In his 35 years in the industry, RS&H Buildings Design-Build Manager Rob Smedley has seen design-build done right, wrong and most everything in between. But Smedley was surprised at how much he could learn as he went through DBIA certification. "'What more can I learn that decades in the industry haven't taught me?' I [...]
As RS&H celebrates Founders' Day on Feb. 14, we recognize those who laid the foundation for RS&H to grow into the flourishing company that it is today. Founders' Day gives us a time to reflect on what makes RS&H special – our associates. Our rich history and continuous passion for our work shows in [...]
RS&H Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Holt Graves, CPA, has been appointed to the engineering and architecture firm’s Board of Directors. Graves fills the vacancy on the nine-member Board after J. Ronald Ratliff retired in 2018. The RS&H Board of Directors works with the executive team and senior leadership to help guide [...]
RS&H Vice President and Texas CEI Leader Kirk Fauri has been named to ENR Texas & Louisiana's 20 Under 40 list, a recognition of the region's top young professionals. Winners of the 2019 ENR Texas & Louisiana Top Young Professionals competition represent all segments of the construction industry. Key selection criteria include industry experience and education, [...]
Orlando Health’s South Lake Hospital Center for Specialty Surgery will be a unique center, featuring observation rooms for patients recovering from more extensive outpatient surgeries such as orthopedic, podiatry and pain management procedures. With the aim of performing total joint replacement surgeries – long, multidiscipline surgeries that require a longer recovery time – Orlando [...]
Late last year, RS&H National Design Director Philip Robbie stood on the TEDx stage in Jacksonville’s Florida Theatre and delivered a call to action for all creatives: Build. In his TEDx talk, “Examining the Unbuilt,” Robbie looks back at his 30-year career as an architect and reflects not on the projects he saw to [...]
In his 14 years abroad, current RS&H Military Programs Leader Gordy Simmons visited 35 countries for work. He traveled to Eastern Europe to help build emergency embassies after the fall of the Soviet Union. He established whole installations necessary to enact the Wye River Memorandum in the Middle East. He served in various leadership [...]
The Wilmington Bypass, an extension of the Interstate 140 loop around Wilmington, North Carolina, has been recognized by ENR Southeast as the best highway and bridge project in the Southeast for 2018. RS&H designed two parallel, prestressed concrete bridges that stretch 7,200 feet over the Cape Fear River as part of the $124 million, [...]
RS&H Vice President James Shaw was thrilled that CASA of Kane County was one of 11 charities to receive a grant from the Elevate Fund in the first round of giving in late 2018. Jim, who has been volunteering and advocating for CASA for eight years as a volunteer, was also the [...]
Jonathan Long, AIA, LEED AP, was destined for a career in architecture. Growing up in the small-town of Brownwood, Texas, Jon’s family was involved in construction. In fact, construction was a part of his family for many generations. “I was involved in construction in high school and architecture appealed to me as the natural [...]