raSmith Promotes Jeff Derra and Pat Hainault to Assistant Directors of Structural Services

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — raSmith, a multi-disciplined civil and structural engineering and surveying firm, has announced that Jeff Derra, P.E., S.E., LEED AP, and Pat Hainault, P.E., have received promotions to assistant directors of the structural services division. In Derra and Hainault’s expanded roles, they will work more closely with Scott Ginal, director of the structural services division, in achieving the division’s yearly and strategic goals. They will also assist with the management and development of the division’s 28 engineers, cold-formed designers, BIM specialists, and technicians. For the past four years, Derra and Hainault have served as co-leaders of raSmith’s cold- formed group, which currently includes 18 engineers and designers. They will continue to serve in this capacity, with business development, project management, and employee development responsibilities.

Hainault has more than 27 years of structural engineering experience and recently celebrated his fourth year with raSmith following the acquisition of Matsen Ford Design Associates, which significantly expanded the cold-formed group. A few of Hainault’s projects with raSmith include the Rose Hotel, Chicago, Ill.; Metreau Apartments, Green Bay, Wis.; Northwestern Ryan Field House & Walter Athletics Center, Evanston, Ill.; National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, Manhattan, Kan.; Tribune Tower Redevelopment, Chicago, Ill.; and 1122 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Hainault holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Marquette University and currently serves as chair of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute’s Executive Committee.