2023 Recipient of the A/E/C Building a Better World Award
The 2023 recipient was Ruby+Associates, Inc. Structural Engineers headquartered in Bingham Farms, MI.
Since 2013, Ruby has donated over $550,000 to local, Detroit-area and national charities. With a formal plan and the funding to support it, just some of the highlights of Ruby+Associates’ year-round efforts to build a better world include:
• Ruby+Associates sponsored the 2022 STEM Fair for the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program that serves more than 11,000 youth and provides opportunities for future engineers and related careers in STEM fields.
• Ruby+Associates participated in the Life Remodeled Career Vision Day at Detroit’s Central High School with the theme of, “If you can’t see it, you can’t be it.” Staff members shared information about a career path in structural engineering with students.
• Ruby+Associates' employees donated to a local non-profit organization’s Back-to-School drive, providing 30 backpacks full of much-needed supplies for foster children. In addition, the firm’s staff donated gifts, gift cards and donations to 25 children in need for the organization’s Holiday Wish Program.
• In partnership with a Detroit-based non-profit organizations devoted to clearing and beautifying blighted neighborhoods, Ruby+Associates teams visited Detroit’s Cooley neighborhood and cleared debris and overgrown brush to create safer pathways for its community members, donated potted mums, and purchased/donated lawn mowers. Ruby+Associates also donated $1,000 to support the group’s overall efforts.
• To learn more about the ways Ruby+Associates has made a impact, visit HERE.
Awards are presented at PSMJ's annual A/E/C THRIVE conference, coming in 2024 to Austin, TX. To learn more about A/E/C THRIVE, click here.