• Wednesday, December 16, 2009
  R&K Engineering is now R&K Solutions
  R&K Engineering, Inc. has changed its name to R&K Solutions, Inc. Our intent is to better communicate our focus on providing valuable Solutions to our clients. While we will continue to provide the same types of services that we have provided for years, our current offerings are much broader in...
• Saturday, July 11, 2009
  R&K Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
  Today marks an important anniversary in the life of R&K Engineering, Inc. On 11 July the company celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding. From a vision in the eyes of our two founders, Jim Kirmse and Bill Richardson, R&K has grown to a company of over 85 employees working in three offices in...
• Wednesday, April 01, 2009
  Government Accountability Office (GAO) & U.S. Department of Defense use R&K’s Facilities Sustainment Model for Benchmarking Budgets and Expenditures
  The report based all of its sustainment analysis and findings on the dollar requirements for facilities sustainment that are provided by the R&K Facilities Sustainment Model (FSM). This model, originally developed in 1998 and continuously supported by R&K since...
• Wednesday, January 14, 2009
  Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports Army Range Requirements Model (ARRM) provides a consistent and reasonable framework for the Army to calculate training land requirements.
  In a report to Congressional Requestors the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports the Army Range Requirements Model (developed and maintained by R&K Engineering) provides a consistent and reasonable framework for Army headquarters, major commands, and installations to use to calculate traini...
• Monday, November 17, 2008
  Facilities Manager Magazine Features Article by R&K Senior Engineer Frank Kaleba P.E. on Integrity-Based Budgeting and its Applications for Educational Facilities
  The article published in the Nov/Dec Facilities Manager Magazine discusses a budget modeling solutions for one of the largest facilities portfolios in the country, the U.S. Department of Defense and its applications for educational facilities...
• Monday, September 01, 2008
  Graebert North American Reseller
  R&K Engineering has partnered with Graebert to become a North American reseller for Graebert's SiteMaster line of products that allow you to draw as-built floor plans on the fly utilizing laser distance meters and Total Stations. This move provides a unique opportunity for the company to simultaneou...
• Friday, August 22, 2008
  Real Property Validation Survey
  R&K Engineering was recently awarded a contract by the Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG) to conduct a Real Property Validation Survey of 24 Readiness Centers as well as seven other properties across the state.
• Friday, August 22, 2008
  Facility Reutilization Study
  R&K Engineering was recently awarded a subcontract at Fort Sill, Oklahoma to continue a Facility Reutilization Study for selected organizations and facilities. This phase will initially survey and analyze Directorate Of Logistics facilities, and may be expanded to address other Installation Director...
• Friday, May 02, 2008
  Master Planning Support to Letterkenny Army Depot
  The Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD) has just awarded R&K Engineering the second phase of a contract to provide continued master planning support. R&K will prepare an Installation Design Guide (IDG) for use by LEAD. The IDG will establish comprehensive design recommendations for site planning, landscap...
• Thursday, November 01, 2007
  Ohio National Guard Training
  This effort represents Phase 2 of a 3 Phase Master Plan, where Phase 2 is to develop an installation master plan for RTLS based on the recommendations from Phase 1, completed in 2007. R&K will be analyzing range and facility requirements and assisting in the development of site plans for new ranges ...
• Monday, October 01, 2007
  DoD FXM Maintenance and Update
  R&K has been awarded a four-year contract for the maintenance and update of the DoD Facility Budget Models. These are the Facilities Sustainment Model (FSM), the Facilities Modernization Model (FMM), and the Facilities Operation Model (FOM). Collectively these are commonly termed FXM. OSD and the Do...
• Monday, October 01, 2007
  DLA Support
  DLA Installation Policy Division of the Enterprise Support Directorate has awarded a contract to R&K Engineering, Inc. to provide real property management support. We will provide technical expertise in the areas of installation management, real property and facility life-cycle management, and facil...
• Monday, September 24, 2007
  Natick Analytical Support
  The Soldier System Center at Natick, Massachusetts has awarded R&K Engineering, Inc. a contract modification to continue the Master Planning work we began for them a while ago. In this modification, we will be creating an Area Development Plan for their North Industrial Campus.
• Friday, August 24, 2007
  USMC Forces Reserve Contract Awarded
  R&K Engineering has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide master planning support to the Headquarters, US Marine Corps Forces Reserve (MARFORRES). During the first year R&K will validate Real Property Inventory data and compile a Tabulation of Facility Maintenance and Planning data for all M...
• Monday, July 02, 2007
  GSA PES Schedule Contract, GS-10F-0289T, awarded.
  R&K Engineering is pleased to announce that it has just added another GSA Schedule contract to its list of vehicles it can use to support clients. Joining our Information Technology (IT), Schedule 70 contract, GS-35F-5835H, and our Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS), Schedule 874 ...
• Friday, June 15, 2007
  Washington Headquarters Services Real Property Support Contract Awarded
  R&K Engineering has been awarded a five year contract (base year and four option years) to provide critical real property support to Washington Headquarters Services (WHS). This work entails establishing and maintaining a Real Property inventory (RPI) in compliance with DoDI 4165-14, Inventory and F...
• Thursday, March 22, 2007
  R&K selected to establish and manage the Army’s Wounded Warrior Call Center.
  R&K has been selected to establish and manage the Army's Wounded Warrior Call Center. This fulfills the Chief of Staff of the Army's commitment to do so as part of the fall-out from the situation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Based on our demonstrated expertise in providing current Family Call...
• Friday, March 09, 2007
  Real Property Information Requirements (RPIR) Praised by Under Secretary of Defense Grone
  Real Property Information Requirements (RPIR) Implementation executed by R&K for the Navy/USMC earns Under Secretary of Defense Grone praise. Mr. Grone (OSD-ATL) has singled out the Navy/USMC as the OSD leader in RPIR implementation. Mr. Grone congratulated the Navy's overarching implementation pla...
• Friday, February 02, 2007
  Headquarters, Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Support Contract
  The Plans and Operations Divisions of Headquarters, Installation Management Command (HQ IMCOM) have awarded a contract to R&K Engineering, Inc. to provide master planning and real property management support to them for CY07. This is a renewal of a technical and analytical support contract that R&K ...
• Monday, January 22, 2007
  Fort Stewart Executive Summary Contract
  The Fort Stewart Commander is preparing a Military Construction (MILCON) program to improve the number and condition of maintenance facilities on Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield. To reinforce his proposal for this program, the Fort Stewart DPW has hired R&K to prepare an Executive Summary (EXS...
• Monday, January 22, 2007
  Tracy-Sharpe Army Depot IFS Training
  The Defense Logistics Agency Training Center has hired R&K to provide on-site training on a number of modules for the IFS users at Tracy-Sharpe Army Depot. R&K will provide training on the Service Order, Work Reception, Work Estimating, and Job Cost Accounting to their personnel.
• Monday, January 22, 2007
  Ft. Stewart Master Planning Support Contract Renewal
  For a number of years R&K Engineering, Inc. has been providing master planning support to the Directorate of Public Works at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Our contract to provide this support has been renewed for another year. R&K has been helping the DPW staff deal with the many master planning issues ass...
• Monday, December 11, 2006
  PBS&J Traffic Study for Bexar County, Texas
  R&K Engineering has been selected by PBS&J to help them with a traffic study for Bexar County, Texas. Bexar County, home of San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston, has hired PBS&J to determine the impacts on traffic in and around Fort Sam Houston. The Army will increase the work force there by almost 7500...
• Friday, October 27, 2006
  Letterkenny Army Depot Masterplanning Support
  The Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD) has just awarded R&K Engineering the second phase of a contract to provide continued master planning support. R&K will prepare a number of required master planning documents, including the Long Range Component, Short Range Component, and the Capital Investment Strat...
• Friday, October 27, 2006
  DLA Real Estate Support Contract
  The Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has just awarded R&K Engineering a contract to provide real estate management support for FY07. R&K will assist HQ DLA in the management of their real estate assets; helping them to comply with Federal and Department of Defense guidance and regulations.
• Friday, October 27, 2006
  MEDCOM Tracer Contract
  The US Army MEDCOM has recently awarded R&K Engineering a contract to provide another year of sustainment support to the TRACER Program that we developed for them several years ago. TRACER gives MEDCOM a tool to help reconcile their real property inventory of medical facilities with the inventory reported by hosting installations.
• Friday, October 06, 2006
  CFMO Support Contract
  R&K Engineering was selected to provide support to the Construction Facility Management Office (CFMO) of the Kentucky Army National Guard, Frankfort, Kentucky in the development of Real Property Master Plans (RPMP) of key Installations, and validation of Real Property Inventory (RPI) assets located ...
• Monday, September 25, 2006
  Facilities Operations Model Contract
  R&K and teaming partner LMI have been awarded a contract to continue FOM model development and operations for OSD. FOM is OSD's model that calculates the cost of facility operations on an annual basis. FOM calculates operations dollar requirements from the "bottom up" for 12 distinct facility relate...
• Wednesday, September 13, 2006
  Real Propery Contract Awarded
  R&K was selected by WHS to assist them in the establishment of a Real Property program for their organization. WHS has been designated a land holding agency under US Code Title 10 and now joins the Military Departments (MILDEP) in that respect. R&K's support will include establishment ...
• Friday, September 01, 2006
  ACSIM MILCON Facility Reduction Program Contract Awarded
  R&K Engineering has been awarded a five year contract to provide technical and systems support to the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM) Military Construction (MILCON) Division in support of their facility reduction programs. This work involves reviewing s...
• Friday, September 01, 2006
  DLA-RPRT Contract Awarded
  R&K, teamed with PSS and Dan Wheeler Associates, has been awarded a five year contract to provide Real Property support to the, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Headquarters, Installation Policy Division. R&K will be providing functional support in a number of different areas including general...
• Thursday, August 24, 2006
  DLA-RPRT Considered Dept. of Defense "Best Practice"
  The Department of Defense Comptroller identified Defense Logistics Agency Real Property Inventory Reconciliation Tool (DLA-RPRT) as a "Best Practice" for Real Property Audits. DLA-RPRT was created by R&K for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to assist in comparing Real Property dat...
• Wednesday, August 09, 2006
  Marine Corps Rplans Contract Awarded
  The Marine Corps has awarded a multi-year contract to R&K Engineering, Inc. to design, develop, and field a system to quantify facility requirements at Marine Corps bases world-wide. This process will be based on an analysis of the population and equipment supported, the space planning criteria,...
• Monday, July 17, 2006
  Marine Corps Contract Awarded
  R&K was recently awarded a contract to provide functional and systems support to a number of US Marine Corps facility management programs including the Commanding Officers' Readiness Reporting System (CORRS), Facility Degradation Model (FDM), and Facility Assessment Inspection Module (FAIM...
• Wednesday, May 31, 2006
  Corrosion Study
  LMI and R&K were recently awarded a contract to study the effects of corrosion on DoD equipment and facilities. Because of its innovative work on the cost implications of corrosion on the DoD facility inventory, R&K Engineering was asked to team with LMI on a larger study of the impacts of c...