Newpaper Mentions:

Tampa Tribune: Beach Park home wins energy award - for "The Most Energy Efficient Residential Unit at the Southeast Builders Conference. "The combination of factors was really the basis for our winning,", Risley says. "Many, many factors go into an energy-efficient house," Risley adds. "But today, the codes are much more stringent than they were…."

Tampa Tribune: Temple Terrace family celebrates holidays in 'new' 1920s home "Actually, it's not new at all…the Missions Hills Road home, one of the city's first dwellings in the 1920's, recently had a facelift". "We wanted to maintain the style or architecture," she said. "We wanted the new construction to blend with the old." The owners searched for quite a while before deciding to entrust the project to Risley. A bathroom and bedroom were added to the home, and another bedroom expanded and the through-hallway was converted into a playroom of sorts. The kitchen and dining room areas were also renovated. Risley was able to maintain the same exact roof line on the home addition going to extremes to obtain authentic Spanish tile for the new roof. The tile on the old part of the house was about 160 years old. "We aged the tile so that it wouldn't look 'too' new", Risley said. "We couldn't be happier with the results," said the ecstatic owner.

Tampa Tribune: Risley Receives Aurora Award - " Design - Old style metal roof…, unique removable deck system…, polished oak floors and stairs, large workshop, extremely large kitchen….."

INTEGRITY

My integrity as a person, a professional and as a company is more important than anything. These are not just words - I live by the principle. You may rest assured that any dealings with me, the Engineer Designer, will exceed your expectations.

A Few Tidbits:

State Chairman of Florida Engineers in Construction

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Chairman of Florida Engineering Society's Professional Development Committee

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Licensed Professional Engineer (PE32668) and Certified General Contractor (CGC010458).

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Graduate of the School of Engineering, University of Florida on full military scholarship.

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Winner of Aurora Award for design excellence

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Designer of multiple styles: Victorian, Frank Lloyd Wright styles, Early 20th Century, Modernist (contempory and unique), Spanish and Mediterranean, Craftsman, Florida Cracker, Hangar (airport home) of many styles, Cottages, A-Frames, Mission Homes, One, Two and Three Story Homes, Beach Homes, Stilt Homes, and many, many more both standard styles and unique.

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Extensive Experience in Forensic Engineering, Inspections, Repair Designs and Reports - clients include insurance companies, forensic companies and restoration contractors

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Outstanding Young Engineer in the late 80's (West Central Florida)

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Energy Conservation Homes (before it was a requirement)

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Six Years as Chairman of the Code Enforcement Board in the Tampa, Florida area.

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Engineer Designer and Builder since 1982.

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Engineer Designer or Designer/Builder for 1,000's of individual homes, renovations, commercial buildings and commercial renovations.. including:

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Designing and supervising the placement of floor stiffening structures to allow for added loads of a 50-year-old wooden structure in Clearwater , FL to place multi-student classes on the upper floors.

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Total rebuild and update of a 1920s bank building in Clearwater , FL which was made of an old system of structural clay concrete masonry units, brick veneer, old wood, marble, etc. Part of this work included the design and supervision of onsite truss systems that were able to handle retransferred loads to maintain the historic integrity of the building.

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Structural Engineer for a 7-story renovation in Pinellas, FL. This included a post and bar joist and slab on a free standing lobby with columns going into a new water retention pond.

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Engineer/Designer for two Veterinarian Clinics in Tampa , FL.

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Engineer/Designer of a jewelry store building that consisted of concrete masonry unit exterior walls and columns, with a steel beam and roof system.

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Engineer/Designer and general contractor for a two-story office building on Kennedy Boulevard , Tampa , FL.

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Engineer/Designer/Civil Engineer/Contractor for expanded daycare in Tampa , FL. Job entailed remodeling, adding new space as well as a cantilever porte-cochere for drive-through.

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Designer/Engineer and Contractor for renovation of a 1920s mission home in Temple Terrace , FL into a modern home. This was done without compromising the antique and historical nature of the home while keeping the final design well within the historical lines of the home.

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Engineer for 12 story renovation in of a 1920's hotel in
Clearwater, Florida .

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Engineer/Designer of a 12,000 sqft Fellowship Hall in Orlando , Florida .

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Engineeer Designer and Contractor for two story Dental Facility

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Engineer Designer for numerous law offices, business offices, RV storage facitilites, doctors offices, barber shops, any many, many more.

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Numerous Expert Evaluations and Repair and Rebuild Plans for many types of buildings throughout Florida.

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