SMPS has launched one of the most important initiatives in its 40-year history: A comprehensive survey to examine and define the professions of marketing and business development in the design and building industry—and we need your help.

Please participate in the Role Delineation Survey and invite your colleagues, principals, and project managers to do the same. SMPS needs to capture the scope of marketing and business development responsibilities firm-wide. Membership in the Society is NOT required to take the survey.

Available through May 30, the survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. If you cannot finish it in one session, you can come back to it later and pick up where you left off. However, please submit your completed survey by May 30. Note: At the end of the survey, you will find a box for additional comments where we encourage you to include any knowledge areas or tasks not covered in the survey.

Survey takers will be asked to create an account before beginning, and those completing the survey, will be entered into a drawing to win one of six great prizes from SMPS.

For more information about the survey, visit http://www.smps.org/Recent-Updates/Participate-in-SMPS-s-Role-Delineation-Survey-Through-May-30/.

For more information, please see: http://blogs.newsobserver.com/business/rn-rouse-is-now-danis

Leading industry economists from Reed Construction Data, the AIA and the AGC join forces for the upcoming webcast:

Riding the Roller Coaster: Ups and Downs for Construction Spending, Materials and Labor

Join us on May 9, when chief economists, Bernard Markstein, Ken Simonson and Kermit Baker share their insight into 2013 construction activity:

  ■  What issues are directly affecting the construction outlook?
  ■  Which markets are showing the most growth?
  ■  Will housing numbers continue to climb?
  ■  What’s ahead for the home improvement industry?
  ■  Which building material prices will spike? Which will fall?
  ■  Which areas of commercial construction will perform best?
  ■  What are architects seeing for commercial construction?
  ■  Have unemployment numbers really fallen?
  ■  Will labor shortages derail the industry’s rebound?
  ■  Which areas are experiencing the most change?
  ■  What are the top risks to the 2013 economy?

The live webcast airs on May 9, 2013, from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., EDT, with the speakers accepting questions from the online audience in the last half hour. An archived version will be available after the broadcast.

Brought to you by InfoTech International, this complimentary webcast is open to everyone. Sign up today to view the live broadcast, watch the archive or download presentation slides.

Register Here!

As a result of this merger, Clark Nexsen will be comprised of a 550-plus, multi-discipline staff including architects, engineers (civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and fire protection), interior designers, landscape architects, planners, and other support personnel. The combined staff represents decades of expertise in educational, Department of Defense, government, corporate, cultural, industrial, recreational, commercial, healthcare, K-12, and environmentally sustainable design and engineering.

Learn more.

 
Cat has been in the A/E/C industry for five years, providing marketing for Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee. PBC+L just merged with Clark Nexsen and she is excited about the opportunity to work for a 500+ A/E firm with multiple offices in the Southeast. The Raleigh offices of both PBC+L and Clark Nexsen will be combining and Cat is looking forward to working with Stephanie Roten, Marketing Manager for Clark Nexsen’s Raleigh office.

Cat has more than 12 years of previous graphic design experience in the publishing industry. Prior to joining PBC+L in 2007, she was the Marketing Graphic Designer at UNC Press in Chapel Hill.

Cat has enjoyed serving on the SMPS Triangle Communications Committee for the past two years. She focused on social media the first year, and is currently responsible for updating the Chapter website. Comradery with other marketing professionals through the SMPS Triangle Chapter has been one of her favorite things about being in the A/E/C industry.

Cat is a member of Triangle USGBC (now the Triangle Branch of the USGBC North Carolina Chapter) and served on the Communications Committee from 2009–2011. She served as Communications Committee Chair from 2010-2011 and as Chair of the 2010 Website Redesign Task Force Committee.

Cat grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and does not miss the Midwest winters. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, movies, and Facebook. Cat loves typography and likes to identify fonts she sees on signage and movie credits for fun.

Brandon Ives, Managing Partner and Marketing Strategist at Brasco Design + Marketing, was awarded a 2013 40 Under 40 Leadership Award by the Triangle Business Journal. Each year, the publication recognizes a group of individuals under the age of 40 for contributions to their organizations and the community.

Brandon has been a long-standing, active Member of the SMPS Triangle Chapter, serving as Director of Communications for two years and the Outreach Committee for one. Brandon also played a significant role in the development and coordination of the new SMPS Triangle website, developed by Brasco Design + Marketing.

Congrats Brandon on this great accomplishment!

March 2013

Brasfield & Gorrie’s work on the Rex Healthcare of Holly Springs project in Holly Springs, North Carolina, has earned the company an Eagle award in the Healthcare – Less than $10 Million category of ABC’s National Excellence in Construction Awards. Brasfield & Gorrie representatives received the award Feb. 20 during the 23^rd annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

“ABC is proud to recognize Brasfield & Gorrie for its outstanding work on the Rex Healthcare of Holly Springs project,” said Michael D. Bellaman, ABC president and CEO. “This project embodies a commitment to innovation, safety and superior craftsmanship through creativity and skill.”

The Excellence in Construction Awards program is the industry’s leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted from across the nation, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.

Despite a one-month schedule delay caused by a direct tornado hit, Brasfield & Gorrie completed this two-story, 34,238 sq ft health care facility on time thanks to careful planning.

“Brasfield & Gorrie is excited to have partnered with Duke Realty on this successful, national award-winning project. This medical office building will serve the healthcare needs of the Holly Springs community for many years to come, and we are excited to have been part of the project,” said Scott Duckworth, Regional Vice President at Brasfield & Gorrie.

A panel of industry experts served as the competition’s judges. This year’s panel included representatives from the Design-Build Institute of America, Engineering News-Record, the American Institute of Architects, and the National Association of Women in Construction, as well as representatives from higher education, among others.

 
About Brasfield & Gorrie
Brasfield& Gorrie is one of the nation’s largest privately held construction firms, providing general contracting, design-build, and construction management services for a wide variety of markets, including healthcare, commercial, institutional, federal, municipal, industrial, infrastructure, and water/wastewater treatment. We serve clients from offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; Dallas, Texas; Jacksonville and Orlando, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; and Raleigh, North Carolina. Brasfield& Gorrie has approximately 2,900 employees, and its 2012 revenues were $2 billion. Engineering News-Record ranks Brasfield& Gorrie 32nd among the nation’s “Top 400 Contractors” for 2012.
 

Pat Perkins has been in the A/E/C industry for over 30 years.  Holding a Masters in Library Science, Pat managed a public library reference department in Cleveland, Ohio, prior to joining the industry.  Pat has been actively involved in SMPS for several years.  She has served as both Director at Large and Secretary for numerous terms and has also served on the Programming Committee and Public Relations Committee.  Pat says, “I truly enjoy being involved with SMPS-meeting those new to the industry, nuturing relationships-new and established-learning how others do things, all amount to invaluable experience.”

In her free time, Pat loves to read.  She and her husband, Bill, also love traveling.  They have been to Europe, Alaska, and most recently, they took a Panama Canal/Central America cruise over the holidays.  Italy and the Greek Isles were two favorites for them in past travels.  She also enjoys college basketball, “Go Duke!”, and pro football, “Go Browns!”

Fun Fact – Pat studied French from Kindergarten through 4 years of college (French major). “Unfortunately, most of what I learned no longer occupies my hard drive ”, says Pat.