Schramm Joins R&M’s Construction Services Department
Emery Schramm recently joined R&M CONSULTANTS, INC. (R&M) as an Engineering Associate in the firm’s Construction Services Department. She now provides construction oversight, field inspections, and materials testing on a variety of building, bridge, transportation, site development, utility, and waterfront projects.
Schramm is a former R&M employee, originally joining the firm in 2007 as an Engineering Intern, working during the summer construction season for several years. She joined full-time as an Engineering Associate in 2013. Emery left the firm in 2019 to pursue other opportunities and focus on her family.
She has participated in a wide range of construction administration, special inspection, and materials sampling and testing projects. Her experience includes inspections of seismic-resistant systems, anchor bolts, fireproofing, and laboratory testing for proctor tests, gradations, concrete strength, slump, air and unit weight, as well as soils, aggregate, asphalt and concrete inspection, sampling and testing services for road, airport, and public facility projects. Schramm’s various skill sets allow her flexibility in performing multiple inspection and sampling and testing activities.
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