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The Office of Senator Thom Tillis and the North Carolina Military Business Center are pleased to announce the Southeast Regional Federal Construction, Infrastructure & Environment Summit on April 12-13, 2023 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

WHEN.
April 12-13, 2023

WHERE.
Wilmington Convention Center
515 Nutt Street
Wilmington, NC 28401

PURPOSE.  “The Summit” brings together over 600 representatives of the Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Fort Bragg, Marine Corps Installations East, Seymour Johnson AFB, other Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps installations, US Coast Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, General Services Administration, other federal agencies, general and specialty contractors, designers and construction suppliers from throughout the Southeast of the United States.

ATTENDANCE. Attendance is encouraged for:

  • General and specialty contractors that work in VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
  • Design firms that work in VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
  • Construction supply firms that work in VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
  • Companies that provide facility-support contracts in VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
  • Current federal contractors seeking partners and suppliers

GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION 

  • Keynote speakers:
    • Christine Ploschke, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment
    • Rear Admiral Maria “Lore” Aguayo, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Atlantic, Fleet Civil Engineer and Director, Fleet Installations and Environment, US Fleet Forces Command 
    • Brigadier General Daniel H. Hibner, Commander, South Atlantic Division, US Army Corps of Engineers 
       
  • Government participation and other speakers:
    • 596th Transportation Brigade (MOTSU)
    • 81st Readiness Division, US Army Reserve (invited)
    • ABC Carolinas
    • American Council of Engineering Companies
    • Architect of the Capitol (invited)
    • Carolinas AGC
    • Defense Health Agency (invited)
    • Department of Energy (invited)
    • Department of Veterans Affairs Construction and Facilities 
    • Duke Energy
    • ECC
    • Environmental Protection Agency
    • Fort Belvoir (invited)
    • Fort Bragg
    • Fort Jackson (invited)
    • Fort Lee (invited)
    • Fort Stewart (invited)
    • General Services Administration
    • Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
    • Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
    • Marine Corps Installations Command
    • Marine Corps Installations East
    • National Institutes of Health
    • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Atlantic
    • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Mid-Atlantic
    • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Southeast
    • North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
    • North Carolina Military Business Center
    • North Carolina Air National Guard
    • North Carolina National Guard
    • Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment
    • Office of the Navy for Energy, Installations & Environment (invited)
    • Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
    • Shaw Air Force Base
    • Society of American Military Engineers
    • Tetra Tech
    • US Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District
    • US Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters
    • US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
    • US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
    • US Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District
    • US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
    • US Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division
    • US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District
    • US Army Engineer Research and Development Center 
    • US Army Engineering & Support Center, Huntsville (invited)
    • US Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City 
    • US Coast Guard CEU Cleveland 
    • US Coast Guard Sector North Carolina
    • US Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center 
    • US Department of State
    • US Small Business Administration

WHY ATTEND THE SUMMIT?

  • The Summit is the premier, best-established and most-recognized federal construction event in the Southeast– businesses who are already engaged or want to perform in the federal market need to be there!
  • “Program and Requirements Dialogues” address future projects and acquisition strategies, contractor experiences, teaming and supplier opportunities and other issues related to acquisition and execution of projects at military bases and government throughout the Southeast.  These sessions also include information on federal opportunities in environmental engineering and remediation, energy and horizontal infrastructure (including roads and intersections, water, wastewater, natural gas and other utilities)
  • Other Summit sessions address critical and timely topics, including supplier, service contract and public-private opportunities, small business programs and utilization, budget impacts, contracting processes and pre- and post-award legal issues for federal contractors
  • Summit networking and trade show activities allow businesses to market their services and products to over 600 general contractors, specialty contractors, engineers, architects and suppliers
  • In addition, pre-Summit networking opportunities include a golf event hosted and organized by the Cape Fear Post of the Society of American Military Engineers  and an evening Summit Social at Ironclad Brewery in downtown Wilmington – a huge hit from for the past several years!