Each project provides a unique opportunity to think outside the box
Our engineers continually look for ways to support the industry with innovative solutions to any challenge. Whether it's contributing to code committees, presenting at conferences or teaching at universities we take pride in our role in advancing the engineering profession.
Recent Contributions to our Profession Include:
- ACI 318 Building Code and Sustainability Subcommittee Chairs
- ACI Technical Committee 445 Shear and Torsion and 445A Strut and Tie Modeling (Voting Members)
- Collaborating on the latest State of the Practice Book on Structural Design for Physical Security
- Leadership in performance-based design, including authoring early building codes for seismic isolation, pioneering seismic retrofit of hospitals, and initiating
Annual Conference Participation and Presentations:
- International Mass Timber Conference
- COPRI/ASCE Ports Conference
- Upcoming 2022 presentations by: Nathan Watson, Adam Bergman and Ellis Beckwith with our Special Projects Team
- U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering
- L.A. Tall Building Structural Design Council Annual Meeting
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting
- Sustainable Stormwater Symposium
- We Count on Water Conference (Czech Republic)
Leadership in and Contributions to National Industry Associations:
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- ASCE 41 Committee on Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings – Technical Committee Associate Member
- ASCE 7-16, Flood Loads Subcommittee and 7-22, Tsunami Loads and Effects Subcommittee
- ASCE Sea Level Change Subcommittee
- ACE Mentor Program (Cornerstone Level Sponsor)
- KPFF Louisville Affiliate Chapter recently named our own Brayden Blair Ace Mentor of the Year!
- Building Ventures Innovation Network
- Global Design Alliance (GDA)
- Design-Build Industry of America (DBIA)
- Construction Industry Round Table (CIRT)
- Applied Technology Council (ATC)
- Participation on the Board of Directors for 2022-2025 term to help oversee ATC research projects that may serve as basis for building code updates (i.e. IBS, ASCE 7 and ASCE 41)
- Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC)
- Member of Provisions Update Committee (PUC) to develop 2026 NEHRP Provisions, the pre-standard to ASCE 7.
- Women in Construction Operations (WiOPS), NorCal and SoCal Chapters
- American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
- Participation on the Board and Chair of ACEC Scholarship Committee – Dedicated to working with local colleges and universities to identify high performing engineering students in need of financial assistance while helping to foster a sustainable industry
- Lean Construction Institute
- Structural Engineering Institute
- Shock & Blast Impact Committee and National Technical Planning Committee
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- Urban Land Institute
- Society of American Military Engineers
- Engineers without Borders
- Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure
- American Institute of Mining and Petroleum Engineers
- American Public Works Association
- American Wood Council
- Coasts, Oceans, Ports, Rivers Institute (COPRI)
- International Code Council
- American Institute of Timber Construction
- ASTM International (Formerly American Society for Testing and Materials)
- Voting Member of ASTM Committee E06: Performance of Buildings
Academic Affiliations and Lecturer Contributions:
- University of California Los Angeles, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Current and Past Lecturers and Alumni Advisory Board Members)
- University of Southern California Architectural Guild
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Architectural Engineering Department
- Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC)
- Southern Illinois University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professional Advisory Board
- University of Louisville
- California State University Chico Professional Advisory Board
- University of California San Diego