Newsmakers in Construction and Design

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Kevin Skibiski, PE, PLS, FNSPE, of Heideman Associates, was named to the National Society of Professional Engineers' 2004 class of Fellow Members. Fellow membership honors active NSPE members who have demonstrated exemplary service to the profession, the society and the community. Skibiski has been a member of NSPE since 1985. |ret||ret||tab|

Rich Kramer Construction announced two staff additions. |ret||ret||tab|

Lowell Thomas joined the company as senior project manager, providing pre-construction services. Thomas has 30 years of experience in the Springfield construction market, working with other companies in the roles of project manager, division president and business development officer. |ret||ret||tab|

Rob Phillips joined Rich Kramer Construction as chief estimator. He has more than 20 years of estimating and project management, and is a member of the American Society of Professional Estimators. Phillips' background includes working locally as well as nationwide experience in remodeling for a major retail company. |ret||ret||tab|

Dan Werner joined DeWitt & Associates Inc. as a project manager. Werner has a bachelor's degree in construction management from Colorado State University and more than 17 years of construction industry experience. His background includes estimating and management of projects for the Corps of Engineers, historical renovation projects and design-build projects. |ret||ret||tab|

Sapp Design Associates Architects PC announced recent staff accomplishments and additions. |ret||ret||tab|

The firm had two projects chosen for publication in the American School Board Journal for its 2004 Learning by Design feature. Each spring, projects that showcase exemplary school design solutions are chosen from across the continent for publication. The two Sapp projects chosen were Century Elementary School in Nixa and Central High School in Springfield. The Nixa school is a new early childhood through fourth-grade facility, and Central High School is an historic renovation/addition that resulted in a state-of-the-art 21st century learning facility. |ret||ret||tab|

The Library Station at 2535 N. Kansas Expressway, was recognized by StarNet, a national cooperative of commercial flooring installers and manufacturers, with the Grand Prize Award in the unique installation category. James C. Stufflebeam, AIA, of Sapp Design Associates, and Larry Van Rhein, of the Wm. J. Zickel Co. of Springfield, attended StarNet's annual convention in Florida and received the award. The award recognized the exceptional design solution for the flooring of the lobby entrance, which incorporates a map of Route 66 into a linoleum floor pattern that is reminiscent of the tile pattern in the Harvey House restaurant in the old Springfield train depot, which was demolished in 1977. The flooring design reinforces the library's transportation theme. The award also recognizes the contractor's challenges of installing the flooring design onto a badly damaged existing concrete slab in the library facility, which was previously a furniture store. |ret||ret||tab|

Jonathan Dodd, who joined Sapp Design Architects as an intern architect in 1999, has passed his Architectural Registration Examination and is now a licensed architect in Missouri. Dodd graduated first in his class from the University of Kansas in 1998, earning a bachelor of architecture degree. |ret||ret||tab|

John McNabb joined Sapp Design Associates Architects PC as an intern architect. McNabb is a 2004 graduate of the Hammons School of Architecture at Drury University, where he earned a bachelor of architecture degree, and studied in Greece. He is acting project team member on the youth facility for Central Assembly of God and a new campus facility for North Point Church. |ret||ret||tab|

Kristi Beattie also joined Sapp Design as an intern architect. She is a 2004 cum laude graduate of the Hammons School of Architecture at Drury, where she earned a bachelor of architecture degree and studied in Paris. She is acting project team member for the Morgan County Library and the new campus facility for River Bluff Fellowship. |ret||ret||tab|

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