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For Immediate Release, 28 July 2008
For More Information, Contact:
Karen Wiesneski
262-317-3292
R.A. Smith National Provides Pro Bono Surveying Services for Wisconsin Trend Home™
BROOKFIELD, WIS. – 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., provided pro bono surveying services, including a plat of survey and construction staking, for the Wisconsin Trend Home™, a philanthropic undertaking of the Wisconsin Builders Association (WBA) Foundation and members of Metropolitan Builders Association (MBA).
The purpose of the Wisconsin Trend Home project is to build an environmentally sensitive home with the technologies and features that should be prevalent in a home in the year 2020. The Wisconsin Trend Home™ is located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Construction will be completed the first week of August. A donor preview night is scheduled for Friday, August 8. The home will be open to the public beginning Saturday, August 16.
The WBA Foundation will use the home to educate builders and the public throughout Wisconsin on the core elements that are included in this home. Some of the unique features include the first residential application in Wisconsin of a gray water reuse system; a rainwater catchment system; solar hot water system; and more.
About R.A. Smith National, Inc.
R.A. Smith National, Inc. is one of Wisconsin’s leading consulting engineering firms, providing multi-disciplinary services to state and local government and the land development industry. Our comprehensive services include civil engineering, surveying, construction services, landscape architecture, geographic information systems (GIS) and 3D visualization. Our offices are located in Brookfield (corporate headquarters), Appleton and Oshkosh, Wis. and Tarentum (Pittsburgh), Pa.
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.
R.A. Smith National’s mission is to deliver excellence, vision, and 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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