Mr. Smith began his building career as a concrete foreman and iron-worker where he learned heavy construction techniques. His early professional career was spent designing large wastewater treatment plants and as a field technician for a geo-technical firm. He executed analysis and design of architecturally and structurally complicated reinforced concrete and steel projects while working for the noted architectural firm of John Portman Associates in Atlanta. He was a partner in a land development business where he was responsible for subdivision, utility installation, home construction, surveying and planning board interaction. Mr. Smith is currently responsible for professional engineering and management of the consulting firm he founded in 1988. He is Gloversville’s City Engineer, and holds several degrees including a BA in American History (Colgate), BS. in Civil Engineering (Syracuse), and M.S. in Civil Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic).

Steven has been a key participant in many large-scale civil projects, including designing and analyzing the hydraulics for a 2 million gallon per day sewage treatment plant, structural design of a 400,000 sq ft mixed retail space in Singapore, computer modeling and seismic analysis for a twenty-two story hotel in Jakarta, and structural design for a one million sq ft addition to the top of Atlanta Apparel Mart. Mr. Smith has served on several boards, those of the Gloversville Historic Preservation Review, Glove Theatre Restoration, and Gloversville Business Improvement organizations. He has received many awards, including The Community Commitment Award (Fulton County Economic Development Corp.), and has served as Councilman for the City of Gloversville.