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RBF Through The Years
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| RBF ranked 93 in the Engineering
News Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the United States.
In addition, RBF was 56th in the Top 100 Pure Designers category. |
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RBF's Phoenix
Office relocates to new office in response to the firm's
expanding business throughout the State of Arizona. They currently
have over 80 staff members. |
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Office celebrates fifteen years of professional service
in Riverside County. |
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June 19, 2000, Robert Bein, William Frost & Associates
becomes RBF Consulting with a new logo and a new look. The new
name and logo represent an important change at RBF. But one
thing remains the same. RBF will continue to provide the very
finest in consulting services to their clients, as they have
for over 55 years. Today RBF provides consulting services for
planning, design and construction of the built environment. |
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RBF is proud to have been the Lead Consultant
and Program Manager for the City of Novato's award winning Hamilton
Army Airfield Base Conversion project. The City of Novato was
presented the Helen Putnam Award Grand Prize at the League of
California Cities Conference in September, 2000. |
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Robert W. Bein, CEO of RBF, was installed as
National President of the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE), a 123,000 member organization in October, 2000. |
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RBF's Urban Design Studio was honored with a
Professional Achievement in Planning Award by the Oregon Chapter
of the American Planning Association (APA) for their work on
the Taft Redevelopment Plan Project. |
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| 2001 |
RBF's Las
Vegas Office celebrates is 4th Anniversary by relocating
to a larger facility in response to their expanding business
throughout the State of Nevada.
RBF Consulting acquires O'Rourke Engineering, a prominent traffic
engineering and transportation planning firm now located in Carlsbad,
California. With this acquisition, RBF now has 10 offices located
in California, Arizona and Nevada. |
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RBF received awards
for the design of a state-of-the-art web page for on going and
"real-time" monitoring of mitigation measure implementation
and status tracking for the Mission Bay Project, located on
the San Francisco Bay waterfront. From the Association of Environmental
Professionals (AEP), RBF received an award for their "Outstanding
Public Involvement/Public Education Program" and from the
Northern California Chapter of the American Planning Association
(APA), RBF received an award for their "Outstanding Use
of Innovative Technology". |
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| RBF moved up to the
rank of 86 in the Top 500 Engineering Design Firms in the United
States as reported by Engineering News Record (ENR) Magazine.
RBF was also ranked number 46 in the Top 100 "Pure"
Designers Category. |
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RBF receives a Project of the Year Award - Land
Development for Soka University, Aliso Viejo from the American
Society of Civil Engineers (Orange County Branch). Soka is the
first private Liberal Arts College to be built in California
in more than 25 years. |
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| RBF hired its 600th
employee, James Barr, an Assistant Engineer in the Public Works
Department of RBF's Phoenix Office. |
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RBF's San
Jose Office expanded and relocated to a larger office in
Downtown San Jose reinforcing the firm's long-term commitment
to the South Bay region. |
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RBF was honored with a Merit Award
from the Arizona Consulting Engineers Association for its design
work on the Uptown Sedona Public Parking Lot project. |
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| 2002 |
| In March, 2002, RBF
opened its 11th office in Sacramento, California. The office
has been established to meet the needs of an expanding client
base in the Sacramento area. |
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The American Consulting
Engineers Council (ACEC) selected RBF's Palmilla ALTA Survey
for a "National Recognition" Award in the Surveying
and Mapping Technology Category at the ACEC's 2002 Annual Engineering
Excellence Awards Competition. The Palmilla ALTA Survey was
also recognized by the Civil Engineers & Land Surveyors
of California (CELSOC) as a Merit Award Winner. The project
represents an innovative application of traditional Survey and
Mapping techniques related to international title documentation,
financing and insurance. |
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In April, RBF announces the opening
of its 12th Office in Ontario, California. This will be RBF's
third office located in the Inland Empire.
In May, RBF CEO Robert W. Bein celebrates his 40th Anniversary
at the company. When he joined the firm in 1962 the office was
located in Costa Mesa, California and had 15 employees. Today
the firm has grown to over 600 employees and 12 offices located
in California, Arizona and Nevada.
In June, RBF's Las Vegas office celebrates a milestone 5th Anniversary
serving public and private sector clients in the Las Vegas Valley. |
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RBF was honored with a Planning
Project Award from the Inland Empire Section of the APA for
the Foothill Boulevard Visual Improvement Plan. |
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RBF's Phoenix Office celebrates
"50 Years in the Valley" in October, 2002. |
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RBF
moved up to the rank of 83 in the Top 500 Engineering Design
Firms in the United States as reported by Engineering News
Record (ENR) Magazine. |
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| 2003 |
The Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC)
Association has selected RBF Consulting's (RBF) Irvine Lake
Storage Survey Project as recipient of the "2003 Engineering
Excellence Merit" Award. RBF accepted the award at the
CELSOC Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner in Sacramento, California
on January 27, 2003. |
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RBF completes engineering design
work on Tom Weiskopf's new golf course "The Falls" located
in the prestigious Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson,
Nevada. |
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RBF
designed Avenida Vista Hermosa / Interstate 5 Interchange
opens for use in January. |
The City of Vista and RBF Consulting (RBF) have received three
awards for the Vista Village Creek Walk and Infrastructure Project
located in the City of Vista, California. The project was recognized
with a 2003 Engineering Excellence Honor Award from the Consulting
Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC) , a 2002
Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association,
San Diego and Imperial Counties and a 2001 Award of Excellence
from the American Society of Civil Engineers, San Diego Section. |
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RBF designed Talega Master Planned
Community received the "Project of the Year" Award from the
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC),
Orange County Branch. |
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| RBF ranked 76 in the Engineering
News Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the United States.
In addition, RBF was 43rd in the Top 100 Pure Designers category. |
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Robert W. Bein, RBF's CEO, addresses
UCI Engineering Graduates with a commencement address to the
graduating seniors and their guests at the Graduation Ceremony
held on Saturday, June 14, 2003. |
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| RBF Consulting received
2003 Engineering Excellence Award from ACEC/AZ for the City
of Peoria's Storm Water Management Plan, which was prepared
by RBF. |
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| RBF hired its 700th
employee in October, 2003. |
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RBF Ranked 18th in the Third Annual
CE News Magazine's "Top 50 Best Civil Engineering Firms
To Work For". |
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| 2004 |
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| In April, 2004, RBF opened its 13th office in Monterey Bay, California. The office was established to solidify RBF's presence in Northern California.
The office is fully staffed and currently working on projects for the California American Water Company, Monterey County Planning Department, City of Marina, Marina Coast Water District, Castroville Water District, City of Watsonville and the City of Santa Cruz Planning Department.
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RBF launches Anniversary Logo to commemorate 60 years of professional
service. What began as a 3 person surveying firm in a small store
front in Costa Mesa, CA is now a 730 person Engineering, Planning
and Survey firm with 12 offices located throughout in California,
Arizona and Nevada. |
In April, 2004, RBF opened its 13th office in Monterey Bay, California.
The office was established to solidify RBF's presence in Northern
California.
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The office is fully staffed and currently working on projects for
the California American Water Company, Monterey County Planning
Department, City of Marina, Marina Coast Water District, Castroville
Water District, City of Watsonville and the City of Santa Cruz Planning
Department. |
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| 2005 |
RBF Ranks #1 in Professional Development in California! RBF
Consulting (RBF) was recently awarded the 2004 Professional
Development Award by the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors
of California (CELSOC). The statewide Professional Development
Award program recognizes the firms for their continuing education
programs specifically focused on employee’s professional growth,
from involvement in professional organizations, in-house training,
to financial support for higher education. CELSOC commended
RBF for their outstanding efforts and current programs that
are continuing the growth and education of staff. RBF was recognized
at the Awards luncheon, March 19, 2005 during the Annual Conference
at the Monterey Marriott. |
RBF Ranks #1 in Professional Development in California! RBF
Consulting has received awards from APWA San Diego and Imperial
Counties Chapter, CELSOC and the ASCE National Award of Excellence
for the La Jolla Cove Bluff Restoration Project in La Jolla
California. |
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| RBF ranked 69 in the Engineering
News Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms in the United States.
In addition, RBF was 36th in the Top 100 Pure Designers category. |
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The Grove Street Reservoir Reconstruction Project located in
the City of Sierra Madre was selected by Southern California
Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA)* to
receive a Public Works Project of the Year Award. |
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RBF's Temecula
Office celebrates twenty years of professional service in
Riverside County. |
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RBF Consulting (RBF) was selected by the American Planning Association
and Planning Association of Washington (APA/PAW) to receive
a Project of Merit Award for Implementation for the City of
Enumclaw, Downtown Streetscape Enhancement Project and was recognized
at the 2005 APA/PAW Joint Awards Workshop Program May 12th. |
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RBF Consulting (RBF),
in conjunction with the City of Santa Paula, was selected by
the Central Coast Section of the American Planning Association
(APA) to receive an award for the Comprehensive Planning, Small
Jurisdiction category for the Santa Paula Citywide Visioning
Project and was recognized at the 2005 Central Coast APA Awards
Program.
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RBF hires 900th employee in July 2005 and opens 14th office
location in Tucson,
AZ. |
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RBF was selected in September as
the "Best Civil Engineering Firm to Work For" in the
nation by CE News Magazine. |
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| 2006 |
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In January RBF announced
the expansion and relocation of its Ontario Office. The firm's
new office location reinforces RBF's long-term commitment to
the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and will enable RBF
to better serve an increasingly diverse client base. |
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RBF was selected by the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors
of California (CELSOL) to receive the 2006 Engineering Excellence
Award of Merit for the I-5/Avenida Vista Hermosa Interchange
project. |
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In March, RBF's Palm Desert office celebrated 20 years of Professional
Service in the Coachella Valley region. |
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RBF was selected by the Orange County Engineering Council (OCEC)
to receive the 2006 Engineering Project Achievement Award for
Liberty Station. |
Beginning in March, RBF celebrates 10 years of service in Walnut
Creek. The Walnut Creek office provides transportation, land
development and water resources engineering, land surveying,
planning, environmental/planning, construction inspection and
construction management services to public agency and private
sector clients.
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In June, RBF celebrated the hiring of their 1000th employee
- While the firm has reached a significant milestone in the
company's history, RBF will always be focused on the strength
of the individual and the power of a team. |
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In August the firm announced its merger with Hirsch & Company,
a privately held firm based in San Diego, California. Hirsch
& Company's 40 years of excellence in service Southern California's
public and private sectors strengthens RBF's client service
areas in Civil Engineering, Water Resources, Closed Circuit
Television Investigations (CCTV), Surveying and Construction
Management. |
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RBF San Jose celebrates 10 years of success this year working
on exceptional projects with exceptional clients in and around
the Silicon Valley. The San Jose staff specializes in environmental
studies, policy planning, and regulation for public and private
sector clients. |
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| 2007 |
| RBF Consulting was selected, for the second consecutive
year, as a recipient of the 2006 Professional Development Award
by the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
(CELSOC) and recognized at the Legislative Visit Day Breakfast
in Sacramento on January 23, 2007. |
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RBF Consulting was recognized as a major corporate sponsor (Gold
Donor) of the new state-of-the-art California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona Civil Engineering Sustainable Land Development
Computer Lab. In addition, RBF, along with Autodesk®, was
also responsible for donating 25 seats of the latest edition
of Civil 3D® 2007 to the lab. The dedication ceremony was
held at the university's new Civil Engineering Sustainable Land
Development Computer Lab on March 8, 2007. |
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RBF Consulting was selected as one of five “Best Places
to Work in San Diego” by the San Diego Business Journal.
Over 95 companies were nominated and the top firms were honored
at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina on February 23,
2007. RBF was the only design-consulting firm to be recognized
for this honor. |
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RBF Consulting celebrates the 10th Anniversary of RBF's Phoenix
Office and 55 years of service in Arizona. First established
in 1952 as the American Engineering Company (AEC), the firm
was a Phoenix-based leader in the fields of civil engineering,
land development, water resources and surveying. In 1997, AEC
joined RBF Consulting (RBF) to strengthen its resources, and
today, with a staff of 118 professionals and an office in Tucson,
RBF is providing expertise in the fields of transportation,
water resources, land development, planning and landscape architecture,
surveying and GIS/mapping, and construction management to private
and public sector clients throughout Arizona. |
RBF Consulting announced the beginning of a year-long celebration
to mark its 15th year of service in Ventura County. The firm's
15th anniversary year included a series of client, community
and corporate events and activities to note the corporate
milestone. In addition to the celebration of RBF's Anniversary,
the RBF Ventura County Office moved to a new office facility
located at 5051 Verdugo Way, Suite 300 in Camarillo to meet
the expanding needs of its public and private sector clients.
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RBF Consulting was ranked #68 in the Top 500 Engineering Design
Firms and #37 in the Pure Design Category in the April 2007
issue of Engineering News Record (ENR) Magazine. Companies
are ranked according to revenue for design services performed
in 2006 and include Engineering, Architectural, Environmental,
Landscape Architectural, Planning and combination firms.
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RBF Consulting was ranked among the Best Places to Work in
the Greater Bay Area, Small Firm Category, by the San Francisco
Business Times, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and
East Bay Business Times. RBF was recognized at an award ceremony,
held at the Hilton San Francisco on Monday, April 23, 2007.
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RBF Consulting announced the beginning of a yearlong celebration
to mark the 5th anniversary of RBF's Ontario Office. The office's
5th anniversary year will include a series of client, community
and corporate events and activities to note the corporate
milestone and commemorate the recent expansion and relocation
to its new office facility located at 3300 East Guasti Road,
Suite 100, Ontario.
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RBF Consulting announced the beginning of a year-long celebration
to mark its 10th year of service in Las Vegas. Over the last
ten years, RBF's staff of professional engineers, planners
and surveyors have worked on some of the most significant
landmark projects in Las Vegas including the Lake Las Vegas
Resort, SNWA Horizon Ridge 2375 Reservoir Expansion, Green
Valley Parkway Widening, and several residential and commercial
projects for various developers.
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The City of Pasadena, in conjunction with RBF Consulting,
received a Special Award of Merit for Public Outreach from
the Los Angeles Section of the American Planning Association
(LA-APA) for the Pasadena Green Building Outreach and Education
Program. RBF was recognized, together with the City of Pasadena,
at the LA-APA Awards night to be held at the Cathedral of
Our Lady of the Angeles in downtown Los Angeles on June 12,
2007.
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RBF was selected by the City of Pasadena to develop and implement
a green building outreach and education program, in support
of the adoption of the City's green building ordinance, which
applies to private sector projects. The goal of the program
was to increase awareness of the City's green building program
as well as sustainable design practices. The Pasadena Green
Building Outreach and Education Program is a model program
for educating the public about green building and how planning
can contribute to increased environmental stewardship.
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RBF has completed numerous projects using “Sustainable
Design” guidelines, whereby projects were designed to
meet present design needs without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs. Designs minimize
short and long term environmental impacts of development activity
through resource conservation, recycling, waste minimization
and the utilization of energy efficient and ecologically responsible
materials and techniques during construction.
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| 2008 |
RBF Consulting (RBF) was selected by the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC) to receive two Merit Awards in CELSOC's 2008 Engineering Excellence Award competition. RBF was recognized for their SR-133/Laguna Canyon Road and the API Gateway projects during a special awards ceremony in Sacramento.
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RBF received a Merit Award in the Transportation category for Laguna Canyon Road (State Route 133). Laguna Canyon Road, originally designed to follow the base of the canyon, was subject to frequent flooding and suffered from daily peak period traffic congestion. The project scope entailed relocating portions of the existing two-lane road from its original location at the bottom of Laguna Canyon to the adjacent, less environmentally sensitive area. This provided an opportunity to blend the roadway into the existing terrain. Laguna Canyon Road is one of Orange County's finest examples of what a collaborative effort between the engineering world and the environmental community can accomplish, successfully demonstrating that improving the safety of roads can be done while respecting the surrounding environment
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RBF also received a Merit Award in the Special Projects category for API Gateway. RBF, serving as the structural engineering consultant for Aggregate Products, Inc. (API), de¬signed the first permanent conveyor system to span the United States – Mexico Border. The API Gateway Project is an elevated, prefabricated steel truss conveying system designed to transport aggregate materials from Mexico to Calexico, California for production of asphalt and concrete.
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The conveyor system includes a swing bridge that spans across the All American Canal and rotates parallel to the canal when not in use. The unique challenges included multi-national consent, border security, and high seismicity with liquefiable soils. |
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In February, RBF received the 2007 Sustainable Technology Project of the Year Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for Liberty Station Redevelopment Project (formerly Naval Training Center). RBF and the Corky McMillin Companies collectively combined their services and applied innovative technologies to adaptively reuse 55 historic buildings, preserving the heritage of the existing site such as the curbs, sidewalks and drain inlets. RBF provided innovative water quality treatment methods throughout the project, which became part of the overall treatment plan. RBF evaluated the existing pavements of all on-site streets based on historic importance and life safety issues to determine the best reuse and modification methods to meet the plan guidelines. All demolished pavements and over 125 non-historic buildings were recycled as base for new construction. This process avoided the placement of over 600,000 tons of material in the landfill. Liberty Station is transforming into a model transit and pedestrian friendly environment with a wide range of amenities for residents, businesses, students, and civic services. |
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In March RBF celebrated 30 years of hosting their Annual Easter Prayer Breakfast.
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| This Spring, RBF, along with the City of Irvine, received two Awards for the Culver Drive Realignment and Widening project in Irvine, California. They received the 2008 Award of Excellence from the Orange County Chapter of the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC Orange County) and the Engineering Project Achievement Award from the Orange County Engineering Council (OCEC). This project provided for the realignment and widening of a one-mile segment of Culver Drive, from Campus Drive to Shady Canyon Drive. |
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Features included a four-lane divided roadway with a raised landscaped median, a landscaped parkway with a meandering off-street bicycle trail, a storm water quality swale, an underground storm water detention facility and a glass/block noise barrier wall along the entire limits of the project. The proactive community outreach program that was utilized throughout design and construction resulted in an outstanding project that will provide lasting benefits to this Irvine community. |
In May, RBF's Las Vegas Office celebrated their 10th Anniversary of service to our public and private sector clients in the Las Vegas Valley.
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In July, William L. Green, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager at RBF Consulting, was named President of the American Council of Engineering Companies of California. Bill was chosen for the position because of his exemplary leadership efforts in Consulting Engineering and Land Surveying and for promoting excellence and an entrepreneurial spirit in his professional community. He will serve a one-year term as President of the California Chapter of ACEC. |
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In August, RBF announced that 22 members team members have completed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Professional Accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council. As LEED professionals they have demonstrated their knowledge of green building practices and are able to facilitate the certification process through their familiarity with LEED requirements and resources under the LEED Rating System. |
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| In September, RBF received a "Structural Ingenuity" Award in the first Orange County "Canstruction" Competition. Their entry, "Bridging Hunger" included a replica of the future Hoover Dam bypass bridge and Hoover Dam. RBF Consulting is joining the fight against hunger by supporting local families in need through the donation of over 4,000 cans of food to their local food bank. |
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| 2009 |
| RBF Consulting is pleased to announce and acknowledge that this year we celebrate 65 years providing professional design services that have benefited our local communities. We look forward to working together with our public and private sector clients to create a more sustainable future. |
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| In March, Matthew Vernon, P.L.S., Senior Associate of RBF Consulting, was elected State President of the California Land Surveyors Association (CLSA). Mr. Vernon was chosen for the position because of his exemplary leadership efforts. He will be responsible for promoting and enhancing the progression of land surveying. Matt continues to hold the position of Governor to the National Society of professional Surveyors (NSPS) and is a Past-President of the Channel Island Chapter of CLSA. |
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RBF’s own, Jerome Ruddins, introduces President Barack Obama at a Town Hall Meeting on March 18th in Costa Mesa, CA |
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| RBF received the 2009 Innovation in Green Community Award from the APA San Diego Chapter for the Garden Del Mar Specific Plan. |
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| In May RBF ranked #79 in the Top Engineering Design Firms in the Nation. |
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The American Public Works Association (APWA), Arizona Chapter, selected the Town of Cave Creek, MGC Contractors and RBF Consulting in May for their contributions to a very successful upgrade of the Cave Creek water system. The project received the 2009 Public Works Project of the Year Award for projects in the Environmental category ranging between $5 - $25 million. RBF was recognized for their planning and design of the Town of Cave Creek's Emergency Water System Improvements. This project established reliable water service for the residents and businesses of the Town for the first time in a number of years. |
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RBF received the Award of Merit for the Otay 640-1 and 640-2 Reservoirs from the CMAA. |
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RBF Consulting’s Corporate University was awarded accreditation in July by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). This places the corporate university among the top ranked U.S. educational and professional development programs, giving the firm the ability to award CEU’s (Continuing Education Units) for the many courses offered to the internal engineering, planning, and surveying team members and to clients across the U.S. IACET Authorized Providers are the only organization approved to offer IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The recognition period extend for give years, and includes all programs offered or created during that period. |
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Using over 8,000 cans to be donated to the Orange County Food Bank in their storm drain replica design, RBF Consulting won the award for Jurors' Favorite presented for their entry “SEA the End of Hunger”, in the second Orange County Canstruction® competition. RBF was announced Jurors' Favorite during the award reception held on September 13th at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. RBF's “SEA the End of Hunger” entry displayed creativity with the impressive can replica of a storm drain, the clever display of wording built entirely from tuna cans, the imaginative use of color in both the picturesque sky and ocean scene. As one of the ten design teams that participated in the competition, RBF was one of the few firms to be honored with an award. |
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RBF received the 2009 Outstanding Civil Engineering Award for the San Diego Jewish Academy from ASCE. |
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| Steve Huff, P.E., Senior Vice President of Public Works / Transportation at RBF Consulting, was appointed to the Mobility 21 Advisory Board of the Southern California Transportation Coalition. The Advisory Board is comprised of transportation leaders dedicated to helping change and support the much-needed progress of transportation initiatives and legislation for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. |
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At the conclusion of 2009, nearly 80 RBF staff members had become LEED Accredited Professional or Green Associates. |
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