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Volunteering at Habitat for Humanity
March 1, 2011
(Miami, FL - March 1, 2011) This last weekend, a crew from Westhorp & Associates (WA) volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in Liberty City. As highlighted on our
community involvement page
, WA has a long and active history of volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit, housing organization building simple, decent, affordable housing in partnership with people in need.
Volunteers from WA joined forces with other local volunteers to help with the exterior and interior painting of the house. Armed with rollers, brushes, ladders and love, the volunteers applied two coats of primer to transform the gray stucco, pre-treated wood and unfinished drywall to gleaming white surfaces, ready to accept the pigments in paint, which will give the house a distinctive identity.
The group of volunteers from WA woke up early, eager and clean and finished speckled in paint and drained of energy. However, the satisfaction of working together to help those in need made it all worthwhile. To see more photos of WA at Habitat for Humanity, visit our
Facebook page
.
Other News & Events
April 30, 2012 -
Westhorp & Associates to launch a blog and YouTube Channel
A reputed civil and environmental engineering Miami firm, Westhorp & Associates, Inc. is about to launch its corporate blog and video channel. They will be integrated with the website to improve its value and further boost the company's web presence.
Based in Miami, Florida, since its founding in 1997, Westhorp & Associates, Inc. provides civil and environmental engineering services, ranging from site planning through construction management services. The company has built a reputation in the region as a firm that is accessible and responsive to their clients. Their civil and environmental engineers provide an uncommon hands-on approach to a wide variety of projects. This includes planning, design, inspections and construction management of roads, ports, landfills, transfer stations and municipal services facilities. The company has gained extensive experience and expertise that it is ready to apply to new engineering projects in and around Miami and South Florida.
With such a broad knowledge base at its disposal, it is a natural step for Westhorp & Associates to seek a platform that would enable its employees to share their engineering expertise and discuss professional issues. Says Brenda J. Westhorp, P.E., president of Westhorp & Associates: “As far as the blog, this should be fairly easy to add when we are ready. I am also thinking of video on a YouTube channel for our company where we can have our experts discuss things of interest to our clients. With our company about to celebrate our 15 year anniversary, the timing could not be better”.
The objective of setting up the blog and the video channel is to establish the company as experts in the civil engineering field in the Miami area and boost the company's presence on the Internet.
Apart from its adherence to top engineering standards, Westhorp & Associates is known for a values-based approach to construction. The company's mission is to “to deliver innovative engineering and science solutions that create sound business and environmental results”. Its approach to business is marked by focus on desired results with utmost respect for environmental concerns. Westhorp & Associates employs some of the best environmental engineers in Miami guaranteeing excellence in services such as environmental oversight, permitting and compliance, soil and water sampling and site assessment.
Westhorp & Associates is a desirable employer for civil engineers in Miami. It is also proud of its involvement in community projects and charitable activities.
Visit
www.westhorp.com
to learn more. Come back soon to read the Westhorp civil engineering Miami blog and watch its YouTube channel.
April 18, 2012 -
April Newsletter
April 18, 2012
Kicking Off...
The first part of the year has been exciting and busy here at Westhorp & Associates, Inc. It’s hard to believe that it has already been four months since we moved into our new space! We celebrated on March 8
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by having an enjoyable office warming party. Thanks to all our friends who joined us for the festivities!
In Other News...
We don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk! We made our office more energy efficient by properly sealing and caulking the large gaps of the large floor to ceiling windows in our new office space, which is a modern loft. We felt the temperature difference immediately and are also benefitting from less outside noise (we are in the trendy area of Miami called The Upper East Side). We are also working our way toward a paperless office, we estimate that our use of paper for administrative purposes is down 75% - 80%!
To top it all off, on April 2
nd
, noted Hollywood director/producer Michael Bay began filming his new movie –
Pain and Gain
, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Mark Wahlberg – across the street from us. When the celebrities were on-site, there were dozens of paparazzi on the street, rooftops, and in buildings trying to get a shot (ok, so one or two of us from Westhorp might have been trying too.)
We strive to stay involved in the community, recently you may have seen us at...
Habitat for Humanity’s Blitz Build on February 11
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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at the Miami Science Museum on February 25
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The ASCE West Point Bridge Competition at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition on April 1
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Baynanza 2012
In celebration of the the 42nd Annual Earth Day, Westhorp will be participating in
Baynanza
with Miami-Dade County PERA at Peacock Park in Coconut Grove.
This year the theme is Mobilize the Earth™ and A Billion Acts of Green®; here are our Earth Day Tips for you:
Print less – go digital
Stop your junk mail
Turn off lights, electronics, and water when not in use
Power down IT equipment overnight
Eliminate the use of pesticides and toxic cleaning products
Do an Online Home Energy Survey through FPL
Do your part for A Billion Acts of Green® and commit to just one-together we CAN make a difference!
For more information go to:
http://www.earthday.org/2012
January 18, 2012 -
January Newsletter
Community Involvement
Westhorp & Associates is proud to be a sponsor of the Miami-Dade Branch of ASCE's
Inaugural Scholarship Mini-Golf Tournament
. It will be held on Saturday, January 28
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at Zoo Miami and raises fund for the scholarships the Miami-Dade Branch of ASCE awards each year to local engineering students.
We're asking you, our friends and family, to join us at the event by registering now at:
http://www.miamidade-asce.org/mini-golf
In keeping with the theme of bettering our community, come join us at the
Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build
for 2012. Westhorp & Associates will be there on Saturday, February 11
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putting our construction skills to the test.
Staff Updates
Congratulations to Naila Hosein, P.E. who is celebrating her 10-year anniversary with Westhorp & Associates this month!
Congratulations to Barton Fye, P.E. on passing the P.E. exam last October! We now have four professional engineers on staff.
We’ve settled into our new offices from our move one month ago. It was a smooth transition and we’re excited to begin a prosperous 2012!
Our new address is:
8101 Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 307
Miami, FL 33138
Our phone and fax numbers remain the same.
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