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Celebrating the expansion upstairs in Rochester with happy smiles for those moving out of cramped  quarters.

Congratulations to Lansingburgh CSD on their $18.5M project bond vote, approved by district voters on December 7, 2010.  The scope of work involves high school athletic field upgrades, including an artificial turf football field, instructional technology improvements, and infrastructure improvements.

Laura celebrated her big day a bit ago, and we have pictures to share!  Congrats to the new Laura Carney!

SEI Design Group was ranked this fall in a few categories.

By New York State Construction News:

• SEI was ranked #68 in New York State
• SEI was ranked #89 in the Tri-State are (NY, NJ, CT)

By Architectural Record:

• SEI was ranked #200 of the Top 250 Design Firms nationally

Jimmi and Karin welcomed Eli James Van Schaffel to their family on October 7, 2010.  Eli, turned out to be quite the bruiser, weighing in at 11 pounds 6 ounces.   We are not sure that “little” is the right adjective for a shirt that Eli is wearing! 

Congrats to Jimmi, Karin, and “big” sister Leiana.

The Albany office threw a shower for Laura in advance of her upcoming wedding.  Looks like a good time was had by all, and the decorations were very well coordinated!

They survived their arrival at SEI, a mojo shower, a wedding and a honeymoon, and they are still eating chocolate.  Officially presenting Mr. and Mrs. Wobser.  Congrats to Kiel and Kelly!!!!

It was all in good fun when we decided to have a surprise April Fool’s Party.  Brian led the charge with the grill in the parking lot for a great lunch and then we had some funny April Fool’s Day trinkets for all.  It wouldn’t be April Fool’s Day without some pranks, but the studio didn’t take kindly to one of the little annoyances, or rather the “annoyatron”.  Brian got the payback, but it wasn’t even his gig.  By the time they figured out that it was orchestrated by yours truly, there was a big payback being planned.  It was certainly more creative than the former antic.  Jimmi made 3 Star Wars movies with the partners taking parts from Brian as Luke Skywalker to myself as Princess Leia as you can see in the picture.

I promise to take an official picture once my hair is done up in that “doo”.  Unfortunately I didn’t publish this in a timely fashion, therefor the “uncle”.  An upcoming post will explain the ramifications.

Bradley Moreland, Assoc. AIA Sr. Architectural Designer

Kurt A. Vater, CSI, CDT, AAIA Sr. Architectural Designer

We think our client, Michelle Kavanaugh, Superintendent at Honeoye Falls – Lima CSD, looks pretty official at our booth at the NYSCOSS conference.