Timmons Group Congratulates the I-295/Meadowville Technology Parkway Interchange Opening in Chesterfield County, VA

Richmond, VA (PRWEB) December 20, 2011

Timmons Group, an ENR 500 Design Firm and a leader in civil engineering consulting services, is pleased to announce that on December 15, VDOT and Chesterfield County officials celebrated the opening of the long-awaited interchange on Interstate 295 at Meadowville Technology Parkway. Envisioned as a future interchange location when I-295 was originally constructed in 1988, this new diamond interchange was constructed as a $ 11.7 million design-build project in less than 15 months.

Through a contract with Chesterfield County, Timmons Group first began developing plans for this interchange in 1996 to support the 1,300-acre Meadowville Technology Park, one of Virginia?s economic development mega-sites. Survey and preliminary plans were prepared and VDOT approval of the design features was received within nine months of notice to proceed. All environmental documents and permits were completed, but the project was ceased - due to lack of funding.

In 2010, the project recommenced through a combination of federal, state and Chesterfield County resources, which included the County?s commitment to dedicate incremental business, professional and occupational license (BPOL) taxes towards transportation projects. Timmons Group worked with VDOT and Chesterfield County to update the preliminary plans and develop bid documents. In July 2010 the project was advertised for design-build construction and just two months later, a contract was awarded to Curtis Contracting of West Point, Virginia. The project included interim and ultimate design plans for the entire interchange, construction of the outer ramps, widening of Meadowville Road (later renamed Meadowville Technology Parkway), traffic signals at the ramp intersections, new overhead signage along I-295 and auxiliary lanes on I-295 connecting the new ramps to an existing interchange at Route 10. Curtis Contracting and their design partner Parsons Brinckerhoff worked closely with VDOT and County staff to complete the project on schedule and under budget.

"Timmons Group is proud to have been a part of this successful design-build project," said Paul Trapp, Principal and Director of Infrastructure at Timmons Group. "With the County?s vision achieved, the new interchange is already attracting significant economic development interest."

About Timmons Group

Timmons Group is a multi-disciplined engineering and technology firm recognized for nearly twenty years as one of Engineering News Record?s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the country. As a Certified Small Business (SWaM) in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the firm provides civil engineering, environmental, GIS/geospatial technology, landscape architecture and surveying services to a diverse client base. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has regional offices throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit http://www.timmons.com.

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Artisan Business Group announces EB-5 Finance and Investment Conferences

Springfield, IL (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Mr. Brian Su, CEO of Artisan Business Group, Inc., announces three major EB-5 investment and foreign direct investment (FDI) events in St. Louis on February 17, Miami March 20 and New York City on April 17, 2012. All conferences and seminars feature top-notch investment and legal experts and speakers in EB-5 and FDI communities. A large crowd of US company executives, commercial real estate developers, immigration attorneys, business lawyers, economic development professionals, private bankers, government officials, and venture capitalists, among others, is expected for this year?s investment and business networking events. The upcoming business events will focus on learning, networking and making business deals. In 2011, over 1,000 executives from across the U.S. and foreign countries participated in EB-5 seminars and conferences hosted by Artisan Business Group.

?In the last five years, we have seen a very strong growth in investment activities from China, Korea, Japan and India. Their investments certainly help our communities to create more local jobs. I am very proud to present more high quality international investment and EB-5 investment conferences,? says Brian Su, CEO of Artisan Business Group, Inc., an Illinois based Sino-US investment expert and leading authority on EB-5 regional center pilot program that attracts foreign investors to the US.

The foreign investment conferences will provide valuable insight and networking opportunities to those with previous international investment experience, as well as to first-time capital seekers. Artisan Business Group, Inc. specializes in advising American companies that are seeking foreign investment capital to fund various projects. The firm has organized various international investment and EB-5 investment conferences in Chicago, Boston, Orlando, New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston, Las Vegas, Shanghai, and Guangzhou China.

To see more details about the event and registration, visit http://www.EB5NewsBlog.org.

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Brian Su

Artisan Business Group, Inc.

http://www.EB5NewsBlog.org

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Laura Jungels Joins Clutch Group as a Senior Managing Attorney From Abbott Laboratories

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Clutch Group announced today that Laura Jungels has joined the organization as a Senior Managing Attorney in its Chicago office. She will be responsible for managing the Firm?s Litigation & Investigation matters and driving innovation within that group.

?Laura?s in-depth experience in business process and how it contributes to the cost-efficiency and quality of legal services will be invaluable as we further streamline our efforts, leverage technology and ultimately deliver more value to our clients,? said Brandon Daniels, President of Managed Services at Clutch Group.

Ms. Jungels joined Clutch Group from Abbott Laboratories, where she was a senior member of the Legal Operations team. In this role, she worked closely with E-Discovery and document review providers as well as outside counsel to implement new strategies and processes for discovery. She was responsible for the coordination of in-house attorneys and paralegals, outside counsel, consulting firms, E-Discovery vendors and document review providers. In addition, Ms. Jungels worked with Abbott?s Preferred Vendor Program, establishing key metrics to continually analyze vendors? performance. She was also instrumental in evaluating and selecting E-Discovery and review providers to ultimately be part of the program.

?Having worked in-house, I understand the increasing disparity between the cost of legal services and the value clients can derive from those services. I joined Clutch Group because the Firm has been actively working to reduce this incongruity by implementing innovative cost reduction strategies and delivering greater value to the end client,? says Ms. Jungels. ?While labor arbitrage is a part of the solution, it is only one small factor in achieving cost savings. Clutch understands this nuance and concentrates on exhausting the potential of technology and process to drive efficiency and quality in legal services.?

?In addition, by providing clients with valuable business insight from the data gathered during their litigation and investigation matters, Clutch has helped clients view their discovery budget as an investment in their performance and risk management,? adds Ms. Jungels. ?Clutch Group is on the forefront of many of the changes occurring in the legal market right now and I'm excited to be part of such a dynamic organization.?

About Clutch Group

Founded in 2005 by attorneys from top law firms and business process pioneers, Clutch Group was among the first legal outsourcing providers and is an established global leader in delivering solutions for law firms and corporations. Clutch Group?s proven track record for high quality, cost-effective work product, seamless project management, highly scalable infrastructure and an integrated global service model allows it to lead in providing the professional services for law. The company, a certified Minority Business Enterprise, is consistently ranked as a Top Legal Process Outsourcing firm worldwide by the Black Book of Outsourcing, Dun & Bradstreet, Frost & Sullivan and Chambers Global. Clutch Group has offices in Washington, New York, Chicago and Bangalore, India.

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Timmons Group Selected by United States Coast Guard to Support Enterprise Geospatial Architecture Development

Richmond, VA (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

Timmons Group, a leader in geospatial consulting and applications development, was recently selected by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to design a Common Geospatial Information System (GIS) Framework. The intent is to develop a highly scalable GIS enterprise architecture framework that will satisfy the Coast Guard?s functional and geospatial needs in support of a common operational GIS framework. The framework is intended to leverage the Microsoft Silverlight Applications Programming Interface (API) within the Esri ArcGIS platform environment.

The project will involve extensive strategic planning services and analysis for the GIS framework. Tasks involve determining current and future business driven spatial information requirements, research and identification of best practices, and developing recommendations for spatial information focused on processes, policies, procedures, access, security, maintenance and archiving. The tasks will ultimately document gaps and leverage best practices in developing a roadmap for future framework capabilities.

Following the Strategic Plan, Timmons Group will develop an Implementation Guide which will document all aspects of the architecture including data formats, network design considerations, framework and application performance factors, development methodology and testing strategies. This guide will provide tactical plans for the enterprise GIS program that will accompany the higher level strategic plan.

?We are extremely proud to partner with the USCG on this project. They have critical needs for highly integrated spatial information and robust decision support tools for important mission tasks including search and rescue operations and planning,? said Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Solutions for Timmons Group. ?The Coast Guard has a great vision for the future and we looking forward to helping them achieve their near- and long-term goals.?

About Timmons Group

Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture and engineering services focusing on developing intuitive, enterprise geospatial web applications, highly-usable, cross-device mobile applications, and integrated, geospatially-enabled enterprise solutions. Timmons Group develops solutions across multiple platforms, including Adobe Flex/Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, HTML5, and native mobile operating systems. Timmons Group is a privately held ENR 500 company and maintains a strong business partner relationship with Esri. Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the Esri Business Partner of the Year award and the Esri Foundation Partner of the Year award. For more information, visit http://www.timmonsgis.com.

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