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Jeff Asher began his career with KPFF in 1986, and has functioned in many capacities for KPFF over that period. In addition to his extensive experience as a Principal in Charge on a wide variety of structural engineering projects, he is past President and Chairman of the Board.
Jeff is responsible for the management and resolution of all professional liability claims and disputes, the management of KPFF’s professional liability insurance issues, and he is in the lead role for the firms’ internal Risk Management education program. Based on that significant professional experience, as well as his work in functioning as an outside structural engineering Expert for attorneys and insurance companies, Jeff has an intimate working knowledge of both the administrative and technical aspects of structural engineering professional practice.
Additionally, Mr. Asher is the primary point of contact for the Forensic Services area of KPFF’s professional practice. He functions as an independent Forensic Consultant and Expert Witness on specific outside matters, provides a variety of Litigation Support services to Clients, and is in charge of existing facility investigations, studies, and building retrofit/repair activities related to this Service area for KPFF.
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Representative Design Projects:
Marine Corp Base Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital
UCSD J. Craig Venter Institute
Amgen Building 29
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles
Sherman Oaks Galleria
Conrad Hilton Foundation Headquarters
LAC & USC Replacement Hospital Project
Saint Johns Medical Center
The Grove
UC San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center and Thornton Hospital Expansion
University of Arizona Institute of Biomedical Science and Biotechnology Canopy Structure
USC Eli and Edyth Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
UCSD Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Committee on Claim Reduction and Management (CCRM), Member
The Structural Engineers Association of Southern California
The American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Concrete Institute
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
ACEC/CASE Risk Management Program, Past Chairman
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
The Masonry Society, Past Member of the Board of Directors
The Masonry Society, Past Member of the Editorial Board of the TMS Journal
Multi-Disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Member of the Industry Advisory Board
The Structural Design of Tall Buildings, Member of the International Editorial Board
The Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council, Past Member
Lexington Insurance Company, Past Member of the Advisory Board
Structural Engineers Risk Management Council, Past Member
UCLA, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Past Lecturer