Our Faithful+Gould 20th Anniversary Celebration

Staying Positive. Staying Focused on You.
FALL 2012
Our Faithful+Gould 20th Anniversary Celebration
PRESIDENT & MANAGING DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE:
REFLECTING ON
20 YEARS
1995
Celebrating our
20th anniversary
has provided
me with the
opportunity to
reflect on where
we have been …
and where we
are going.
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We expanded our client base in 1995 and had early
success with Roche in South Carolina, ProGold in North
Dakota and Exxon Mobil in Texas. The ProGold Corn Wet
Milling facility was a particularly memorable project with a
number of us spending two to three nights stranded in a
hotel due to a severe winter storm, which was not a great
experience as the hotel soon ran short on supplies!
1996
In 1996, we were acquired by WS Atkins, which was a
private company, and in June of the same year it became
a publicly listed company on the London Stock Exchange.
There was little impact for us in the U.S., as we were the
only representative company here, but we were expected
to grow and we did by expanding our client base and
service offerings. We opened up offices in Houston,
Phoenix, Long Beach, Portland and Princeton.
1992
2002
In 1992, we entered the U.S. market with one client,
Pillsbury, in Minneapolis. This vote of confidence was based
on our work in the UK with Haagen Dazs. We had no idea
how long any of us would stay in the U.S. because there
was no long-term commitment, and we weren’t sure we had
the U.S. expertise to penetrate other client organizations.
However, we were determined to establish a presence
here, and our staff made a commitment to relocate despite
the worry of it coming to an abrupt end. I believe this
commitment was the foundation for our success as most of
our UK competitors, who were also interested in the U.S.,
were only able to work here on a temporary basis.
A huge leap in our expansion occurred in 2002 when
we purchased Hanscomb. We wanted to accelerate
growth and looked for a company with a great reputation
and a broader geographical footprint. We also wanted
a company that worked in different markets. Hanscomb
brought all of this to the table with minimal client overlaps
and complimentary skill sets for our expanded client base.
With the purchase, we changed our name to Hanscomb
Faithful+Gould.
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2005/2006
We continued to grow in 2005/2006, and we made the decision
to rebrand Faithful+Gould by dropping the Hanscomb name.
We designed a completely different look with modern colors
and we came up with our tag line of ‘constructive expertise’. We
undertook regional conferences to roll this out worldwide. Our
brand launch event in Orlando was particularly enjoyable and
motivating. It brought about a real excitement with the new brand
and a new strategic plan.
In the past five years, we have continued to develop our major
client base with the help of our Client Engagement Program
(CEP), and we continue to improve our opportunities with
initiatives like Bid to Win and enhancements in our commercial
processes. We have opened up operations in Brazil and Canada
and repositioned our services to lead with project management,
and we now have an extended Atkins family in North America.
Pillsbury Dinner Jonathan Marshall and Sue Anderson (Yoplait)
As I reflect on the last 20 years, I can confidently say that we
have achieved a great deal. I have watched us progress from a
handful of staff in 1992 to almost 550 today, but as president of
the company, the thing I am most proud of is seeing how much
Faithful+Gould staff have developed in that period and how
diverse we have become without losing our brand or our culture.
Lastly, we owe a great deal to our clients, not the least of which is
Pillsbury, who gave us our first opportunity.
We marked our 20th anniversary with a commemorative dinner
in Minneapolis in September. We were particularly delighted that
many of the original Pillsbury team joined us to celebrate. Some
of them had since retired, and some had moved on to General
Mills following the Pillsbury merger. They have remained our
clients and trusted friends. It was wonderful to see the team
reassembled and to have a chance to express our heartfelt
gratitude.
Pillsbury Plant, Indiana
Our company remains strong with a tremendous client list and a
broad range of services across many sectors. We are continuing
to grow, so there is a lot to be proud of and to look forward to as a
member of Faithful+Gould.
Regards,
Paul Wood
President & Managing Director - North America
*Please note that all client news and information is confidential and
distributed for internal use only.*
Pillsbury Dinner - Mike Anderson (General Mills),
Paul Wood, Kevin Wiese & Al Webber (retired - Pillsbury)
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ANNIVERSARIES & NEW HIRES
CELEBRATE
April ‘12 - September ‘12
Milestones
25 Year Highlight
MINNEAPOLIS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Jonathan Marshall - 4.6.87
Bob Schnitzer - 8.3.87
PHOENIX
ORLANDO
Stuart Smith - 7.21.87
Denis Simmons - 9.8.87
15 Years
NEW YORK
James Glover
6.23.97
LOS ANGELES
Melvin Earley
6.25.97
10 Years
CHICAGO
Paul Lakin
5.30.02
GREENVILLE
Roger Barr
7.15.02
HOUSTON
Luis Centeno
6.17.02
PHILADELPHIA
Melissa Grzymala
4.29.02
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PHOENIX
Selina Hill
6.5.02
WHITING
Marc Doumitt
7.15.02
Justin Jordan
8.26.02
5 Years
ATLANTA
Keysi Escalona
7.2.07
Andrew Webb
7.30.07
Dale Hobbie
8.27.07
BOSTON
Ron Riccitelli
4.9.07
Phil Memmott
9.1.07
DALLAS
Elizabeth Warden
9.1.07
HOUSTON
Paul Johnson
5.7.07
Jeff Twilley
7.16.07
Angela Theriot
7.9.07
Savitha Rajan
8.1.07
Ashley Hough
9.26.07
LOS ANGELES
Zaymar Henriquez
5.1.07
Josh King
5.14.07
Nigel Hutton
6.4.07
Jason Maxwell
6.4.07
LOS ANGELES
Silpa Boppana
7.19.07
Vanessa Brannock
8.6.07
Alister Hufton
8.13.07
MINNEAPOLIS
Dustin Kruger
5.29.07
Brenda Fischer
8.8.07
NEW YORK
Merry Jacob
5.9.07
Greg Iannacone
5.29.07
Scott Kopraski
8.1.07
Siva Rajan
8.27.07
ORLANDO
Mike Dell’Isola
4.2.07
PHILADELPHIA
Chris Eattock
4.2.07
Steven Bernstein
4.30.07
PORTLAND
John Prosser
6.18.07
SAN FRANCISCO
Subir Bhattacharya
4.2.07
Ron Faria
8.6.07
WHITING
Sam Rafati
6.18.07
Nyasha Sambana
9.9.07
New Hires
BOSTON
Glenn Truesdale
9.4.12
CHICAGO
Keven Meyer
6.11.12
Joseph Cusick
7.9.12
Roseanna Colovos
9.24.12
CINCINNATI
Raffi Tomassian
9.12.12
GREENVILLE
Jeff Jennings
4.16.12
Gary Appleton
4.30.12
Stephanie Brazell
5.29.12
Victor Johnson
6.11.12
Jennifer Sanders
6.25.12
Robert Moore
6.25.12
Geoff Van De Merwe
6.29.12
Tullio Geloni
7.9.12
John Mead
7.23.12
Chaffin Foster
7.26.12
Keith Burran
8.13.12
Leticia Helton
9.4.12
Rickey Lepard
9.17.12
HOUSTON
Juliet Bhagwandin
4.9.12
Javier Guerra
4.23.12
Jose Reyna
4.23.12
Jay Saleh
6.4.12
Hector Falcon Guevara
6.18.12
Gil Carlos Go Boncan
6.25.12
Luiz Claudio Cruz
6.29.12
Susanne Allen
7.30.12
Jeremy Tierman
7.30.12
Rashonda Petteway
8.21.12
LOS ANGELES
Glenda Klensch
7.16.12
Evi Unterthiner
7.16.12
Souha Charara
9.5.12
MINNEAPOLIS
Kevin Wiese
4.9.12
Gregory Franzen
5.14.12
John Ubelhor
6.4.12
Megan Glover
7.9.12
Robert Keeney
8.20.12
Tracey Rust
9.19.12
Mark Krogen
9.24.12
NEW YORK
Danielle Green
4.4.12
Renzo Maugeri
4.23.12
Emmon Ashraf
8.13.12
Robert Hendrickson
9.4.12
Oliver Majewski
9.10.12
PHILADELPHIA
Erika Meyer
6.4.12
Milton Maisonet
6.5.12
PHOENIX
Mark Cardenas
8.31.12
Lacie Jackson
9.4.12
PORTLAND
Jon Jones
4.10.12
Michael Gibson
5.1.12
Joseph Delaney
5.2.12
Sam Dutton
5.7.12
Simon Merriman
5.7.12
Desta Whitten
7.9.12
Russell Daly
7.16.12
Casey Conway
8.13.12
Mike Ansbergs
8.13.12
Benjamin Carpenter
8.27.12
Salvador Martinez
9.4.12
TOLEDO
Elhassan El-Mehalawi
7.2.12
Thomas Robinson
7.10.12
TORONTO
Jaana Matilainen
4.23.12
Stephen Phillips
4.30.12
Nazar Ali Al-Jasim
6.25.12
Dinesh Damavarapu
7.16.12
Edic Baghdasarian
7.16.12
Jacob Mills
9.14.12
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Jeff Dillon
8.13.12
WHITING
John Martin
4.23.12
Sarah Ramos
6.4.12
Marie O’Donnell
6.18.12
Paul Jackson
6.18.12
James Roquemore
7.9.12
Tina McGill
7.9.12
Nneka Rhodes
8.13.12
Beverly Wiatrak
8.27.12
Douglas Chuick
8.27.12
Danial Ellis
9.10.12
Samantha Murav
9.10.12
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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF
FAITHFUL+GOULD
Twenty years ago it all started with
Pillsbury in the Twin Cities, so our
Minneapolis team gathered with friends
and clients on September 18, 2012, to
celebrate our two decades of business in
North America. We welcomed more than
100 guests including clients, Minneapolis
office staff and management from across
Faithful+Gould North America. Clients in
attendance included BioAmber, Cargill,
Laura Okell
Dow Chemical, Fairview Health Services,
Marketing Coordinator
General Mills, Hennepin County and
Lifetime Fitness, as well as professionals
from many of the Twin Cities’ top architecture and
engineering firms.
The annual Bowling on the Green Event
held at Brit’s Pub doubled this year as a 20th anniversary
celebration for Faithful+Gould in North America. Displays with
pictures of Faithful+Gould personnel over the past 20 years and
a timeline infographic were created especially for the event.
Guests were also asked trivia questions from the year 1992 for a
chance to win tickets to a Minnesota Vikings game.
“Bowling on the Green”
Lawn Bowling, or Bowls, is a game where
players roll biased balls so that they will
stop closest to a smaller ball called the Jack.
Its typically played on a large rectangular
“green” of neatly manicured grass.
The Brit’s Pub 10,000-square-foot Bowling
Green opened in 1998 and has hosted our
Faithful+Gould Bowling on the Green event
for the last eight years.
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We welcomed many staff who began their careers
with Faithful+Gould North America in Minneapolis,
including Paul Wood, Tim Horner, Phil Kirby and
Trevor Green. A common theme of the migration
of staff in North America over the last 20 years has
been moving from Minnesota to warmer climates, so
it seemed only fitting that the chilly weather forced
the event indoors. The fun ensued despite the cold
weather and a few brave souls still endured the cool
evening air for some lawn bowling.
It was an enjoyable evening to celebrate the growth
of our business in North America, and specifically
Minneapolis, over the past 20 years. Senior Vice
President and Food and Beverage/Agribusiness
Sector Lead Jonathan Marshall shared this about
the occasion, “I feel extremely fortunate to have
been given the opportunity by Faithful+Gould and
our clients over the past 20 years to work in the
United States on many challenging, yet rewarding,
projects. Many familiar faces have moved on, but
always a great team seems to remain in place here
in Minneapolis. We take immense satisfaction and
enjoyment from the projects we work on and the
friendships within our offices and project teams.”
Kevin continued, “The event was outstanding for catching
up with many individuals I haven’t seen for years, as
well as meeting new clients and colleagues from across
the country. Overall, I’d say the event was more than a
success … plus, we all got to relive the wonderful hair
Jonathan Marshall sported in the late nineties!”
All involved felt the event was a great celebration.
Regional Vice President Tim Horner said, “The Brit’s
annual event is something that I, and I am sure many
others, look forward to. This year’s celebration continued
the tradition of bringing together clients and staff to have
a great time. I was also pleased that we were able to host
our regional and national leadership teams and allow
them to witness such a dynamic team of employees and
clients - past, present and hopefully some new - which is
very refreshing considering the economic times we’re in.
The diversity of the client base and the broadening of our
service offering are major positives for Minneapolis. The
future is looking bright.”
An annual celebration, like the Bowling on
the Green event, is a great way to build our
brand in the Minnesota marketplace and stay connected
with our local client network, business partners and
colleagues. It offers opportunities to introduce our project
management clients to our cost estimating clients, which
helps demonstrate our depth and diversity of professional
services. We are already looking forward to the 2013 9th
Annual Bowling on the Green!
Kevin Wiese & Ian Greenwood of
Fairview Health Services
RVP Tim Horner, Eric Soukoup & Jesse Lovejoy
Paul Lakin with former F+G employee
Phil Malcom of Carlson Hotels & long time
F+G friend Shane Higgins of Brit’s Pub
The ‘clubhouse’ event space was packed
Emphasizing Jonathan’s comment, Minneapolis
Managing Director Kevin Wiese said, “One highlight
of the evening was a discussion with Derik Ward of
Cargill. I’ve had several conversations with Derik
over the phone, but it’s always nice to put a face to
the name. He was very complementary of the team
Faithful+Gould has working on Cargill projects, both
in his division and across its other business units.”
Derik is the project manager for Cargill – Horizon
Milling, the recently completed $30-million integrated
bakery resources project in Portland, OR. Staff from
our Minneapolis and Portland offices have been
working on this project since October 2011.
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Name:
Amir Setayesh
Project Site:
Multiple HAL clients;
ON - SITE STAFF
Our Roles
Name:
Ryan Brady
Lender’s Technical Advisor (LTA)
Project Site:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police;
Vancouver, British Columbia
Job Title:
Technical Director
Years with F+G:
11 years
Since June 2009, Faithful+Gould has provided various consulting
services for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) “E” Division
Headquarters Building outside Vancouver, BC. The RCMP Project is a
Public Private Partnership (PPP), procured under a contract between
the Canadian government and a development partner to design, build,
finance, operate and maintain the new facility. The prime contract is in
effect for a period of 28 years, including three years of construction and
25 years of facility management. The project has a total value of $966
million, including $263 million for construction of the facility.
Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
(RCMP)
Public Works &
Government Services
(PWGS)
Project
Sponsors
(Equity)
Project Agreement
Credit / Shareholder
Agreements
Green Timbers
Accommodation
Partners (GTAP)
Lender
(Debt)
FAITHFUL+GOULD
Independent
Certifier (IC)
Facilities
Management
Major Subcontracts
FAITHFUL+GOULD
Lender’s Technical
Advisor (LTA)
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Design-Build
Joint Venture
As LTA, we are responsible for producing
Technical Due Diligence reports during the
initial programming and design stages.
This requires extensive analysis of the
accuracy and robustness of the capital
cost estimates, construction schedule, life
cycle cost program, project management
approach, facilities management approach,
commercial arrangement and design.
For the past 2.5 years we have maintained
monthly site visits to monitor construction
progress, receive construction and
design briefings, review and authorize
any changes, authorize payments to the
design-builder and produce reports outlining
general project progress and health. At
the end of the year, we will assume an
operations monitoring role, requiring
periodic site visits to ensure that the facility
is being maintained and operated properly,
and assess whether there has been any
change to the risk profile of the project.
Independent Certifier (IC)
The IC role is specific to PPPs, particularly
those outside of the U.S. Canadian
provincial procurement policy requires that
both the public and private partners in a
PPP jointly engage an IC for the purposes
of certifying that construction has been
completed in accordance with the output
specifications. This certification is required
for the public entity to occupy the facility
and that the flow of service payments may
begin. For this role, we worked closely
with our client and streamlined processes
for the tracking of progress against project
agreement obligations and created efficient,
useful reporting tools.
New York, NY
Job Title:
Technical Director
Years with F+G:
8 years
Amir has been with Faithful+Gould since 2004, when he
began his career as an assistant project manager in our
Washington, D.C. office. In 2006, Amir relocated to New
York and was promoted to project manager and later
senior project manager. He then relocated to the San
Francisco office and was promoted to technical director.
Now residing back in New York, Amir leads the East
Region Hospitality, Arts & Leisure (HAL) sector and has
rekindled and facilitated connections with major clients,
Name:
Sean Musick
Project Site:
Xcel Energy;
Amarillo, TX, Denver, CO,
Minneapolis, MN
Job Title:
Project Manager
Years with F+G:
6 months
Sean Musick, project manager out of our Houston office,
has recently begun work on a project with Xcel Energy
in Amarillo, TX, to implement use of the Skire Unifier™
software platform. The Amarillo location is one of three
locations at which Faithful+Gould will be working. The
project kicked off the week of September 17, 2012, and will
last until approximately April 2013.
Sean’s role on the project in Amarillo is to help in
facilitating implementation and training assistance of the
new cloud system within the Xcel workforce. Sean’s main
such as Hilton Hotels, Starwood Capital, Diamond Rock,
Marriot and Cornerstone.
Some of Amir’s key factors that have helped grow this
effort have included a strong CEP effort and reestablishing
connections with clients. Additionally he has established
an East Region HAL group of project managers to promote
communications and direction towards specific targets for
business development. By doing so he has leveraged the
HAL portfolio not just for the New York office but for the
company as a whole.
Major projects for Faithful+Gould since Amir’s relocation
include Phase 1 of the New York Hilton Master Plan that
includes guestroom and public space renovations for a
value of $30 million.
At the same time he is managing a new build hotel project
on 31st street between Madison and Fifth Avenue. The
33-story, 70,000-square-foot new hotel will contain 180
keys, a second floor 125-seat restaurant and rooftop
lounge with panoramic views. The project is anticipated to
be completed in late 2014 and with a value of $40 million.
duties are to make sure the client is accepting of the new
culture change and that the implementation occurs in a
timely manner. His ultimate goal is to assure that everyone
is well educated and adapting to the new project controls
within the Xcel organization. “Implementing Skire will bring
Xcel a new auditable ePM in the clouds, so it can better
monitor and review project progress,” says Sean.
With the Skire Unifier™ software cloud system, ePM
enables clients to leverage Faithful+Gould’s ‘constructive
expertise’. These practices, combined with the client’s
standard procedures, help in saving time and costs and
eliminating errors.
Faithful+Gould’s contribution to the project is bringing
our diversification and understanding of how to reach
the client using multi-cloud based management systems,
which are very important in modernizing corporations.
The project is beneficial to Faithful+Gould because it will,
“help us with diversification of our abilities moving from
costs, schedule and project controls, to fulfill a life-cycle
of program management for the client rep,” says Sean.
Sean is looking forward to seeing what Amarillo is all about
and “helping the client achieve its goals and implementing
best practice in change management.” He says that he
is enjoying the beautiful night skies and that he has never
seen so many stars.
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LONDON
2012
I had the privilege of taking one of our clients to the London
Olympic Games in August. It was a first for the client and
myself, and one that we will both remember fondly for a
long time.
The whole experience was fantastic with top notch
organization and hospitality the whole day from leaving
the hotel in Kensington to arriving for a pre-event buffet
inside Olympic Park, and then being in the stadium itself.
The atmosphere inside the stadium was amazing and
everyone seemed to be amazed by the whole experience.
We thoroughly enjoyed the seven different athletic events we
watched, which included the women’s heptathlon, men’s long
jump and women’s 100 meters.
The following day I went to Hyde Park and watched some
of the women’s triathlon and then ventured inside the Park
to watch some more events on the big screens. Being
able to watch the events on the big screens and share that
experience with the thousands of spectators who couldn’t
get tickets to the live events was incredible. More big
screens were strategically located throughout the city to
extend that experience to even more people.
It made for a fabulous two days and a memorable
Olympics. There was such a buzz around the city that I’ve
never witnessed before. Now I’m looking forward to Rio
in 2016!
Paul Wood
President & Managing Director