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For Immediate Release, 25 March 2008
For More Information, Contact:
Karen Wiesneski
262-317-3292

Richard Smith of R.A. Smith National Receives Engineer of the Year Award

BROOKFIELD, WIS.  – Richard Smith, president and owner of R.A.Smith National (formerly R.A.Smith & Associates and its National Survey & Engineering Division) — civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture, GIS and 3D visualization consultants — Brookfield, Wis., has received the 2007 Engineer of the Year Award from Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee (ESM).

The ESM Engineer of the Year award is presented annually to an outstanding contributor to the engineering profession from the greater Milwaukee area. This person will help to raise the visibility of the profession and ESM, while also serving as a role model to others who have or may select the engineering profession as a career.

Candidates were evaluated in several areas including engineering education, new product development, contributions to engineering education, community and public service, economic development activities, service to professional societies and national visibility. Smith was nominated by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Southeast Branch.

An awards ceremony was held on February 13 at the Italian Community Center.

About R.A. Smith National, Inc.
R.A. Smith National, Inc., www.rasmithnational.com, is a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm. It is one of Wisconsin’s largest civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture, geographic information system (GIS) and 3D visualization consulting firms with 217 total employees. The company is headquartered in Brookfield, Wis. with offices in Appleton, Oshkosh and Madison, Wis. and Tarentum (Pittsburgh), Pa. R.A. Smith National serves state and local government and the land development industry.

Established in 1978 as R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc., the firm acquired National Survey & Engineering in 1994. National Survey & Engineering, founded in 1929, operated as a division of R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc. until the R.A. Smith National brand was created in March 2008.

The company has been the recipient of several awards, the most recent of which include Milwaukee Magazine’s Best Employers to Work For in Southeastern Wisconsin in 2008, ranked No. 11 in the medium-size company category (101 to 499 employees). The firm previously was recognized for the same award in 2001, 2003 and 2005. The firm received The Business Journal’s Beyond the Paycheck award in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and its Top Milwaukee Workplaces 2007 award. Nationally, the firm was recognized by CE News’ Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For, for the last four consecutive years, in 2007 ranked No. 7 among medium-sized civil engineering firms nationwide.

R.A. Smith National’s mission is to design with vision, deliver excellence, and provide the most responsive service to our clients. The company is driven by core values that include accountability, client satisfaction, innovation, positive work environment, ethics and integrity, and community and professional involvement.

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