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Big A, Big E: In this article, Senior Architect Laura Morton and Vice President of Corporate Development Betsy Hurner discuss M&A, understanding the process, and navigating career trajectories after expansion. They also share their experience during SSOE’s acquisition of the 100-year-old Southeast U.S. firm formerly known as Stevens & Wilkinson. Laura offers her perspective as an architect at the firm being acquired, while Betsy elaborates on the M&A process at a large A/E corporation—from EBITDA to LOI.
In Nashville, you can’t escape the sounds of country music—and what’s country music without line dancing? After an especially busy day, our Nashville office employees brought Broadway Street to SSOE when they ditched the business attire, put on their cowboy boots, and worked on their line dancing skills. We’re not experts yet, but we’re ready for a honky-tonk, boot-scootin’ field trip to the Wildhorse Saloon! #SSOEsoutheast #chooseSSOE
On Monday, AIA Toledo hosted its first annual World Architecture Day with keynote speakers, educational outreach, and a project tour. SSOE has a long history with AIA Toledo—in fact, our own Heather Judge is President of the AIA Toledo Board of Directors, with SSOE’s Bob Siebenaller and David Johnson serving as members of the board. One event highlight was keynote speaker Dr. Kamel Mahadin, a renowned architect, landscape architect, professor, author, former Chief Commissioner of Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA), and Jordanian senator at The House of Senate from 2014 to 2016. #WorldArchitectureDay
Shovel ready! SSOE’s Bill Clark joined our client YKK AP Inc. for their groundbreaking ceremony earlier this week in Macon, Georgia. As the architect and engineer on the new residential products manufacturing facility, we’re excited to support our client’s continued growth in the Southeast U.S. and appreciate the opportunity this creates to further develop the Macon-Bibb County economy. #SSOEsoutheast
Press Release: SSOE Group's Lean Experts to Present at the 24th Annual LCI Congress. Employees from various levels of the firm’s organization will be in attendance at this SSOE-sponsored event—including SSOE President Catherine Myers, who serves on the LCI Board of Directors—to gain insight on how to bring additional value to their clients on projects through their full range of delivery solutions. #PressRelease
We’re at Industrial Transformation MEXICO this week! SSOE’s Erick Kuri—along with several project managers, technologists, team leads, design managers, and more from our León, Guanajuato office—will be on hand to discuss our firm’s in-country capabilities at this Hannover Messe event. We’ve had tremendous growth in Mexico over the past eight years and have stood out for our ability to bring together the people, processes, and technologies to provide integrated solutions to our clients. At SSOE’s exhibit, attendees will be able to test out our VR module and learn how we’re innovating and engaging technology on projects. #SSOEmexico #ITM2022
Press Release: SSOE Group Announces Employee Licensures and Certifications for Fourth Quarter of Planning Year 2022. At SSOE, our culture of continuous learning is apparent in everything we do—from our employer-sponsored training, development, and licensure programs to our basic approach to work life. #PressRelease #chooseSSOE
Emergency preparedness, check! Our Portland office recently held after-hours CPR / AED classes on-site for employees. In September, SSOE covered the cost of training for employees at several office locations across the U.S. and will kick off additional classes in October. Our safety-always culture encourages safe behaviors whether employees are at work or off the clock. Part of that is empowering employees with safety training to help minimize the chance of accidents, which can happen anywhere and anytime. #chooseSSOE
Ice cream socials don’t stop once you’re out of school, at least not when you work at SSOE! Last week, Executive Vice President Matt Oberts brought his old-fashioned hand churners to our headquarters in Toledo to celebrate his birthday. Several employees helped churn homemade cookies and cream and vanilla chocolate chip ice cream. This has become a time-honored tradition that Matt began in 2010. This year, we used 29 pounds of ice to make 10 quarts of ice cream for all to enjoy. #chooseSSOE #workperks
SSOE is providing architectural and engineering services for Ascend Elements' brownfield lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Covington, Georgia. The 154,000 SF facility will be the largest battery recycling operation in North America and is strategically located near several EV manufacturing hubs and lithium-ion battery producers. Dan Russell, Chief Operating Officer of Ascend Elements—along with SSOE's Rick Fox and Scott Hazen—quoted within. #PressRelease #SSOEsoutheast
