In this moderated panel session, project experts from both industry and government will join to share their perspectives and best practices for achieving harmonization across UK, US and NATO codes in the design and delivery of USVF projects.

Designing US defense projects in the UK

Real TiME Podcasts feature inside looks at the work of SAME’s 30,000 members and 105 Posts contributing to the 2020 SAME Strategic Plan and to strengthening the engineering potential of the United States. This episode features an interview with Mercedes Enrique, President of CMS Corporation, a small business construction contractor and former 8(a) and Protégé firm, which graduated from the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protégé Program in April 2014. Enrique, who also previously was Chair of the SAME Small Business Council touches on the value of the annual Small Business Conference and the opportunity for SAME to play a key role as an integrator bringing industry and government agencies together in an open forum to strengthen the marketplace and support mission needs.

SAME Real TiME Podcast Four - Interview with Mercedes Enrique

In this episode, live from Scott AFB, Ill., site of the inaugural SAME/U.S. Air Force STEM Camp hosted by the Scott Field Post, Camp Director Nicole Gunyon discusses how she got engaged in SAME, the challenges and lessons learned from organizing a hands-on camp for high school students at a military base, and the benefits of giving back as a volunteer and mentor.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 17 with Nicole Gunyon

In this episode, live from the Sacramento Post Sustaining Members Forum at Travis AFB, Sacramento Post President Steven Herrera discusses how he first joined SAME, the feat of an all-volunteer team pulling together a large event, and the various types of programs and initiatives the Post's members participate in that give back to the community and the profession.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 18 with Steven Herrera

In this episode, 2018 Post Leaders Workshop training facilitator Mark Levin, a leader in providing insights and expertise to volunteer and membership organizations, discusses how nonprofits can build engagement, ways local chapters can prioritize good ideas, and what SAME should be excited about as it approaches its Centennial in 2020.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 19 with Mark Levin

In this episode, live from the Mega Maryland Small & Minority Business Conference in Baltimore, Chesapeake Post Secretary Teri Myers of CDM Smith touches on how she first joined SAME, the Post's flourishing scholarship and mentoring program, her Society "bucket list" and the professional appeal of SAME's broad technical reach.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 20 with Teri Myers

In this episode, live from the Symposium on Design &  Construction Issues at Hazardous Waste Sites - West, Kate Garufi of the Denver Metro Post and the Environmental Protection Agency discusses how the Symposium was put together, its value to EPA in helping it conduct its Superfund mission, and the critical collaborative role that SAME plays in co-sponsoring the event, enabling it to be held.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 21 with Kate Garufi

In this episode, live from the San Francisco Post 2018 Holiday Gala at the Marines' Memorial Club, SAME National President Marv Fisher joins the podcast to provide an update on the Society's focus areas, detail the biggest successes of the past year, and share what he gets most excited about when talking to Posts and members as he travels around.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 22 with Marv Fisher

In this episode, live from the NAVFAC EURAFSWA-SAME Government-Industry Engagement Forum in Naples, Italy, NAVFAC EURAFSWA Commanding Officer Capt. Maria "Lore" Aguayo, P.E., CEC, USN, discusses how government and industry partners can work together to improve project delivery in the Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia area of operations.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 23 with Maria "Lore" Aguayo

In this episode, Korea Post President Rick McConnell discusses how a small team of six people helped put together the first-ever U.S. Forces Korea Engineer Ball in a little over two months, shares how the consolidation of forces at Camp Humphreys is helping cohesion within the Post, and details efforts the Post is undertaking to strengthen connections between Korean and U.S. partners.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 24 with Rick McConnell

In the latest episode of the Real TiME Podcast, live from the SAME/U.S. Army Engineering & Construction Camp in Vicksburg, Miss., Kate Staebell, a Young Member with the Vicksburg Post, discusses her path from attending the camp as a high school student, graduating college with a degree in geology, joining the U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center as a research physical scientist, and now returning to the camp as a counselor.

Real TiME Podcast - Episode 25 with Kate Staebell

The Society of American Military Engineers leads collaborative efforts to identify and resolve national security infrastructure-related challenges. Founded in 1920, SAME unites public and private sector individuals and organizations from across the architecture, engineering, construction, environmental and facility management, cyber security, project planning, contracting and acquisition, and related disciplines in support of national security.

Headquartered in Alexandria, Va., SAME provides its more than 30,000 members extensive opportunities for training, education and professional development through a robust offering of conferences, workshops, networking events and publications. With a membership that includes recent service academy graduates and retired engineering officers, project managers and corporate executives, uniformed and public sector professionals and private sector experts, SAME bridges the gaps between critical stakeholders to help secure our nation.

SAME consists of 106 Posts and more than 50 Student Chapters and Field Chapters around the world along with a headquarters staff. Nationally, the organization is led by a volunteer Board of Direction that comprises five National Officers, 17 Regional Vice Presidents, the Chairs of the Mission Committees & Councils and 12 Elected Directors who serve three-year terms and are elected in groups of four annually. 

SAME Real TiME Podcast Four - Interview with Mercedes Enrique

Society of American Military Engineers

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