri Business Partner of the Year award and the Esri Foundation Partner of the Year award. For more information, visit www.timmonsgis.com. Media contact: Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-04-19T18:03:44+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-selected-by-james-city-county-virginia-for-on-call-design-ser http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-selected-by-james-city-county-virginia-for-on-call-design-ser#When:20:08:28Z Richmond, Va. – April 18, 2012 – Timmons Group, an ENR 500 Design Firm and a leader in infrastructure engineering and consulting services, has announced that the firm has been selected by James City County, Virginia to provide design services for the County’s infrastructure projects.  Timmons Group proposed an integrated team of transportation and traffic engineers, planners, surveyors, utility engineers, environmental scientists, landscape architects, GIS specialists and construction managers to meet James City County’s needs.  Services will be provided from the firm’s headquarters in Richmond as well as its Hampton Roads office in Virginia Beach.  The one-year contract, with four optional one-year renewable terms, has a maximum value of $500,000 per year.  Much of the work is expected to be funded through state (VDOT) or federal resources. "With two decades of similar on-call experience for local governments across the Commonwealth, we are pleased to provide our services to James City County under this contract,” says Paul Trapp, Principal of Infrastructure Services at Timmons Group.  "We have appreciated the opportunity to work with the County under previous contracts and look forward to extending our great working relationship."  Joining Timmons Group’s team of in-house specialists will be two DBE subconsultants: H & B Surveying and Mapping and Davenport Transportation Consulting.  About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized for nearly twenty years as one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country.  The firm provides civil engineering, environmental, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has regional offices throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit www.timmons.com. Media contact:      Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-04-18T20:08:28+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-hires-ron-butcher-to-head-gis-asset-management-practice http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-hires-ron-butcher-to-head-gis-asset-management-practice#When:15:31:52Z Richmond, Va. – March 7, 2012 - Timmons Group, a leader in geospatial consulting and application development, is pleased to announce the addition of Ron Butcher to the Geospatial Division.  Butcher heads up the existing GIS Asset Management practice efforts and brings 20 years of senior management success developing, integrating and aligning technologies to meet customer business needs and objectives in the private, public and government sectors. His proven track record in successful implementations of Computerized Maintenance Management Solutions (CMMS) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions are consistent with the superior customer service Timmons Group strives to provide clients.     “We are pleased to find, and recruit, a talent such as Ron,” said Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Solutions for Timmons Group.  “He brings considerable depth in the EAM/CMMS and GIS integration space.  He understands the challenges of managing the built environment and how best to leverage technology to maximize return on investment.” Before joining Timmons Group, Butcher was pivotal in expanding Woolpert, Inc.’s territory for geospatial and infrastructure asset management.  He holds an MBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Dayton and a BS in Computer Science from Park University. He is also a registered GIS Professional (GISP) and GIS Surveyor (GISS).   About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture and engineering services focusing on developing intuitive, enterprise geospatial web applications, highly-usable, cross-device mobile applications, and integrated, geospatially-enabled enterprise solutions. Timmons Group develops solutions across multiple platforms, including Adobe Flex/Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, HTML5, and native mobile operating systems. Timmons Group is a privately held ENR 500 company and maintains a strong business partner relationship with Esri. Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the Esri Business Partner of the Year award and the Esri Foundation Partner of the Year award. For more information, visit www.timmonsgis.com. Media contact:      Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-03-07T15:31:52+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-hires-don-giecek-to-bolster-energy-services-development-team http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-hires-don-giecek-to-bolster-energy-services-development-team#When:14:58:41Z Richmond, Va. – March 2, 2012 – Timmons Group, an ENR 500 Design Firm and a leader in multi-disciplined civil engineering and professional consulting services, announced today that Don Giecek, formally with Chicago-based Invenergy, LLC, has joined the firm as Project Manager in its Richmond, Virginia office. Giecek has extensive experience in the energy arena.  With Invenergy, Giecek managed the development of wind assets in several states, including his native state of Virginia.  He was directly responsible for site selection, landowner relations, transmission interconnection, permitting, legislative and regulatory initiatives, government relations, and media relations in these markets.  Prior to working with Invenergy, Giecek was the Director of the Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative at James Madison University.  He is experienced in the natural gas field, having worked in the General Counsel’s office at the Washington Gas Light Company.  “Don’s experience will allow Timmons Group to deliver on existing energy services contracts such as the Virginia Offshore Wind Advanced Technology Demonstration Site Development with James Madison University and the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy,” said Rick Thomas, Principal.  “Don’s familiarity with local, state, and federal permitting requirements, as well as his knowledge of specific market trends in the utility and energy space, will help to further expand our presence and capabilities within this market.” Timmons Group’s long history serving a wide range of energy industry clients combined with continued focus on the emergence of new and innovative technologies, uniquely positions the firm to provide value-added services for energy industry clients.  About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized for nearly twenty years as one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country.  As a Certified Small Business (SWaM) in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the firm provides civil engineering, environmental, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has regional offices throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit www.timmons.com. Media contact:      Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-03-02T14:58:41+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-develops-html5-based-mobile-ipad-application-for-geospatial-f http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-develops-html5-based-mobile-ipad-application-for-geospatial-f#When:14:31:50Z Richmond, Va. – March 1, 2012 - Timmons Group, a leader in geospatial consulting and application development, recently developed and released a field inspection and data collection mobile application for Prince William County, Virginia.  The solution is tablet-enabled and allows Prince William field staff to realize significant return on investment (ROI) by using their iPad2 tablets to streamline their daily inspection workflows.  Approximately one thousand storm water management ponds needing recurring inspection are available via a GPS-enabled map interface.  The application is intuitive, user-friendly and allows the field user to complete an inspection, set a recurring site visit date, and generate a reminder for the site visit on their personalized dashboard within a week of its re-inspection date.  The application bridges the gap between the office and the field by allowing citizen requests to be assigned to specific field users in real-time.  It also allows users to work in an occasionally-connected or disconnected scenario where an internet connection is not available or limited.  Inspection, site visit data, and associated geospatial field data (GPS’d or digitized in the field) can be saved on the tablet if an internet connection is not available.  That data can be edited, deleted, or uploaded when a connection is available.  The application also has an “in-office” component that allows Prince William County Department of Gypsy Moth and Mosquito Control management to produce “executive reports”, graphs, charts, and real-time field summary data. The field mobile solution is built using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 and is hosted in the cloud.  The HTML5-based solution provides Prince William County’s Department of Gypsy Moth and Mosquito Control the flexibility to manage their application centrally without having to deploy to separate app stores.  Field data is collected and stored in the cloud and can be downloaded, edited, and viewed in the County’s enterprise GIS at any time. "With our old data collection system each field tech would spend about 7 hours a week doing data entry”, said Tim McGonegal M.S., Branch Chief, Department of Gypsy Moth and Mosquito Control with Prince William County Public Works. “This new system gives our technicians the ability to stay in the field for 7 hours doing mosquito control instead of data entry. This not only provides better service to our County citizens, but has also increased staff morale, as our field crews prefer working outdoors instead of in the office entering data.” Videos of the application in action are available at webinars.timmonsgis.com. About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture and engineering services focusing on developing intuitive, enterprise geospatial web applications, highly-usable, cross-device mobile applications, and integrated, geospatially-enabled enterprise solutions. Timmons Group develops solutions across multiple platforms, including Adobe Flex/Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, HTML5, and native mobile operating systems. Timmons Group is a privately held ENR 500 company and maintains a strong business partner relationship with Esri. Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the Esri Business Partner of the Year award and the Esri Foundation Partner of the Year award. For more information, visit www.timmonsgis.com. Media contact: Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-03-01T14:31:50+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-announces-economic-development-webinar-series http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-group-announces-economic-development-webinar-series#When:21:51:37Z Richmond, Va. – February 27, 2012 – Timmons Group, an ENR 500 Design Firm and a leader in civil engineering and professional consulting services, announced today that the firm is launching a new webinar series focused on economic development. Timmons Group has created a series of economic development webinars related to site and community preparedness that will help attendees better understand what they can do to be more competitive in economic development pursuits. The series is being offered at no charge to participants and will feature engineering, land planning, geospatial/GIS, infrastructure, environmental permitting and economic development topics. This series of webinars will showcase innovative solutions that can be utilized to attract jobs and investment in this highly competitive market. The first webinar titled “Are You Prospect Ready?” will take place on Wednesday, February 29, and will focus on how to be adequately prepared for your next prospect visit. Whether you are pursuing large or small projects – the next Amazon.com, a small manufacturer or a data center, you have to be fully prepared to address the needs of the client. Attendees will learn the strategies necessary to help close the deal. For more information on this webinar, including how to register, go to http://marketing.timmons.com/acton/media/1275/economic-development-webinar. About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized for nearly twenty years as one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country.  The firm provides civil engineering, environmental, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has regional offices throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit www.timmons.com. Media contact:      Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-02-27T21:51:37+00:00 http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-groups-tim-davey-appointed-to-gracre-board http://www.timmons.com/news/item/timmons-groups-tim-davey-appointed-to-gracre-board#When:16:17:23Z Richmond, Va. – February 20, 2012 – Timmons Group, an ENR 500 Design Firm and a leader in civil engineering and professional consulting services, announced today that Tim Davey has been appointed as secretary on the executive committee of the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate (GRACRE). Davey leads Timmons Group’s business development and marketing efforts, including many urban re-development projects and economic development opportunities. He sits on boards for Venture Richmond, the Urban Land Institute, and the John Tyler Community College Foundation. He is a member of the Greater Richmond Chamber, Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Committee and the Virginia Economic Developers Association.  The Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate (GRACRE) provides opportunities for professionals in all disciplines relating to commercial real estate to network and socialize. GRACRE is the only organization in Richmond whose primary mission is to be an advocate for commercial property owners, developers and related professionals. GRACRE proactively addresses issues affecting the commercial real estate industry in Richmond. For more information, visit http://www.gracre.org. About Timmons Group Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized for nearly twenty years as one of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country.  The firm provides civil engineering, environmental, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has regional offices throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit www.timmons.com. Media contact:      Tim Asimos, CPSM Corporate Marketing Manager Timmons Group 804.200.6375 tim.asimos@timmons.com 2012-02-20T16:17:23+00:00