Resume - Bruce Ensor, PE, SE, MLSE

Bruce Ensor, Structural Engineer started in private practice in 2002 after serving as Chief Structural Engineer for Integrated Building Arts (IBA). Before working at IBA, Bruce lived and worked in Washington DC for Skidmore Owings and Merrill and the moved to Honolulu HI on the island in Oahu. During his six years in the Hawaii, he worked as a Structural Design Engineer and Special Inspector for Martin & Bravo Inc., Sato and Associates and Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi.

Bruce graduated from the Pennsylvania State University’s Architectural Engineering program/structural option, in 1986.

The Architectural Engineering program is a 5 year program which focuses on Building Design and Professional Practice for the production of Construction Documents for Buildings.

Bruce formed the Professional Corporation, BE Structural, PC in 2007 and is located in Wormleysburg, PA. Bruce was certified as a Model Law Structural Engineer, MLSE, by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. All licensed Structural Engineers, SE, are also licensed Professional Engineers, PE. All Professional Engineers, however, are not licensed Structural Engineers. In fact, some states have separate tests that allow Professional Engineers to be licensed Structural Engineers. Structural Engineers are more qualified by state exam to practice this specialty of Engineering.

BE Structural PC provides professional engineering consulting services in the areas of structural engineering and building design for new construction, renovations and structural repair.

Bruce has provided forensic engineering and expert witness testimony for construction litigation cases.

Bruce has been involved in post disaster structural evaluations, custom design, sustainable and non-traditional engineering. Bruce tries to see his employees as people first, staff second. Bruce’s day to day functions include helping the staff compose proposals, engineering design, oversight and quality control. His primary mission is to ensure that the firm’s first priority is to deliver quality services. Bruce continues to value and promote education and employee growth while taking BE Structural, PC to the next level. His passion for his work and his non-traditional ideas about what an engineering practice should be, have helped solidify his company’s position in a competitive marketplace. Bruce believes their future is a bright one. Bruce has three children, one of which arrived in June 2014. When he is not at the office, Bruce enjoys spending time with his family, including Boomer, the family dog.

Education

Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Architectural Engineering – 1986, Structural Option
Lebanon Valley College , MBA Coursework

Licenses

Alabama, #33912-E
Arizona, #58595
Colorado, #PE0047983
Connecticut, #PEN.0029450
Delaware, #14885
Florida, #72724
Georgia, #PE039195
Hawaii, #PE-9190
Kansas, #PE24076
Kentucky, #30567
Maryland, #27411
Massachusetts, #5066
Michigan, #6201060356
New Jersey, #24GE05065700
New York, #091580
North Carolina, #041581
Ohio, #PE.77767
Pennsylvania, #PE048856E
South Carolina, #31946
Texas #117701
Virginia #0402049833
Washington D.C., #PE906145

Professional History

2002 to Present, Harrisburg, PA

BE Structural, P.C., Structural and Forensic Engineer

1994 to 2002, Harrisburg, PA

Integrated Building Arts, Chief Structural IBA, and Forensic Engineer
Whitney Bailey Cox Magnani, Structural Project Engineer
TASC Engineering, Structural Project Engineer
Erdman Anthony Engineers, Structural Project Engineer
Gannett Fleming, Structural Project Engineer

1988 – 1994, Honolulu, Hawaii

Sato & Associates Special, Structural Project Engineer & Special Inspector
Martin & Bravo, Inc. Special, Structural Project Engineer & Special Inspector
Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi, Structural Design Engineer

1986 – 1988, MD – Washington D.C.

Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, Structural Design Engineer
Purdum & Jeschke Consulting Eng., Structural Design Engineer

Professional Memberships

American Institute of Steel Construction, American Concrete Institute

BRUCE ENSOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Forensic Experience

Residential Wood Framed Construction Damage Roofing contractor placed several large stacks of shingles along the ridges of a stick built home under construction causing the roof framing to deflect and pushing the bearing walls tilting them out along the top plate. Reviewed the structural as-built condition and provided engineering and details with instruction to remedy the structural deficiencies and keep the construction on-track avoiding litigation.

Parking Garage Collapse Shortly after the installation of a wearing course the one story parking garage collapsed. Provided an on site assessment of the failure and made an assessment of the causes of failure.

Wind Damage to Agricultural Buildings High winds collapsed a series of wood framed agricultural building. Provided an on site assessment of the construction and made an assessment of the plaintiffs expert report as well as an assessment of the causes of failure.

Foundation Fill Material Failure Provided opinion relative to the failure of the fill material used in the construction of an office park condominium.

Water Infiltration Investigation – Federal Building Under Renovation Conducted a site investigation to observe rain water infiltration and provide a professional opinion as to the cause the water infiltration.

Cold Weather Concrete Slab Failure Investigate the failure of a second floor concrete slab placed and cured during cold weather. Provided an on-site visual evaluation of the structural concrete slab, reviewed the construction documents and provided an opinion letter relative to findings.

Hail Claims

2009

1 Brookwood Drive, Lititz, PA.
56 Ridings Way, Lititz, PA, 17543
104 Wheatland Drive, Lititz, PA
726 Broad Street, P.O. Box 477 Emmaus, PA 18409.
981 Marbrook Lane, York, PA.
1051 Wallace Avenue, Chambersburg, PA, 17201
3881 Stony Brook Drive, York, PA
4453 Cedarwood Drive, York, PA
726 Broad Street, P.O. Box 477 Emmaus, PA 18409.

2010

8352 Willow Run Fogelsville PA.
1984 Cricklewood Cove, Fogelsville PA.
2014 Wooded Ridge Circle Fogelsville, PA.
6958 Lehigh Ct Allentown PA.
3686 Wingfield Drive York, PA

Structural Observation and Due Diligence

1337 N. Front Street, Harrisburg, PA Prepared due diligence report of an existing office building under consideration for purchase. Report focused on structural deficiencies and resulted in the withdraw from the purchase due to the structural modifications that would be required.

St. Lawrence Chapel, Harrisburg, PA Structural Observation Report conducted to make visual observations of the structural characteristics relative to possible renovations of the basement to make it an occupied space.

Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center Structural Investigation of subsidence of courtyard around pool area. Provided a site observation report and opinion relative to the cause of the subsidence and the options to remedy the situation.

Vibration and Blast Protection Analysis

Blast Wall Design for the Silver crest Housing Project, 1994Design of a 25-foot high earth and concrete counter fort blast wall to resist an equivalent of 50 lbs. of TNT.The wall served as separation and protection from the possible explosion of natural gas tanks adjacent to the site of a four-story HUD housing project.

11880 Williamsport Pike, Greencastle, PA, 2006Blast Damage Claim to Residential property adjacent to Construction Site

11858 Williamsport Pike, Greencastle, PA, 2007Blast Damage Claim to Residential property adjacent to Construction Site

531 E. Derry Road, Hershey, PA, 2007Vibration Damage Claim to Residential property adjacent to heavy traffic roadway and pipeline construction.

Project Experience

Calvary United Methodist Church Designed the renovations and additions to the Sanctuary, Office, and Classroom wings of an existing church. A new multipurpose room for basketball and group meetings was set over a music room and youth room on the basement level. The Sanctuary was modified by extending wings to each side and removing the legs of the existing Laminated Rigid Frame with the use of a deep Laminated Wood transfer girder supported by a Laminated Rigid Frame. The roof over the sanctuary was supported using laminated wood roof decking supported by new laminated rigid frames and CMU walls. The floor of the sanctuary is framed with concrete over metal deck supported on open web steel joists. The classrooms and office wing were modified by adding a pre-engineered wood truss roof over the flat roof area. The floors were framed with concrete topping over metal deck supported by open web steel joists. The foundation of the structure was a combination of modifications to existing spread footings and the addition of new spread footings as well as continuous reinforced concrete wall footings.

Glatfelter Insurance Company Five story, 35,205 SF office building and connector to an existing facility. Each story is approximately 7000 SF, (5,500 SF of office and 1,500 SF of connector). The roof was framed with Pre-engineered wood trusses supported on a structural steel frame that was braced with a combination of X-bracing in the short direction and a series of steel moment frames in the long direction. The floor framing consisted of concrete over metal deck supported by open web steel joists and steel beams and girders. The building is situated into a sloping grade and required a reinforced concrete foundation wall. The foundations were a combination of reinforced concrete spread footings and reinforced concrete continuous wall footings.

Calvary Baptist Church Structural design of a 3000 seat church with a clear span of 240 feet. The Church was semi-circular in plan and required the use of tapered girders and columns terminating at a compression ring at the peak of the roof.

Franklin and Marshall Truck Dock Canopy Design Canopy design to match the canopy design of an existing structure. Needed to consider the costs as well as connections to the existing structure to support the canopy.

Slate Hill Road Office Building Renovation, Camp Hill PA On site evaluation of an existing structure to provide for the installation of new mechanical equipment on the roof of a one story office building.

Matcon Diamond Retaining Wall Design, Pittsburgh, PA Property line retaining wall along a railroad right of way. Designed with battered H-Piles driven into fill material to accommodate parking above.

Pennsylvania Turnpike Exit 19, Highspire, PA Structural design of new toll way with offices and subsurface connector between booths.

Triangle Refrigeration Addition and renovation of an existing wood structure to add a new grand entrance lobby and elevator to offices on the second floor.

1000 Bryersdale Road, Harrisburg, PA Modifications to the Renovations of an existing doctor’s office to accommodate changes in the construction of offices in the ground floor.

Lancaster General Hospital – Cherry Street Doctors Offices Provide structural assessment of for the installation of Fluoroscopy equipment. Provide structural reinforcement details of the existing structure as well design of a substructure to support the equipment to prevent adverse deflection of the equipment during operation.

Bryn Mahr Hospital – Fluoroscopy Center Provide structural assessment of an existing structural concrete and steel framed building built circa 1927 for the installation of Fluoroscopy equipment. Provide details to install equipment from the existing structure.

INTEGRATED BUILDING ARTS

Forensic Experience

Foundation Failure due to Sink Hole Development Retained by an Insurance Company to assess the damage and long-term liability due to foundation failure and subsequent repair due to the formation of a sink hole. On an adjacent property the township drained a water tower to prepare to paint the inside. The water was drained out of it to a catch basin on an adjacent site. The large amount of water created a sink hole to form adjacent to the insured’s building. The loss of soils below the foundation required emerging shoring and remediation. We assessed the relevance of the construction cost and the action taken by the building owner’s contractor in review of the insurance claim and made recommendations to avoid future problems at the site.

Agriculture Building Collapse. Retained by the General Contractors Attorney. During construction high winds collapsed a wood framed agricultural building. We provided an on site assessment of the construction progress at the point of failure and made an assessment of the plaintiffs expert report as well as an assessment of the causes of failure. Our involvement aided the General Contractor’s attorney in determining the merit of the claim against his client as well as the culpability of subcontractors hired by the general contractor to erect the structure.

Arbitration of Construction Dispute. Retained by a contractor to evaluate a home he had constructed per prescriptive methods allowed by the code after the homeowner disputed additional charges and took possession of the unfinished home. The homeowner retained an inspector and claimed the roof was not adequate to support the loads and span of the as built condition.

Construction Related Fatality. Retained by an Attorney to evaluate a claim which was the result of a basement wall failure during construction. We provided expert advise and analysis for the Attorney on the technical merits of the claim relative to his client, a subcontractor on the project.

Severe Deflection in Residential Construction. Retained by the Plaintiff’s Attorney to review an existing condition. A homeowner after purchasing a $350,000 home noticed an unusual slope of the floor. The contractor had made revisions to the original design and a second floor bearing wall now sat on the first floor joists and caused the floor to sag. Our assistance led to a resolution due to the difficulty the defense felt they would have disputing our findings.

Project Experience

Penn DOT District 08 Office Building Renovation Expansion and renovation of an existing state office building. Added an entrance elevator and first floor lobby which required retrofitting the existing structure to tie in the elevator shaft. Strengthened the roof framing system to install mechanical equipment on the roof. Strengthened an existing retaining wall adjacent to the addition.

Pennsylvania State Police Academy , Hershey, PA. Addition of classroom and barracks space to the existing police barracks. The structure consists of metal deck roof over long span steel joints. The second floor is formed with a concrete topping over metal deck supported by steel joints and structural steel beams. The lateral system consists of structural steel frames in both directions supported by concrete spread footings.

Piedmont Hawthorne , Middletown, PA. Provided analysis of long span trusses in an existing airport hanger for the installation of full protection based on OSHA requirements.

Messiah Old Main, Admission Building , Grantham, PA. Provides structural engineering and design services for the additions of offices to an existing building on the campus of Messiah College . Framing consists of structural steel frame with bar joist and metal deck roof, and a second floor framed with structural steel and concrete over metal deck and bar joist supported in spread footings.

CSR Shredder, Harrisburg, PA. Provided design and engineering for a scrap yard to install an automobile shredder. Design included special foundations installed as “rock columns.” The control building and sort buildings were all framed with structural steel and concrete over metal deck flooring and metal deck roofing over rolled sections.

St. Paul United Methodist Church , Elizabethtown, PA. Expansion and renovation of a existing church. Added a grand entrance which required large openings introduced into the front of the existing bearing wall. The addition was two stories and was framed with exterior masonry bearing walls, concrete over metal deck and bar joist supported floor and a metal deck and joist roof. We assisted the contractor with a shoring of the existing masonry fill tower to allow for the addition of entrances to the new addition from the existing building.

Messiah College , Greenhouse, Grantham, PA.Additions of a greenhouse to Kline Science Hall required the analysis of an aluminum framed structure supported by a half height masonry wall. Snow drift from the adjacent structure required tighter spacing of frames adjacent to the existing building.

United Way Headquarters, Enola, PA. Two story office building framed with structural steel. The roof is metal deck over bar joists. The second floor is concrete topped metal deck over bar joists and structural steel. The foundation system is concrete spread footings.

Associated Pennsylvania Constructors, Harrisburg, PA. Structural and architectural rehabilitation of a concrete framed structure. Provided repair details and specifications which allowed multiple bidders with a fast tracked schedule.

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company (HE&R), Hershey Arena, Hershey, PA. Preliminary Design Study of a tubular steel space frame for a pedestrian bridge spanning 120 feet over seven lanes of traffic.

Memorial Hall Expansion, Hershey, PA. Addition of a long span structure to clear span a new natatorium, gymnasium, and auditorium. Also included structural interface addition with the existing structure and the addition of a new classroom and cafeteria, as well as the renovation of an existing space to modify the function.

HE&R, The Bears’ Den Sports Bar, Hershey, PA. Structural design of new Sports Bar at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center.

Milton S. Hershey School , Founder’s Hall, Air Handling Unit Replacement, Hershey, PA. Due to the renovations required in portions of Founder’s Hall, new Air Handling Units needed to be installed as well as new vent grills to allow for high outside air requirements. Structural analysis and modifications were required to accommodate the new vents and installation of the new mechanical equipment. Installation of long span lintels were designed to limit the deflection of the exterior masonry stone and to anchor the stone at the opening perimeter to the structural steel frame.

Milton S. Hershey Schools , Hershey, PA. Conducted a Central Plant Study in an effort to examine the feasibility of utilizing the plant in the renovation of an existing school. Structural considerations were made in the running of piping from the central plant over a pedestrian bridge crossing a small stream.

WHITNEY, BAILEY, COX & MAGNANI

Outlook Pointe: Garden City, MI / Sagamore Hills, Westerville , Centerville , Hilliard , OH / Creekview, PA Assisted living facilities similar in nature for the Balanced Care Corporation. Approximately 70,000 square foot each, 2-storys tall. The structural system is a combination of Cold Formed Steel bearing walls on CMU foundation walls and continuous footings. The 2nd floor is concrete topping over metal deck, bar joists, and structural steel. Steel columns bear on shallow depth spread footings. The roof is sheathed with plywood and supported by prefabricated wood roof trusses. Lateral loads are taken out through exterior cross braced walls and CMU stair and elevator towers.

Outlook Pointe – Loyalsock, North Cornwall, Johnstown, PA.

Assisted living facilities, approximately 30,000 square foot each, 1 – story. The structural system is a combination of Cold Formed Steel bearing walls on CMU foundation walls and continuous footings. The roof is sheathed with plywood and supported by a prefabricated wood roof truss system. Lateral loads are taken out through exterior cross braced walls.

Dauphin Deposit Bank Renovation. Various site investigations and evaluations as well as preparation of contract documents for the repair and modification of approximately 5 older buildings at the corner of 2nd and Market Streets Harrisburg. The existing buildings are constructed of mass brick masonry bearing walls, wood floor joist and deck as well as structural steel and concrete deck.

Royal Oaks at Bent Creek, Penna. Assisted Living Facility for the Basile Corporation. 72,000 square foot, 2-story structure. The roof is framed with plywood over long span wood trusses resting on perimeter and interior steel beams and columns. The floor is framed with a 4 inch concrete topping over metal decking supported by open web steel bar joists and steel beams and columns. The Foundation is spread footings and grade beams founded below frost. The lateral system for the building is comprised of wood shear trusses connected to cross braced steel frames and reinforced CMU stair towers and elevator core.

Edwards – Keyport, N.J. / Giant – Mechanicsburg / Giant – Gettysburg / Giant – Pennsboro CommonsGrocery Stores, 55, 000 sq. ft. to 65,000 sq. ft.. The roof is constructed of metal roof decking over long span steel bar joists supported by long span girder trusses. The roof framing is supported by columns at the sides with masonry bearing at the front and the rear of the store. There is a second floor for the office staff and a mechanical mezzanine in the rear of the store for mechanical equipment. The second floor is composite beam and deck. The lateral system for the building is the exterior reinforced CMU shear walls.

Giant – Allentown / Giant – Yardley / Edwards – Philipsburg, N.J.Renovation to existing grocery stores. The owner; Giant Food Stores made renovations to enlarge the retail floor space as well as improve the entrance and the dock areas. Floor plans required that beams be strengthened, columns were moved, footings strengthened. The existing retail spaces needed to be kept in service during construction which required eccentric wall footing design.

Brenner Dodge Renovation of the showroom and facade, enlargement of the body shop and creation of a customer service area to improve drop off and pick up of the customers vehicle. The structures were constructed with metal deck roofing over bar joists and structural steel. The new construction was erected to maintain a separate lateral system from the existing construction. Worked closely with the General Contractor in a design build format as they uncovered unforeseen conditions I would help resolve the issues.

United States Postal Service Distribution Center – Frederick, Md. Design Build Expansion to an existing distribution facility. The roof was constructed using metal deck over open web steel bar joists, supported by steel columns and spread footings. Unique modifications required grade beams to straddle existing foundations. Details included interfacing with a pre-cast wall system and grade beams to avoid bearing on existing foundations. Provided a rigid frame at the exterior facade to allow for future expansion of the facility.

TASC Engineering

Giant – Westminster , Penna.Renovation to an existing grocery stores. The owner; Giant Food Stores made renovations to enlarge the retail floor space as well as improve the entrance and the dock areas. Floor plans required that columns be relocated.

ERDMAN ANTHONY

Otterbien Methodist Church & Education Center: New construction of a Church and School. The exterior is brick faced with a reinforced concrete masonry backup wall. The roof of the church is heavy timber decking supported by prefabricated Glue Laminated Tudor Arches and beams. The school roof is flat and will be supported by plywood decking over custom prefabricated wood trusses bearing on reinforced concrete masonry. The structure will sit on concrete spread footings.

Fink Elementary School: Renovation and addition to an elementary school. The new construction will consist of a metal deck roof supported by open web steel joists and load bearing reinforced concrete masonry units on concrete spread footings.

Woolworth Warehouse, Shiremanstown, Pa. Structural evaluation of an existing warehouse roof framing system to provide a monitoring system to prevent excessive deflections due to snow loading. Develop recommendations to strengthen the structure and remedial steps to alleviate the ponding and overloading of the roof.

Mechanicsburg Navy Depot Bldg.’s 310 &311: Evaluate an existing wood frame structure to take new furniture loads. Bldg. 210: Investigate the cause of the cracking in an existing 45 foot tall reinforced masonry fire wall.

GANNETT FLEMING

Capitol Complex Fire Safety Improvements Addition of fire access stairway in the State Capitol Building . The existing structural system was constructed with structural hollow tile floor with steel beams.

Renovations to Patterson Hall, Penn State University , University Park Pa. Addition of a mezzanine hung from the inside of the structural steel trusses

Holland Tunnel Vent Buildings Architectural and Structural Rehabilitation The buildings originally constructed in the 20’s were deteriorated. Most of the damage was exterior cracks on the mass masonry walls. The buildings were constructed from structural steel with concrete floors and shotcrete for the liners of the ventilation stacks pulling air from the tunnels. The top of the ventilation stacks were deteriorated and needed to be replaced. It was determined that it would be cost effective to replace the limestone in these areas with a simulated limestone pre-cast concrete panel. This was designed to act composite with the new shotcrete backup. The corners of the buildings are to be rebuilt using a new concrete wall and brick facade that had to match the existing stiffness of the existing three wythe mass masonry wall.

Saint Peter and Paul’s Church, Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Retained by the Office of Surface Mines we evaluated the structure and subsurface conditions of a church built in 1923. The structure is structural steel and the facade is brick. The church has a cathedral ceiling and was experiencing substantial cracking in the foundation walls and the brick facade. Our work involved writing a report summarizing site observations, the site survey, subsurface investigations and structural analysis with regard to the apparent settlement.

Lincoln Tunnel Vent Buildings Architectural and Structural Rehabilitation. Renovated the exterior of the vent buildings similar to the Holland Tunnel but much smaller in scale.

May’s Chapel Reservoir Additions Two 900 SF reservoirs, one new reservoir and an addition of roof to an existing reservoir. Designed the pre-cast concrete roof double T’s, inverted T girders and the columns and foundations for the existing reservoir. The foundation was constructed with piles at the exterior and spread footings on the interior.

Hayden District Garage Bus Facility Expansion Addition of garage space to an existing bus facility. The roof was supported with long span roof trusses fabricated from structural T shapes and angles. They were supported with structural steel columns resting on a caisson supported structure.

Port Authority Bus Terminal Rehabilitation Reviewed the jacking system that was used to elevate the pre-cast concrete beams to repair the bearing pads.

Cozine Bus Garage, New York City Transit Authority Addition of garage and a second story office space to an existing garage. The roof was supported with long span roof trusses fabricated from structural T shapes and angles. They rest on structural steel columns resting on a pile supported foundation.

The Harrison Street Water Facilities, Elizabethtown Water Company, Princeton, New Jersey Renovation of the filter house adjacent to the clear well. The facade of the building was displaced due to inadequate design features and non conforming construction. The building was stabilized with the addition of structural steel supports erected on the interior face.

Pennsylvania Air National Guard Comm. Electronics Training Complex, State College . Pa. Estimated Construction Cost $8,500,000.00 Total Square Foot: 45,000 SFThe facility consists of three separate buildings: a two story office building, a single story maintenance shop, and a single story warehouse. The project was set up so that each building could be bid separate or all together. The buildings are framed with metal deck roofs supported by long span open web steel joists bearing on perimeter 12 inch thick insulated concrete masonry walls. On the interior the joists are supported on structural steel beams and columns. The foundation consists of a continuous perimeter wall footing with spread footings under the interior steel columns. The floor system in the office building is supported by composite joists. The top chord is made composite with the concrete topping by welding studs to the top chord of the open web steel joist. The composite vehicle maintenance building houses adjustable hydraulic lifts, a three ton capacity bridge crane supported by an independent structural steel frame and a two ton capacity monorail hoist supported from the open web steel joists. The warehouse includes a small arms vault. The warehouse floor was designed for forklift loads. The exterior walls were designed for retaining soil due to the sloping site.

Septa Bus Garage Expansion, Philadelphia Pa.Developed details to renovate the exterior brick and CMU walls of the bus garage.

Atlantic City Bus Terminal, Atlantic City New Jersey Design build competition involved the use of long span cantilever sections with a structural steel frame for the concourse. This was all designed to bear on spread footings.

Port Authority Of New York And New Jersey Tunnel Inspection Report Inspected the tunnel walls and ceiling slab above the duct banks in the tunnel under the Hudson River .

Pennsylvania Turnpike Tunnel Inspection Blue Mountain and Kittatinny Tunnels Inspected the tunnel walls, ceiling slab and ventilation ducts.

Norristown Water Treatment Plant, Pennsylvania – American Water Company Expansion to the facilities supporting the water treatment plant.

Continuous Quality Improvement Training Participated in a two day seminar on the quality improvements process as it relates to the consulting engineering business.

Confined Space Training Participated in a two day seminar on the proper procedures for the entrance into a confined space.

SATO & ASSOCIATES INC.

University of Hawaii Nursing Building Renovation Renovation of an existing four story classroom and office building on the campus of the University of Hawaii . The existing structure is cast in place concrete with pre-cast beams, cast in place slabs and columns. Due to the increase in floor loading in some areas the main girders needed to be strengthened to meet the current code requirements for shear strength. Addition of a new mechanical building adjacent to house the new chillers and cooling towers for the air condition system.

University of Hawaii, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics Renovation and seismic upgrade of an existing three story pre-cast / cast in place concrete research facility.

Hawaii Cane and Sugar Federal Credit Union A two story structure, framed with engineered plywood web I-joists and glue laminated beams, wood and steel columns. Lateral support is provided by rigid steel tube frames and wood shear walls all on a concrete foundation.

Blast Wall for the Silver crest Housing Project Design of a 25 foot high earth and concrete counter fort blast wall to resist an equivalent of 50 lbs. of TNT. The wall served as separation and protection from the possible explosion of natural gas tanks adjacent to the site of a four story HUD housing project.

Waikiki Aquarium Animal Glass Enclosure Design of a tempered glass railing system to contain monk seals at the Waikiki Aquarium. The design specification required the dynamic loading of a 500 lb. monk seal colliding with the glass at approximately 12 mph. as well as other load cases which were not as severe.

Four Meter Telescope at Haleakala for the United States Air Force Prepared the lateral analysis for the use of tilt up wall construction for the building to house the telescope. Performed the preliminary lateral analysis for the design of an adjacent one story ice storage facility.

Salvation Army Facility – Kauai Addition and renovation to a one story wood and CMU structure. The roof is to be constructed with long span wood trusses to provide for a large meeting space.

A’ala Market A one story structure with a panelized wood roof on post and beams. The lateral loads are taken through the perimeter CMU walls. The CMU walls were designed with the slender wall design criteria of the 1988 UBC. For cost evaluation the foundation was designed with both grade beams at the property line retaining wall and the use of stepped footings. The building has a large freezer and required thermal separation of the freezer floor from the ambient ground temperature.

Waioli Tea Room Renovation Renovation and structural evaluation of an existing termite damaged wood framed restaurant to take roof loads due to new mechanical equipment.

Gaspro Warehouse Relocation and Site Evaluation Relocation of a prefabricated metal building. Design of the vertical and lateral system to divide the building along the ridge to make it into two separate buildings. The structure is supported laterally by modified rigid frames in the strong direction and by rod bracing in the transverse direction. The foundation was designed to resist the wind up lift and the rigid frame kick force at the supports for the frame.

Waste Management Hawaii Renovation Renovation of an existing prefabricated metal building to add office and industrial space in a second floor added a 2 ton jib crane with foundation to be used in lifting of diesel engines.

Royal Kunia Golf Course Clubhouse Design of a three building complex. The main building is framed with a heavy timber roof bearing on both cantilevered concrete columns and concrete masonry block walls all on spread footings. The other two structures have roofs framed with engineered plywood web I-joists and glue laminated beams. These are supported by steel tube columns at the interior and CMU at the exterior.

Pukalani Townhomes Design development of approximately 25 multi-family two story wood framed town homes on the Island of Maui . The sloping site condition warranted the use of braced post and beam construction to frame the first floor. Portions of the structure are to be prefabricated on the mainland and shipped to Maui for final assembly on site. The addition of prefabrication to the design process presented unique considerations to the framing of this wood structure. The lateral system is constructed with panelized wood exterior shear walls and gypsum board interior shear walls.

MARTIN & BRAVO

Symphony Park Plaza A luxury condominium project in downtown Honolulu . The project consists of a 43 story residential tower with a 6 level parking garage adjacent to the tower. The structure is regularly reinforced concrete, the building’s foundation was designed to rest on end bearing piles with pile caps and grade beams to carry the column and wall loads. The structural slab in the tower was designed as a one way flat slab and the parking garage was designed as a two way flat slab. The tower was designed with the use of wind tunnel testing and also dynamic analysis of both the wind and seismic forces. The lateral design was done using ETABS software and 1988 UBC Zone 2A seismic forces.

Nauru Phosphate Royalties Condominium A luxury condominium project in downtown Honolulu . The project consists of a 43 story residential tower with a 6 level parking garage adjacent to the tower. Our firm was selected to perform the structural design of the tower. The tower is reinforced concrete, the buildings foundation was designed to rest on end bearing piles with pile caps and grade beams to carry the column and wall loads. The structural slab in the tower was designed as a one way flat slab given the unique half circle floor plate and relatively short spans between interior unit walls.

Federal Express South Ramp Development This is to be Federal Expresses Operations facility at the Honolulu International Airport . The project consists of three buildings: the ramp facility, the city station and the sort facility. Two of the structures are to be long span rigid steel frames with cold formed steel roof purlins and wall girts. The city station was constructed of reinforced masonry with a timber roof and panelized wood roof deck. The metal buildings rest on both spread footings and grade beams which are used both as gravity support and also as dead men for the overturning due to wind forces.

Longs Drug Wahiawa This is a drug store within the Wahiawa Town Center . The building has a large sales floor with a mezzanine for offices and heavy storage. The building is constructed of reinforced concrete masonry support walls using the slender design provisions of the 1985 UBC. The roof of the structure is a panelized wood diaphragm with long span glue lam beams that frame into standard steel pipe columns that rest on spread footings.

Kenny’s Restaurant Kaneohe This is the first prototype in a planned expansion of the Kenny’s Restaurant chain. The building is constructed of reinforced concrete masonry exterior walls and has a structural timber mezzanine and pitched wood roof.

Outrigger West Hotel, Pool Deck Repair Corrosion investigation and repair of reinforced concrete pool and lanai decking. Developed the structural steel shoring for the construction period and details and plans for the repair of the damaged area.

Outrigger Reef Hotel, Column Repair Corrosion investigation and repair of reinforced concrete columns at the foundation level of a multistory ocean- front Waikiki resort hotel.

Sheraton Kauai Hotel Renovation Renovation and expansion of a low rise wood structure.

Ameron Concrete Batch Plant Kaneohe Design and construction documents for a temporary mat footing supporting a portable concrete batch plant.

Hapuna Beach Resort 300 room resort hotel located on the Big Island of Hawaii. The six guest wings were each six stories and were designed for seismic zone 3. Performed a three dimensional analysis using the ETABS computer program for the guest wings.

Ritz Carlton Kapalua 552 room luxury hotel on the Island of Maui . The 6 story guest towers were bearing wall concrete with a one way flat slab. The ballroom and back of house were designed using both concrete and structural steel. The lateral system was done using the ETABS program.

McDonalds at Kahana Gateway, Maui Utilized McDonald’s standardized drawings for the basis of design of the structure with the addition of a customized wood roof that served as a facade for the mechanical equipment.

Ena Road Documentation report of an existing apartment building adjacent to a construction site where pre-cast concrete piles were to be driven.

Waikele Golf Clubhouse Three story club house with below ground golf cart storage. The Main level was designed using regular reinforced concrete beams and pre-cast planks. The mezzanine level and roof were a combination structural steel, glue lam beams and structural lumber.

Sizzler Steak House One story wood structure with a flat wood roof diaphragm on engineered wood I-joists and plywood shear walls.

Waiehu Beach Center Renovation of an existing one story wood structure and the addition of a second floor above the existing roof using glue lam beams and structural lumber.

Ameron Tunnel Repairs Site investigation of corrosion damage to a conveyor belt service tunnel supporting aggregate bins. Designed a replacement roof structure for the service tunnel and performed construction inspection of work as it progressed.

Kahana Gateway Development consisted of three structures, commercial, professional, and residential. All three buildings were constructed of wood with some use of reinforced concrete and CMU. I administrated the construction of the project and helped the contractor resolve field conditions.

SHIGEMURA, LAU, SAKANASHI & HIGUCHI

Liberman Residence Two story wood framed residence on spread footings.

Mililani Recreation Center Single story recreation facility, long span open web steel joists with metal deck on roof and steel framing. Plywood shear walls all on spread footings.

Palms At Waelae Multi-family housing project. Designed the recreation facility and all exterior stairs to the units. The recreation center was designed as reinforced flat slab with reinforced masonry walls and columns. The roof is wood framed and the foundation is reinforced concrete spread footings.

Earle M. Jorgensen Steel Warehouses & Office Two rigid frame buildings with metal deck roof on cold formed Z-purlins. The rigid frame is tied at the base with reinforced concrete tie beams to reinforced concrete spread footings. The office structure was also a rigid framed building, with the addition of a second floor constructed of composite metal deck on steel framing.

Repairs to Pier 52 & 53 Honolulu, Hawaii Demolition of damaged bull rail on shipping pier, patch with epoxy based patching compound. Repairs to reinforced concrete curb around bollards.

Plaza Bridge Repairs Honolulu, Hawaii Designed the repair of bridge stringers that had corroded by the addition of continuously welded scab plates on the bottom flanges of the bridge. Addition of cross bracing to replace damaged cross bracing. Repair of expansion joints in plaza deck to stop leakage problem.

Konishki Residence Single family residence, with wood roof, reinforced CMU walls, flat slab on second floor, all on spread footings.

Association of Retarded Citizens of Hawaii Group Home Halfway house for retarded citizens. Wood framing on spread footings. Site retaining walls and property line retaining walls.

Warehouse for Daniel and Nancy Han Rigid framed building with metal decked roof on cold formed Z-purlins. Tied at base with tie beam on spread footings.

Submarine Base Bowling Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Rigid framed building with metal deck roof on cold formed Z-purlins. Frame tied at base with tie beam on spread footings.

Hyatt Regency Kauai Luxury class hotel on the island of Kauai . Designed the auxiliary buildings. Auxiliary buildings were all similar in construction. The subsurface buildings were constructed of reinforced concrete. The roofs of the subsurface buildings are flat slabs. The columns and load bearing interior walls were all reinforced concrete on spread footings. The above ground structures have wood roofs on reinforced concrete columns or braced pole columns both on spread footings.

SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL

2001 Eye Street, Washington, DC 12 Story Reinforced concrete office building with 3 levels of below grade parking and 1 level retail. Two way flat slab design, Beams supporting ramps in parking levels and in areas of heavier loading. Tie beams for sloped columns in parking garage to accommodate the transition from the office space above to parking garage below. The basement perimeter walls were designed as retaining for construction purposes. The lateral system was a concrete moment frame utilizing the equivalent frame structure. Structural steel framing was used for the mechanical spaces and architectural dormers on roof.

1310 G. Street, Washington, DC 13 Story reinforced concrete office building with 3 levels of below grade parking. Similar to the design of 2001 Eye St. with the exception of the mat foundation design due to a bearing pressure of only 2000 psf.

Goodwin Square, Hartford, CT 28 Story hotel and office complex with renovation of existing buildings and integration of new structures. Designed spread footings, reinforced concrete columns, steel base plates for steel structure above 9th floor and wind analysis on structural steel framing for the Cupola.

Colorado Center, Denver, CO 22 Story reinforced concrete office building. Performed the preliminary wind study using ANSI and BOCA loading criteria.

Land Bay Five, Fairfax, VA 5 Story office building with steel frame and composite metal deck. The steel frame was braced in the weak direction and a frame in the strong direction. The floor system was composite steel beam.

PURDUM & JESCHKE CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Security Gate, Marine Barracks, Washington, DC Structural design of crash barriers and blast protection for Marine Barracks.

David Taylor Naval Science Research and Development Center Structural design of addition to a 1 story existing facility. Metal roof with open web joists and CMU walls.