Mortensen, McIlheran Presenting at AIA Wisconsin Conference
Tom Mortensen and Paul McIlheran are speakers at the AIA Wisconsin 2019 Conference on Architecture, to be held May 8 & 9. “Decoding Site Design and Entitlements” will include discussion about how a project’s owner and architects can rely on an experienced team comprising site planners, civil engineers and landscape architects. Attendees will learn how…
Read MoreBrian Daley, Marketing Coordinator, and Greg Kirstein, Graphic Design Specialist, Join raSmith’s Marketing Team
raSmith has expanded its marketing team with the addition of Brian Daley as marketing coordinator and Greg Kirstein as graphic design specialist. raSmith’s marketing department supports the company’s eight offices in Wisconsin, Illinois and California. Daley has more than 18 years of print and digital copywriting and advertising experience primarily in the retail industry. At…
Read MoreraSmith Promotes Eric Sturm to Director of Survey and Shane Zodrow to Assistant Director of Survey
raSmith has promoted two employees to leadership positions in the survey division of its Brookfield, Wis. office. Eric Sturm has received a promotion from assistant director of survey to director of survey as Paul Taivalkoski, former director, transitions into retirement in May. Shane Zodrow has been promoted from survey project manager to assistant director of…
Read MoreraSmith Promotes Karen Wiesneski, Marketing Manager, to Lead Marketing Department
Karen Wiesneski, marketing manager, was promoted to lead the marketing department at raSmith. Wiesneski has been employed with raSmith since 1989. During her career Wiesneski has assumed a variety of responsibilities including marketing communications, public relations, corporate communications, proposal management, website development and branding. Her role in the marketing department has evolved from marketing assistant…
Read MoreraSmith Opens Milwaukee Office in Historic Walker’s Point Neighborhood
Downtown Milwaukee’s booming development closely aligns with raSmith’s urban planning and site design services raSmith has announced the opening of a Milwaukee office in the historic Walker’s Point neighborhood at 221 S. 2nd Street in March 2019. “We have made the decision to open a Milwaukee office based on two primary factors,” said Richard (Ricky)…
Read MoreBellin 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…
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