news-tag: Greensboro, NC

Recent Donations to Charity are the Cat’s Meow

At three recent conferences in the last two months, conference attendees had the opportunity to win $100 for a charity of their choice. Dave Tepke, PE, and Nick Tribble joined with other members of the CAI-SC for a fun roundtable and bowling event. Julie  Maranville, Regime and Assoc. Manager of Ravenel Associates, chose the Charleston Animal Society to […]

Greenway Clean Up – first clean up for 2018

Eight volunteers joined together to make the Bicentennial Greenway a little more green on Thursday, May 24. In 2015, SKA committed to cleaning two miles of the greenway three times per year as part of an Earth Day commitment. As is tradition, at the end of the day volunteers enjoyed a frosty to celebrate a […]

Team SKA complete a second year at Rugged Maniac

SKA’s own Stephen Robinson and Chris Bathgate joined with hundreds of other “rugged maniacs” on May 19 at the Rockingham Dragway. They maneuvered through 25 obstacles (such as Off the Rails, Gauntlet, etc.) throughout a 5k run and an additional challenge… mother nature’s rain.

The right place. The right time.

While on the Wake Forest University campus last week to get some project photography, the perfect opportunity arose to get a personal tour of the new Sports Performance Center with some of the amazing folks who are helping to make the new center a reality! SKA is proud to be a part of this new, […]

APWA NC Chapter Conference in Kitty Hawk a great success

SKA representatives enjoyed three days of packed content and exciting seminars at the APWA’s NC Chapter 2018 Facilities and Grounds annual conference. Our own Dave Tepke, PE, NACE, CS/PCS, joined with Danny Briggs, EI, CDT, City of Greensboro Dept. of Water Resources to share about the Mitchell Water Treatment Plant Phase 1 Structural Remediation project. In 2012, […]

SKA presenting at the 2018 ASCE NC Section Spring Technical Seminar

SKA’s John Mancuso and Mike Parker will be presenting at ASCE’s NC Section Spring Technical Seminar. John’s presentation will discuss the design process utilized for the Steven Tanger Center for Performing Arts and the specific challenges faced when designing the structure of a performing arts center. Discussion will include a design review of the balcony, the […]

Delivery for local school damaged by recent tornado

Aaron Bopp, PE, LEED AP BD+C, is shown here with donations for Erwin Montessori Elementary School (delivered to Alamance Elementary School, the school that Erwin is being relocated to for the remainder of the school year due to tornado damage). SKA challenges other architects and engineering firms in the Triad to either donate to the […]

SKA donates to Guilford County Animal Shelter

SKA delivered collected pet food, towels and paper towels to the Guilford County Animal Shelter today. The collection enabled SKA employees to then submit their name for a drawing to throw the first pitch at a recent Grasshoppers game (collection in honor of Miss Babe Ruth, the Hoppers bat dog who was diagnosed with cancer). […]