Turner is currently a senior project manager and client service manager in training at CDM in Maitland, Fla., where she is responsible for client relationships, project quality, schedule and financial commitments. She has served as the project manager for more than 95 projects related to water resources, remediation, and solid waste, and is currently managing 17 projects with a combined budget of $3.62 million.

Thomas R. Voss, P.E., received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Society of Professional Engineers's Professional Engineers in Industry interest group at its 2011 annual meeting in Las Vegas.

Teresa Helmlinger Ratcliff, Ph.D., P.E., received the National Society of Professional Engineers's most prestigious award for professional engineers at the recent 2011 annual meeting held in Las Vegas.

The battle to repeal a tax-withholding mandate that would have placed a significant financial and administrative burden on engineering firms contracting with the government ended yesterday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate-amended version of H.R. 674 by a vote of 422 to 0. The bill now heads to the President's desk, where he is expected to sign it into law.

The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee recently released a new contract document for use by engineering firms in subcontracting nonprofessional services.

The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee today released a new contract document for use by engineering firms that wish to work together as a team to pursue a joint business opportunity. The new Teaming Agreement document offers the basic structure for combining forces to prepare and submit proposals to provide professional services.

Engineers in the federal government are continually on the cutting edge of their profession. They employ energy savings and solar power to government buildings; coordinate and oversee high-altitude collection of intelligence data by U-2 aircraft; provide environmental restoration oversight following a coal ash spill; manage water resources or Special Forces construction projects in Afghanistan; and work to improve safety and operations at worldwide nuclear facilities.

Steven Arndt, Ph.D., P.E., a senior technical advisor with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been named the National Society of Professional Engineers' 2012 Federal Engineer of the Year. Arndt received the honor during the 33rd Annual FEYA Banquet at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2012.

The National Society of Professional Engineers has named 17 professional engineers to its 2012 class of Fellow Members. The Fellow membership grade honors those active NSPE members who have demonstrated exemplary and devoted service to their profession, the Society, and their community.

Peter Pisasale, P.E., was recently named the 2012 Young Engineer of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers at the 2012 Annual Meeting in San Diego.