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WHAT'S NEW

RFI Wins Awards In 2007
The Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals presented RFI with the Gold MarCom award for concept, writing and design of the Yonkers Contracting Company Inc. website.

RFI was recognized with the prestigious AVA Platinum Award for its career video, entitled  “Consulting Engineering—A Career that Matters.” Developed for the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACECNY), the 8-minute video uses FLASH animation and video clips of young professionals to encourage college students to consider a career in consulting engineering.

Event Planning Resources
RFI opens up new opportunities for clients with our Event Planning Services. Our professional event planners bring inspired ideas and attention to every detail of your event. We have the experience and contacts to save you valuable time, and we work with every budget.

Those Amazing Scientists Now Available
2007 brings the launch of Those Amazing Scientists, the second in a series of informative books for young people to interest them in important and under-served professions. It is now available for special order.

The first book, Those Amazing Engineers, is in its third printing. To date, over 70,000 copies have been sold. Contact Rose Reichman at 201-816-1211 or go directly to www.trilogypublications.com for more information on both of these exciting books.

2007 ACE Reception Raises Money for Scholarships
The ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York held its annual Fall Fundraiser on September 18, 2007 at The New York Academy of Sciences, located on the 40th floor in the newly constructed 7 World Trade Center. Planned and staffed by RFI, the reception was sponsored by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Silverstein Properties; and Tishman Construction Corporation. Keynote speaker David M. Childs, FAIA, of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, delivered inspiring remarks to a broad representation of the architecture, engineering and construction community. The ACE Mentor Program, established over ten years ago, mentors high school students in NYC public schools. The event raised over $40,000 in scholarship funds.

RFI Welcomes New Staff Member
In September 2007, Keba Cairo joined RFI in the position of Construction Outreach Coordinator Assistant assigned to the MTA Capital Construction/East Side Access Project in New York City.