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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.
This year’s crop of associates cross markets, geographies and disciplines, but they are united in their dedication to their clients, communities and each other. At a virtual August town hall, company leadership honored the associates for their countless contributions to the company’s continued growth.
Leerie Jenkins, Jr. started at RS&H in Jacksonville in 1972 as a landscape architect, his first job after graduating college. Six years later, a Jacksonville native Joe Debs came home after graduating to join RS&H in hopes of becoming a transportation engineer.
When RS&H associates Dan Carroll and Nick Patterson graduated from Michigan State University and drove to sunny Jacksonville, Florida, in 2004, the pair were excited to start their careers.
RS&H launched Ignite, a Women’s Networking Association in September. The initiative aims to not only empower the women of RS&H through connection and mentoring opportunities but to support the company’s culture of inclusion and give associates an opportunity to participate in like-minded community causes.
A couple of years ago, Mark was managing a project with little wiggle room in the budget. Stakeholders had a lot of opinions on how to divvy up the funds, and they struggled to come up with a consensus.
When Ben Chandler, PG, LEED AP decided to pursue a degree in geology, it was an easy choice. With his love for the outdoors and interest in science and math, it was clear that this was the right path for him.
RS&H has been honored by the Jacksonville Business Journal as one of Jacksonville’s Best Places to Work.
In 1988, current RS&H Corporate Vice President Chung Rutter took a new colleague, Kris Bolt, to lunch on her first day at a small architecture firm in Jacksonville. 27 years later, Chung took Kris to lunch again – this time on her first day at RS&H. The 2015 lunch came after a recruitment campaign led by none other than Chung himself.
Gordy’s years abroad in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineering (USACE) provided him with innumerable lessons. But, perhaps most importantly, his work abroad reinforced how many ways there are to solve a problem.
Nine-year-old Robbie had spent the whole month looking forward to Halloween, when he would put on his Dash (from The Incredibles) costume and go trick-or-treating. But instead of celebrating Halloween, Robbie and his parents spent their evening in the hospital, trying to figure out the cause of a series of seizures Robbie had experienced that day.
Taking a deep dive into new technology, RS&H Manager of Information Technology Infrastructure and Operations Jeff Daigle, working with his team, identified several technological enhancements to propel the firm’s collaboration to the next level.
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