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brwarchitects recognized as top-performing firm in PSMJ circle of excellence
PSMJ Resources, Inc., the world’s leading authority on the effective management of architecture, engineering, and construction firms, announces the members of the 2019 Circle of Excellence. Seventy-two exceptional architecture and engineering firms made it onto the exclusive list this year.
PSMJ designed the Circle of Excellence to highlight successfully managed firms that demonstrate outstanding achievements in areas such as profitability, overhead management, cash flow, productivity, business development, staff growth, and turnover. The Circle of Excellence represents the top 20 percent of participants in PSMJ’s annual A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Survey, based on 13 key performance metrics.
supportive services for complex organizations
With a long history of having worked in historical contexts in Charlottesville and Central Virginia, brwarchitects was initially consulted to provide some architectural sensitivity support for MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) engineers for a local institutional client. This evolved into a series of supportive maintenance, upgrade, and planning activities over the following years while our client executed more prominent restoration projects.
In any complex institution, the wide variety of organizational functions make facilities changes an involved procedure. We think of these as “domino projects” in which one change or upgrade to a facility leads to new and re-emerging organizational needs in other areas. In addition, our client’s many personnel were distributed among disparate buildings – a predicament that they had previously identified as a priority.
Kurt Keesecker Appointed Principal
brwarchitects is pleased to announce that Kurt Keesecker, AIA, has joined firm founder Bruce Wardell as Principal and Partner. In addition to 20+ years of experience as an Architect and Senior Associate, Kurt is a visionary community leader, amateur game designer, and master storyteller.
Kurt’s passion is for community infill projects and the relationship between private enterprise and public good. His memorable projects include The Belmont Lofts, architectural and planning support for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation’s mountaintop restoration, and numerous visionary studies for Charlottesville’s urban core. After serving for nearly a decade on the Charlottesville Planning Commission, Kurt will use his new role at brwarchitects to think deeply about how our community can be more beautiful and more just.