SAME Portland Postscripts

PORTLAND POSTSCRIPTS | Mar 16
President’s Corner
Greetings Portland Post,
The 3 February meeting conflicted with Portland District's Leadership Development team
meeting in DC so I was unable to attend what I understand was a superb meeting. Over 70
members attended and enjoyed the fantastic presentation by our colleagues from PacifiCorp on
fish passage at high head dams. It is inspiring to see the private investment in protecting our
resources, and the collaboration with permitting agencies to create these win-win projects. This
presentation was another reminder of the Society's mission to "lead collaborative efforts to
identify and resolve national security infrastructure-related challenges."
We are able to continually meet this mission with our broad and diverse membership of the
Post. The success of our Post is partially created by continuing to grow our membership, from
both the Private sector and Public Sector. I encourage you to bring somebody new with you to
our next meeting to experience the Portland Post and look for the opportunities to expand our
membership. If you have a prospective member, please have them contact our Membership
Chair, Mr. Craig Crotteau, at crotteau@dawsonassociates.com.
In June, we will be hosting our annual Meet the Chiefs meeting. This will be a great meeting to learn about current and future federal
programs in the Northwest. We have invited the District Chiefs and Coast Guard leadership and we expect more to follow. We hope
to add an industry day with our small business partners to continue collaborating for successful projects.
Additionally, we provide a scholarship for a high school student to attend the Army, Air Force, or Marine SAME Engineering/STEM
camp this summer. More detailed information can be found at http://samecamps.org. Kari Nichols, kari.nichols@meadhunt.com is the
Portland Post's POC. Applications are due by March 25, 2016.
I hope to see you at our next monthly meeting on 2 March at the Sentinel Hotel (614 SW 11th Ave, Portland). Mr. Tim Belden from
Energy GPS will be presenting on The Transformation of Wholesale Electricity Markets in the West. Please RSVP by February 24,
2016 to SAME.PDX.RSVP@gmail.com .
Sincerely,
Jose L. Aguilar
Colonel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
President, SAME Portland Post
Next Post Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 2 Mar 16
Time: 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Cost: Members ($25.00) Non-members ($30.00) Public Agency Members ($20.00) PREPAYMENT RQD
Location: Sentinel Hotel, 614 S.W. 11th Avenue, 2nd
floor
Speaker: Mr. Tim Belden, Energy GPS
Topic: Pacific Northwest Power and West Coast Energy Markets
RSVP By: 24 Feb 16 at SAME.PDX.RSVP@gmail.com, or call 503-643-8710 to confirm and prepay with credit card.
COL Jose L. Aguilar.
President, Portland Post of S.A.M.E.

Mar Topic: Pacific Northwest Power and West Coast Energy Markets
Speaker: Mr. Tim Belden, Energy GPS
Background:
Tim is an energy leader. In 1992, he was drawn to the energy industry because it presented interesting environmental policy
challenges. In the early 1990’s he worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he authored numerous papers analyzing
state and federal electricity policies. His energy education continued at UC Berkeley where earned a Master’s degree in Public Policy
while studying Microeconomics, Statistics, Futures and Options Markets, and Analytic Methods for Energy and Resources. An early
pioneer in electricity trading, he held positions at The Williams Companies, Portland General Electric, Enron, and UBS. Tim served in
several capacities – trading his own profitable book, building and managing successful trading teams, designing and implementing
risk management systems, and innovating in renewable and retail electricity markets. Tim also has experience as an energy developer,
as a member of a small, alternative fuels development team he wore many hats. These included transaction-structuring, interfacing
with private equity and investment banks, negotiating supply and off-take agreements, and other aspects of the development process.
Originally, from Upstate New York, Tim and his family have enjoyed sunny Portland, Oregon since 1996.
Wholesale electricity markets in the west are undergoing profound transformations. The addition of large quantities of renewable
power is putting new stresses on the grid, and the problem will continue to grow as California and other western states achieve ever-
higher renewable portfolio standards. Wholesale power markets need flexible resources to balance the impacts of intermittent wind
and solar production. Pacific Northwest hydropower represents the largest source of flexibility on the western grid. At the same time,
western power markets are becoming increasingly integrated. Pacificorp has joined the California ISO energy imbalance market. Over
the next several years, it is likely that Puget Sound Energy, Idaho Power, and Portland General Electric will also join the California
ISO energy imbalance market. The combined impacts of higher renewable portfolio standards and increased market integration with
California will directly impact the energy and capacity products that are sold by northwest hydro generators into the market and the
value of those products. Tim Belden's presentation will explain how all of these factors are coming together to change the role of
Northwest hydro production in the markets over the next five years.
Please join us on 2 Mar16 to hear from Mr. Tim Belden from Energy GPS will be presenting on The Transformation of Wholesale
Electricity Markets in the West. at the Sentinel Hotel. Remember to RSVP by 24 Feb 16 at SAME.PDX.RSVP@gmail.com, or call
503-643-8710 to confirm and prepay with a credit card.
RSVP and Prepayment is Required...If you have prepaid in the past and your cc is on file w/ Toni, please just acknowledge in your
rsvp that you would like Toni to charge your credit card. She will charge your card, and send you a receipt. If we do not have your cc
on file, please call Toni at 503-643-8710 to provide either a visa/MasterCard cc.
Mar 16 Spotlight AECOM Portland
AECOM (formerly URS Corporation) is a leading provider of engineering, construction, technical, and environmental services for
public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The company offers a full range of planning, design and engineering,
transportation, systems engineering, operations and environmental services as well as discrete and integrated sustainability services.
Within the Portland office, AECOM has an active Green Team, which promotes energy efficiency, recycling, waste reduction,
composting, commuter health and safety, and green community events. AECOM believes that by setting goals and working together
as a business, and as individuals, we can manage the impacts of natural resource consumption. AECOM has even earned a
Sustainability at Work Gold Certification.
Upcoming Local SAME Event!
Coming April 2016 ONE DAY SEMINAR on REGULATORY ISSUES
Confirmed Presenting Agencies:
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality - Oregon Department of State Lands - National Marine Fisheries Service – USACE-
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
Stay Tuned for date and location – more info coming soon!

SAME Board Member Profile
SAME Portland Post is honored and very fortunate to have on its rolls the active membership
of Mr. Bud Ossey. Bud’s participation in Portland Post began in 1946, and spans seven
decades. He has served with distinction both in uniform as an Army Lieutenant Colonel and
as a career civilian with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. His involvement in
SAME serves as the epitome for future leaders, having established the standards for the rest
of us to emulate.
Committed and dedicated to the profession of military engineering and national defense, Bud
is a proud pillar of SAME, Portland Post and its traditions. As part of our Nation’s "greatest
generation," Bud helped design many of our great engineering projects on the Columbia
River that allowed our country to provide for much of the prosperity enjoyed today in the
Pacific Northwest.
In 1937, as a guest of his father, who was one of the chief
engineers that designed Bonneville Dam, he sat in the VIP
section at the dedication of Bonneville Dam by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The following year, due to the
Great Depression, Bud took leave from Oregon State
University and went to work for Bonneville Power
Administration in the first field office of the survey crew
for the Bonneville to Grand Coulee transmission line.
After serving his country in World War II as an officer in
the Corps, Bud went to work for Portland District in 1946.
He was the first civil/structural engineer hired in the newly
organized Corps’ Hydroelectric Design Branch (HEDB),
now called the Hydroelectric Design Center (HDC). He
was one of the leaders in the original design of the
powerhouses at McNary Dam, The Dalles, Chief Joseph,
John Day and the powerhouses on the Snake River. He was
also in charge of the design of the Green Peter powerhouse
in the Willamette Valley.
During his career with the Corps, he became more involved in
SAME. To highlight a few of Bud’s humble laurels
throughout the years, he served as Portland Post President,
National Director, Portland Post Honorary Director, was
among the first group of members selected for the honor of
Fellow in 1975, and is also a Fellow of American Society of
Civil Engineers. At the 1974, SAME Annual Conference in
Washington, DC, Bud successfully petitioned the
organization’s national leadership to move the next national
conference for the first time to the West Coast in Portland.
Largely through Bud’s contributions, the event was heralded
as the “best ever” by all those who attended.
Lastly, on behalf of his good friend and former Chief of
Engineers & Commanding General of the Corps of Engineers,
Bud helped initiate the Lieutenant General Itschner Endowed
Scholarship Fund at the OSU College of Engineering.
Besides being inducted into the OSU Engineering Hall of
Fame and a recipient of the Ultimate Fan Award as a fixture at OSU sporting events for nine decades including broadcasting football
Figure 1 FDR at Bonneville Dam Dedication

and basketball with Bob Blackburn, Bud and
his late wife of 70 years were honored last
year with the dedication of the Bud and
Maxine Ossey Golf Center.
Bud is a caliber of gentlemen that merit the
highest honor in SAME. He has been a friend
to all and has done so much for his community
and served with the highest distinction. With
engineers today at the Corps, Bonneville
Power Administration and private industry
rejuvenating the workhorses on the Columbia
River and modernizing these majestic
leviathans, Bud serves as a touchstone of inspiration for current and future engineers.
Cheers to Bud!
Post Events Calendar
Save the Date 2016 SAME/Itschner Scholarship Golf Tournament
Estimated Date: Monday May 16 or 23, 2016 (Still in Final Coordination)
The Society of American Military Engineers
Portland Post
2016 SAME/Itschner Scholarship Golf Tournament
The Cedars on Salmon Creek
15001 NE 181st
St, Brush Prairie, WA 98606
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES are available, contact Tony Roos troos@kittelson.com 503-535-7444
Wednesday, 2 Mar 2016: Post Meeting
Topic: Pacific Northwest Power and West Coast Energy
Markets
Speaker: Tim Belden, Energy GPS
Spotlight: AECOM
Location: Sentinel Hotel, 614 S.W. 11th Avenue
Wednesday, 6 Apr 2016: Post Meeting
Topic: Port of Portland Growth and Challenges
Speaker: Stan Watters/Thomas Peterson
Spotlight: GeoTerra
Wednesday, 4 May 2016: Post Meeting
Topic: Westmoreland Fish Passage Project
Speaker:
Spotlight:
Wednesday, 1 Jun 2016: Post Meeting
Topic: Meet the Chiefs
Speaker: Many!
Spotlight:
May 2016: Golf Tournament
Event: 2016 SAME/Itschner Scholarship
Golf Tournament
Time: TBD
Location: The Cedars on Salmon Creek
15001 NE 181st
St, Brush Prairie, WA 98606
Event
Coordinator: Tony Roos, troos@kittelson.com
503-535-7444
April 2016: SAME Professional Seminar
Topic: Regulatory Issues
Speaker: Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality, Oregon
Division of State Lands, National Marine
Fisheries
Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Spotlight: TBD
Time: TBD
Location: TBD

2015 SAME Camper Reflection
(By Kari Nichols, PE, Mead & Hunt
SAME Portland Post sponsored a student to attend the SAME Engineering & Construction Camp at the US Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs, CO, June 25-July 1, 2015. Mr. Kevin Miles is from Portland, Oregon and will be entering his sophomore year of
high school this fall. His favorite classes are in the area of applied science offering hands on learning and real world application.
Kevin was able to get more hands on experience at the US AFA Camp. Below is a letter and photos from his experience. Thank you
for your continued support of the Post and our camp sponsorships.
I would like to thank the Portland SAME chapter for selecting me to go to the
USAFA Engineering and Construction camp. I was in the Delta flight and
throughout the week experienced loads of cool and interesting projects that
furthered my interest in engineering. One of my favorite days was when I left the
campus and visited the Garden of the Gods and got to see the beautiful sights.
Another one of my favorite days was when I was able to launch a drone by myself
into the air. I learned how cool engineering was and that it can be fun yet also
challenge you. Our concrete beam that we designed was the strongest and held the
most weight out of all the other flights at about 4 tons or 8,000 lbs. We designed the
concrete beam by making a trapezoid structure out of the rebar, and we tried to
turn the tension into compression, as they pumped the weight onto it. Thank you
again for the awesome opportunity to travel and learn more about a very viable
career.
Respectfully,
Kevin Miles
SAME Engineering and Construction Camps
Each year SAME sponsors three Engineering & Construction Camps for high school students to provide them with first-hand experience
in engineering and construction. The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research &
Development Center in Vicksburg, and the U.S. Marine Corps Base and Engineer School at Camp Lejeune are co-sponsors of the camps.
These one-week camps are high energy, hands-on events for students and are led by professional staff of engineers from both private
industry and the uniformed military services. Each camp has its own unique focus and theme and is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn
what engineers do!
The Portland SAME Post sponsors one outstanding applicant to attend their selected SAME Camp. The Post provides a portion of the
registration fee and airfare costs (including ticket, taxes, and fees) for the selected student. If you know a high school student that is
interested, please encourage them to apply. http://samecamps.org/
Applications are DUE 25 Mar 2016 and selection will be made by 6 Apr 16.
Questions: Contact Kari Nichols at kari.nichols@meadhunt.com or by phone at: 503-548-1496
Engineer Week Volunteer Request
The Portland Post is also seeking motivated volunteers to help with the 2016 Engineer Week on 25 Feb 16 with the USACE, if this is
something you might be interested in please contact: Heidi Nelson at Heidi.nelson@aecom.com or (503) 478-2778.

2015-2016 Portland Post Directory Coming Soon!
Visit the QUICKLINKS section on the Portland Post website homepage at http://www.same.org/Get-Connected/Find-a-Post/Portland
later this month to view or download the new 2015-2016 SAME Portland Post Directory. Among the information included is the
President’s Message to the Post, the Post’s Annual Plan, Programs and Key Events, and updated contact information for post
leadership, individual members, and sustaining member firms.
Saturday Academy Instructor’s needed
Saturday Academy strives to engage all motivated young people, including those from under-represented communities, in hands-on,
in-depth learning by connecting them to community experts as educators and mentors. Saturday Academy provides innovative
programs open to all students in grades 2 through 12. They value all learning, and offer experiences in many disciplines. They
emphasize, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), because these fields are critical for children’s careers and their fast
pace of change is difficult to address in traditional school settings. More information about the program can be located at their
website at: www.saturdayacademy.org
Help: Saturday Academy is seeking instructors to support their Aeronautics, Rocket Science, and Engineering (Solar Car Challenge)
programs. Post members interested in learning about and/or volunteering for these opportunities should contact Ms. Heidi Venneri,
the School-Based Program Coordinator at 503-200-5859.
Save the Date – Emergency Preparedness 2016 in Hood River
The Oregon Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) will be holding their 2016 Spring Conference in Hood River
on April 19-22. The focus of this conference will be on Emergency Preparedness, including a Major Cascadian Subduction
Event. The 4-day event begins with a golf tournament on the 19th followed by 3 days of technical sessions and presentations. APWA
member rates will be extended to SAME members to attend the conference. Please watch Oregon.apwa.net website for registration
announcements. If you are interested in presenting a technical session, please contact Tony Roos. He can be reached at (503)535-
7444 or troos@kittelson.com
Sustaining Firms
SAME’s Portland Post is updated our records, we’re updated our Sustaining Firms records, the current list is on the last page of this
month’s Postscripts, if your firm is not listed please email the postscripts editor at: Same.pdx.postscripts@gmail.com so we can get
your information updated!
Streamer Awards
It’s streamer time, SAME National just announced our Portland Post was awarded the Readiness Streamer, great job to everyone that
supported our readiness program.
Membership…your link to SAME and success
Recently I was asked “How can SAME membership help me?” and I wanted to take a few minutes and explore this from a Portland
Post perspective. First, you get to live and work in the same great city where “Portlandia” was created and is filmed and you are a part
of one of the fastest growing cities in the country a great place to live and work with endless possibilities for recreation and
professional development. You reside in a city that is going to need great engineers and contractors to solve some of the toughest
housing, traffic, infrastructure, transportation, and natural resources problems in the country and it’s going to need a network of
professionals to help make the right long term decisions for our community. So how can SAME help? SAME helps you take charge of
your career by helping you build professional relationships, connecting you to peers, provides an avenue to share your ideas, seek
advice, and volunteer in our community. SAME membership can help you broaden your knowledge through professional development
seminars and events. The post can even provide you access to resources and keep you informed about engineering issues within our
community. It can also help you learn about job postings through networking in our professional community and helps you gain
access to current engineering events in our area, it can even just be fun to meet new people and grow as a professional. BUT…if you
are reading this article you already knew all that and then some, your membership is key to our success. So our post needs your help,
we need to grow our post, so invite others who will benefit, to join SAME. Encourage somebody new to attend our next meeting to
experience the Portland Post and SAME membership. If you have a prospective member, please have them contact our Membership
Chair, Mr. Craig Crotteau, at crotteau@dawsonassociates.com .

New Post Website!
Check out our New Post Website at: http://www.same.org/Get-Connected/Find-a-Post/Portland
Member Profile (Record) Updates
All members can update their member profiles by visiting: https://membership.same.org/MainLogin.shtml for individual
members https://membership.same.org/cvweb_samesm/MainLogin.shtml for sustaining members.
TME Mapping America’s Last Frontier
Reprinted with permission from TME By: By Col. David F. Maune, Ph.D., CP, CFM, PSM, PS, GS, SP, USA (Ret.)
A multi-year initiative underway to digitally map Alaska will increase public safety and community preparedness throughout the
nation's largest state. With insufficient maps and no statewide digital orthophotos, Alaskans have long been challenged to manage the
state’s natural resources and infrastructure. Military and civilian pilots
also face perilous conditions in navigating through mountainous areas.
Now, a statewide digital mapping initiative is using interferometric
synthetic aperture radar (IFSAR) to create new maps and enhance
safety and preparedness throughout America’s Last Frontier.
SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
Alaska has historically proven so difficult to map that some experts
believe the Moon and Mars have been mapped more accurately. Digital
orthophotos, common elsewhere, have never been produced statewide
because of the persistent cloud cover and the inaccuracy of the Digital
Terrain Model (DTM) required for orthorectification. The U.S.
Geological Survey’s (USGS) 1:63,360-scale topographic quadrangles of
Alaska have long been obsolete and were never produced to National Map Accuracy Standards. When the maps were produced in the
1950s from stereo photogrammetry, survey control was essentially non-existent. Digital cameras, GPS and photogrammetric block
triangulation had yet to be invented. Photogrammetrists had to bridge one stereo model at a time for each flight strip, then mosaic the
individual strips together. This is the equivalent of having survey control in Virginia, flying to Missouri to take aerial photos without
airborne GPS or ground control, returning to Virginia to produce maps with ana log technology, and then finding that the Gateway Arch
in St. Louis is mapped a mile in the wrong location.
Alaska has fewer total miles of paved roads than many counties in the continental United States. As a result, residents depend upon
aviation and thousands of small airstrips to access remote villages. However, flying in small aircraft across the state can be life-
threatening due to the poor quality of existing maps. Pilots must often navigate using instrument flight rules because darkness, clouds,
or fog prevent the use of visual flight rules. Some USGS topographic maps depict mountains more than a mile from their actual locations.
This has resulted in a consistently high rate of Controlled Flight into Terrain accidents.
Outdated or nonexistent maps have challenged the operations of government agencies as they manage a state spanning more than
600,000-mi² and with vast natural resources. The mapping insufficiencies have limited industry and economic development initiatives.
Climate change researchers also have struggled with inadequate map data as they address the impacts of global warming, shoreline
erosion, earthquakes, floods, and changes in permafrost conditions. Learn more at: http://themilitaryengineer.com/
The SAME Job Center is up and running! The SAME Job Center is the premier electronic recruitment resource for those seeking to
fill positions within Architecture/Engineering/Construction organizations. The Job Center helps companies find the right candidate
from our talented membership base. For Job Seekers, you can post your resume for free and connect with companies around the world.
See more at: http://www.same.org/index.php/component/content/article?id=235#sthash.Me1siqg6.dpuf
Upcoming SAME Events:
25-26 Feb SAME/IFMA Facilities Management Workshop San Antonio, TX
8-9 Mar DOD and Federal Agency FY2017 Program Briefings Alexandria, VA
10 Mar Fellows Luncheon and Investiture Alexandria, VA
10 Mar Golden Eagle Awards Dinner Alexandria, VA
23-24 Mar Transition Workshop and Job Fair Embassy Suites BWI
3-4 Apr TISP Critical Infrastructure Symposium Charleston, SC
24-26 May Joint Engineer Training Conference and Expo Phoenix, AZ

Pictures from the Feb 16 Meeting

PRESIDENT
COL Jose Aguilar
1ST VICE PRESIDENT
Tony Roos
2ND VICE PRESIDENT
Nate Sandvig
PAST PRESIDENT
COL(Ret) Wm. Leady
VP FOR YOUTH
Kari Nichols
SECRETARY
Heidi Rice
TREASURER
Toni Leon, FSAME
HOUSE
Bree Brende
MEMBERSHIP/ SUSTAINING MEMBERS
Craig Crotteau
READINESS
Daniela Todesco
COMMUNITY/SOCIAL/SPECIAL
ACTIVITIES
Midge Graybeal
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Maj L. Robert Moriarty
PUBLICITY
Linda Scronce-Johnson
SMALL BUSINESS LIAISON
Terry Hosaka
2014-2016 DIRECTORS
Michelle Peterson
LTC (Ret) Rick Goodell
COL (Ret) Steve Miles
Zack Martin
Craig Crotteau
Andrew Young
2015-2017 DIRECTORS
Jason Kelly
Daniela Todesco
Kent Snyder
Maj L. Robert Moriarty
HONORARY DIRECTORS & FELLOWS
Patrick Keough
Bud Ossey
SUSTAINING MEMBER FIRMS
AECOM
Akana
AMEC
Ball Janik
BERGER/ABAM Engineers
Brown & Caldwell
Cardno
CH2M Hill
Cherokee Construction Services
Continental Mapping Consultants
Cornforth Consultants
David Evans and Associates
Dull Olson Weeks-IBI Architects
ESA
Exeltech Consulting
GEI Consultants
GeoEngineers
Geotechnical Resources, Inc.
Gerding Builders
GHD
Hamilton Construction
Hart Crowser
HDR Engineering
Integrated Water Solutions
IO Environmental & Infrastructure
Jacobs Associates
Kiewit
MHW
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
Otak
Mead and Hunt
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Professional Service Industries
Sealaska Constructors
Shannon & Wilson
Siemens Industries
Skanska
Tetra Tech
Thomas/Wright
Portland District – USACE
The Urban Collaborative
URS Corporation
WEST Consultants
Westlake Consultants
Weston Solutions
WHPacific
Wildlands
Portland Post
c/o MacKay Sposito
Attn: Zack Martin
1325 SE Tech Center Drive, Suite 140
Vancouver, WA 98683

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