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Congratulations to Tricia Barr and her horse, Party Started, who swept the Championships during both weeks of the Aiken Summer Classic Horse Show series in the Adult Amateur Hunter 50 & Over Division!! 🎉🏆🎉 They ended the prestigious horse show series capturing the 🥇Grand Champion Adult Amateur Hunter (all ages), and winning the 🥇Adult Classic (out of 25 entries). 🐎 Tricia has been a Wellington, FL resident for 20 years and specializes in traffic signal and traffic operation design at Simmons and White, Inc.

Last week The Citadel Club of the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast held their “cadet sendoff” meeting at the offices of Simmons and White. New club president and SW Project Engineer Eric Vettel, E.I. (’21) led a great night that included special guest speaker Jay Dowd, President and CEO of The Citadel Foundation. Guests included three recent graduates (and their parents) from local high schools who will be entering their freshman year at The Citadel this fall. They were able to ask the club members a variety of questions on campus life to ease their nerves for the upcoming school year. Special thanks to dinner hosts Dean Levalley and his son, Zac Levalley (’20), and to Jay for making the trip down from Charleston. Before he headed back to South Carolina, he was able to spend some time with Rob on a successful inshore snapper trip. 🎣 #citadelalumni

Meet Cody! SW Senior Project Manager in Charleston, SC 🌴 New and exciting challenges are perfect for a natural problem solver like Cody, who enjoys finding long-lasting solutions for his projects and turning blank canvases into desirable developments. 🏡 In the next few years as he helps build the South Carolina team and portfolio, he’ll also be able to spend more time with his family in the area, cheering on his favorite local football teams like the Carolina 🏈 Panthers, enjoying Charleston’s exquisite culinary scene, and continuing to improve upon on his own cooking skills in his new home. Part Chinese and Italian, he’s visited Hong Kong five times to see family and is currently planning a first-time trip to Japan. Cody’s sense of adventure, hard work and dedication throughout his education and career thus far has prepared him for this unique opportunity as Simmons & White enters a new era in the South Carolina Lowcountry. 🌅 #swspotlight

We are excited to announce the Grand Opening of the new Simmons & White office in Charleston, South Carolina! 🎉 With deep ties to The Citadel, Charleston has played a pivotal role in the start of many of our team members’ civil engineering careers. Having two office locations will allow us to provide superior service to our clients in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, while expanding our collective capabilities and resources through collaborative communication amongst our team. President Greg Bolen, P.E., Vice President Kyle Duncan, and Senior Project Manager Cody Floyd, P.E., will be managing this new territory, with Cody running day-to-day operations on-site. SC Contact Info📍 4055 Faber Place Dr, Ste 214 North Charleston, SC 29405 P: 843.637.3714 E: cody@simmonsandwhite.com

This week we celebrated the opening of the 5th Mint Eco Car Wash in Palm Beach County, conveniently located at 5577 Okeechobee Blvd. just east of Florida’s Turnpike! 🚙🌴 Simmons & White is proud to support their mission to innovate the car wash industry while keeping safety, the environment, and modern efficiency as top priorities. 💯

Last week we attended the PGA Corridor Association’s ‘State of the City’ event led by Palm Beach Gardens Mayor Chelsea Reed. Our table included from left to right Jack Rice (Gunster), Greg Bolen, Jamie Parrish, Doug Watt (Watt, Inc./Port 32), Tad Rowe, Mike Vinson (Port 32), Erik Cooper, and Peter Baytarian (Forest Development). This association engages business, development, and civic leaders with the goal of preserving and enhancing the PGA corridor as it evolves throughout the years.

Ray White, founding partner of Simmons & White, was in town for a visit this week! Lunch with the Partners at the Rybovich Mega Yacht Boat Facility was a home run, then Ray and Rob spent the afternoon catching lane and mutton snapper for dinner. 🎣 Lots of memories, fish stories, and catching up.

We had an impressive team of athletes take on the challenging ‘2024 Palm Beaches Spartan Event Weekend’ in April at Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton! Simmons & White’s Josh Gibson, Eric Vettel, Rob Rennebaum, and Paul Buri competed alongside Paul’s children Jack, Gunnar, Bradley, and Madelyn. Some outstanding achievements included: 🏆 Eric placed 1st in his age group and 5th overall for the open race! 🏆 Bradley broke the pull up record for his age group! 🏆 Jack competed in the adult race for the 1st time! Awesome effort and great results from Team SW!! 🥇💯👏 Spartan

On Friday, April 26th, Simmons & White sponsored the Florida Engineering Society’s Golf Jamboree at the Wellington National Golf Club. Our foursome included Seth Spiegel (Channing Corporation), Jamie Parrish (SW), Rob Dinsmore (Urban Design Studio), and Rob Rennebaum (SW). Our office has participated in this fundraising event for decades, and this year was one of the best ever! Our team finished 9 under par and enjoyed absolutely amazing weather and great fellowship. ⛳️ Simmons & White is proud to support the Florida Engineering Society, our premier professional society supporting numerous local engineering programs and providing a voice in Tallahassee for the engineering profession. This year’s golf tournament served as a fundraiser for the Richard A. Rogers Scholarship Fund and the ‘MATHCOUNTS’ program. Many thanks to our chapter board and all of the volunteers that made this event a great success this year. #civilengineering #fes

The Citadel alumni Rob Rennebaum, PE, ‘84, Greg Bolen, PE, ‘97, Kyle Duncan, ‘99, and Cody Floyd, PE, ’18, were back on campus last week in Charleston, SC, reconnecting with their mentors while engaging with the next generation of innovative engineers. Rob, Greg & Cody served as guest instructors for two sophomore classes of ‘Survey 205,’ hosted by Professor and Department Head Dr. Jeff Davis, PE. They led a discussion on what to expect post-graduation including the importance of surveying in today’s civil engineering industry, life skills such as financial planning and money management, and what extra steps to take now that will enhance their entry into the job market. Greg, Kyle & Rob also reunited with one of their most impactful and influential professors during their time at The Citadel, retired Professor Thomas R. Dion, PE, PLS, class of ’68. Professor Dion taught a variety of classes throughout their freshman to senior years, such as a notable Land Development Course that included a Senior Capstone Land Development Project. He literally wrote the book on the course (along with many others!), and his invaluable lessons are still applied and referenced in the SW office today. Also included is an alumni feature from The Citadel Magazine – 1999! #civilengineering #citadelbulldogs #collegementors #fbf