Reynolds, Smith & Hills

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Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc
Type Private
Founded 1941
Headquarters Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Key people Leerie T. Jenkins, Chairman & CEO
Kenneth R Jacobson, CFO
David K. Robertson, COO
Industry Architectural services
Products Aerospace and Defense; Aviation; Commercial; Institutional; Public Infrastructure; and Transportation
Revenue $123 million (2006)
Employees 840 (2006)
Website http://www.rsandh.com/

Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc. (RSH) is a privately held architectural, engineering, planning, and environmental services corporation headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. They also provide clients with facilities and infrastructure consulting.[1]

The company was founded in 1941 and grew slowly through the years before being purchased in 1987 by Hunter Environmental Services. Three years later, after negotiating for a year, a group of eight senior RSH employees that included Jenkins and Robertson bought the company's architecture, engineering and planning operations and incorporated in the State of Florida in 1989. Their goal was to rebuild the company and concentrate on its specialties. [2]The firm is one of Florida's largest privately held architectural service companies with 26 offices located in ten Florida cities, as well as California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

RSH operates in six segments:

  1. Transportation group provides services to state and local government authorities for all modes of transportation, including highways, transit, rail, and ports. Projects include:
    • Bridge of Lions rehabilitation, Florida Department of Transportation, St. Augustine, Florida
    • State Road 429 Interchange, Orange County Expressway Authority, Orlando, Florida
  2. Aviation group serves airports, airlines, governmental agencies, and private clients, providing services for terminals and support buildings, airfield facilities, and planning and environmental services. Projects include:
  3. Aerospace and Defense group services N.A.S.A., Department of Defense, and commercial aerospace contractors in the development of launch and other facilities. Projects include:
    • Vehicle Assembly Building Roof, NASA, Cape Canaveral, Florida
    • Movable Work Platform, Kennedy Space Center
  4. Public Infrastructure group meets the needs of local governmental and quasi-governmental agencies supporting water, storm water, wastewater, parks, and public buildings. Projects include:
  5. Commercial group provides comprehensive services, including facility design, land development, facility planning, and construction management to corporate, commercial and industrial clients. Projects include:
    • BJs Wholesale Club Distribution Center, Jacksonville, Florida
    • Raymond James Financial Tower IV, St. Petersburg, Florida
  6. Institutional group offers services that include planning and designing schools, courthouses, and research and technical facilities to educational, governmental, and research-oriented clients. Projects include:
    • Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Florida
    • Natural and Environmental Sciences Building, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

RS&H CS is a infrastructure consulting firm that is a wholly owned subsidiary of RS&H. They have provided construction engineering and inspection services since 1984.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Company profile-Reynolds, Smith & Hills. Hoovers.com.
  2. ^ "Teamwork is the key to Jenkins' leadership style" (2007-05-08). Jacksonville Business Journal. 
  3. ^ Companies- Reynolds Smith & Hills Inc.. BusinessWeek.

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