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Advocating for A4LE

Image above: Four Bray team members attended the 2021 LearningSCAPES conference of the Association for Learning Environments in Denver, Colorado. Above from left to right: Maria Welch, senior project specialist; Andrew Iverson, architect and project leader; Kate Egan, architect and project leader; and Allison Mastel, architect and project leader. Raising Awareness of an Important Organization…

Employee Spotlight – Jordan O'Connor

Jordan O’Connor is a project leader and architect currently working on the Black River Falls and Neenah High School projects. Jordan’s role includes leading the designers, coordinating construction documents, and communicating with the client at key project milestones. Jordan has been interested in design from an early age. He remembers drawing pictures of houses and…

December 14, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – Andrew Kerr

Andrew Kerr is a delivery team leader and architect at Bray. He is responsible for managing several projects, including work for the Kohler, New Glarus, and Columbus school districts, as well as the new McFarland Public Safety Building. He’s thankful for his two outstanding project leaders and talented team of designers who make his job…

December 7, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – Mark Miller

Mark Miller is a project architect with Bray’s special projects team. He is currently working on the Beyond Vision interior buildout project in West Allis, a new Plumbers Union 75 Training Center in Madison, a new district warehouse for Sheboygan Area School District, and renovations of United Township High School in East Moline, IL. Architecture…

November 30, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – Maria Welch

Maria Welch is an architect who helps project delivery teams develop a design concept for K-12 educational projects and ensures that the concept is integrated at all points throughout the design process. She enjoys the work of transforming abstract architectural concepts into a tangible design vision that the client will take ownership of as they…

November 29, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – John Mahon

John Mahon is an architect and delivery team leader for Bray’s special projects team. Formerly a partner at BHMM in the Quad Cities before the firm merged with Bray, John continues to work in and expand this market. His day-to-day tasks include work on adaptive reuse, religious, K-12, and city government projects. John knew he…

November 23, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – Nathan Bassett

Nathan Bassett is the building information modeling (BIM) manager, who ensures that Bray’s BIM software is running smoothly so that all the architects, project specialists, and project coordinators can do their work. This role requires Nathan to be tuned into the high-level operation of the firm and the details of each team member’s workstation. In…

November 11, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – Maren Burg

Maren Burg is an architect currently working on the new middle and elementary schools in the Oshkosh School District. She is involved in all parts of the architectural design process, from space planning through construction. She collaborates with the rest of the Oshkosh project team to produce sets of construction documents. Construction runs in Maren’s family:…

November 9, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – Michael Spector

Michael Spector is an architect at Bray currently working on the Black River Falls, Beyond Vision, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and Neenah projects. After high school, Michael was sure he would become an engineer, because he loved almost every subject in school. When it came time to think about college courses, he followed his high…

November 2, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – Kyle Downing

Kyle Downing is a project specialist currently working on the Oshkosh School District projects. He’s always had a fascination with the built environment and sees architecture as a puzzle. He likes working on K-12 projects especially because there are many stakeholders to consider, and they all provide learning opportunities – stakeholders are the pieces to…

October 26, 2021

Ellen Del Vecchio and Stephanie Vierling smile as they hold their awards for Newsmakers of the Year 2021

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Daily Reporter honors Ellen Del Vecchio + Stephanie Vierling as 2021 Newsmakers

We're thrilled that The Daily Reporter honored Bray team members Ellen Del Vecchio and Stephanie Vierling as 2021 Newsmakers of the Year.

October 22, 2021

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Employee Spotlight – Mary Biwer

Mary Biwer is an interior designer currently working on our New Glarus, Kohler, Columbus, and McFarland projects. Before coming to Bray, Mary spent several years working in merchandise and presentation planning for a large retail company where she designed fixtures and displays for the stores. In 2019, she returned to the interior design and architecture…

September 21, 2021