Over the next decade and beyond, Metro must spend as much as $1.5 billion to comply with an Environmental Protection Agency-mandated upgrade to its sewer system just to become compliant with state and federal guidelines.

Ron Taylor, Project Manager
Metro Water Services’ Clean Water Program

The Southeastern Regional Conference Committee is happy to announce that session topics and speakers have been posted on the website.

Famous for educational opportunities, the SMPS Southeastern Regional Conference will undoubtedly live up to your expectations. Covering the hottest topics, you’ll go home prepared to jump start your company’s marketing program and your career. Now is the time to review the topics – click on full schedule for details.

The EARLY BIRD SPECIAL saves members $100 (early-bird member rate is $445) if you register before February 18th – so register TODAY!

Other items to note:
+ Great opportunities for sponsors or exhibitors!
+ Huge networking opportunities, including the Thursday Night Social – which is open to the A/E/C industry.
+ Don’t forget to reserve your room at the Charlotte Marriott City Center.

Visit the Southeastern Regional Conference Website for more information!

For the most up-to-date information, please connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook!

Healthcare projects are some of the most complex in the industry, and they’re happening right here in middle Tennessee. This is a rare opportunity to hear from healthcare clients in person at our next SMPS membership luncheon.

Panelists will include:

J. Cyril Stewart, AIA
Director – Facility Planning
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Gordon Carlisle
VP, Facilities, Design & Construction
Community Health Systems

Exley Hill
President
American Health Facilities Development

The event will take place Monday, January 23rd, 2012 from 11am to 1pm at the Adventure Science Center.

Register Now!

Our annual holiday luncheon, free to members, is scheduled at Tin Angel on December 12.

Join us from 11-1 as we feast, play our annual game of Dirty Santa, and celebrate the year.

The always-amazing menu includes a Mediterranean salad, chicken basil brie, Etouffee and eggplant parmesan, with brownie a la Mode for dessert.

RSVP by December 7th to Keri Phillips.

If you’d like to attend, but are not yet a member, please contact Brian Murdock for information about joining.

SMPS Kentucky has invited the Nashville Chapter to a networking event at Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby.

The event will take place on the 4th floor of Millionaires Row at Churchill Downs. (If you watch the Derby, that’s where all the celebs hang out.) Your ticket includes lunch and an afternoon of racing.

Event details:
Networking at Churchill Downs
Thursday, November 17, 11:00 am
$35 includes lunch and an afternoon of racing

To RSVP, visit www.smpskentucky.org and click on the “Events” button.

Join us in November as a panel of education professionals from three districts will tell us what’s in store for the region’s educational system in terms of new projects and capital improvements.

Our panelists include:
Trey Lee, Rutherford County Schools
Kevin Fortney, Williamson County Schools
Ken Murdock, Metro/Davidson County Schools

Lunch will be provided, BYOCM (Bring Your Own Chocolate Milk).

We arranged an early drop in the mercury for our SMPS Nashville Chapter social event.

Our group got to tour the Gaylord Opryland ICE Exhibit, as well as selected areas of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center which were rebuilt after the 2010 Nashville Flood.

A BIG thanks to DF Chase’s Paschal O’Dwyer who related to us the story of Gaylord Opryland’s rebuild, and led the tour of the beautiful Hotel and Convention Center while relating the tremendous efforts required to reopen.

Everyone who came said it was a real treat to participate in this tour. Thanks to Brian Murdock, DF Chase and Gaylord Opryland.