690 Market Street Building, Adaptive Reuse San Francisco, CA
Stanford University, Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning
120 Stockton Street Building Renovation
UC Berkeley, Giannini Hall
Park Tower at Transbay
Jack Wegleitner
Honored By Our Peers at SEAOSC Awards
Daniel Zepeda with his SEAOSC Presidential Certificate of Appreciation; Garrett Hagen with his ‘Young Engineer of the Year’ award; Matthew Barnard with his SEAOSC Presidential Certificate of Appreciation
Degenkolb Engineers takes pride in the fact that we are actively engaged in the structural engineering community. Recognition of our accomplishments was celebrated along with the “best of the best” of our profession at the SEAOSC Annual Awards Presentation and President’s Dinner earlier this month.
Garrett Hagen, Project Engineer was named Young Engineer of the Year in recognition of his outstanding contributions to SEAOSC, to the SEAOSC Existing Building Committee where he has taken on the co-chair role, and his involvement in Young Members. Garrett’s exemplary professional activities include:
- Chair of ACI 369D (committee that updates concrete wall provisions in ASCE 41)
- Presented “Principles of ASCE 41” at SEAOSC Winter Education event
- Serving on an ATC (FEMA-funded) review panel for updates to the standards for existing buildings
- Helping to develop SEAOSC pre-Northridge Moment Frame Retrofit Design Guide
- Working with Southern California cities to assist with the implementation of retrofit ordinances
Other well-deserved awards included the recognition of Principal Daniel Zepeda’s contributions with a SEAOSC Presidential Certificate of Appreciation for his Mexico City post-earthquake reconnaissance work. Principal Matt Barnard received a SEAOSC Presidential Certificate of Appreciation for the reorganization and strategy work that he has been doing as a Director of the Board.Congratulations to all.
Seattle Engineers Share Lessons Learned at Degenkolb Technical Conference
The Seattle Group poses outside of the office
Lifelong learning is a core value at Degenkolb. Each year, our staff gathers in San Francisco at the Degenkolb Technical Conference to share lessons learned from our current projects, new trends in the engineering industry, and changing practices that may affect our clients.
Project Engineer Hee Jae Yang presented on the next big thing in building materials – Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). CLT construction is popular in Europe and Canada, and projects are beginning to crop up in the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle team has explored CLT for two projects in the last year. Hee Jae discussed why architects and owners are shifting towards CLT, the basics of CLT design, and the opportunities to incorporate this renewable building material into more of our designs.
Design Engineer Dan Sloat teamed with Designer Josh Sizemore to outline lessons learned during a unique structural evaluation project. Working for a local aircraft manufacturer, the Degenkolb team evaluated two large-span hangar buildings that had different heights, structural systems, and building materials. Their presentation focused on how the unique structural systems were evaluated and the seismic retrofit concepts that were developed to increase life safety and reduce downtime after an earthquake.
Are you interested in learning more about these presentations? Please feel free to reach out to our engineers in Seattle at 206.262.9240.
