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R.A. Smith National Named a Best Firm to Work For

August 18, 2016

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R.A. Smith National Named a Best Firm to Work For

 

 

Firm Ranks No. 21 Among Engineering Firms in the Nation by Zweig Group

 

 

 

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — R.A. Smith National, Inc. was selected as one of Zweig Group’s Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For for the fourth consecutive year.

 

The firm ranked No. 21 out of 40 in the civil engineering category. This list recognizes the top civil engineering firms in the United States and Canada based on their workplace practices, employee benefits, employee retention rates and more. R.A. Smith National has been recognized eight times as a Best Firms to Work For by Zweig Group.

 

About R.A. Smith National

Employees at R.A. Smith National enjoy a client-focused, collaborative culture in a family atmosphere. The firm employs a staff of 196 and is currently hiring for a variety of positions throughout its offices in Brookfield (corporate headquarters), Madison and Appleton, Wis.; Naperville (Chicago), Ill.; Irvine, Calif.; and Oakmont (Pittsburgh), Pa.

 

R.A. Smith National is a consulting engineering firm, providing multi-disciplinary services to local, state and federal governments and the land development industry nationwide. Comprehensive services also include civil engineering, structural engineering, development management, surveying, construction services, transportation engineering, ecological services, landscape architecture, irrigation design, water resource engineering, geographic information systems (GIS), visualization and 3D laser scanning.

 

 

 

R.A. Smith National Named a 2016 Best Firm to Work For, Add One and End

 

Additional Information

Zweig Group will announce this year’s winners at the 2016 Hot Firm and A/E Industry Awards Conference on September 22 and 23 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. For more information about the Best Firms to Work For Award, please visit zweiggroup.com/awards/best-firms-to-work-for/.

 

QUOTES:

“Our staff is highly dedicated—you can see excellence in their work and in what they deliver to clients. This award celebrates that success.” — Richard Smith, owner and president, R.A. Smith National

 

“This firm and all our talented individuals continue to amaze me—and I’m its president.” — Richard Smith, owner and president, R.A. Smith National

 

“Each individual working together as a whole, with a commitment to excellence and successful client projects—that’s what this award reflects.” —Wendy Wolfgram, human resources manager, R.A. Smith National

 

 

Paul Petrides Joins R.A. Smith National as Structural Engineer

May 06, 2016

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Paul Petrides Joins R.A. Smith National as Structural Engineer

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Paul Petrides joined R.A. Smith National — a nationwide, multi-disciplined civil and structural engineering and surveying firm — headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., as a structural engineer in the structural services division.

Petrides has more than seven years of structural design experience as both a designer and project engineer. He began his career designing building facade anchorage for natural stone, precast concrete and metal panels, and has spent the last three years completing low-rise building design projects, underground utility projects, as well as structural inspections for existing structures, while developing his previous employer’s building information modeling (BIM) standards. Petrides brings his diverse structural design experience and passion for building design to R.A. Smith National’s growing structures practice.

Petrides holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Michigan. He is a licensed professional engineer in Wisconsin and Ohio, with a structural engineer licensure in Illinois expected in July 2016.

Petrides resides in Elm Grove, Wis.

About R.A. Smith National, Inc.
R.A. Smith National, Inc., www.rasmithnational.com, is one of Wisconsin’s leading consulting engineering firms, providing multi-disciplinary services to local, state and federal government and the land development industry. Our comprehensive services include civil engineering, structural engineering, development management, surveying, construction services, ecological services, landscape architecture, irrigation design, water resource engineering, geographic information systems (GIS), visualization and 3D laser scanning. Our offices are located in Brookfield (corporate headquarters), Madison and Appleton, Wis., Naperville (Chicago), Ill.; Irvine, Calif., and Oakmont (Pittsburgh), Pa.