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Effective March 17, 2008, R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc. and its National Survey & Engineering Division has changed its Name to R.A. Smith National.

For Immediate Release, 4 June 2007
For More Information, Contact:
Karen Wiesneski
262-317-3292

National Survey & Engineering Provides Sitework Engineering, Visualization and Surveying for Metropolitan Builders Association’s (MBA) 2007 Parade of Homes Sites

BROOKFIELD, WIS.  – National Survey & Engineering, a division of R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc. — civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture, GIS and 3D visualization consultants — Brookfield, Wis., is providing extensive land surveying, site development engineering, 3D visualization and construction staking services for Broken Hill and Woodland Creek Estates – two premiere single-family subdivisions that will be part of the 2007 Metropolitan Builders Association’s (MBA) Parade of Homes.

National Survey & Engineering’s visualization division is working with 24 different builders to prepare digital renderings for this year’s showcased homes. The photo-realistic, colored renderings will be used to promote the event on the MBA Parade of Homes Web site and will be included in the informational booklet that parade goers will receive.

Broken Hill subdivision sits on an impressive 240-acre site in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. The site includes primary environmental corridor, wetlands, wildlife habitat, and views for miles atop the “hill” for which it was named. National Survey & Engineering provided Siepmann Realty Corp. with land surveying and site development engineering services for this 122-lot conservation subdivision. The expansiveness of the site required National Survey & Engineering to design a grading plan for nearly 100 acres that called for 400,000 c.y. of earth movement to achieve a balanced site, as well as the design of more than three miles of municipal sewer and water. Nearly 150 acres of open space will be permanently preserved, 55 acres of which will be granted to Waukesha County Land Conservancy through a conservation easement.

The project also incorporated sustainable design elements such as restoring portions of open space to native prairie and encouraging homeowners to install rain gardens by providing them with a model garden adjacent to the subdivision clubhouse and do-it-yourself instructions to follow.

Several team members volunteered a portion of their services to the project. National Survey & Engineering donated the time needed to create the grading plan for the rain gardens outside of the clubhouse. In the future, these rain gardens will be used by the Wisconsin DNR as a model to promote low-impact stormwater management.

Woodland Creek Estates is located in the City of Muskego, Wisconsin on roughly 75 acres of land nesting against city parkland and within walking distance to Muskego High School. National Survey & Engineering provided Homes by Towne® with land surveying and site development engineering services for this 76-lot subdivision, including topographic mapping, subdivision platting, design of more than one mile of municipal sewer and water within the subdivision, design of five stormwater ponds, mass grading for 200,000 c.y. to achieve a balanced site, design of county highway improvements and design of a new municipal sanitary lift station located within the development.

About R.A. Smith & Associates and National Survey & Engineering
National Survey & Engineering is a division of R.A. Smith & Associates, a leading civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture, GIS and visualization consultant. The company is headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin with branch offices in Appleton, Oshkosh, and Madison, Wis. and Tarentum (Pittsburgh), Pa. Established in 1929, National Survey & Engineering is a leader in serving clients in the land development industry and operates one of the largest land surveying organizations in the Midwest.

R.A. Smith was ranked No. 7 among medium-sized civil engineering firms (101 to 499 employees) nationwide in CE News’ Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For 2007. R.A. Smith was also recognized in fall 2001, 2003, and 2005 as one of the best employers to work for in Southeastern Wisconsin by Milwaukee Magazine. Additional awards include the 2004 Wisconsin Business Ethics Award in the small business category; 2004 Top 10 Small Businesses in Southeastern Wisconsin by the Waukesha County Chamber of Commerce and Small Business Times; and a winner in The Business Journal’s Beyond the Paycheck awards program in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and the Top Milwaukee Workplaces 2007.

R.A. Smith’s mission is to design with vision, deliver excellence, and provide the most responsive service to our clients. The company is driven by core values that include accountability, client satisfaction, innovation, positive work environment, ethics and integrity, and community and professional involvement.

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