RABA KISTNER HONORED WITH EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AWARD
(L-R) Paul Lampe, Raba Kistner Executive Vice President and COO — Engineering and Testing, accepted the 2018 Engineering Excellence Award on behalf of Raba Kistner from the Association of Builders and Contractors, Inc - South Texas Chapter. Wayne Ambrose, Senior Project Manager and Employee/Owner, SpawGlass, presented the award. Raba Kistner was given the award to recognize our Construction Materials Engineering and […]
EMPLOYEE PROFILE: CHAINULU CHAVALI, GEOTECHNICAL LAB MANAGER
We spent some time with Chainulu Chavali, Geotechnical Lab Manager, to learn more about his role and what it's like to work for Raba Kistner. How long have you been with Raba Kistner and who do you report to? I have been with Raba Kistner for 11 years, and I report to John D. Brown, P.E., […]
BUILDING OUR HISTORY: DICK KISTNER JOINS THE FIRM
(Photo above): a group picture taken at approximately 10 years in business for Raba & Associates, taken after Richard Kistner, PE, joined the firm. To see a video of Dr. Carl Raba discussing the recruitment of Dick Kistner, click here. Richard (Dick) W. Kistner joined Raba & Associates in March of 1974, to lead the […]
EMPLOYEE PROFILE: JEFF ADERHOLDT, COMET TECHNICIAN
We spent some time with Jeff Aderholdt, Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) Technician, to learn more about his role and what it's like to work for Raba Kistner. Can you briefly share a summary about what projects you worked on today, while we spent time with you? The first project that I took you to […]
THE RABA ENGINEERING LEGACY — BUILDING UTSA
Founded by the 61st Texas Legislature on June 5, 1969, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) was commissioned as a university of the first class. Today, UTSA offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees through nine colleges and the Graduate School. Until UTSA was established, San Antonio was the only major city in the […]
RK/PROJECT CONTROL ANNOUNCES THAT MARC SCOTT HAS JOINED THE FIRM AS HOUSTON REGIONAL MANAGER
Houston - Project Control announces that Marc Scott has joined the firm as Regional Manager for Houston, Texas. Marc will utilize his 40 years of diverse design and construction experience to manage and grow Project Control’s presence in Houston and the surrounding region. Dick McNary, President and COO of Project Control, said of Marc, “We are […]
EMPLOYEE PROFILE: CHARLES NEEL, RABA KISTNER SENIOR ARCHAEOLOGIST
Photo: Charles Neel investigates a stone house on the San Angelo Transmission Line Survey Charles Neel, Senior Archaeologist for Raba Kistner, has been a Professional Archaeologist for 40 years, as of May, 2018. That longevity means that he has worked on many interesting projects in many areas. Charles has been with Raba Kistner since 2015; […]
BROWNSVILLE CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF NEW OFFICE
A new, beautiful set of offices and large lab area were opened to much acclaim on Thursday, May 17th when the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the newest office location for Raba Kistner in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. While Raba Kistner has had an office […]
DALLAS HORSESHOE HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE PROJECT
A $798-million Dallas highway project improved traffic flow into and out of the city's downtown. The new "Horseshoe" interchange corrected the traffic bottlenecks and safety concerns of the original design from the 1960s with improved geometery, wider bridges, and relocated exits. Raba Kistner performed independent quality assurance services for the Dallas Horseshoe Project, including design quality […]
STARTING THE RABA ENGINEERING LEGACY
Photo: Dr. Carl Raba, PE, (above left) checks samples with two lab technicians in the early days of Raba & Associates. By 1968, when Bunny Jean and Carl Raba decided to go into business for themselves, Carl had earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M and had experience in his field, gained from […]
50 GOLDEN YEARS — OUR HISTORY AND PATH FORWARD
Carl and Bunny Raba had a vision and in 1968 they began laying the groundwork to become an industry leader among engineering consulting firms. Together with Ronald Tolson, Raba & Tolson Consulting Engineers was established as a geotechnical engineering practice in San Antonio. By 1974, Dick Kistner joined the firm leading it into the expansion […]
RABA KISTNER HISTORY, PART II: EARLY INFLUENCES — PAT ZACHRY
Photo: Carl. F. Raba with Bunny Jean, Class of 1959, Texas A&M, before entering the U.S. Army Carl F. Raba, co-founder of Raba Kistner, Inc., didn’t start out his college career thinking he was going to be an engineer. He went to Texas A&M (starting a family tradition) thinking he was going to be an […]