News at RS&H
Building on the exceptional work started by employee resource groups, R&H announces the launch of its DE&I Steering Committee.
At our core, RS&H associates are driven to care. That means we make safety a priority at work, at home and everywhere in between. It also means we take purposeful action toward ensuring the well-being of our associates, clients and communities.
This Women’s History Month, we are celebrating some meaningful moments of conversation, connection and collaboration that our employee resource group, the Ignite Women’s Leadership Network, helped build and facilitate for associates at RS&H.
That quote from RS&H transportation engineer Jeremy Haywood eloquently summarizes why diversity, equity and inclusion are so important for all industries. But they are particularly important in architecture, engineering and consulting where our work directly impacts communities large and small.
Byron Chavez, PE, came to RS&H to work on challenging projects and take big opportunities. There has been no shortage of either, and Chavez’s focus on both has gained him recognition across the architecture, engineering and consulting firm.
As part of RS&H’s culture of care, associates push the boundaries of care to amplify the collective potential of our world. Those boundaries extend beyond our projects, as we seek to benefit the communities we serve.
Through research, gained understanding and planning, we developed the RS&H Scholars Program – a scholarship, fellowship and internship program and a significant step toward supporting education and the advancement of each scholar’s career and potential.
RS&H is now one of the few AEC firms to complete the rigorous process to become a Certifiably Green Business with the City and County of Denver a program managed by the Denver Department of Environmental Health to provide education and recognition to businesses for exemplary environmental achievement.
In 2019, a group of 13 women from across RS&H gathered amid a Denver, Colorado snowstorm to help bring the Ignite Women’s Leadership Network to life.
RS&H has been recognized by the Charlotte Business Journal as one of the best places to work in the region
Allie Joiner Estell, a San Antonio-based traffic engineer and project manager, found a fascination with traffic signal timing long before she sat behind the wheel.
Amid the pandemic, RS&H’s six-year tradition of working with Jacksonville’s Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC) to build wheelchair-accessible Halloween costumes was met with questions. But with a little extra coordination, the tradition has lived on – albeit with a few extra safety measures.
