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2024 Women at Bray headshots for WIC Week and IWD

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Women in Construction Week

In celebration of Women in Construction Week, we’re shining a spotlight on the incredible women here at Bray. Across our four offices, 28 women contribute to our administrative, architecture, interior design, and marketing departments. Their exceptional talent, passion, and expertise not only propel our firm forward but also foster an inclusive and collaborative environment in…

March 4, 2024

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Employee Spotlight – Kari Uhlenkamp

Kari Uhlenkamp, an architect in our Davenport, Iowa office, is celebrating one year with us. She leads and manages the projects through all phases. Currently, she’s designing Sudlow Middle School (Davenport Community Schools) and Bettendorf Community School District’s Alternative High School – Edison Academy. Growing up in a family of engineers, solving problems and building…

February 23, 2024

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Employee Spotlight – Joe Lopera

Joe Lopera, a construction administration representative, handles various responsibilities, including reviewing submittals, conducting field observations, and managing punch lists. Initially pursuing engineering in college, Joe shifted to architecture as emerging technologies like CAD (computer-aided technology) were discovered. “I fell in love with technology and the vast opportunities that came with architecture,” he shares. Joe enjoys…

February 16, 2024

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Employee Spotlight – Joe Frisch

Joe Frisch is a project coordinator at Bray and works on all phases of design, from predesign through construction documents. He is currently working on Oconomowoc High School as extensive work will be done to the facility. From an early age, Joe’s passion for architecture was apparent. He remembers attending various architectural camps, specifically one…

February 8, 2024

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Employee Spotlight – Kylie Arett

Kylie Arett, a key member of the interior design team, engages in all facets of interior design for our clients. Whether meeting with clients, facilitating user focus groups, making furniture selections, or working on construction documents, she transforms clients’ visions into reality through thoughtful design. Currently, she’s working on projects with our Iowa team –…

January 16, 2024

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Rising Star in the Industry

We are excited to announce that Nathan Derks, AIA, project leader and architect at Bray Architects received a Rising Young Professional of the Year award from The Daily Reporter. Nathan keeps pushing the limits for young architects and is a true rising star within the industry. Starting his career as a senior project coordinator at…

October 20, 2023

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Employee Spotlight – Josie May

Josie May is the proposal and communication coordinator and is responsible for the coordination and creation of proposals. She also works on coordinating and creating interview documents (that occurs after we have been shortlisted and chosen for an interview by the client). Switching to the communications field in college after starting on a pre-med track,…

October 16, 2023

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Moving + Shaping Bray

We are thrilled to announce the well-deserved promotions of our exceptional team members and welcome several recent graduates to our team as well as welcome back a former employee. This summer, we welcomed seven recent graduates from the following universities: Iowa State University, UW-Madison, and UW-Milwaukee. We also welcomed back Marcel Franz as project specialist.…

Employee Spotlight – John Everitt

John Everitt is a project coordinator and is currently working on the North Fond du Lac (NFDL) School District project. John works on the predesign phase for many projects and recently expanded his workload on the NFDL project to include construction documents and design work. The architecture field was a decision he made in high…

June 29, 2023

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Bray Spotlight – Austin Schroeder

Our incredible team has exceptional talent with diverse skills and backgrounds – including Austin Schroeder, senior project coordinator who is celebrating five years with us! We took a break to ask Austin some questions about his past five years. Over the course of 5 years at Bray, what have you learned? I’ve learned the…

June 16, 2023

Nick Woodard in his one year work anniversary photo

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Employee Spotlight – Nick Woodard

Nick Woodard is a project leader + architect at our Davenport, Iowa office and leads his team through the design process, coordinating the internal efforts with colleagues and externally with consultants. He’s currently working on projects with the Mercer County and Cuba City School Districts. A visit to a construction site at an early age…

May 17, 2023

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Employee Spotlight – Oscar Avila

Oscar Avila is a senior project specialist at Bray and works on all the phases of an architectural project development process with focus on the technical details – implementing codes into floor plans while also coordinating with engineering firms and other contractors. While projects are in the construction phase, Oscar enjoys being on site seeing…

April 19, 2023