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Congratulations to Tawn, a senior engineer with our Highways Group, who recently completed the 2010 Leadership Overland Park program. Leadership OP is a program of the Overland Park Chamber’s educational foundation. GBA, a Chamber member, sponsored Tawn's participation in the Leadership program.
Leadership OP informs participants about the critical issues facing the City, Johnson County, the Metro area, and the region, and helps them develop the leadership and stewardship skills necessary to successfully address these issues.
Tawn has taken a leadership role on a number of high-profile projects for GBA, including improvements to an eight-mile segment of Missouri Route 150 in Jackson County that encompasses the new interchange of Route 150 with US-71 Highway. The project has been ranked as the 9th largest project now under construction in the Kansas City Metro Area by the KC Business Journal!
Tawn also serves on the Board of Directors of Animal Haven, one of greater Kansas City’s largest no-kill animal shelters. A non-profit, Animal Haven serves as a home between homes for as long as the animal needs it, and works full-time to reunite pets with their owners.
Tawn is already putting into practice what she learned, both on the job and in the community!
On the evening of May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, was devastated by a tornado that traveled rapidly through the area, leveling at least 95 percent of the city and killing eleven people. The tornado was estimated to be 1.7 miles wide with winds reaching 205 mph. After the damage was assessed and calm returned to the southwest Kansas community, the city council passed a resolution stating that all new city buildings would be built to LEED platinum standards.
The Greensburg Business Incubator was the first LEED Platinum facility constructed in downtown Greensburg following the tornado. The two-story, 9,580 sf facility provides opportunity for startup businesses to obtain office space and meeting space.
A GBA team provided services to achieve LEED v2.2 EA Prerequisite 1, Fundamental Commissioning, and EA Credit 3, Enhanced Commissioning. The building achieved LEED Platinum certification with greater than 50% energy savings and innovative water-reuse systems.
Kudos to the citizens of Greensburg for making a commitment to “green” and for making it happen. The community is an inspiration and a model for communities everywhere. And kudos to the GBA team for being part of this important effort.
Thanks to Wikipedia for facts and figures cited about the tornado.
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