Coming this weekend! 2-day virtual ISI ENV SP Training Course - with special guest Thomas Abdallah, PE (NY MTA)
At ARC, we know that all jobs will be green jobs.
Join is August 27 & 28, 11am - 4pm for our Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision Sustainability certification training and prepare to pass your ENV SP exam.
MTA, PANYNJ and DDC all rely on the ISI’s Envision Guideline to build sustainability into its infrastructure projects. ISI Envision Sustainability Professionals (ENV SP) have demonstrated their understanding of Envision and can be relied upon to guide their teams in its implementation.
Improve your knowledge of sustainable infrastructure development, get better job opportunities, and increase your confidence in interviews because you can show your colleagues and clients how to reduce their environmental impact.
ARC’s a 2-day facilitated ISI Envision SP training course prepares students to pass the ISI ENV SP certification exam. After taking our course, you’ll be eligible to take the ENV SP exam. ARC’s certified trainers are approved by the Institute of Sustianable Infrastructure (ISI) to deliver the Envision ENV SP training.
No educational background or experience required. (5 RCEP PDHs for passing the exam.)
Date: August 27th & 28th, September 24th & 25th
Time: 11am- 4:00pm EST
Join our Day 2 lunch break on August 28 for a presentation and Q&A by Special Guest Thomas Abdallah, P.E. LEED AP, ENV SP, Vice President Design Services (In Delegation) and Chief Environmental Engineer for the MTA’s Construction and Development (MTA C&D) agency. Tom will talk about his work, his book and MTA’s sustainability plans and programs.
Training fee: $850 ($250 for government employee, full-time faculty, and full-time student)
The price includes an optional 15-minute free one-on-one with the trainer. please contact Angela (angela.ma@arc-dec.com) for payment methods.
Registration Link: Upcoming Workshops | Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (you’ll need to register for a free ISI account.)
YOUR TRAINERS
Lonnie Coplen, ISI ENV SP, CPHC. LEED AP BD+C
ARC Founder + President
Lonnie Coplen founded ARC in 2015 to advance the science and practice of affordable, resilient and rapidly renewable infrastructure. Lonnie’s executive, program and project management experience spans the public, private and non-profit sectors in transportation, environmental, energy, industrial, residential and commercial practice areas. Her expertise includes planning, engineering and construction management; strategic planning; life cycle asset management; risk management and mitigation; at-risk construction; advocacy and education programs and policy development and implementation.
Lonnie has supported a wide range of sustainable development training programs, including serving as primary author of the CMAA’s first Sustainability Guidelines - part of that organization’s foundational Body of Knowledge (BOK), and supporting developmebt of the Construction Management module of Urban Green Council’s GPRO series. Her workforce development efforts include development of a green jobs-based training program to support survivors of domestic violence led by NY Sanctuary for Family’s Economic Empowerment Program (EEP), and development of the EEP “Construction Administration” Career Track. She actively supports Sanctuary by hosting EEP gradutes as interns and employees in her own company, and faciitating placement in other infrastructure development companies.
Lonnie currently serves as Vice President of Coalescion, a non-profit NGO committed to optimizing interactions involving international security cooperation through strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of global security with training and other workforce capacity development efforts. Advises and consents on matters of NGO funding, budgeting, fundraising and overall governance.
Richard Fernandez, PE, PMP, ENV SP
Principal, Aquario Engineering
Richard Fernandez is a sustainability professional and principal for Aquario Engineering located in San Diego, CA. His passion for sustainable infrastructure has guided his decisions and projects throughout his career and his commitment to race and social justice work in equitable contracting has earned him multiple awards with the City of Seattle, including the 2019 Ticiang Djiangson Leadership Award for outstanding advocacy for women and minority owned businesses and the 2019 Seattle Public Utilities World Class Award in Diversity.
Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Arizona, California, and Washington, Richard has worked for 14 years on capital projects, including water/wastewater treatment plants and transmission lines, airfield facilities, and land development projects. Most recently, Richard provides consulting services in sustainable infrastructure, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and professional engineering. He previously served as a project manager with the City of Seattle, working on multiple contracts of the Ship Canal Water Quality Project and developing sustainability goals for the program.
Richard has volunteered for professional initiatives including chair of the WA ASCE Infrastructure Report Card Committee Seattle Section. Starting in the fall of 2017, he led a team of volunteer engineers throughout the state to research, review, and write what is recognized as the most credible condition assessment of the state’s infrastructure for policy makers, infrastructure leaders, and the general public. Following the release of the WA Infrastructure Report Card in January 2019, he has continued advocacy work for infrastructure policy for the public and the environment by serving as the Chair of the ASCE Seattle Section Legislative Affairs Committee and Sustainability Committee. In the role of the latter committee, he led the group’s goals to provide professional development opportunities related to sustainability and K‐12 outreach. The committee also manages scholarships for those interested in earning a credential as an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and outreach to kids about STEM fields and sustainability. One thing learned from this experience is the value of focusing on the social aspect of the triple bottom line (social, environmental, economic).
Richard currently serves as the Vice Chair for the Envision Review Board – serving in a leadership role to support the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure to support standard development, review process, and interpretation of Envision – a comprehensive framework of criteria to achieve high sustainable performance in infrastructure projects.