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David Willoughby recently joined our Building Design Group as Architectural Business Leader. Working out of our Birmingham office, David will be responsible for the growth of the firm’s architecturally focused group in Alabama. He brings a wide variety of building design expertise to our clients within the aviation, education, and governmental markets. Robby Aull, Senior Vice President and Division Manager of SSOE's Building Design Group, quoted within. #PressRelease #SSOEsoutheast
SSOE in the Southwest: Our KORE Power project was recently highlighted in Engineering News-Record's Southwest Pulse, with information derived from Dodge Data & Analytics. #SSOEsouthwest
Billions for batteries: SSOE was recently mentioned in this Engineering News-Record article that highlights the large investments being made in battery / EV infrastructures throughout the Southeast U.S. region. Toyota in North Carolina and Ford projects in Tennessee and Kentucky are featured, and we’re proudly involved with both clients as architect and engineer of record for Toyota’s battery plants and Ford’s BlueOval City. #SSOEsoutheast
SSOE’s Brandon Darroch, who serves as our Battery Market Leader and Southeast U.S. Division Manager, was recently included in Birmingham Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Building list. Brandon has been with our firm since 2016, starting off in Nashville and relocating to Birmingham just last year where he is already making magic in the Magic City! #SSOEsoutheast
SSOE's Vincent Lafitte, HR Analyst in our Atlanta office, was installed as National Vice President for the Society for Design Administration (SDA) at the organization's annual business meeting held recently in Tampa, Florida. Vincent, who has been a member of the SDA Atlanta Chapter since 2014 and has 15 years of experience in all aspects of human resources, is quoted within—along with SSOE's Megan Kopacko, who has worked with Vincent for several years. #PressRelease #SSOEsoutheast
Exciting news for Lee County! In this recent, SSOE's Tim Williams shares insights into the design elements for Lee County’s new education campus set to honor local history and transform the learning environment for 700 students. The South Carolina school will consolidate the district’s existing elementary schools—Dennis Elementary, Lower Lee Elementary and West Lee Elementary, which are all more than 50 years old—into a contemporary facility with modern infrastructure, state-of-the-art technology, and robust security measures. #SSOEsoutheast
Celebrating Juneteenth! Today, our Toledo office’s Employee Club—in collaboration with SSOE’s Black Leaders and Collaborative Changemakers (BLACC) Employee Resource Group—provided us with delicious soul food catered by A Matter of Taste. The menu included fried chicken, barbecue ribs, mac and cheese, candied yams, greens, and corn casserole (with peach cobbler and lemon pound cake for dessert). In exchange, employees made contributions to Grace Community Center's EDU-CAMP: STEM Summer Learning Program and Math in the Garden totaling more than $500. Company-wide, employees had the opportunity to hear Melvin Gravely, CEO of TriVersity Construction, a black-owned construction company in Cincinnati, and author of the book Dear White Friend, talk about what we can do together about race in an interactive webinar. #Juneteenth #SSOEcares
Bringing Italia to the Glass City! Italian company Ferrara Design debuted its patented paint product to the U.S., starting in Toledo at SSOE’s world headquarters where we are in the midst of a $1 million renovation as part of our 75th anniversary celebration. We commissioned Ferrara Design to paint an accent wall in one of our executive conference rooms using this new patented faux finish, called ArtiMagiche—coming soon to the American market. Read the story in this recent Toledo Blade article featuring SSOE’s Vince DiPofi and Lance Mushung. #SSOEcelebrates75
Sweet Home Alabama: To accommodate growing business demands, our Huntsville office relocated to Regions Center at 200 Clinton Avenue. To celebrate the expansion, local staff hosted an open house event—inviting the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber, neighbors, clients, and our CEO, Vince DiPofi, to formally inaugurate the new space. We're so happy to call Huntsville our home! #SSOEsoutheast
We're excited to share that Senior Interior Designer Brenda Dietz, a Toledo native, has recently relocated from our Atlanta office to SSOE’s World Headquarters in Toledo. Brenda's return to the Glass City signifies our dedication to providing additional support to our healthcare, K-12, higher education, cultural arts facilities, and corporate office clients in the Midwest U.S. SSOE's Heather Judge, Senior Architect in our Building Design Group, quoted within. #PressRelease
