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Excavator digging into ground in front of RBI office building

2023 Expansion Update

June 13, 2023
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If you’ve driven past our headquarters lately, you may notice things look a little different. We’re excited to see progress being made on our new building addition and training room, which will allow us to provide a space for ongoing employee training for all our team members. Currently, foundations are being installed, and in the…

RBI Employee Spotlight Tyler Doolan

Employee Spotlight – Tyler Doolan

June 9, 2023
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We love working with students to help develop their careers, which is why our intern and apprenticeship programs are designed to encourage career exploration and provide pathways for licensure. Today, we’d like to spotlight one of our previous apprentices, who has now transitioned to a full-time employee, Tyler Doolan! Tyler started working with us in…

RBI Employees posing for photo at United Way's Day of Action

2023 Day of Action

June 7, 2023
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This year’s Day of Action with United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County was another huge success! Our team had a great time helping out at the Roberta Webb Childcare Center where they prepped and painted a day care room, assembled new children’s toys, and helped clean up the exterior play area. The kids seemed…

Playbill for the Big Night for the Boys and Girls Club

2023 Big Night for the Boys and Girls Club

June 5, 2023
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We were so honored to help sponsor this year’s Big Night fundraising event for Boys & Girls Club of Harrisonburg and Rockingham! Together, guests and sponsors raised over $100,000 to give back to the club. The event was themed “Stories Unite Us” and held at the James Madison University Atlantic Bank Center – which we…

Devon McManaway and Jason Stanley, RBI safety champions for May 2023

May 2023 Safety Champions

May 31, 2023
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The Safety Champions for the month of May are Devon McManaway and Jason Stanley! After being sent to a facility for a service call, they were able to develop and execute a safe plan of action to complete the job after identifying additional personnel were needed. Thank you both for another safe and successful job.

RBI Employee Spotlight Connie Newman

Employee Spotlight – Connie Newman

May 30, 2023
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Although Connie has only been in her new position as CFO for a few months, she has been with us since 2015 and has proven to be a vital part of the RBI team. As a JMU Duke for both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Connie is also a long-time part of this community and…

Construction manager touring RBI facility

Touring Our Facility

May 18, 2023
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It’s always great when we have visitors at RBI! Recently, a valued owner and construction manager visited our offices for a presentation and tour of our facilities. Along with information about our operation processes, prefabrication, and manufacturing capabilities, we also connected on our mutual values of safety, employee empowerment, collaboration, transparency, respect, and innovation. Thank…

RBI employees outside during a Lunch and Learn event

2023 May Safety Lunch and Learn

May 18, 2023
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Thank you to all the RBI employees who came out and participated in our first quarterly Safety Lunch and Learn event! We received a lot of good information about fall protection and the importance of proper safety protocols, and look forward to future lunch and learn trainings with our team.

2023 RBI Safety Day with employees being trained outside

2023 RBI Safety Day

May 12, 2023
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Another successful Safety Day is in the books! Thank you to all the RBI employees who joined us in learning about safe work practices. We covered everything from ladder and grinder safety to MEWP training and rigging. We appreciate your commitment to keeping RBI a safe place to work.

UVA Data Sciences building under construction

Lunch Celebrating the “School Without Walls”

May 8, 2023
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Thank you to UVA Administration for throwing the RBI team, along the entire data science and construction communities, a Work Crew BBQ! We enjoyed hamburger and chicken sliders, salads, and festive tunes. The School of Data Science held a raffle for the work crew and Dean Bourne awarded gift cards to local businesses and restaurants…