SMBH, Inc.

SMBH, Inc.

Industry	Structural engineering, architecture
Founded	1972
Headquarters	Columbus, Ohio
Key people	Stephen J. Metz, President/Principal, Bob Baumann, Vice President/Principal, Jon Beier, Secretary/Principal
Services	Commercial, Education, Healthcare, Recreational, Public, Religious, Multifamily, Renovation, BIM, Sustainable Design, Historic Preservation
Number of employees	25
Website	SMBH, Inc.

SMBH, Inc. is a full-service structural engineering firm located in Columbus, Ohio. Providing structural engineering services for architects, contractors and building owners, SMBH, Inc. has experience designing educational facilities, medical centers, courthouses and commercial and residential buildings. Since 1972, SMBH, Inc. has served the architectural and construction communities in Ohio and surrounding states. SMBH, Inc. has worked with architectural firms such as Graham Gund's Gund Partnership, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Peter Eisenman, and Robert A.M. Stern.

SMBH, Inc. located in Columbus, Ohio, was founded in 1972 as a structural engineering firm for the architectural industry. Founded as Lantz and Jones, the firm changed its name to Lantz Jones and Nebraska, Inc. in 1975 to reflect a change in ownership. Lantz Jones and Nebraska had offices in Charleston, West Virginia and Stuart, Florida. SMBH, Inc. still performs work in these areas, but now operates out of the Columbus, Ohio office. During the past two decades, the ownership has transitioned from Bill Lantz, Tom Jones and Jim Nebraska to Stephen J. Metz, Bob Baumann, and Jon Beier. The ownership transition prompted the name change to Shelley Metz Baumann Hawk, Inc. in 2005 and in 2013, the company name was shortened to SMBH, Inc.

SMBH, Inc. has experience with several building types including commercial buildings (retail, hotel and meeting facilities, offices, parking structures and garages and industrial/distribution buildings); college and university buildings (libraries, classroom buildings, residence halls, laboratories); K-12 educational buildings (schools, administrations buildings, auditoriums and gymnasiums); healthcare facilities (medical centers, medical office buildings and nursing homes and assisted-living facilities); research and laboratory buildings; recreational facilities (athletic, golf course club houses and facilities and park space); public buildings (recreation centers and parks, libraries, pedestrian bridges, penal and correctional institutions and courthouses); religious buildings; multifamily facilities (condominiums and apartments); renovation (historic, commercial and educational restoration facilities); and concrete and façade restoration and repair.