FES President's Message
Robert W. “Bob” Higgins, PE

This month’s theme for the Journal is “Real Estate Due Diligence,” which definitely does go beyond Phase I audits...All engineering work that goes into a due diligence analysis, or testing, for a real estate transaction needs to be performed with the utmost care...

To read the complete article as it appears in the September edition of the Journal FES,  please click here.

No. 4 Constitutional Amendment
Article II, Section 7
Referenda Required for Adoption and Amendment of Local Government Comprehensive Land Use Plans

Your help is needed to spread the "VOTE NO on 4" message. Be part of a coordinated grassroots push to reach as many Florida voters as possible by sharing this video with your colleagues, employees, sub-contractors and vendors.

It is imperative that all FES/FICE members take part in educating the general public. Without everyone's participation there is a good chance this constitutional amendment will pass - and be enacted into law.

Ballot Language: The official Amendment 4 language that will appear on the ballot this November.

Amendment 4: What  Every Floridian Should Know
Advocate for No on Amendment 4  
Video to Share with Colleagues

FELI Class of 2011 Application
Submittal Deadline: September 10, 2010 

FELI Application
FELI Session Dates and Locations 

For more information, click here or call Dee Kring, FES/FICE Director of Continuing Education at 850-224-7121.

Regional Salary Survey Partnership

FICE is partnering with ZweigWhite again this year to produce the firms’ annual series of regional salary surveys. To encourage participation, ZweigWhite is offering special pricing to FICE members. ACEC members who participate in the survey receive the report for $95.  ACEC non-participants can purchase the final report for $295.

On September 3, ZweigWhite will mail you the survey questionnaire, but it can also be completed online or downloaded and printed by clicking here.  The deadline to participate is October 29, 2010.

Not a member of FICE? Please contact Anne Wilson at awilson@fleng.org or 850-224-7121 for membership information.