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SMBH

A creative culture of passionate people engaged in innovative structural design.

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New at SMBH!

We've been lucky to add a few new members to our team, and we'd love to introduce them to you!

Melanie Hise - Staff Accountant: Melanie comes to SMBH with over five years of accounting experience, and is happily reuniting with our Controller, Dawn Becker, since they worked together previously.

Nathan Branam - Project Engineer: A graduate with a Master and Bachelor in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University, Nathan comes to us with five years of experience in structural engineering.

Dan Levingston - Design Engineer: Dan joins SMBH with his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University. He's currently serving in the Air Force Reserve.

Evan Schroeder - BIM Specialist: Evan comes to SMBH with an Associates Degree in Architecture from Columbus State Community College, 4 years of service in the US Army, and three years of experience in the Architecture/Engineering/Construction industry.

Portraits of Melanie Hise, Nathan Branam, Dan Levingston, and Evan Schroeder

April 13, 2021 Filed Under: eblast, News

A More Musical Side of SMBH: With A Little Help From My Friends

Let's be real for a minute - the past year has been hard for everyone. Masking up, social distancing, working from home, and missing our friends and family is brutal. Since so much of our culture at SMBH is about being together, it's been difficult to connect with one another without our normal events. Though we've all found little ways to reach out and be there for one another despite the digital distance, it's just not the same. But while we're missing our bake-offs, cook-offs, cookouts, pi days, and lots of other things, one thing we could take virtual was our (little-known) in-office jam session.

From time to time, a small group of our team members have casual jam sessions during lunch in one of our conference rooms. Mike, Jerry, and Kevin usually play guitar, while Ebiji plays the keyboard, Ryan plays something as a drum, and the rest of us sing along. One of the most played artists at our jam sessions is The Beatles, and we felt their song "With A Little Help From My Friends" would be a fitting cover for our COVID Zoom Virtual Jam Session. So, here's our team - each of us making our individual contributions to help us all get through the pandemic together.

March 10, 2021 Filed Under: eblast, News, Uncategorized

What about Bob?: Bob Baumann Changes Roles

Bob is an SMBH cornerstone. He is the “B” in SMBH. We have named a conference room after him; we call it “The Bob”. He hosts team members’ baby showers in his home. He participates in every fun office activity we do. He is always ready with a joke, some good advice, and a supportive demeanor. He is also a brilliant engineer, mentor, and leader.

In Bob’s 39 years working with SMBH, his role within the firm has evolved and changed many times – culminating in his most recent title of Vice President + Principal. We have grown and accomplished amazing things under his leadership and guidance. So, it is with much excitement that we announce Bob has decided to move onto the next step in his career by changing his role to Senior Project Engineer.

While Bob will be handing off the baton as owner and principal, he is now assisting and supporting our teams wherever possible. This help will doubtlessly take many forms, including continued mentorship, independent reviews, quality control and assurance, and leading investigations, feasibilities studies, and peer reviews.

We are happy for Bob to move into the next stage of his career and are extremely grateful that he will continue to work with us in his new role. The institutional knowledge and experience that Bob contributes to SMBH, and each project he works on, is one of his many great strengths, and we are privileged to continue to benefit from them. Bob is one in a million, and we are so glad he’s ours.

Portrait of Bob Baumann of SMBH, Inc.

January 25, 2021 Filed Under: eblast, News

Work in the Time of COVID: How SMBH Stays Connected

SMBH 2020 Golf Outing at Thorn Apple Country Club.
SMBH 2020 Golf Outing at Thorn Apple Country Club.

2020 Virtual Halloween Costume Contest Winners

Bob dressed as "Elvis for President", Winner of Best Overall Costume

Best Overall Costume:

Bob Baumann as "Elvis for President"

Greg Barsch as The Shining, Winner of Scariest Costume

Scariest Costume:

Greg Barsh as The Shining

Anna Milligan as a Woopie Cushion, Winner of Funniest Costume

Funniest Costume:

Anna Milligan as a Woopie Cushion

SMBH Virtual Happy Hour
Our first SMBH Virtual Happy Hour!

As the pandemic wears on into the holidays, a difficult year has been made even more so by having to change our professional and family traditions to keep one another safe. It’s hard to feel connected to teammates that you no longer get to see every day and to keep living your company culture, but virtually. Well, we’ve tried a variety of ways to stay in touch with one another and thought that we would share our successes.

It’s no secret that parents are overwhelmed right now, so we have regular zoom meetings where our team members can talk to other parents. It’s been a great resource for parents to swap tips, as well as an opportunity for the leadership team to learn what challenges parents are facing and how best to help them.

We’ve been having monthly virtual happy hours, a great way to see the people we miss seeing around the office. It’s also been a good way for our new employees to meet the rest of the team and get a feel for SMBH culture – even if it’s only virtual.

We tried our hand at a new Coloring Contest and took our annual Halloween Costume Contest virtual this year. These were both great ways for our team members to do something fun, relax for a minute, and have a laugh.

The only in-person event since March, our annual Golf Outing, was an absolute treat. We made sure that everyone was properly socially distanced and masked (safety first, always) and then we hit the links for a lovely October afternoon!

What’s become very clear to us is how thankful we are about so many things – the activities we’ve been able to do instead of our usual traditions (which makes us even more thankful for the traditions we’re missing), our ability to do most of our work remotely and safely, one another as teammates and friends, our families and loved ones, and you, our client.

2020 Virtual Coloring Contest Winners

Colored page of the LeVeque Tower in Columbus, Ohio. Done by Carrick (10 & Under Winner)
Carrick - Winner of Age 10 & Under Category
Colored page of the OSU Oxley Thompson Library in Columbus, Ohio. Done by Charlotte(11-15 Winner)
Charlotte - Winner of Age 11-15 Category
Colored page of The Joseph Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. Done by Morgan (11-15 Winner)
Morgan - Winner of Age 11-15 Category
Colored page of The Joseph Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. Done by Bob (21 & Over Winner)
Bob- Winner of Age 21 & Over Category

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: eblast, News

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