This Level I Trauma facility remained completely operational during the entire 30 month construction duration.
Dignity Health, Northridge Diagnostic and Treatment Medical Center
As the prime consultant, Degenkolb led a multi-disciplinary team of consultants for the seismic upgrade of this 70,000 square-foot earthquake-damaged, two-story, welded steel moment frame building. The upgrade scheme uses steel plate shear walls and nonlinear analysis to satisfy performance objectives for a SPC5 building. The nonstructural components were upgraded to satisfy NPC4 criteria. This Level I Trauma facility remained completely operational during the entire 30 month construction duration.
Features:
- 2009 Excellence in Structural Engineering Merit Award in Retrofit/Alteration Category from structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC).
- SPC5, NPC4 Upgrade
- Operational acute care facility
- Degenkolb Prime
Benefits:
- Used ductile thin steel plate shear walls, which allowed minimal intrusion into the existing critical architectural space and mitigated the need to of any foundation upgrades.
Project Stats
Client
Dignity Health,
Square Footage
70,000
Construction Cost
$26 million
Completion Date
April 2009
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Staff on the Project
Adam Hugo-Holman
Principal
I lived in Plzen, Czechoslovakia as a kid for a year while my parents ...
Anuj Bansal
Group Director Regional Practice Area Leader Senior Principal
I had a life dream of being a cricket star before settling on the ...
Daniel Zepeda
Office Director Senior Principal Working Group Leader
Daniel has worked at Degenkolb close to 20 years.
Matthew Barnard
Office Director Regional Practice Area Leader Senior Principal
My longest walk to date is almost 250 miles long. If you have never ...
Adam Hugo-Holman
Principal
San Francisco
- (415) 354-6485
- aholman@degenkolb.com
Education
M.S., Structural Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
B.S., Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2006
Registration
CA, Structural Engineer, License No. 5943
CA, Civil Engineer, License No. 75002
Why did you go into structural engineering?
My high school physics teacher, Doc Michaels, and grandfather, Harold Holman. Doc Michaels was an incredibly dynamic and a bit eccentric teacher who first exposed me to statics and dynamics and how you could calculate how long it would take a bowling ball to fall from the top of our high school gymnasium. My grandfather was a lifelong contractor who let me tag along and help out on many small projects around his house. I even asked my parents to call me “Little Harold” for a couple years.
Little Known Fact
I lived in Plzen, Czechoslovakia as a kid for a year while my parents started an English speaking school.
Question of the Day
What’s your favorite way to get to work?
2007 Vespa LX150
Anuj Bansal
Group Director, Regional Practice Area Leader, Senior Principal
Los Angeles
- (213) 596-5008
- abansal@degenkolb.com
Education
M.S., Civil Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, 1988
B.S., Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India, 1986
Registration
CA, Structural Engineer, License No. S4583
CA, Civil Engineer, License No. C53916
Little Known Fact
I had a life dream of being a cricket star before settling on the exciting life of an engineer in California.
Daniel Zepeda
Office Director, Senior Principal, Working Group Leader
Los Angeles, San Jose del Cabo
- (213) 596-5014
- dzepeda@degenkolb.com
- M.S, Structural Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
- B.S., Civil Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, 2002
- CA, Structural Engineer, License No. 5260
- CA, Civil Engineer, License No. 68493
Why did you go into Engineering?
I grew up helping my dad wrenching on his vehicles (ok, mostly holding the flashlight). I was also good in math and science and as a plus I liked to draw so it felt like a very natural thing to do. After so many years in the industry I am happy to say I picked something that I am not only good at but really enjoy doing.
Little Known Fact
I love to work with my hands and therefore own a ton of tools that I use to work on my own cars, bikes, and house. A good weekend for me would involve fixing something.
What hobby would you go into if time and money weren’t an issue?
I love to spend my free time off-roading so if I had more time, I would do a lot more of it.
Jay Love
Senior Principal
Oakland
- (510) 250-1206
- rjlove@degenkolb.com
Education
M.S., Structural Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1980
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1979
Registration
CA, Structural Engineer, License No. 2806
CA, Civil Engineer, License No. 35034
Little Known Fact
I spent time as a child in Turkey and am a theater fan. I participated in EERI’s reconnaissance to Turkey in 1999.
Matthew Barnard
Office Director, Regional Practice Area Leader, Senior Principal
Orange County
- (657) 999-7440
- mbarnard@degenkolb.com
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis 1998
- M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2001
- CA, Structural Engineer, License No. 5087
- CA, Civil Engineer, License No. 65063
Why did you go into Engineering?
I figured out at UC Davis that I wanted to be an engineer and not a chemist rather quickly. I then tried to transfer to the College of Engineering. As part of the application to transfer, I had to pick an engineering field as my specialty. Because it was an impacted department, the only time the University would let me enter civil engineering was when I transferred into the College. I loved architecture and buildings so I said “why not” and applied to be a civil engineer. I then took statics and from that point on, I knew I had found my calling in structures.
Little Known Fact
My longest walk to date is almost 250 miles long. If you have never taken a walk in the woods on the John Muir Trail, do it. it is an experience that will change your life.
What hobby would you go into if time and money weren’t an issue?
Bikepacking and Hiking
