RCI Member News – September 2016

Death Notice

William J. “Jack” Gibson joined RCI in May of 1996, and was a member for many years. He passed away on August 27, 2016. You can view his obituary and leave a memory in the guestbook.

Cattel Retires

After 40 years in the industry, Gary Cattel, RRC, FRCI, PE will officially retire on September 30, 2016. To honor this occasion, REI Engineers, Inc. hosted a celebration at the Angus Barn in Raleigh, NC on August 26. Guests included current and former REI employee owners, clients, contractors, manufacturers, two past presidents of RCI (Albert Duwyn and Mike Blanchette) and RCI’s VP and CEO Jim Birdsong.

Gary earned his bachelor of science in civil engineering from Wayne State University in 1978. Prior to graduation, he began his career in the roofing industry at Roofing Consultants, Inc. in Michigan. In 1981, he relocated to Ohio to continue his career with a different firm, and ultimately migrated to North Carolina in 1988. In 1997, Gary founded Roof Engineering, Inc. (which later became REI, Inc.) in the bonus room of his home in Raleigh. Gary was a founding member of the Carolinas Chapter and ultimately served as president of RCI from 2006 to 2007. After several successful years at the helm of REI, he executed his succession plan by converting the company to a fully employee owned ESOP in 2008. In 2010, Gary stepped down as president and promoted Scott Hinesley, RRC, PE to take his place to lead the company.

To recognize Gary’s accomplishments and humanitarian endeavors, REI Engineers made a donation to Overflowing Hands Nicaragua outreach program in his honor.

In his spare time, Gary plans to continue hustling friends on the golf courses of Florida and North Carolina while continuing to support Overflowing Hands.

Other News

John Aleksic, RRC, RRO, CDT has accepted a full-time position as a senior consultant with Unified Buildings Sciences, Inc. in Dallas. John is the Vice President of the North Texas chapter of RCI, Inc, and has been an RCI member since 2008.

Steve Grant, RRO, MRICS, PMP, RS, RSS, PRA, Certified Thermographer, has joined Amtech Solutions, recently relocated to Carillon Towers in Dallas, TX, as their Director of Operations. Steve joined RCI in 2013, and earned his RRO in 2015.

Scott Toller, RRO, CDT, is now a Senior Project Manager with DryTec Moisture Protection Technology Consultants, in Dallas, TX. Scott has been a member of RCI since 2004 and earned his RRO in April of this year. He also won first place for small projects in the 2007 Document Competition for a roof project on Dallas Hall at Southern Methodist University.

20-year RCI Member Edis Oliver, of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associaties, Inc. has been appointed to the Industry Advisory Council at Texas A&M. Oliver was a speaker at the 30th RCI International Convention & Trade Show, has served on the Advocacy Committee since 2013, and won third place large projects in the 2015 Document Competition for Littlefield and Carothers Dormitories at UT Austin.

New RROs for August 2016
Full Name	Company	State/Province	Certification Date	Region
Hubert Baumann, RRO	Tremco, Inc.	AZ	8/12/2016	Region V
Ryan Daugherty, RRO	Terracon Consulting Engineers	NC	8/12/2016	Region II
Jose Rodriguez, RRO, TQ, Red Seal	JRS Engineering Ltd.	BC	8/17/2016	Region VI
Paul Schnieders, RRO	D7 Weather Protection System LLC	UT	8/4/2016	Region V
Cari A. Williams, RRO	Mark J. Sobeck Roof Consulting, Inc.	PA	8/22/2016	Region I

New RRCs for August 2016
Full Name	Company	State	Certification Date	Region
Kathryn Gromowski, RRC, PE	Pie Consulting & Engineering	CO	8/25/2016	Region V

New RWCs for August 2016
Full Name	Company	State	Certification Date	Region
Kenrick Hartman RRC, RWC, PE, LEED AP BD+C	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.	NY	8/2/2016	I

New Members for August 2016
Full Name	Company	State/ Province	Category	Region
Ben Ansley	Hixson Consultants, Inc.	AL	CA	II
Justin Arendale	Versico Roofing	GA	I	II
Chad Augspurger	Unified Building Sciences, Inc.	TX	CA	IV
Emma Cardini	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.	MA	CA	I
James Corcoran	Building Envelope Technologies, Inc.	NY	FM	I
Scott Curry	Malarkey Roofing Products	OK	IA	IV
Tim Duffy	DTR Consulting Services	CA	CA	V
Gary D. Elliott	Benchmark, Inc.	KS	CA	III
Jim Flickinger	Mule-Hide Products Co., Inc.	MD	I	I
Nicholas S. Gauvreau	Roof Solutions, Inc.	NC	QAO	II
Ken Gieseke	McElroy Metal, Inc.	LA	IA	IV
Aaron Gould	VaproShield LLC	TN	I	II
Jeremy Gwinner	McDonald & Wetle	WA	IA	V
Brandon Hagerman	Roof Solutions, Inc.	NC	QAO	II
Charles L. Hall	HDH Associates, P.C.	VA	QAO	II
Sandy Hembroff	Design Works Engineering & Inspections Ltd.	AB	CA	VI
Derrick Hutchinson	United States Gypsum Company	IL	IA	III
Jason Johnson	SFS Intec	CA	S	V
David Lee	B&L Sheet Metal & Roofing	IN	I	III
Guy Long	PROSOCO, Inc.	FL	IA	II
Shawn Mackie	Roof Management Consultants	MA	CA	I
Ross Neag	Chicago Building Inspections	IL	A	III
David Niles	Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.	MA	CA	I
Richard O’Brien	Xpera Inc.	CA	C	V
Vince O’Hanlon	Heritage One Roofing	TX	I	IV
Bruce B. Owens	REI Engineers	SC	CA	II
Garrett Pope	BE-CI	TX	CA	IV
Kenn Reff	Tremco, Inc.	IN	I	III
Zachary Ross	WNC Roofing, LLC	NC	I	II
David Sbraccia	Owens Corning	MI	I	III
Dave Sommer	Interra Enterprises, Inc.	WA	I	V
Ronald P. Soto	Allana, Buick & Bers	HI	CA	V
Richard Spreen	Shredded Tire, Inc.	FL	I	II
Harold R. Stephens	PBK, Inc.	TX	CA	IV
Jesus J. Torres	Raymond Engineering-Georgia, LLC	GA	QAO	II
Shawn Vetere	Knollmeyer Building Corp.	MA	I	I
David J. Wyatt	TC Architects	OH	C	I