Zunair Ahmed

Senior Construction Inspector

Monterey Park Office

Werk, Werk, Werk

OC Office Open House!

On October 19th, we hosted the OC Office's Open House event where delicious deserts and refreshments were served. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed their time to make this event a success!

Monterey Park Office Halloween Happy Hour

The Monterey Park Office celebrates Halloween with a fun happy hour that included delicious food, drinks, prizes, and a shuffleboard competition!

OC Office Lunch & Halloween Festivities

The OC office celebrated Halloween with tasty pizza for lunch, entertaining games, and a costume contest!

Although all of the costumes were amazing, there must be a winner! Manuel came in first and followed by Isidoro in second.

SD Office Halloween Costume Contest

The San Diego office held a Costume Contest in the spirit of celebrating Halloween at work! Azalee won their vote for best Halloween costume!

Take a Byte

KOA Intranet Links Have Moved to the HR Resources SharePoint

All Bookmarks from the KOA Internet webpage has moved. This includes links for Deltek Vision, Deltek iAccess, Office 365 Login, and the KOA Corporation website. 

These links are now available on the HR Resources SharePoint page. The HR Resources webpage is accessible within Microsoft Teams. Open MS Teams and complete the following steps to navigate to the HR Resources Quick links.



1. Click on the Teams button
2. Navigate down the list of Teams and locate KOA All Team
3. Select the KOA HR Resources Channel
4. Click on the SharePoint tab 
5. Navigate to the Quick links section and select the desired link

Reserving Time on Nerdbox Workstations

“Nerdbox” workstations are designated ‘Hotel’ computers available at every office. These computers are designed to serve as a backup or spare computer for all employees to use. Nerdbox workstations provide access to all standard Planning and Engineering software available to all employees. Some applications such as AutoCAD, AutoTurn, Adobe products, or ArcGIS may require additional credentials to use the software. In addition, these workstations also provide access to software with limited licensing such Microsoft Project, SketchUp, Synchro, etc.

To ensure that all Nerdbox computers are accessible to all employees at any given time, the Orange office created an Excel document where employees can reserve estimated time slots when accessing Nerdbox computers. Moving forward, we ask that all employees reserve time in the Excel document schedule by blocking out cells reflecting usage time.

This document is also available in MS Teams in the following location:

TEAMS > KOA IT Resources Team > Nerdbox computers > Files

To reserve a timeslot for any Nerdbox workstation, complete the following steps.

1. Open the Excel document Schedules for Nerdbox computers.xlsx
2. Select the Sheet for the Nerdbox workstation you will be using
3. Block out cells with your name or initials to reserve your time slot

HealthyRoads

Want To See Something Really Spooky?

Caution: Spooky Transportation Photos Below

Viewer discretion is advised. Please do not try this at work!

KOAnniversaries & Birthdays

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!

1 - 10 Years

Nov 8 - David P (2 years)

Nov 11 - Alvin A (4 Years)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Upcoming November Birthdays!

Nov 4 - Armin J

Nov 5 - Davina B

Nov 9 - Eric T

Nov 11 - Ryan K

Nov 13 - Samuel R

Nov 15 - Melanie V

Nov 17 - Frank B

Nov 20 - Lynne N

Nov 23 - Ali S

Nov 24 - Victor R

Nov 30 - Christine A