They renewed their friendship, but, when she heard he wasn't planning to continue his education beyond high school, she got firm. You're going to go. One of his first jobs was with R.W. Murray, a St. Louis company that specialized in warehouse construction. Brinkmann says this is where he first learned to look at architectural designs with a critical eye. Dick Arnoldy, a colleague of Brinkmann's at R.W. Murray, recalls those days fondly.
Many architects have no concept of how to design a building economically.
Bob is very up on costs. When Bob and I are given a set of drawings, we can see the savings. Like Brinkmann, Arnoldy puts a premium on teaching the company's young engineers. Brinkmann owns 100 percent of his company, but that will change. Two years ago, he initiated a stock option program that will give his nine top people 30 percent ownership by 2004.