founded 1972 headquarters columbus ohio key people stephen j. metz president principal 1 bob baumann vice president principal jon beier secretary principal services commercial education healthcare recreational public religious multifamily renovation bim sustainable design historic preservation number of employees 25 website smbh inc. smbh inc. is a full service structural engineering firm located in columbus ohio . providing structural engineering services for architects contractors and building owners smbh inc. has experience designing educational facilities medical centers courthouses and commercial and residential buildings . since 1972 smbh inc. has served the architectural and construction communities in ohio and surrounding states . smbh inc. has worked with architectural firms such as graham gund s gund partnership mack scogin merrill elam architects peter eisenman and robert a.m. stern . contents 1 history 2 industry 3 major projects 4 sustainable design 5 associations 6 references 7 external links history edit smbh inc. located in columbus ohio was founded in 1972 as a structural engineering firm for the architectural industry . originally founded as lantz and jones the firm changed its name to lantz jones and nebraska inc. in 1975 to reflect a change in ownership . 2 lantz jones and nebraska had offices in charleston west virginia and stuart florida . smbh inc. still performs work in these areas but now operates out of the columbus ohio office . during the past two decades the ownership has transitioned from bill lantz tom jones and jim nebraska to stephen j. metz bob baumann and jon beier . the ownership transition prompted the name change to shelley metz baumann hawk inc. in 2005 and in 2013 the company name was shortened to smbh inc. 3 industry edit smbh inc. has experience with several building types including commercial buildings retail hotel and meeting facilities offices parking structures and garages and industrial distribution buildings ; college and university buildings libraries classroom buildings residence halls laboratories ; k 12 educational buildings schools administrations buildings auditoriums and gymnasiums ; healthcare facilities medical centers medical office buildings and nursing homes and assisted living facilities ; research and laboratory buildings ; recreational facilities athletic golf course club houses and facilities and park space ; public buildings recreation centers and parks libraries pedestrian bridges penal and correctional institutions and courthouses ; religious buildings ; multifamily facilities condominiums and apartments ; renovation historic commercial and educational restoration facilities ; and concrete and fa ade restoration and repair . smbh inc. has utilized building information modeling bim for projects as large as a 350 000 square foot 33 000 m2 courthouse or as small as a 5 000 square foot 460 m2 medical office building . major projects edit smbh inc. has worked on the following projects franklin county courthouse located in columbus ohio the william oxley thompson memorial library 4 located on the ohio state university campus 5 the polaris hilton conference center located in columbus ohio limited brands world headquarters & distribution center located in columbus ohio hocking college residence hall located on the hocking college campus the austin eldon knowlton school of architecture located on the ohio state university campus 6 7 grange insurance headquarters expansion office and parking garage located in downtown columbus ohio nationwide children s hospital 8 research building 3 located in columbus ohio broad street united methodist church located in columbus ohio 9 farmer school of business located at miami university ohio school for the deaf ohio state school for the blind located in columbus ohio linden mckinley high school columbus ohio public schools the south high rise residence halls located on the campus of the ohio state university 10 11 and the morris hospital located in morris illinois 12 sustainable design edit smbh inc. has been involved with sustainable and leadership in energy and environmental design leed certified projects as well as team members who are leed accredited professionals . examples of green building and sustainable design includes work on the following projects student academic services office building ; columbus ohio franklin county courthouse columbus ohio ; 13 west side family health center columbus ohio ; grange insurance audubon center columbus ohio ; 14 columbus state community college academic center e delaware ohio ; ohio school for the blind ohio state school for the deaf columbus ohio ; mid ohio food bank columbus ohio ; hocking college energy institute logan ohio ; miami university farmer school of business building oxford ohio . associations edit smbh inc. are members of the following associations american council of engineering companies acec american institute of architects aia columbus ohio american institute of architects aia west virginia american institute of steel construction aisc american concrete institute aci american society of civil engineers asce international concrete repair institute icri national trust for historic preservation post tensioning institute pti structural engineers association of ohio seao0 tilt up concrete association tca references edit 1 columbus business first 4 may 2013 2 smbh inc. july 2013 3 tilt up concrete association 16 may 2013 4 american institute of architects 2009 5 society for college and university planning 6 the ohio state university 7 portland cement association nationwide children s hospital columbus wikipedia 8 dayton daily news october 29 2009 9 modern steel construction may 2012 10 american school & university magazine 1 nov 2012 11 healthcare design magazine september 2006 12 building design & construction magazine 11 aug. 2010 13 arch daily 9 july 2011 external links edit smbh inc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smbh inc. & oldid 596519193 categories structural engineeringcompanies based in ohioinstitution of structural engineersconstruction and civil engineering companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 february 2014 at 17 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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