As war became imminent in 1941, RS&H’s founders came together to form one of the nation’s first full-service architecture and engineering firms, dedicated to supporting America’s mobilization. Building on this foundational commitment, we have since evolved into trusted architects and engineering partners for federal government facilities, serving agencies across the United States and overseas.
For more than eight decades, RS&H has delivered new construction, renovations, and commissioning projects for the Department of War, the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army, as well as federal agencies including the Department of Energy, Veterans Affairs, FEMA, and the National Park Service. Our expertise encompasses everything from essential community support buildings to high-performing mission facilities and critical airfields, ensuring reliable federal government building design and resilient military infrastructure solutions.
Our integrated teams understand federal criteria and standards, enabling us to deliver sustainable, cost-effective solutions. Whether you need secure facility design for government agencies, defense facility architecture, or federal environmental consulting, RS&H is ready to help you achieve your mission.
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RS&H delivers a full range of federal government building design services and secure facility engineering solutions to meet the mission needs of U.S. agencies. Our expertise spans administrative, operational, and mission-critical facilities, ensuring every project is functional, resilient, and secure.
We design federal government buildings and community support facilities that keep agencies mission-ready and families supported. Our teams create innovative environments and deliver secure facility design for government agencies that balance performance and safety. From planning to design, our federal government facility architects provide spaces that foster collaboration, connectivity, and mission success.
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From hangars and mission support to training and command centers, RS&H delivers defense facility architecture and military infrastructure design with precision. We understand the unique requirements of the Department of Defense and federal agencies, and we offer new construction and renovations that emphasize security, efficiency, and resiliency.
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We provide expert design and construction administration for airfields, hangars, and critical support facilities worldwide. With extensive experience in Department of War construction projects and government planning services, we deliver resilient, high-performing infrastructure that supports safe, efficient operations. As a trusted federal architecture, engineering, and consulting firm, RS&H continues to provide solutions vital to national security.
View ProjectsLocated in the South Atlantic Ocean, Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island that capitalizes on its strategic location for both the United States Air Force and the United Kingdom Royal Air Force. In the remote area, this shared runway has been described as the “lifeline to the island” for both economic and logistical purposes.
To support the growing mission of the Special Forces at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, RS&H provided multi-discipline design services for various facilities at the Naval Special Warfare Center Advanced Training Command.
When the Air Force needed its first new F-22 facilities in more than a decade as part of the permanent relocation of the F-22 Raptor Formal Training Unit (FTU) mission from Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), FL, to Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE), VA, it trusted RS&H to lead the design as part of a joint venture (JV).
RS&H’s design team successfully addressed several areas of complexity. In addition to developing an operational layout for the unique functional areas of the building, the designers had to consider the existence of contaminated soil and potential dewatering on the project site.
After leading the concept design workshop and project development phase, RS&H, as part of a joint venture (JV), was selected to lead the P407 Littoral Innovation and Prototype Facility design at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City, FL.
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