September, 2010
Adkinson Engineering Awarded First
Contract with City of Jacksonville to
Improve Noroad/Lambing Drainage
JACKSONVILLE, FL (Sept., 29, 2010) - Less than a year after opening, Adkinson Engineering announces it has been awarded the contract for the Noroad Lambing Drainage Project, an estimated $1.5 million improvement project in West Jacksonville, by the City of Jacksonville.
"It is exciting that our firm has been awarded its first contract with the City of Jacksonville," said Timothy Adkinson, P.E., LEED AP, president and owner of Adkinson Engineering. "It is my objective to meet the city's goals and complete the project's design and regulatory improvements under budget."
The Noroad Lambing Drainage Project has a projected three-year completion. Adkinson Engineering will be partnering with Five Points Design Group, Inc. on the project. Ayres Associates and Clary and Associates will also support the team.
Residents of Glenda's Meadow subdivision and other residents living in the area of Noroad and Lambing roads will benefit as the project will address persistent drainage problems and frequent flooding that occurs in the area. Residents have indicated both roads are often submerged during normal rainfall. In addition, the project will address stormwater quality treatment and improvements to reflect the city's sustainable development strategy.
Adkinson has previous experience working on Jacksonville drainage and streetscape improvement projects as part of a large engineering firm. He worked for more than 15 years with King Engineering Associates before leaving the firm last year to launch his own company. One of Adkinson Engineering's specialties is providing design services for public drainage improvement projects.
"Drainage problems present a danger to area neighborhoods and residents," Adkinson said. "Projects to enhance the quality of water along with the safety and beauty of our neighborhoods are good for everyone in the city of Jacksonville."
"It is exciting that our firm has been awarded its first contract with the City of Jacksonville," said Timothy Adkinson, P.E., LEED AP, president and owner of Adkinson Engineering. "It is my objective to meet the city's goals and complete the project's design and regulatory improvements under budget."
The Noroad Lambing Drainage Project has a projected three-year completion. Adkinson Engineering will be partnering with Five Points Design Group, Inc. on the project. Ayres Associates and Clary and Associates will also support the team.
Residents of Glenda's Meadow subdivision and other residents living in the area of Noroad and Lambing roads will benefit as the project will address persistent drainage problems and frequent flooding that occurs in the area. Residents have indicated both roads are often submerged during normal rainfall. In addition, the project will address stormwater quality treatment and improvements to reflect the city's sustainable development strategy.
Adkinson has previous experience working on Jacksonville drainage and streetscape improvement projects as part of a large engineering firm. He worked for more than 15 years with King Engineering Associates before leaving the firm last year to launch his own company. One of Adkinson Engineering's specialties is providing design services for public drainage improvement projects.
"Drainage problems present a danger to area neighborhoods and residents," Adkinson said. "Projects to enhance the quality of water along with the safety and beauty of our neighborhoods are good for everyone in the city of Jacksonville."
March, 2010
Spotlight - Engineering
Timothy Adkinson has nerves of steel. After 15 years with a big engineering firm, he’s gone out on his own and founded Adkinson Engineering PA in the midst of the Great Recession.
He was born in Atlanta but raised in Tampa, where he graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s in civil engineering. His Dad was “always involved in construction, more on the field work side,” and it was something Adkinson had an interest in, but he has always had a technical, math forte, so engineering was his destiny.
He joined King Engineering Associates straight out of college and worked as an engineer, project engineer and project manager in Tampa until King merged with the long-term Jacksonville firm of Robinson Engineering Group. Adkinson moved to King’s new Jacksonville office in 2002 and he was manager of the civil engineering department and office manager here.
His engineering project work in Jacksonville enabled him to establish relationships with big clients that he’s confident he can parlay into work for his fledgling firm. “River City Marketplace was huge for me,” he said, and “it’s been a successful project for Ramco [Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust].”
He was also project manager for site development at the Citigroup campus at Flagler Center — it was “neat to be involved with such a big jobs creator for the area.” And Adkinson supervised the engineering design for Hillwood Investment Properties’ 600,000-square-foot Westside warehouse leased by Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Hillwood is the new master developer of Cecil Commerce Center.
Adkinson has done drainage and streetscape improvements for the city of Jacksonville, and “one of the things I’m really excited about is maybe do another project with the city.” Projects to enhance the quality of the water in the St. Johns River are coming up; he has done two of those and hopes to do another.
Adkinson is 2010 chair of the Florida Home Builders Association commercial building council and its first meeting is in Tallahassee to coincide with the legislative session. The big issue for commercial builders is the tight credit market and he’s lining up speakers to “give an update on where things are heading and see if there’s any good news out there for the industry.”
So is there any? “There’s a lot of bad stuff in the system that’s gotta get worked out, but a lot of that has been worked out. And there are new projects. Whether you agree with the spending and the stimulus, there are things that engineers are doing now, and usually when we get done, the work is there for the contractors and end-users, so, I think there’s good things coming.”
Outside the office, Adkinson has started taking his 6-year-old son camping three or four times a year — Hanna Park, Jekyll Island. His eight-year-old daughter goes along, too, but his 12-year-old daughter is “getting out of that phase.”
— Robert Ward
Read more: People On the Move - Jacksonville Business Journal , (March 5-11, 2010)
He was born in Atlanta but raised in Tampa, where he graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s in civil engineering. His Dad was “always involved in construction, more on the field work side,” and it was something Adkinson had an interest in, but he has always had a technical, math forte, so engineering was his destiny.
He joined King Engineering Associates straight out of college and worked as an engineer, project engineer and project manager in Tampa until King merged with the long-term Jacksonville firm of Robinson Engineering Group. Adkinson moved to King’s new Jacksonville office in 2002 and he was manager of the civil engineering department and office manager here.
His engineering project work in Jacksonville enabled him to establish relationships with big clients that he’s confident he can parlay into work for his fledgling firm. “River City Marketplace was huge for me,” he said, and “it’s been a successful project for Ramco [Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust].”
He was also project manager for site development at the Citigroup campus at Flagler Center — it was “neat to be involved with such a big jobs creator for the area.” And Adkinson supervised the engineering design for Hillwood Investment Properties’ 600,000-square-foot Westside warehouse leased by Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Hillwood is the new master developer of Cecil Commerce Center.
Adkinson has done drainage and streetscape improvements for the city of Jacksonville, and “one of the things I’m really excited about is maybe do another project with the city.” Projects to enhance the quality of the water in the St. Johns River are coming up; he has done two of those and hopes to do another.
Adkinson is 2010 chair of the Florida Home Builders Association commercial building council and its first meeting is in Tallahassee to coincide with the legislative session. The big issue for commercial builders is the tight credit market and he’s lining up speakers to “give an update on where things are heading and see if there’s any good news out there for the industry.”
So is there any? “There’s a lot of bad stuff in the system that’s gotta get worked out, but a lot of that has been worked out. And there are new projects. Whether you agree with the spending and the stimulus, there are things that engineers are doing now, and usually when we get done, the work is there for the contractors and end-users, so, I think there’s good things coming.”
Outside the office, Adkinson has started taking his 6-year-old son camping three or four times a year — Hanna Park, Jekyll Island. His eight-year-old daughter goes along, too, but his 12-year-old daughter is “getting out of that phase.”
— Robert Ward
Read more: People On the Move - Jacksonville Business Journal , (March 5-11, 2010)
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Contact Adkinson Engineering: tadkinson@AdkinsonEng.com
Contact Adkinson Engineering: tadkinson@AdkinsonEng.com