Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, 54th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers administers the Oath of Office to the newest inductees of the Senior Executive Service, Dr. Lance Hansen, Dr. David Horner and Dr. Ty Wamsley, at a ceremony held at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss.

Figure 2. In BIM modeling of the ERDC headquarters building there is not just one model created by the Yates Construction team, but several that are integrated into a composite master model. Each discipline including structural engineering, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering creates a model independently of all the others, based upon the Mobile District’s original contract plan set, which is the starting point.

ERDC is supporting Army installations as they seek to reach net zero energy requirements. At the same time, ERDC’s laboratories are also working toward reducing energy consumption. To test new energy planning software, ERDC launched a study of ITL’s facilities.