Background
Seth brings over ten years of experience in a variety of projects including new construction, seismic retrofits and evaluations, and tsunami related research and projects. He consistently strives to create a collaborative process with architects, allowing their design ideas to come to fruition through innovative structural design. An expert in performance-based and tsunami design, Seth is highly involved in code development and is a voting member on several ASCE 7 committees. Seth has worked on multiple projects which targeted above code seismic design, and his work in developing the first ever US Tsunami Code (chapter 6 of ASCE 7) was critical in the design for the Ocosta Replacement Elementary School and the Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Studies Initiative Building, the first two vertical evacuation structures in the U.S.
