NASHVILLE, Tenn.- SSR is celebrating its 40th year of providing engineering and facility consulting services across the country. In conjunction with this significant anniversary, the company’s 11 offices will emphasize community involvement through participation in 40 charitable activities and events throughout the year.
“We are extremely excited to have completed 40 years of serving the built environment and are looking forward to celebrating this event by giving back to the communities where we live and work,” said Rob Barrick, president and chief executive officer of SSR. “As we continue to grow, we will not lose sight of our responsibility to the communities that support each of our offices.”
From its founding in 1968 with seven employees, SSR has developed into a full-service engineering firm with more than 500 employees, 11 offices in six states and more than $63 million in revenues.
Over the last 40 years, SSR’s project experience has ranged in size from small facilities to multiple building projects exceeding 1,500,000 square feet. Its projects include high profile facilities such as the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn; the Toyota Center in Houston; The Northwest Passage at the Memphis Zoo; LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis; the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor; the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md; the Louisville Arena in Louisville, Ky; the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla; and the St. Louis University Health Sciences Research Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Throughout the year, SSR employees will donate their time and money to such organizations as the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Ronald McDonald House, Habitat for Humanity, American Heart Association and Mobile Loaves and Fishes.
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