Bellin Health Receives Excellence in Structural Engineering Award
Titletown District health clinic wins top honor among large projects constructed over $10 million Bellin Health Titletown Sports Medicine & Orthopedics received a 2018 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award, in the projects category of $10 million or greater in construction costs, from the Structural Engineers Association of Wisconsin (SEA-WI). The structural design responded to the…
Read MoreMatsen Ford Design Associates, Structural Engineers, Joins R.A. Smith, Inc.
R.A. Smith, Inc. (raSmith) announced that it has significantly expanded its position in the building and structural engineering market with the August 1 purchase of the assets of Matsen Ford Design Associates, Inc. Since 1987 Matsen Ford has worked on projects nationwide in conventional structural system design, cold-formed steel framing design and finish systems design.…
Read MorePrairie Highlands Corporate Park Breaks Ground
raSmith performing construction and UAS (drone) services for the Village of Pleasant Prairie in Kenosha County Village of Pleasant Prairie staff and project stakeholders, including raSmith employees, attended the July 24, 2018, groundbreaking ceremony for the Village’s Prairie Highlands Corporate Park. raSmith is providing construction services as well as UAS (drone) services for inspection and…
Read MoreraSmith Promotes Tom Mortensen to Assistant Director of Site Design Services
Division gains new perspective for growth with Mortensen’s 30 years of landscape architecture experience Tom Mortensen, professional landscape architect (PLA), has received a promotion to assistant director of the land development services division at raSmith. Mortensen has been employed with raSmith since 2004. His career spans more than 30 years in the landscape architecture, planning,…
Read MoreMortensen Presenting at AIA Wisconsin Conference
Tom Mortensen is a speaker at the AIA Wisconsin Conference on Architecture, held May 9–10, 2018. Mortensen’s presentation, “Nature Ignores Design that Ignores Nature,” reflects his philosophy that nature and design can effectively work together. Topics will include: Design techniques and approaches, principles, pitfalls and roadblocks from design to implementation of successful green infrastructure Similarities…
Read MoreHawley to Present at APWA WI 2018 Spring Conference
Pat Hawley will be presenting at the American Public Works Association–Wisconsin Chapter’s 2018 Spring Conference on Thursday, May 3. Hawley’s presentation, “U.S. Open Transportation Plan,” will reflect on the planning and coordination that was needed prior to and during the U.S. Open that was held at Erin Hills in 2017. He will discuss: Route selection…
Read MoreMortensen to Present at Sweet Water Conference
Tom Mortensen will be presenting at the Sweet Water 14th Annual Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference on Thursday, April 26. Mortensen’s presentation, “Nature Ignores Design that Ignores Nature,” reflects his philosophy that nature and design can successfully work together. Topics will include: Site planning and design approaches, principles, pitfalls and roadblocks when trying to preserve…
Read MoreGirl Scouts Learn Survey Techniques as Crew Members
Interactive STEM Presentation Focused on 3D Modeling & 3D Scanning Girl Scouts in the Brownie program at Canterbury Elementary participated in an interactive STEM demonstration. Two members of our survey division, Shane Zodrow and Suzie Cunningham, taught the Girl Scouts what STEM is and how math, science and computers are used to survey, measure, design…
Read MoreStaff Presents at Watershed Conference
Members of raSmith’s staff will be attending and presenting at the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance (FWWA) conference. The 19th Watershed Conference offers two days of educational sessions and presentations. Presentations on Tuesday, March 6, include: “Rainy Days: Collaborative Design Techniques for Better Stormwater Management: Titletown District,” by Ryan Lancour and Jeremy Jeffery of raSmith “Online ESC…
Read MoreLuke Siebert Joins raSmith as Civil Engineer
Siebert adds state highway design experience to raSmith’s transportation division Luke Siebert has joined raSmith in Appleton, Wis., as a civil engineer within the transportation services division. Siebert has more than 13 years of experience in transportation, site design and construction inspection for highways and bridges. His design experience includes state highways, roadways, water main,…
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