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| Stephen Havens joins Lewis & Zimmerman Associates, Inc. (LZA) |
| Steve Havens is a registered professional engineer, an Associate Value Specialist, and a Project Management Professional with 23 years experience in industrial design, project management, and Value Improving Practices (VIPs). He has a strong background in product development, manufacturing, and vendor solicitation and selection for a variety of manufacturing corporations. |
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Mr. Havens completed over 150 sessions and developed 12 VIPs for Kraft Foods as their Value Improving Tools Program Manager. These VIPs are proven effective for delivering improved project delivery through better team alignment, accelerated speed to market, reduced cost, and improved focus on meeting customer satisfaction. The 12 practices include VE, Design Approach, VE Risk Assessment, VE Peer Assist, VE Process Simplification, Design to Capacity, Technology Selection, Energy Optimization, Waste Minimization, Facilitated Work Breakdown Structure Exercise, Commercialization Alignment, and Project Health Check.
In the past four years, he has completed over 1,500 effort hours and 158 sessions facilitating Value Engineering, and documented over $20 million actual savings on funded projects.
Steve Havens strengthens LZA’s VIP services and industrial base. Prior to his experience at Kraft Foods, he worked for Gillette Stationery Products Group, Parker Pen U.S.A., Ltd., Rayovac Corporation, and Kimberly Clark Corporation. His Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering is from the University of Wisconsin.
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| Sound Transit Awarded at AASHTO Value Engineering Conference |
During the July 2007 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Value Engineering Conference, Sound Transit was awarded Honorable Mention in the category “Most Valued Added Proposal” of pre-construction engineering greater than $75 million. The award recognizes the work involved in the 755 Segment of Sound Transit Central Link Light Rail, extending approximately 5 miles, from the Boeing Access Road, to Southcenter Boulevard. The light rail guideway in this endeavor is elevated, and parallels or crosses over Washington State Department of Transportation freeways along much of its route.
Lewis & Zimmerman Associates, Inc. Vice President, Dave Hamilton, conducted an intensive value engineering study of the 30 percent preliminary design, identifying significant configuration changes forecasted to save $23 million and nearly 8 months of construction duration. Sound Transit implemented the recommendations into their final design. The potential savings identified in the study were validated by the bids received in this $234 million project.
Over the past 20 years, Value Engineering has become an ever increasing part of the transportation industry. The public transportation sector, faced with rising costs, now utilizes VE to better use dwindling resources, most recently involving VE in construction, design and process phases.
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| Luis Venegas Named Fellow by SAVE International |
Lewis & Zimmerman Associates announces the induction of associate, Luis Venegas, into the prestigious College of Fellows. During this year’s SAVE International Conference in Houston, TX. Mr. Venegas was elected into the society based on his technical competence, accomplishments, service, ethical conduct, and leadership. |
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SAVE International is the premier international society devoted to the advancement and promotion of the value methodology (also called value engineering, value analysis or value management). Society members practice the value methodology in the public and private sectors for organizations in more than 35 countries. VM applications span a variety of fields, including construction, corporations and manufacturing, transportation, health care, government and environmental engineering.
Mr. Venegas has more than 25 years' experience in the fields of architecture, civil engineering, and team facilitating. He is a Certified Value Specialist and a registered professional engineer whose experience includes leading VE studies, process simplification (PS) workshops, partnering sessions, and training workshops. Mr. Venegas is trained in Choosing by Advantages© and the LEED™ Sustainable Design Checklist. He has served as team leader on over 350 VE studies for a variety of projects in both the private and public sectors. In the past, he served as Chairman and Director of the SAVE International Certification Board, the body which governs the Value Specialist certification process.
Candidates for Fellow are first screened by the SAVE International Honors and Awards Review Board, then elected by two thirds vote of those voting, by the College of Fellows. The role and responsibilities of the Fellows of SAVE International are defined by the College of Fellows. The College of Fellows serves as ambassadors for SAVE International, with the obligation to serve the value profession through furthering the value methodology discipline. As a recipient of this honor, Mr. Venegas has been recognized as an individual whose professional leadership is of the highest distinction among members of SAVE International in the practice of the value discipline.
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| Maria Urrechaga joins Lewis & Zimmerman Associates, Inc. (LZA) |
Maria M. Urrèchaga has joined LZA as a Principal Engineer. She has over 15 years experience working in environmental permitting, project management, management systems implementation and systems engineering.
Ms. Urrèchaga has worked in the manufacturing environment with an emphasis in the automotive and heavy truck industry. As the Quality Manager of two manufacturing facilities she has played a leading role in developing manufacturing and business systems offering a high degree of robustness, lower unit costs and better performance. She has implemented over 15 sustainable management systems in the United States and Mexico. |
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As a graduate of Louisiana State University and The Citadel Military College she holds a Bachelors of Arts in Marketing and a Bachelors of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, respectively. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Tau Beta Pi and currently serves on the Engineering Advisory Board for The Citadel.
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